with Simone Gao
The Supreme Court rejected a last attempt by Trump to shield his financial records, issuing an order requiring Mr. Trump’s accountants to turn over his tax and other records to prosecutors in New York.
Trump’s impeachment saga reached a speedy conclusion on saturday. The Senate voted to acquit the former president after a week-long trial. Out of office and out of power, the era of Donald Trump dominating the daily headlines appears to be over. So what’s next in store for the former president, and the Republican Party?
On day two of the Impeachment Trial, Utah Senator Mike Lee objected to a House Impeachment Manager falsely atributing a quote to him. The misquote implied that President Trump had deliberately engineered the Capitol protests.
Today I will talk about former President Trump’s Impeachment trial, that began on tuesday.
The Senate proceedings marked the first time in US history that a former president has been impeached. Trump’s defense team said that the procedure violates the constitution. Since impeachments are reserved for officials still in office.
Today I spoke with Neil McCabe, the National Political Correspondent of The Tennessee Star, about Trump’s Impeachment. He says that Senate Republicans are also on trial.
Former president Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial will take place today. Trump’s legal team called it a political theater and asked the House of Representatives to dismiss the case, but House Democrats refused.