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Trump may be in real trouble from new civil and criminal cases Donald Ayer and Norman Eisen, The Washington Post March 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Recent statements by Donald Trump and his enablers prove that he and his Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen arent departing from American politics anytime soon. But neither is the push to hold him legally accountable, as shown by a new lawsuit - the second against Trump by a member of Congress arising out of the failed Jan. 6 insurrection. ...

The debate over whether the Senate can hear Trumps impeachment: An explainer Salvador Rizzo, The Washington Post Feb. 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.Washington Post photo by Salwan Georges. "This is not a trial of a president, but of a private citizen. . . . This proceeding . . . violates the Constitution." - Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in remarks on the Senate floor, Jan. 26, 2021 "The theory that the impeachment of a former official is unconstitutional is...

The stark lesson of the last four years is that the failure to hold a president to account only leads to more conduct for which the president should be held to account.

Senator lee asks of counsel for the president, the house managers have argued aggressively that the presidents actions contravened u.s. foreign policy. isnt it the presidents place, certainly more than the place of career civil servants, to conduct foreign policy? >> thank you, mr. chief justice, senators, and thank you for that question. it is definitely the presidents place to set u.s. foreign policy, and the constitution makes this clear. article ii section 1 vests the entirety of the executi...

Good evening. im fareed zakaria. when our great-grandchildren study the presidency of donald trump, among the first things they will learn is this. he was impeached. it is a historic judgment on a president that cannot be erased. we dont yet know the rest of trumps story, but we do know hes part of an exclusive club. only three presidents have ever been impeached: trump, bill clinton and andrew johnson. richard nixon resigned when he saw that impeachment was inevitable. each impeachment drama ha...

Pentagon comptroller dont tell congress about all this. bar issu barb, i guess the fair question coming out of that, how many other e-mails like that one are out there that we could discover before the start date of a senate trial and could be used in oral arguments? >> yes, and you know, to johns point, what else is out there that we dont know yet? were going to have an impeachment trial. it could all be over by the end of january, and then what happens when we see these e-mails or we read john...

Out there that we could discover before the start date of a senate trial and could be used in oral arguments? >> yes, and you know, to johns point, what else is out there that we dont know yet? were going to have an impeachment trial. it could all be over by the end of january, and then what happens when we see these e-mails or we read john boltons book and it turns out that all of these facts were true and, in fact, even worse than we ever imagined? dont we owe it to the generations to come to ...

>> there is no greater fall from no greater height. good evening. im fareed zakaria. bh our great-grandchildren study the presidency of donald trump, among the first things they will learn is this. he was impeached. it is a historic judgment on a president that cannot be erased. we dont yet know the rest of trumps story, but we do know hes part of an exclusive club. only three presidents have ever been impeached: trump, bill clinton and andrew johnson. richard nixon resigned when he saw that i...

>> house democrats set to announce at least two articles of impeachment against the president. >> were introducing two articles of impeachment charging the president of the united states, donald j. trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. >> we have such great potential in this nation, but to have wasted the majority on this is an embarrassment to this caucus. >> article 1 is adopted. article ii is adopted. >> this particular house of representatives has let its partisan rage at this...

This president is impressive on economy and a host of issues. it was asking the american people to say overlook this because you can compartmentalize effectively -- >> you mischaracterize what theyre saying. what theyre saying on article ii is simply this -- there is a remedy for the democrats if theyre not getting information from the president. its a remedy that has been used consistently throughout the history of of this country. you go to a court and you file a suit to compel them to deliver...