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Considering impeachments future Albert Hunt, opinion contributor © Greg Nash Considering impeachments future After a 100-year hiatus, there have been four impeachment proceedings against a president in less than 50 years. Only the first was fully satisfying; any in the future likely wont get better. As a constitutional weapon, impeachment seems lacking - no president has ever been convicted in the Senate. As a political weapon, the record is mixed. Whatever the wisdom of the ...

The New Yorker reveals new details on Democrats efforts to prevent Donald Trump from stealing the 2020 election

America’s first ‘virtual’ inauguration ushers in a transformed era Robert Draper © Photograph by Andrew Harnik, AP Joseph R. Biden takes the oath to become the 46th president of the United States. “The American story depends not on any one of us, not on some of us, he said in his address, but on all of us, on we the people, who seek a more perfect union.” “Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate but of a cause, the cause of democracy,” said Joseph Robin...

You feel about the independent counsel, by his own conduct he has deprived himself of the perceived legitimacy to govern. you need both political and legal legitimacy to govern this nation because the president must be able to demand an absolute sacrifice from the public at a moments notice. >> im joined by two former acting solicitor generals, walter dellinger, neal katyal, whose latest book was invoked today by republicans in the hearing. i want to get your reaction to the arguments presented ...

I dont think either side thinks theyre going to convert anyone else. i think the democrats are trying to make a case that the senators that are going to vote on this get to take home and say this is why we did it. i dont think its a conversion argument because i dont think they think theres anyone that can be converted. >> joy reid, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. next, the republican defense and the double standard of their sole witness, former acting solicitors general walter ...

Walk away from this, its a green light. >> that is a huge concern, particularly because we are heading full speed ahead to 2020 right now as we speak. neal katyal, walter dellinger, thank you both for joining us. >> thank you, chris. still ahead, is the presidents lawyer in the midst of ongoing impeachment hearings actually holding meetings with ukrainian prosecutors? the reporter who has the giuliani beat covered better than anyone else joins me next. my parents never taught me anything about...

Embarrassed for defense attorneys because i didnt see an actual substantive defense of trumps conduct. and i think it really came to the fore when professor turley was asked the question, has a president ever gagged all of these witnesses and stonewalled congress from any documents, emails, et cetera, and he couldnt answer that question. but we know the answer to that. no president has done that before, which is why walters point is so important. you know, if the republicans allow this behavior ...

Our own geoff bennett at nbc news reports hes on this committee now but also facing new accusations he ignored warnings about an ohio state university doctor accused of sexually abusing nearly 200 men on the wrest liling team when j jordan was the coach. hes got whistle-blower problems of his own. the republicans are putting together a rogues gallery of trump defenders rather than those who seem to know how to do the job if there was a defense for trump coming up for it. >> they have a strategy ...

That trump and his crowd think will clear russia of attacking the 2016 election, which they did. the american public will finally hear from the witnesses this week as republicans remain laser focused on minimizing trumps role in the ukraine scandal, even though hes the one on the call at the center of the impeachment inquiry. so get ready, america. the impeachment will be televised. joining me is attorney midwin charles, david corn and author of "russian roulette." jill wine-banks, former assist...

Who the whistle-blower is. how did this investigation start? and they totally are avoiding the evidence. we know why. if you read the transcripts that came out the last week, and i did that. well over thousands of pages now. its clear -- any lawyer would love this case. multiple witnesses testifying to the same thing. multiple quid pro quos. even had fiona hill, the top russia expert at the nsc saying she believed or worried at the time that rudy giuliani who was in the mix here was breaking the...