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Florida man charged with threatening to kill US Rep Eric Swalwell and his children
Read full article: Florida man charged with threatening to kill US Rep Eric Swalwell and his childrenFederal prosecutors say a South Florida man threatened to kill U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell and his children in a series of voicemails left at the California Democratās Washington office last month.
Lawyers argue whether the Constitutionās āinsurrectionā clause blocks Trump from the 2024 ballot
Read full article: Lawyers argue whether the Constitutionās āinsurrectionā clause blocks Trump from the 2024 ballotLawyers for a group of Colorado voters are focusing on the January 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol and former President Donald Trumpās words and actions in a hearing that could determine whether the Constitutionās insurrection clause bars Trump from running again for the White House.
Top Dem on House intel seeks briefings on classified records
Read full article: Top Dem on House intel seeks briefings on classified recordsThe new top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee is calling for more information about classified records discovered in the possession of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
Republicans set to oust Rep. Omar from Foreign Affairs panel
Read full article: Republicans set to oust Rep. Omar from Foreign Affairs panelA procedural vote Wednesday in the House showed unified Republican support in moving to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
McCarthy says he'll block Schiff, Swalwell from Intel panel
Read full article: McCarthy says he'll block Schiff, Swalwell from Intel panelSpeaker Kevin McCarthy is reiterating that he will block Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell of California from serving on the House committee that oversees national intelligence.
House Dems demand prison rape audit at Calif. federal lockup
Read full article: House Dems demand prison rape audit at Calif. federal lockupEight House Democrats are demanding the Bureau of Prisons make public an audit of sexual assault reports at a federal women's prison in California where inmates say they were subjected to rampant abuse.
Judge rejects effort by Trump to toss Jan. 6 lawsuits
Read full article: Judge rejects effort by Trump to toss Jan. 6 lawsuitsA federal judge has rejected efforts by former President Donald Trump to toss out lawsuits filed by lawmakers and two Capitol Police officers that claim his actions led to the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Top GOP member on House Intel calls for more Ukraine support
Read full article: Top GOP member on House Intel calls for more Ukraine supportThe new top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee says President Joe Bidenās administration needs to ramp up military and intelligence support for Ukraine.
Trump attorneys cite immunity, want Jan. 6 lawsuits tossed
Read full article: Trump attorneys cite immunity, want Jan. 6 lawsuits tossedAttorneys for former President Donald Trump and his associates argue that incendiary statements by Trump and others last Jan. 6 prior to the Capitol riot were protected speech and in line with their official duties.
Dems ask McCarthy to recant Pelosi taunt as tensions rise
Read full article: Dems ask McCarthy to recant Pelosi taunt as tensions riseSeveral House Democrats have called on House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy to apologize to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or resign after audio surfaced of him saying at a fundraiser over the weekend that it would be āhard not to hit herā with a gavel if heās sworn in as speaker after the 2022 midterm elections.
AP source: Justice Dept secretly subpoenaed McGahnās records
Read full article: AP source: Justice Dept secretly subpoenaed McGahnās recordsApple informed former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife that the Justice Department had subpoenaed information about accounts that belonged to them in 2018.
Apple reaffirms privacy stance amid Trump probe revelations
Read full article: Apple reaffirms privacy stance amid Trump probe revelationsApple is seeking to protect its image as a guardian of personal privacy, maintaining it was blindsided and handcuffed by a Trump administration probe that resulted in the company handing over phone data from two Democratic congressmen.
Trump DOJ seized data from House Democrats in leaks probe
Read full article: Trump DOJ seized data from House Democrats in leaks probeThe Justice Department under former President Donald Trump seized data from the accounts of at least two members of the House Intelligence Committee in 2018 as part of an aggressive crackdown on leaks related to the Russia investigation and other national security matters.
Justice Dept., Congress probing Trump seizures of Dems' data
Read full article: Justice Dept., Congress probing Trump seizures of Dems' dataThe Justice Departmentās internal watchdog has launched an investigation after revelations that former President Donald Trumpās administration secretly seized phone data from at least two House Democrats.
Rep. Greene's combative behavior could spark ethics review
Read full article: Rep. Greene's combative behavior could spark ethics reviewA year before her election to Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene searched for Rep_ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at her Capitol office, challenging the New York Democrat to āget rid of your diaperā and ātalk to the American citizens.ā.
