An Impeachment Trial Unlike Any Other in History (Updated)
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The Senate impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump will take place in February because the defendant has only now been able to secure a lawyer, one referred by Trump Fluffer Sen. Lindsey O. Graham. For the impeachment trial, Trump settles on a South Carolina lawyer arranged through Lindsey Graham.
Former President Donald J. Trump’s new impeachment lawyer, Butch Bowers, is a South Carolina-based attorney who was arranged through Senator Lindsey Graham and has a long history of representing politicians in his home state.
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The daily rundown Between Wednesday and Thursday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 12,873 (0.8 percent), to 1,613,884; active hospitalizations decreased by 123 (1.7 percent), to 7,024; deaths rose by 161 (nearly 0.7 percent), to 24,739.
Courtroom drama Who’s ready to relitigate 2018? It seems as if Sen. Rick Scott wants to. Or at least he wants to somehow use those elections as part of his justification to explain his decision to vote against the certification of President Joe Biden’s election after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Delay in power-sharing pact leaves Senate in limbo
“It’s kind of goofy at the moment,” says the No. 2 Senate Republican.
As Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell negotiate a power sharing agreement for a 50-50 Senate, committee assignments are still up in the air. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Democrats are in control of the Senate. But Sen. Ron Johnson is still leading the Homeland Security Committee, even though he s term-limited and in the minority.
It s the latest complication of the 50-50 Senate split.
“I’m still chairman,” the Wisconsin Republican said this week. “They haven’t hung my picture in the cloakroom yet so that’s a sign I guess.”
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