First, an update to Unaccountable: fourth Inspector General fired in a retaliatory discharge, re: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Wow, this scandal has been building fast since the “Friday night massacre.” Since I can’t possibly keep up with all of the crimes and corruption of the Trump Swamp, Steve Benen has a good summary to … Read more
I said at the beginning of this Impeachment: Not just Donald Trump, but the lawless and amoral Party of Trump is on trial. Today the jury delivered its verdict: the Party of Trump is guilty of ending democracy for GOP authoritarianism. America weeps today. Senators voted 48-52 to convict on the first House-passed article of impeachment for abuse … Read more
While Senate Republicans were busy on Friday aiding and abetting Donald Trump’s “total obstruction” of Congress by voting not to hear from relevant first-hand knowledge witnesses who have offered to testify and who have receipts to corroborate their testimony, these very same witnesses were dropping bombshells in “breaking news” in split-screen coverage of the impeachment … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court has stated that “the basic purpose of the trial is the determination of the truth,” and in the American system of jurisprudence, “to seek justice.” What we have borne witness to during the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump is the rejection by craven Senate Republicans and the president’s … Read more
There is going to be a fight over additional witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump. This may involve some complex legal issues. Our analysis begins with the “potted plant,” Chief Justice John Roberts. Neal K. Katyal, Joshua A. Geltzer and Mickey Edwards explain at the New York Times, John Roberts Can Call … Read more