House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday she will send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate next week: “I have asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate,” Pelosi said … Read more
“The Enemy of The People,” the “Grim Reaper” of the Senate graveyard where bills and constitutional governance go to die, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, or as Gail Collins says, President Mitch McConnell (“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who actually runs the country, expressed support for his minion, Donald Trump . …”), is ready to … Read more
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled Friday that Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, can provide Congress with evidence in his criminal case that is of interest to impeachment investigators. The Washington Post reports, Giuliani associate can give impeachment investigators phone data, documents seized by prosecutors, judge says: U.S. … Read more
In an unfortunately timed report, sandwiched between Christmas and New Year’s Day when people are celebrating and not paying attention to the news, the New York Times made the case for why key witnesses who were blocked from cooperating with the House impeachment committee hearings need to be called at the Senate impeachment trial. The … Read more
A federal judge on Monday dismissed and declared moot (.pdf) a lawsuit by former deputy national security adviser Charles Kupperman, who was seeking a ruling on whether to comply with a subpoena in the House’s impeachment inquiry or a directive from the White House blocking his testimony. Kupperman and his former boss, former national security adviser John … Read more