The proceedings in Donald Trump's impeachment trial were briefly halted after a House Republican offered new details of a phone call between the former US president and the House minority leader about the Capitol riots.
A heavy dose of whataboutism, an extremely broad definition of free speech and eyebrow raising answers about what Trump knew and when made up the bulk of Trump's defence case.
Impeachment trial: Trump lawyers wrap up defense
Closing arguments in former US President Donald Trump s impeachment trial started Saturday after the Senate reached a deal to skip witness testimony.
US senators had been close to concluding the trial , when proceedings were briefly halted as Democrats, along with five Republicans, initially won a vote to call witnesses.
The trial rules say that if senators agree to hear witnesses, votes to hear additional testimony would be allowed.
Hours later, senators agreed to accept new information from a Republican congresswoman about Trump s actions on the day of the deadly Capitol siege on January 6 and proceed from there without calling witnesses.
Trump impeachment: Chilling footage shows how close rioters got to senators
Trump impeachment: Chilling footage shows how close rioters got to senators Thu, 11 Feb 2021, 12:26PM
Donald Trump s impeachment trial has entered its second day with prosecutors arguing that Trump was no innocent bystander but rather the inciter-in-chief of the deadly attack at the US Capitol that aimed to overturn his election loss to Joe Biden.
House Democrats methodically presented evidence from the former president himself hundreds of Trump tweets and comments that culminated in his January 6 rally cry to go the Capitol and fight like hell to overturn his defeat.
The Pebble mine project in Alaska (Image: Northern Dynasty)
Northern Dynasty Minerals said on Friday that its wholly-owned Pebble Limited Partnership and the unit’s former chief executive officer had been served with subpoenas.
The subpoenas to produce documents is related to a grand jury investigation apparently involving recordings of private conversations regarding the Pebble mine project.
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Tom Collier, CEO of Pebble Limited Partnership, the company trying to develop Alaska’s Pebble Mine project, had resigned in September after his comments on elected and regulatory officials in the U.S. state were covertly videotaped and released by an environmental activist group.