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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 505 days 10 hours 34 minutes
Day 1111: An unmitigated disaster.
1/ Trump will deliver his State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET before a joint session of Congress. Trump is expected to talk about the stock market and the economy. It’s not clear if Trump plans to mention the impeachment trial or the u...
Day 1110: "History will not be kind to Donald Trump."
⚖️ Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial: What happened today? House impeachment managers and Trump’s lawyers delivered their closing arguments in the Senate impeachment trial. Adam Schiff, the lead House manager, used his closing arguments to warn Rep...
Day 1107: "A grand tragedy."
⚖️ Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial: What happened today? The Senate voted to block new new witnesses in Trump’s impeachment trial. The 49 to 51 vote ensures the trial will be the first impeachment in U.S. history without witnesses. Two GOP lawmak...
Day 1106: Bogus claims.
⚖️ Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial: What happened today? The Senate reconvened for the final day of written questions to House managers and Trump’s defense team in his impeachment trial. Mitch McConnell indicated to Republican senators he believe...
Day 1105: Public interest.
⚖️ Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial: What happened today? Trump’s impeachment trial moved to written questions. Senate Republicans opened the day with Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitt Romney – three Republicans who have hinted they co...
Day 1100: "What our framers feared most."
⚖️ Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial: tl;dr Today marks the last chance for the Democratic impeachment managers to make their pitch to GOP senators on whether to subpoena new witnesses and documents. Democrats need four Republicans to vote with the...
Day 1099: "No president has abused his power in this way."
Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial: Senators reconvened in the Capitol for the third day of Trump’s impeachment trial with House impeachment managers making their case to both senators and the American people that Trump abused his power by pressurin...
Day 1098: "Protect our democracy."
1/ During opening arguments in Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, House managers outlined how “Trump solicited foreign inference” and abused “the powers of his office” by “seeking help from abroad to improve his reelection prospects at home.” And, ...
Day 1097: "Deliberately designed to hide the truth."
1/ The first day of Trump’s impeachment trial began with senators debating rules proposed by Mitch McConnell that will guide the Senate proceedings. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced an amendment to compel acting White House chief of...
Day 1096: "The Framers' worst nightmare."
1/ Trump's legal team called on the Senate to "swiftly reject" the "flimsy" impeachment charges against Trump and that he "should immediately be acquitted" because of a "rigged process" by House Democrats. In a 110-page brief submitted to the Sena...