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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 505 days 10 hours 46 minutes
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...
Day 1093: "Dopes and babies."
1/ Trump added celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz and former independent counsel Ken Starr to his Senate impeachment trial defense team. Starr investigated Bill Clinton, and Dershowitz's past clients include Jeffrey Epstein and O.J. Simpson. The tea...
Day 1092: "Do impartial justice."
1/ The Senate opened the impeachment trial of Trump – the third presidential impeachment trial in history – with the swearing in of senators and the presentation of the two charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Chief Justice John ...
Day 1091: Con job.
1/ The House of Representatives voted to send the Senate two articles of impeachment against Trump, initiating the third presidential impeachment trial in American history. The measure passed 228-to-193 with one Democrat – Collin Peterson of Minne...
Day 1090: "Deserve the truth."
1/ The House will vote on Wednesday to transmit articles of impeachment against Trump to the Senate. "The American people deserve the truth, and the Constitution demands a trial," Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement. Before the vote, Pelosi w...
Day 1089: Interpretations.
1/ Defense Secretary Mark Esper "didn't see" intelligence backing up Trump's claim that Iran was planning to strike four U.S. embassies. Trump previously told Fox News that Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was "probably" going to attack "four embas...
Day 1086: Destabilizing activities.
1/ Nancy Pelosi will transmit articles of impeachment against Trump to the Senate next week. The trial could begin as soon as next week. The House will also consider a resolution next week to appoint impeachment managers. Trump, meanwhile, said he...
Day 1085: Reckless.
1/ Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would send the articles of impeachment to the Senate "when I'm ready – and that will probably be soon." Pelosi's comments came after Democrats started pushing to end the holdout, believing that Mitch McConnell will...