US Senate acquits Trump as Republicans save him in impeachment again
Updated: 8.50amWashington DC, US Reuters The US Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday in his second impeachment trial in a year, with fellow Republicans blocking conviction over the former president’s role in the deadly assault by his supporters on the US Capitol. The Senate vote of 57 to 43 fell short of the two-thirds majority […]
Trump takes jabs at political opponents during National Prayer Breakfast
Washington DC, USRNS Shortly before President Donald Trump delivered his speech at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, the event’s keynote speaker, Harvard University professor and author Arthur Brooks, asked the crowd, “How many of you love somebody with whom you disagree politically?” Many people in the audience raised their hands. Trump, sitting quietly a few […]
Updated: Senate acquits Trump in historic vote as re-election battle looms
Updated: 11.15amWashington DC, US Reuters President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his US Senate impeachment trial, saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided America to give him a second White House term. The businessman-turned-politician, 73, survived only the third presidential impeachment […]
“Wishful thinking”: Chief justice no saviour for liberals at Trump trial
Washington DC, USReuters Conservative US Chief Justice John Roberts always looked unlikely to become the hero for liberals at President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial that some of them had hoped for. He turned out to be a mere bit player in the drama. Some Democratic senators, liberal activists and commentators had wanted Roberts to […]
Updated: US Senate votes against calling witnesses in Trump trial, clearing way for acquittal
Updated: 6pmWashington DC, US Reuters The US Senate voted on Friday against calling witnesses and collecting new evidence in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump’s almost certain acquittal next week. By a vote of 51-49, the Republican-controlled Senate stopped Democrats’ drive to hear testimony from witnesses like former national security adviser […]
“Time for this to end”: Trump team asks for acquittal at impeachment trial
Washington DC, USReuters US President Donald Trump’s lawyers wrapped up their arguments in his impeachment trial on Tuesday with a plea for the Senate to acquit him, and also sought to marginalise former national security adviser John Bolton’s explosive allegations about Trump’s conduct as “inadmissible” in the proceedings. “The election is only months away. The […]
Explainer – Why putting Trump on trial in the US Senate could get complicated
Washington DC, USReuters US 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 he wants a full trial in the Senate because he would receive fair […]