A brief filed prior to the Senate trial makes clear that the former president’s lawyers plan to challenge both the constitutionality of the trial and any suggestion that Donald Trump was to blame for the insurrection.
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Senate Republicans back Trump as impeachment trial nears
With him gone from the presidency, they show little political appetite to take further action.
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Commentary: Damning legal brief makes it even more obvious why Senate must convict Trump
The case against the former president doesn’t require any special effects.
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Trump rejects House Democrats’ request that he testify under oath in Senate impeachment trial
The Senate impeachment trial begins on Feb. 9.
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Democrats make case for conviction; Trump denies charges stemming from riot
In dueling filings, House Democrats link Trump’s baseless efforts to overturn the presidential election to the riot at the Capitol, while the former president’s lawyers say the Senate trial should be considered unconstitutional because Trump is no longer in office.
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Vermont Sen. Leahy, presiding over impeachment trial, has reputation for fairness
The Democrat beginning his 47th year in the U.S. Senate ‘takes the issue of the law and justice very, very seriously,’ said Sen. Bernie Sanders, a fellow Vermonter.
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Sen. Collins promotes censure action against Trump instead of impeachment
Maine’s senior senator says the proposal is gaining traction now that a majority of her Republican colleagues have made it clear they won’t vote to convict the former president for inciting a riot on Capitol Hill.
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House delivers article of impeachment to Senate, testing Trump’s sway over Republicans
More Republicans’ passions appear to have cooled since the insurrection of Jan. 6.
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Growing number of Republican senators oppose impeachment trial
House Democrats, who will deliver the impeachment charge of ‘incitement of insurrection’ to the Senate on Monday, are hoping for a conviction and a separate vote to bar Trump from holding office again.
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Mitch McConnell seeks to push Trump impeachment trial to February
The ultimate power over timing rests with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who can trigger the start of the trial at any point by sending to the Senate the charge of incitement of an insurrection.