Watch as the House Impeachment Managers, led by the House Clerk and the Acting House Sergeant at Arms, participate in a procession ceremony to deliver the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate. https://t.co/tjBAmFe44R
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 26, 2021
"The math is you need two-thirds to convict…that means you need 17 Republicans to vote that Donald Trump is guilty and vote to convict him. I see that as almost a zero percent probability," @jonkarl says on the likelihood of the Senate convicting former Pres. Trump. pic.twitter.com/luBzF8oj16
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) January 26, 2021
The House of Representatives will formally charge ex-President Donald Trump with inciting insurrection in a fiery speech to his followers, signaling the start of his second impeachment trial https://t.co/aTwdiGHkvr pic.twitter.com/M0OZZFy0sZ
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 25, 2021
Outside the Senate chamber.
— The '60s at 60 (@the_60s_at_60) January 26, 2021
January 6, 2021.
January 25, 2021. pic.twitter.com/DmxTw5ePXo
Sen. Leahy is expected to preside over the second impeachment trial of former Pres. Trump instead of Chief Justice Roberts.https://t.co/NyNJLoRz2l
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 25, 2021
Contours of trial take shape but question loom. Expectation is it’ll take a chunk of February – though not 21 days like 2020 trial. Uncertain witnesses will be called. Leahy will preside. Was Roberts asked? “You can ask the Chief Justice that,” he told me https://t.co/JgaxVa031f
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 25, 2021
Analysis | The GOP’s looming impeachment strategy: Focus on the Constitution, not Trump https://t.co/4TjOfZVakR
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 23, 2021
"We've seen today, essentially a media blitz by impeachment managers… trying to marshal public opinion and public support to keep pushing this impeachment forwards. That's gonna be a core challenge… over the next 2 weeks" – @GarrettHaake w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/lwCM3lfPXX
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) January 25, 2021
A group of U.S. House members that includes Joaquin Castro will transmit article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the U.S. Senate tonight.
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) January 25, 2021
John Cornyn and Ted Cruz have called the trial "vindictive." https://t.co/QOqpRJCcsD
NEW POLL: Majority support Trump impeachment, want Senate conviction https://t.co/m6kgp63N8c pic.twitter.com/Hb0nChPN4j
— The Hill (@thehill) January 25, 2021
“In 1876 Secretary of War William Belknap tried to avoid impeachment…by resigning minutes before the House voted on his impeachment. The House impeached him anyway & the Senate concluded that it had the power to try, convict, disqualify former officers.”https://t.co/qc6b36mKUy
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) January 25, 2021
.@HayesBrown: Sen. McConnell delaying Trump's Senate impeachment trial was a gift for Democrats https://t.co/z4DMmOObre
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 25, 2021
Playbook SCOOP: Lots of complaints on a GOP conference call Thursday that their phones are ringing off the hook w/ voters & donors demanding they acquit & defend Trump. Now they're demanding guidance from McConnell. Read more on tense call w/ @rachaelmbade https://t.co/YdmJu3D3gq
— Tara Palmeri (@tarapalmeri) January 25, 2021
Democratic impeachment manager won't rule out calling Republican lawmakers as witnesses https://t.co/QqKVmbdHzM pic.twitter.com/OIvP17tMfV
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 25, 2021
Dozens of influential Republicans around Washington — including former top Trump admin officials — have been quietly lobbying GOP members of Congress to impeach and convict Donald Trump. https://t.co/oXS14Kq6iB
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 23, 2021
“He’s scared to death by how corporate America is responding” says Republican consultant Stuart Stevens. But “He’s trying to have it both ways.” Why McConnell Dumped Trump | The New Yorker https://t.co/0BjQ6JFSTj
— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) January 23, 2021
“Lawmakers threatened ahead of impeachment trial” is the clearest possible argument to impeach Trump, indict conspirators, expel Hawley and his claque of seditionists.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 25, 2021
If you subsidize political terror by allowing it to continue, you will get more of it. https://t.co/1nT0AETn3k
NEW: The 10 pro-impeachment House Rs are all already facing censure or scolding by hometown GOP leaders or already have primary challenges.
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) January 23, 2021
“Trumpism is virtually guaranteed to be a part of the 2022 elections,” says @Ken_Spain.
W/ @katieglueck https://t.co/tSSAj9T7pz
So many worked so hard to put government fully in Dem hands so…McConnell could continue to run the Senate? So Manchin could pretend compromise with McConnell is possible?
— Lara (@LaraSeattle) January 25, 2021
Do Biden & Dems want to govern for America or not? Because hiding behind McConnell is a terrible look.
David Fahrenthold says former President Trump’s businesses have not only been crushed by Covid, but that the former president has “lost it all because of what he did on January 6.” https://t.co/efEXIebjw6
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 25, 2021
BREAKING: Supreme Court dismisses as moot lawsuits over whether Donald Trump illegally profited off his presidency by accepting payments from foreign and domestic officials who stayed at the Trump International Hotel. https://t.co/1PSsXKP1g0
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 25, 2021
U.S. voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.3 billion lawsuit against Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, accusing him of defamation in what it called his ‘big lie’ campaign about widespread fraud in the 2020 election https://t.co/zQhkhpz1nk pic.twitter.com/omJBEx0P1n
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 25, 2021
Now that the Supreme Court has let the disgraced ex president run out the clock on emoluments cases, I wonder anew what it was that Trump said to Kennedy at Kavanaugh’s installation that stopped the ex justice in his tracks.🤔 #impeachandconvict pic.twitter.com/ZyCHPyE2QZ
— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) January 25, 2021
Here’s your reminder that we still don’t know who paid off Kavanaugh’s massive debts because he was allowed to violate the financial disclosure law and no one made an issue of it during his confirmation hearing. I personally think Congress owes it to us to hold a hearing on that.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 25, 2021
JUST IN: Senate confirms Yellen as first female Treasury secretary https://t.co/KQ8AuDRyZx pic.twitter.com/SfHplKIXXJ
— The Hill (@thehill) January 25, 2021
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN INCREASINGLY IN DISARRAY
Johnson has at best a nodding acquaintance with his own government’s policy. https://t.co/I6lOs2IRFw
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) January 25, 2021
Salisbury Cathedral is joining Britain’s vaccination drive, and its organists are providing a musical accompaniment. They’re even taking requests. https://t.co/JjjfaBWyVC
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 25, 2021
‘The Tory right’s dogmatism lies behind many of the difficulties we face: the threat to export businesses due to Brexit, renewed pressure on the unions with Scotland and Northern Ireland, weakened public services struggling to cope with the pandemic…’ https://t.co/Eg1D8j8nJD
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) January 25, 2021
Reacting to the news UK firms are being told to set up in the EU to avoid trade disruption: "We're an international laughing stock and it is entirely self-inflicted." @mrjamesob @LBC pic.twitter.com/asAwGxAZmV
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) January 25, 2021
UK’s role in EU spat over ambassador’s post-Brexit status branded ‘vindictive’ in the Lords https://t.co/QQXQ5ztgy9
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) January 25, 2021
London and New York financial services treated the same, EU says https://t.co/iRXTjIZt1u pic.twitter.com/Hf8T5VdwYs
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 25, 2021
This will upset people – but the reality is that NI will just source more cheese (and other goods) from Republic which will, over time, exert growing economic gravitational pull over part of U.K….to what exact end remains unclear. #Brexit https://t.co/DZsA2Eqb3Z
— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) January 25, 2021
"Even the Telegraph seems to be admitting that Brexit is a disaster – even if that means they’re now desperately casting around for a scapegoat" https://t.co/IKu93x5o11
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) January 25, 2021
The Overnight Note 