Donald Trump's impeachment trial to begin on week of 8 February
Republicans had pushed for a delay to give Trump a chance to prepare a defence on the sole charge of incitement of insurrection.
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Republicans had pushed for a delay to give Trump a chance to prepare a defence on the sole charge of incitement of insurrection.
A charge of incitement of insurrection is being brought against the former president.
Ahead of an insurrection on 6 January, Trump told thousands of his supporters to “fight like hell” against the election results.
The vice president said the mechanism should be reserved for cases of medical or mental incapacitation.
Trump arrived in Texas to trumpet his campaign against illegal immigration in an attempt to enhance his legacy.
Joe Biden will be inaugurated as his successor next week.
President-elect Joe Biden is set to be inaugurated on 20 January.
It would be the first time a US president had been impeached twice.
The decision was taken at Cabinet this morning, which effectively rules out an impeachment motion being moved by the Government.
The US President said he’d lost faith in Michael Atkinson.
The US president was acquitted of all charges in his Senate impeachment trial this week.
The starting gun in the 2020 presidential race was shot this week.
He was acquitted of both charges earlier today.
Trump was impeached on charges of abuse of power and obstructing Congress.
The Senate is to vote at 4pm (9pm Irish time) tomorrow.
The Democrats had wanted testimony from John Bolton.
If senators vote not to hear from any more witnesses, Trump could be acquitted by the end of the day.
The White House, meanwhile, is seeking to block the publication of former national security adviser John Bolton’s book.
The defence in the Trump impeachment trial closed their initial arguments yesterday.
White House counsel have begun outlining their case against the charges laid against the president.
Democrats have an uphill battle to convince Republicans, and week one of the impeachment trial was a partisan affair.
The Democrats are continuing to push their impeachment case against the President in the Senate.
“The president’s conduct is wrong. It is illegal. It is dangerous,” Jerrold Nadler said.
The trial marks just the third time the Senate has weighed whether an American president should be removed from office
A 13-hour hearing saw Republicans push back attempts by Democrats to amend the procedures for the trial.
The impeachment trial is under way. Here’s who we’re going to be seeing a lot of in the coming weeks.
Donald Trump has denounced the proceedings as “a total hoax”.
The US President will be at the economic forum in Davos, Switzerland when his trial begins.
A phone call to the Ukrainian president and some withheld funding sparked a chain of events leading to the US Senate floor this week.
The impeachment trial is set to begin next Tuesday.
Celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz is also part of the defence team in the Senate impeachment hearing into Donald Trump.
The damning assessment comes ahead of the Senate’s impeachment hearing getting under way next week.
The impeachment trial will begin next Thursday.
Senior Democrats Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler will lead the team in the Senate impeachment hearing.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he expects the House of Representatives to send the articles of impeachment through to the upper chamber tomorrow.
Donald Trump is the third US President to face impeachment charges, along with Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.
The trip will make Pompeo the most senior US official to visit Kiev since the scandal erupted.
“It means that we have to take that step back from being hand-in-glove with the defence,” Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said.
Ohio, once an extremely competitive swing state, has trended more towards voting Republican in recent years.