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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by Donald Trump to keep eight years of his tax returns and other financial records out of the hands of a Manhattan prosecutor conducting a criminal investigation into the former president and his company, the Trump Organization Inc.
(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...
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 Beutlerâs 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...