House scuttles GOP attempt to boot Swalwell from intel panel
Read full article: House scuttles GOP attempt to boot Swalwell from intel panelThe House has rejected an attempt to boot a Democrat from the House intelligence committee. Democrats scuttled a Republican effort to remove Swalwell from the intelligence panel. Democrats scuttled the effort from House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, 218-200, after he forced a vote. After the briefing, which was also attended by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, McCarthy said he thought Swalwell should be removed. The Republican resolution comes as the once-bipartisan intelligence panel deals with the raw feelings left by the investigations into former President Donald Trumpās ties to Russia.
House impeachment manager sues Trump, allies over riot
Read full article: House impeachment manager sues Trump, allies over riotIn this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Swalwell's attorney Philip Andonian praised Thompsonās lawsuit, filed under a Reconstruction-era law called the Ku Klux Klan Act, and said they were behind it 100%, but saw the need for this one, too. āWe see ourselves as having a different angle to this, holding Trump accountable for the incitement, the disinformation,ā he said. But the lawsuit, like the one by Thompson, was brought against Trump in his personal, not official, capacity. āUnable to accept defeat, Donald Trump waged an all out war on a peaceful transition of power,ā Swalwell said in a statement.
Pelosi says independent commission will examine Capitol riot
Read full article: Pelosi says independent commission will examine Capitol riot(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON ā House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that Congress will establish an independent, Sept. 11-style commission to look into the deadly insurrection that took place at the U.S. Capitol. In a letter to Democratic colleagues, Pelosi said the House will also put forth supplemental spending to boost security at the Capitol. After former President Donald Trumpās acquittal at his second Senate impeachment trial, bipartisan support appeared to be growing for an independent commission to examine the deadly insurrection. AdInvestigations into the riot were already planned, with Senate hearings scheduled later this month in the Senate Rules Committee. An independent commission along the lines of the one that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks would probably require legislation to create.
EXPLAINER: Why impeachment evidence tested TV's standards
Read full article: EXPLAINER: Why impeachment evidence tested TV's standards(Senate Television via AP)NEW YORK ā All the words abounded ā the ones that you're not supposed to hear on broadcast television or, for that matter, in a lot of other places. Many of the networks bleeped out the offending language when repeating videos later, but not when they were broadcast live. WHAT'S THE LIKELIHOOD THAT BROADCAST NETWORKS WILL BE PENALIZED? Networks could argue the same thing with the impeachment trial; it strengthens that point when they ābleepedā out the bad language for later reruns. Given the explicitness of the language used this week, during daytime hours, Levinson said he believes it's a watershed moment in broadcast standards.
Trump lawyers: Impeachment based on hatred, not facts
Read full article: Trump lawyers: Impeachment based on hatred, not factsTrump's lawyers made an abbreviated presentation that used less than three of their allotted 16 hours. But in trying to draw that equivalency, the defenders minimized Trump's months-long efforts to undermine the election results and his urging of followers to do the same. On Friday, as defense lawyers repeated their own videos over and over, some Democrats chuckled and whispered among themselves as many of their faces flashed on the screen. Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet said it felt like the lawyers were āerecting straw men to then take them down rather than deal with the facts." Trump's lawyers say that goal only underscores the āhatredā Democrats feel for Trump.
Trial highlights: Harrowing footage, focus on Trumpās words
Read full article: Trial highlights: Harrowing footage, focus on Trumpās wordsNEW SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGETo reconstruct the siege for senators, Democrats aired never-before-seen security footage from inside the Capitol that showed the attack unfolding. āVice President Pence had the courage to stand against the president, tell the American public the truth and uphold our Constitution. Many Republicans had been appalled by Trump's treatment of his most loyal soldier during his final days in office. AdREPUBLICANS HOLD FIRMThere appears little chance enough Republicans will break with Democrats to convict Trump at the end of the trial. The video evidence was ānothing new here, for me, at the end of the day,ā said Hawley, who maintains the trial is unconstitutional.
Rioters acted on Trumpās āorder,ā Democrats say in trial
Read full article: Rioters acted on Trumpās āorder,ā Democrats say in trialEven out of office, Democrats warned, Trump could whip up a mob of followers for similar damage. Even out of the White House, the former president holds influence over large swaths of voters. Rioters roamed the halls chanting, āHang Mike Pence,ā and eerily singing out, āWhere are you, Nancy?ā in search of Pelosi. The first president to face an impeachment trial after leaving office, Trump is also the first to be twice impeached. His lawyers say he cannot be convicted because he is already gone from the White House.
'Distressing and emotional': Senators relive horror of riot
Read full article: 'Distressing and emotional': Senators relive horror of riotReporters vie for a response from Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, as Senators take a dinner break while arguments continue in former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON ā For 90 tense minutes, members of the Senate relived the horror. The rioters were ā58 stepsā from senators at one point, impeachment manager Eric Swalwell told them. Senators were silent afterward, some sitting quietly and alone, as if to process it all. He walked out of the room in the middle of the presentation, as impeachment manager Stacey Plaskett detailed the threats to Penceās life.
