Mary Clare Jalonick

Senate skips witnesses in Trump impeachment trial, moves toward vote

February 13, 2021 at 12:00 p.m.

The Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump was thrown into confusion Saturday as lawmakers voted to consider hearing witnesses, a step that could extend the proceedings and delay a vote...

Trump lawyers decry impeachment case as political vengeance

February 12, 2021 at 11:38 a.m.

Lawyers for Donald Trump opened his impeachment defense Friday by strenuously denying he played any role in inciting the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, blasting the case against him...

Trump impeachment trial: Rioters acted on Trump鈥檚 “orders,” Democrats say

February 11, 2021 at 12:36 p.m.

House Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump鈥檚 impeachment said Thursday the Capitol invaders believed they were acting on 鈥渢he president抖阴ap orders鈥� and reflected his violent rhetoric when they set out to storm...

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Senators to hear opening arguments as Trump fumes over impeachment trial

February 10, 2021 at 7:46 a.m.

Opening arguments begin Wednesday in Donald Trump鈥檚 impeachment trial after an emotional first day that wrenched senators and the nation back to the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S....

Trump鈥檚 second impeachment trial to start with fight over its legitimacy

February 9, 2021 at 11:13 a.m.

Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial is an undertaking like no other in U.S. history, the defeated former president charged by the House with inciting the deadly mob attack on...

5 key questions for Trump鈥檚 Senate impeachment trial

February 6, 2021 at 3:05 p.m.

Arguments begin Tuesday in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump on allegations that he incited the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Democrats ask Trump to testify under oath in Senate trial

February 4, 2021 at 2:52 p.m.

House Democrats on Thursday asked Donald Trump to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial, challenging the former president to respond to their charge that he incited a violent...

FILE – In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort. Former President Trump has named two lawyers to his impeachment defense team, one day after it was revealed that the former president had parted ways with an earlier set of attorneys. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

House Dems make case for impeachment conviction; Trump denies charges

February 2, 2021 at 8:58 p.m.

Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters “like a loaded cannon” at the U.S. Capitol, House Democrats said Tuesday in...

Trump lawyer: Impeachment case “undemocratic,” ill-advised

February 2, 2021 at 7:47 a.m.

Democrats are using the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump as a political “weapon” to bar the former president from seeking office again and are pursuing a case that...

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Trump parts with impeachment lawyers a week before trial

January 30, 2021 at 8:18 p.m.

Former President Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers just over a week before his Senate trial is set to begin, two people familiar with the situation...

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