Bookmark?Remove? Trump’s coming impeachment trial aggravates rift among Republicans FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) arrives at a luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The coming second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump on a charg... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Trump told Bolton he wanted to hold Ukraine aid pending help on Biden probe: NYTimes WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told his then-national security adviser in August that he wanted to continue freezing $391 million in security aid to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats, including presidential ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? U.S. House Judiciary head Nadler to miss some impeachment proceedings after wife’s cancer diagnosis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jerrold Nadler, one of the U.S. House lawmakers leading efforts to remove President Donald Trump from office said on Sunday he would miss some of the Senate impeachment trial after his wife was diagnosed with cancer. Nadler, who chairs t... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Highlights: Key quotes from the U.S. House impeachment memo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Here are highlights from the 111-page House Impeachment Brief filed Saturday afternoon. ON IMPEACHMENT: “President Trump has demonstrated his continued willingness to corrupt free and fair elections, betray our national security, and sub... More »
Bookmark?Remove? U.S. House files brief laying out impeachment case against Trump WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. lawmakers managing the impeachment case against Donald Trump filed a brief on Saturday laying out their arguments supporting charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress against the president. The Democratic House of Re... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Trump impeachment: What happens next? (Reuters) – The White House on Friday named members of President Trump’s defense team for his impeachment trial, which will begin in earnest next week. Here is what to look out for next as the proceedings advance. Jan. 20 * The House has until noon (1700 GMT) ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Pelosi says Republicans will pay price for denying impeachment witnesses WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said House Democrats will determine on Tuesday when to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate and warned that Republicans will pay a political price for denying a tria... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Factbox: Trump impeachment – What happens next? (Reuters) – Donald Trump became the third president in U.S. history to be impeached when the House of Representatives formally charged him on Wednesday with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The votes set up a trial in the Republican-controlled Senat... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Factbox: After impeachment, who might argue the case against Trump in the Senate? WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When the U.S. Senate begins the trial to consider impeachment charges against President Donald Trump, a handful of lawmakers from the House of Representatives will act as prosecutors to lay out the case against the president. House Speak... More »
Bookmark?Remove? U.S. lawmakers head home amid impasse over Trump impeachment trial WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers who control the fate of President Donald Trump left Washington for a holiday break on Friday with no agreement over how they will handle the Senate trial to consider his impeachment charges in January. Trump, a Republican,... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Spotlight will be on U.S. chief justice in Trump trial and in major cases WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts is poised to serve a highly visible though largely ceremonial role in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump due next month. But it is in his day job on the Supreme Court that the mild-mann... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Schumer seeks testimony from Mulvaney, Bolton in expected Senate trial of Trump WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The senior U.S. Senate Democrat called on Sunday for the Republican-led chamber to demand testimony from four current and former White House aides in a trial expected early next year on whether to remove President Donald Trump from offic... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Senate’s Schumer wants Mulvaney, Bolton, others to testify in impeachment trial WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer proposed in a letter released on Sunday that at least four witnesses including acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and former national security adviser John Bolton be subpoenaed to ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Democrat lawmaker opposed to impeachment will switch parties: report WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Democratic U.S. lawmaker who opposed his party’s moves to impeach President Donald Trump told staff on Saturday he will become a Republican as soon as next week, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the dis... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Trump lawyer Giuliani at White House as U.S. lawmakers vote on impeachment charges WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s private lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was at the White House on Friday, the same day that a Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives panel approved impeachment charges against Trump. Giuliani, who has emerged... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Trump impeachment looms as U.S. House committee approves charges WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment by approving two charges against him over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic political riv... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Factbox: Trump impeachment trial – What happens next? (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will take up impeachment charges against President Donald Trump next week after the House Judiciary Committee on Friday recommended two charges, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, to the full chamber. Here... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Democrats zoom in on Trump impeachment charges this week WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers could vote this week on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the House Judiciary Committee chairman said on Sunday as lawmakers sharpened their focus on charges of wrongdoing in his dealings with U... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Schiff: focus on ‘overwhelming evidence’ in Trump impeachment WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said on Sunday it was best to focus charges in the impeachment of President Donald Trump on where there was overwhelming evidence and not try to charge everything. “It’s always been my st... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Democrats huddle to draft impeachment charges against Trump WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives met on Saturday to prepare for what could be the final week of their months-old impeachment inquiry that has imperiled Donald Trump’s presidency. After emerging from an all-day closed door m... More »
Bookmark?Remove? White House tells Congress it will refuse to participate in impeachment hearings WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House informed the U.S. Congress on Friday that it will refuse to participate in impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee next week. In a letter to Judiciary Commit... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Explainer: Why putting Trump on trial in the U.S. Senate could get complicated WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has refused to engage with the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry but is expected to adopt a very different strategy in the likely event of a trial in the Senate. The Republican president has said h... More »
Bookmark?Remove? White House tells Democrats it will not participate in Trump impeachment hearing WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday it would refuse to take part in hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives set for next week that will consider what articles of impeachment to bring against President Donald Trump. In a letter to Judici... More »
Bookmark?Remove? White House says it will not participate in Wednesday’s Trump impeachment hearing WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House told Democratic lawmakers on Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump and his lawyers would not participate in a congressional impeachment hearing this week, citing a lack of “fundamental fairness.” Trump’s aides responded... More »
Bookmark?Remove? White House tells House Democrats that it will not participate in Wednesday impeachment hearing WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said in a letter on Sunday to the chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee that President Donald Trump would not send representation to a Wednesday impeachment hearing. Pat Cipollone, counsel to the pr... More »