Fox abruptly cuts off impeachment manager during testimony
Read full article: Fox abruptly cuts off impeachment manager during testimonyIn this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. āThe impeachment trial that you're all ignoring, I guess you're afraid ...āAt that point, he was shouted down by Watters and Gutfeld. āImpeachment? āWe will continue to bring you live coverage of the impeachment trial here on One America News,ā anchor Jennifer Franco said. During the trial's first afternoon break, Fox turned to Trump spokesman Jason Miller, who denounced the Democrats' case.
Trial highlights: Harrowing footage, focus on Trump's words
Read full article: Trial highlights: Harrowing footage, focus on Trump's wordsNEW SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGETo reconstruct the siege for senators, Democrats aired never-before-seen security footage from inside the Capitol that showed the attack unfolding. AdāVice President Pence had the courage to stand against the president, tell the American public the truth and uphold our Constitution. Many Republicans had been appalled by Trump's treatment of his most loyal soldier during his final days in office. REPUBLICANS HOLD FIRMThere appears little chance enough Republicans will break with Democrats to convict Trump at the end of the trial. AdThe video evidence was ānothing new here, for me, at the end of the day,ā said Hawley, who maintains the trial is unconstitutional.
The Latest: House managers wrap up 1st full day of arguments
Read full article: The Latest: House managers wrap up 1st full day of arguments(Senate Television via AP)WASHINGTON ā The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate impeachment trial (all times local):8:20 p.m.House Democrats have wrapped up their first full day of arguments at the historic second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. The impeachment trial is set to resume at noon Thursday. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney say they are deeply disturbed by the evidence shown by Democrats against former President Donald Trump at his second impeachment trial. Prosecutors at Trumpās impeachment trial on Wednesday played security footage from inside the Capitol on Jan. 6. ___2:20 p.m.Democrats are arguing that former President Donald Trump ābuiltā the mob that attacked the Capitol.
Trump trial video shows vast scope, danger of Capitol riot
Read full article: Trump trial video shows vast scope, danger of Capitol riotIn this image from video, a security video shows Vice President Mike Pence being evacuated as rioters breach the Capitol, as House impeachment manager Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgin Islands, speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. AdāOn Jan. 6, President Trump left everyone in this Capitol for dead,ā said Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, a prosecutor. āGreatly disturbing.āTrump is the first president to face an impeachment trial after leaving office and the first to be twice impeached. Trump's second impeachment trial is expected to diverge from the lengthy, complicated affair of a year ago.
Chilling Trump trial video: Police beg help, senators flee
Read full article: Chilling Trump trial video: Police beg help, senators fleeIn this image from video, a security video shows Vice President Mike Pence being evacuated as rioters breach the Capitol, as House impeachment manager Del. Trump is the first president to face an impeachment trial after leaving office and the first to be twice impeached. AdIn this image from video, a security video shows U.S. Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman running past Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, left, as House impeachment manager Del. It appears unlikely that the House prosecutors will call witnesses, and Trump has declined a request to testify. Trumpās second impeachment trial is expected to diverge from the lengthy, complicated affair of a year ago.
Trump trial pending, McConnell calls it 'vote of conscience'
Read full article: Trump trial pending, McConnell calls it 'vote of conscience'Many Democrats have pushed for an immediate impeachment trial to hold Trump accountable and prevent him from holding future office, and the proceedings could still begin by Inauguration Day. Psaki noted that during Trump's first impeachment trial last year, the Senate continued to hold hearings each day. Pelosi told reporters on Friday that the nine House impeachment managers, who act as the prosecutors for the House, are working on taking the case to trial. McConnell is open to considering impeachment, having told associates he is done with Trump, but he has not signaled how he would vote. No president has ever been convicted in the Senate, and it would take a two-thirds vote against Trump, an extremely high hurdle.
Pelosi's nine impeachment managers hope to 'finish the job'
Read full article: Pelosi's nine impeachment managers hope to 'finish the job'WASHINGTON ā House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped nine of her most trusted allies in the House to argue the case for President Donald Trumpās impeachment. Pelosi hasnāt yet said when she will send the article of impeachment to the Senate. Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette, another manager, says the nine prosecutors plan to present a serious case and āfinish the jobā that the House started. REP. TED LIEU, CALIFORNIALieu, who authored the article of impeachment with Cicilline and Raskin, is on the Judiciary and Foreign Affairs panels. She is also a member of the House Judiciary Committee, and is a former lawyer and member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.