Tag: #Impeachment
-
Trump defends removal of impeachment witness
Washington, Feb 9 (AFP/APP): President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his decision to fire an army officer who gave damning evidence against him during the impeachment probe. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman was escorted Friday out of the White House, where he worked on the National Security Council as an expert on Ukraine. His lawyer called…
-
Trump impeachment trial to resume for final arguments
Washington, Feb 3 (AFP/APP): President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial resumes for final arguments Monday before an expected acquittal later in the week that Democrats have said will be invalid because no witnesses testified. The president was impeached in December for abuse of power over pressure on US ally Ukraine to announce investigations that would have…
-
Trump set for midweek acquittal after witnesses blocked
Washington, Feb 1 (AFP/APP): The US Senate on Friday rebuffed Democratic calls for new witnesses at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, paving the way for his acquittal next week of charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Following the 51-49 vote, the Senate scheduled four hours of closing arguments by Democratic prosecutors and…
-
Pompeo visits Ukraine as Trump impeachment trial advances
Kiev, Jan 31 (AFP/APP): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Kiev on Friday on his first trip to Ukraine, the country at the heart of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. The visit, which was scheduled for early January but then delayed because of Middle East tensions, is expected to highlight US support for Ukraine…
-
Battle for witnesses looms as defense rests in Trump trial
Washington, Jan 29 (AFP/APP): The fight over calling witnesses to testify in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial intensified Tuesday after Trump’s lawyers closed their defense calling the abuse of power charges against him politically motivated. Democrats sought to have the Senate subpoena former White House national security advisor John Bolton to provide evidence after…
-
Bolton had concerns about Trump favors to autocrats: report
Washington, Jan 28 (AFP/APP): Former national security advisor John Bolton privately told the US attorney general last year about concerns that President Donald Trump was essentially granting favors to autocrats, The New York Times reported Monday. It said the revelations, concerning the leaders of China and Turkey, come in an unpublished book manuscript by Bolton.…
-
Trump ‘should be removed’: impeachment trial
Washington, Jan 24 (AFP/APP): Lead House impeachment manager Adam Schiff called dramatically for the Senate to remove President Donald Trump from office Thursday, saying the US leader cannot be trusted to put the country’s interests ahead of his own. “The American people deserve a president they can count on, to put their interest first,” said…
-
Trump sought to cheat to win re-election, Democrats charge at trial
Washington, Jan 23 (AFP/APP): Democrats Wednesday accused President Donald Trump at his historic Senate impeachment trial of seeking to “cheat” to ensure re-election in November, as they began laying out their detailed case for removing him from office. Adam Schiff, head of the House of Representatives’ prosecution team, took to the Senate floor to deliver…
-
Trump trial opens with fiery clashes over witnesses
Washington, Jan 22 (AFP/APP): Republicans and Democrats clashed over calling witnesses and demanding White House documents on the first full day Tuesday of the historic impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. House impeachment managers led by veteran prosecutor Adam Schiff used the opening debate over trial procedures to lay out on national television their case…
-
Trump brief assails impeachment, demands immediate acquittal
Washington, Jan 21 (AFP/APP): President Donald Trump’s lawyers submitted a trial brief Monday calling his impeachment by the House “a dangerous perversion” of the US constitution and demanding his immediate acquittal by the Senate. Almost simultaneously, House impeachment managers responded to an earlier Trump filing, saying the president had engaged in “corrupt conduct… to cheat…