Donald Trump Impeachment Trial Gets Backing Of Only Five Republicans In Procedural Vote

Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday of inciting the horrific attack on the U.S. Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial that spared him the first-ever conviction of a current or former U.S.

There has been a lot of news since Last Week Tonight with John Oliver last aired in November such as the launch of the vaccine rollout, Wall Street’s Game Stop extravaganza and a week-long obsession with sea shanties — whatever that was about. That said, Oliver decided to usher in season 8 with one of the most pressing news stories from last week: Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.

“Saturday Night Live” came out swinging on Saturday with a cold open mocking Donald Trump’s impeachment trial and “foregone conclusion” of an acquittal. The sketch also gave the show’s cast members another chance to shine with some biting political impressions.

came out swinging on Saturday with a cold open mocking Donald Trump's impeachment trial and «foregone conclusion» of an acquittal.

President Trump of inciting the January 6 riot at the Capitol in his second impeachment trial. Seven Republicans joined all Democrats in voting «Guilty» for a majority of 57 votes – but Democrats failed to get the two-thirds majority needed to convict.The Republicans who joined with the Democrats were: Richard Burr of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. Mr.

US president Donald Trump has been acquitted at his impeachment trial of inciting last month’s riot at the Capitol.By a vote of 57 to 43 on Saturday, the Senate voted to clear Trump on the charge, falling ten short of the 67 needed for conviction.Seven Republicans broke party ranks to find Trump guilty.The vote marked the second time in 12 months that Trump has survived an impeachment trial.Democrats had wanted to bar him from holding public office again.House prosecutors had argued that Trump’s

Donald Trump‘s second impeachment trial has ended and the former President of the United States was acquitted by the U.S. Senate.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to vote to acquit Donald Trump in the Senate impeachment trial, multiple news outlets reported on Saturday.

Run The Jewels and Wu-Tang Clan‘s GZA this week while speaking at Donald Trump‘s impeachment trial.Plaskett, a Democrat who represents the US Virgin Islands’ at-large congressional district, is one of the nine House impeachment managers who are outlining the case against the former US President during his ongoing trial in the Senate.Addressing Senators this week, Plaskett spoke out against Trump in a speech where she quoted lines from Run The Jewels’ ‘Early’ (“truth is truth, whether denied or

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sat at his desk, rarely if ever distracted from the case being laid out against Donald Trump by House impeachment managers this week.

Impeachment managers connected Donald Trump’s words to the actions of the mob that stormed that Capitol on Jan. 6, presenting video after video in which his supporters said that they believed that they were following what he wanted them to do.

direct to your inboxProsecutors unveiled chilling new security video in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Wednesday, showing the mob of rioters breaking into the Capitol and searching menacingly for Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.Footage showed rioters smashing windows and doors as overwhelmed police begged on their radios for help in the insurrection, in which five people died.In the previously unreleased recordings, the House prosecutors showed scenes of how close

The second day of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial began with Democrats again turning to vivid video to make the case that the now-former president incited a mob to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6.

A delegation of House members delivered an article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the U.S. Senate tonight, a ceremony that triggers a process for a trial on charges that the former president incited the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Chuck Schumer said that an Article of Impeachment against former President Donald Trump will be delivered to the Senate on Monday, meaning that a trial could start as soon as next week.

SAG-AFTRA took a major step Tuesday towards kicking Donald Trump out of the union. Meeting in special session, the national board of directors voted overwhelmingly to find “probable cause” that Trump, who has been a member for over 30 years, has “violated the union’s Constitution,” and ordered the matter to be heard by SAG-AFTRA’s Disciplinary Committee.