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McConnell Blames Trump After Vote to Acquit: Impeachment Update Bloomberg 2/13/2021 © Photographer: MANDEL NGAN/AFP Donald Trump (Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial ended in a not guilty verdict on a vote of 57-43, short of the two-thirds majority required. The nine House impeachment managers presenting the charge against the former president argue that he betrayed his oath of office by inciting his followers to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6. Trump’s lawyers counter that he didn’t encourage violence and simply exercised his First Amendment rights. Key Developments:...

GOP Representative Tells of Jan. 6 Trump-McCarthy Call A Republican congresswoman who voted to impeach Trump told of a telephone conversation that McCarthy had with Trump during the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. In a statement released Friday night on Twitter, Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington State said McCarthy had told her that he asked Trump to call off his supporters who had invaded the building. Trump, according to Herrera Beutler’s account, first claimed that the rioters were members of the leftist movement Antifa. When McCarthy responded that they were indeed his supporters, T...

Trump Failed to Intervene, Democrats Say: Impeachment Update Bloomberg 2/11/2021 © Photographer: SAUL LOEB/AFP Donald Trump l (Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial is underway in the Senate, with members of the House’s prosecution team delivering their case, including graphic video from the deadly Jan. 6 attack. The nine impeachment managers presenting the charge against the former president argue that he betrayed his oath of office by inciting his followers to storm the Capitol. Trump’s lawyers counter that he didn’t prod his supporters to violence and simply ex...

Trump Failed to Intervene, Democrats Say: Impeachment Update Bloomberg 2/11/2021 © Photographer: SAUL LOEB/AFP Donald Trump l (Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial is underway in the Senate, with members of the House’s prosecution team delivering their case, including graphic video from the deadly Jan. 6 attack. The nine impeachment managers presenting the charge against the former president argue that he betrayed his oath of office by inciting his followers to storm the Capitol. Trump’s lawyers counter that he didn’t prod his supporters to violence and simply ex...

Republicans Pan Trump Lawyer’s Rambling Case: Impeachment Update Bloomberg 2/9/2021 © Bloomberg Donald Trump (Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial began Tuesday. The trial is sure to be rich in political and constitutional significance even though it’s all but certain to end in acquittal, with most Republicans in opposition. The nine House managers prosecuting the former president argue that he betrayed his oath of office as president by inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Trump’s lawyers countered that he didn’t incite his supporters to violence ...