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Axios: Trump’s Last Lawyers Quit Over Pay Dispute

Axios reports: The notoriously stingy former president and his lead lawyer, Butch Bowers, wrangled over compensation during a series of tense phone calls, sources familiar with their conversations said. The argument came even though Trump has raised over $170 million from the public that could be used on his legal defenses. The two initially agreed Bowers would be paid $250,000 …

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House Impeachment Managers File Blistering Brief: Trump’s Actions Were “Betrayal Of Historic Proportions”

The Washington Post reports: House Democrats made their case to convict former president Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in a sweeping impeachment brief filed with the Senate on Tuesday that accused Trump of whipping his supporters into a “frenzy” and described him as “singularly responsible” for the mayhem that ensued. In the brief, …

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Trump Lawyer Opposes Playing Riot Footage At Trial

“Does this country really need to see video tapes? We know now apparently that Mr. Swalwell and the other managers intend to show video tapes of the riots and people calling in, people being hurt, police officers talking. “Why does the country need that now? We would stipulate that there was a riot that went on that day. It was …

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Trump Hires New Lawyers For Impeachment Defense

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump’s office announced that David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor, Jr. will now head the legal team for his second impeachment trial, a day after CNN first reported that five members of his defense left and his team effectively collapsed. One point of friction with his previous team was Trump wanted the attorneys to focus …

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Rob Portman: Trump’s Behavior Can Be Inexcusable And Yet Not Be Subject To Conviction At Trial [VIDEO]

“I have said with regard to the president’s comments that day that they were partly responsible for what happened, for the horrible violence that occurred on Capitol Hill. I’ve also said that what he did was wrong and inexcusable. “I’ve used the word inexcusable because that’s how I feel. It can be inexcusable and yet not be subject to a …

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Trump’s Entire Impeachment Defense Team Quits Case

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump’s five impeachment defense attorneys have left a little more than a week before his trial is set to begin, according to people familiar with the case, amid a disagreement over his legal strategy. It was a dramatic development in the second impeachment trial for Trump, who has struggled to find lawyers willing to take …

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SC Republicans Censure Rep For Impeachment Vote

The Hill reports: The South Carolina Republican Party voted to censure Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.) for his vote earlier this month to impeach former President Donald Trump in a rare rebuke of one of the party’s own lawmakers. The censure formally condemns Rice for his surprise vote to impeach Trump over his role in inciting the violent mob that attacked …

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“QAnon Shaman” Offers To Testify At Trump’s Trial

Law & Crime reports: Al Watkins, a lawyer for accused Capitol rioter Jacob Chansley, is offering his client as a witness in the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Chansley is better known in popular culture as the “QAnon Shaman” or, as Watkins called him, the “guy with the horns and the fur” who was photographed raiding …

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Dems Prep Resolution Barring Trump From Future Office

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports: If the U.S. Senate lacks enough Republican support to convict former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, Sen. Tim Kaine is preparing an alternative to condemn him for his role in inciting an insurrection that resulted in a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol. Kaine, in a news conference on Thursday, said his proposed “condemning …

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Kinzinger: My Vote To Impeach Could End My Career

CNN reports: “I did it knowing full well it could very well be terminal to my career,” Kinzinger said of his vote. “But I also knew that I couldn’t live with myself having, you know, try to just protect it and just felt like the one time I was called to do a really tough duty, I didn’t do it. …

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Trump Won’t Appear At Senate Impeachment Trial

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump may submit a written letter in his defense for the Senate impeachment trial, contemplating the move as he expands his legal team less than two weeks before the proceedings are set to begin, according to two people familiar with the matter. And while he is considering such a statement, Trump is not planning …

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Patrick Leahy Back Home After Brief Hospitalization

NBC News reports: “The Capitol Physician suggested that Senator Leahy go to George Washington University Hospital this evening for observation, out of an abundance of caution,” said David Carle, a spokesman for Leahy. “After getting test results back, and after a thorough examination, Senator Leahy now is home. Earlier Tuesday evening, Leahy was in his Capitol office and “was not …

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Meadows: Trump’s Senate Trial Is “Dead On Arrival”

The Hill reports: Former President Trump’s ex-chief of staff predicted that Democrats’ efforts to convict the former president in a Senate trial were “dead on arrival” following a vote Tuesday by most of the chamber’s Republicans to dismiss a second impeachment trial. Some senators have maintained they are undecided on whether to convict Trump despite the vote Tuesday. Still, the …

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Senate Votes 55-45 Against Bid To Block Trump’s Trial

Axios reports: Forty-five Senate Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, supported an effort to dismiss former President Trump’s second impeachment trial. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) raised a point of order on Tuesday afternoon to hold a vote on the constitutionality of the impeachment trial, now that Trump is out of office. “I think there will be enough support on it …

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Nikki Haley: Trump’s Actions Since Election Day “Were Not His Finest, But Give The Man A Break, Move On”

“January 6th was a tough day. The actions of the president since Election Day were not his finest. “It troubles me greatly because I am proud of the successes of the Trump Administration. Those were the right policies. “That’s what our party cares about and is looking to do. If you look at the foreign policy side, the strength we …

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GOP Senators Warned: Vote Impeach, Get Primaried

The Hill reports: Allies of former President Trump are waging an intense pressure campaign aimed at convincing GOP senators to vote against his conviction in next month’s impeachment trial. The message to wavering GOP senators is that anyone who votes to convict Trump is guaranteeing a tough primary challenge that could end their political career. The message is directed not …

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LIVE VIDEO: Impeachment Article Presented To Senate

NBC News reports: The House will deliver its article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, kicking off preparations for the upcoming trial. House impeachment managers will hold a procession ceremony through National Statuary Hall and the Capitol Rotunda to the Senate on Monday evening to present the article of impeachment to the secretary of …

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TODAY: Senate Gets Impeachment Article From House

The Washington Post reports: House impeachment managers are planning to deliver an article of impeachment to the Senate on Monday, accusing Trump of “incitement of insurrection” for his role in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by a violent mob, a takeover that left a Capitol Police officer and four rioters dead. “Although I remain hopeful for our …

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Lawmakers Threatened Ahead Of Trump’s Senate Trial

The Associated Press reports: Federal law enforcement officials are examining a number of threats aimed at members of Congress as the second trial of former President Donald Trump nears, including ominous chatter about killing legislators or attacking them outside of the U.S. Capitol, a U.S. official told The Associated Press. The threats, and concerns that armed protesters could return to …

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Schumer: Impeachment Trial Will Begin February 8th

Axios reports: The Senate will begin former President Trump’s impeachment trial the week of Feb. 8, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Friday on the Senate floor. Trump is the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice for “incitement of insurrection” after a violent pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol, resulting in five deaths. The day of the insurrection …

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