Bookmark?Remove? White House stays mum about hearing participation as deadline passes WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House made no public statement as of a 6 p.m. (2300 GMT) deadline on Sunday to say whether he would send legal counsel to participate in a congressional impeachment hearing this week. Although the dead... More »
Bookmark?Remove? U.S. panel sets deadline for Trump to decide participation in impeachment hearings WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional panel on Friday gave President Donald Trump one week to say whether his legal counsel intends to introduce evidence and call witnesses in upcoming impeachment proceedings that could lead to formal charges of miscondu... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Judges place temporary hold on ex-White House lawyer ruling WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Appeals court judges put on hold a ruling by a lower court that would require former White House Counsel Don McGahn to testify to lawmakers as part of the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. McGahn, who left ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Senior Democrat says next step underway in Trump impeachment probe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. lawmakers have begun the next step in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump – writing a report on their findings – but still could take more testimony and hold additional hearings, the chairman of the House ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Legal experts say U.S. court ruling on White House counsel could encourage witnesses to talk in impeachment probe (Reuters) – A court ruling expected on Monday could give cover to former national security advisor John Bolton and other administration officials to cooperate in the impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump, legal experts said. U.S. District Jud... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Trump accuses impeachment witness of lying, defends use of Giuliani By Lisa Lambert, Steve Holland and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday accused a witness in the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry of lying and offered an explanation for his controversial use of his personal lawyer Rudy Giu... More »
Bookmark?Remove? In Trump-Nixon impeachment comparison, Pelosi raises specter of resignation WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is amplifying her unfavorable comparison of President Donald Trump to fellow Republican Richard Nixon, saying that disgraced president at least cared enough about the country to leave office before his imp... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Trump assails Pence aide who testified in impeachment probe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out on Sunday at another witness in Congress’ impeachment inquiry against him, saying the aide to Vice President Mike Pence was a “Never Trumper” who should “work out a better presidential attack.” Writ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Pence aide said Trump’s Ukraine phone call was ‘unusual and inappropriate’ WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart at the center of Congress’ impeachment investigation was “inappropriate,” an aide to Vice President Mike Pence told lawmakers, according to a transcript rel... More »
Bookmark?Remove? For U.S. diplomats, public impeachment hearings could be catharsis and maybe a circus WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On the first day of November, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent an internal email to thousands of State Department staff that began: “As champions of American diplomacy, we are in the truth-telling business.” While the email seen ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Republicans want Hunter Biden, whistleblower to testify in open hearings WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans on Saturday asked that former Vice President Joe Biden’s son and the whistleblower whose complaint triggered the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump be called to testify in public hearings that begin next wee... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Trump says will probably release second Ukraine transcript on Tuesday WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the White House would probably release a transcript of a second call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday. “We have another transcript coming out which is very importan... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Republicans tap close Trump ally to serve on impeachment panel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans said on Friday they are moving U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, one of President Donald Trump’s most tenacious defenders, onto the congressional committee that will hold public hearings next week on Trump’s possible impeachmen... More »
Bookmark?Remove? White House official says he heard U.S. envoy push for investigation of Bidens WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An official on the White House’s National Security Council said he heard the U.S. ambassador to the European Union explicitly press Ukrainian officials to investigate Joe Biden and his son, according to a transcript released on Friday by... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Factbox: Trump impeachment hearings likely to draw high ratings in new era of political TV (Reuters) – Public impeachment hearings for U.S. President Donald Trump next week will mark a historical moment in political television both because of the high stakes and how people will watch the proceedings. The public inquiry into the Ukraine scandal will ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Trump impeachment inquiry awaits key witnesses, but some will be no-shows WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump have scheduled another crucial round of testimony this week, but several key White House witnesses plan to defy them and some other administration officials... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Whistleblower offers Republicans testimony as Trump pushes for unmasking WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. official whose whistleblower complaint led to the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump offered to communicate directly with Republicans on the intelligence committee leading the inquiry, his lawyers said on Sunday.... More »
Bookmark?Remove? White House budget officials to defy U.S. House panel’s requests for testimony (Reuters) – Three officials in the White House Office of Management and Budget will not appear for interviews this week sought by the U.S. House of Representatives as part of an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, an administration official said. ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Trump says name of whistleblower in impeachment inquiry should be revealed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said the name of the whistleblower whose concerns prompted an impeachment inquiry should be revealed because that individual had given false information. Trump, without giving evidence, suggested the... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Whistleblower offers direct testimony to Republicans: CBS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. intelligence official whose whistleblower complaint led to the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump has offered to answer written questions directly to Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, his lawyer to... More »
Bookmark?Remove? U.S. investors prepare for drawn-out House impeachment proceedings NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are starting to prepare for a long U.S. impeachment process that could drag into 2020. The decision by the House of Representatives to begin impeachment inquiries that could end in a vote to remove President Donald Trump from off... More »
Brazil’s Rousseff ousted by Senate, Temer sworn in Brazil’s new President Michel Temer attends the presidential inauguration ceremony after Brazil’s Senate removed President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, Brazil, August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino Brazil’s Senate ousted President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesda... More »
Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff takes stand in impeachment trial People walk next to an official photo of Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff, at a camp in support of Rousseff, in Brasilia, Brazil, August 28, 2016. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly Suspended President Dilma Rousseff will make a last stand in Brazil’s Senate on Mo... More »
Hillary Clinton calls Republican’s impeachment vow ‘pathetic’ WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday denounced as “pathetic” and “totally ridiculous” a Republican congressman’s call to impeach her on her first day in office if she is elected to the White House next year. Clinton, the ... More »