Nearly all GOP senators vote against impeachment trial for Trump, signaling likely acquittal - The Washington Post

All but five Republican senators backed former president Donald Trump Tuesday in a key test vote Tuesday ahead of his forthcoming impeachment trial, signaling that the proceedings are likely to end with Trump's acquittal on the charge that he incited the Jan. 6 Capitol riot...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-senators-to-question-basis-for-trump-impeachment-signaling-likely-acquittal/2021/01/26/cd7397dc-6002-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html

Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz flop during impeachment trial as Adam Schiff swats down their attempted gotcha question – Raw Story

During the question and answer period of President Trump’s impeachment trial this Wednesday, GOP Senators Lindsey Graham (SC) and Ted Cruz (TX) put forth a hypothetical question to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), that was read aloud by Justice John Roberts. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/lindsey-graham-and-ted-cruz-flop-during-impeachment-trial-as-adam-schiff-swats-down-their-attempted-gotcha-question/

Dershowitz Argues Quid Pro Quo OK Because Trump Re-Election Is in the ‘Public Interest’

“If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/dershowitz-argues-quid-pro-quo-ok-because-trump-re-election-is-in-the-public-interest

Sen. Rick Scott's Impeachment ‘Hostage’ Video Goes Viral For All The Wrong Reasons | HuffPost

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) drew scorn on Twitter after he posted a video on social media claiming he was being held hostage during the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. “As you may have heard, I’ve been taken hostage along with 99 other people in the U.S. Capitol,” Scott said in the two-minute clip shared to Twitter on Tuesday.....
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rick-scott-hostage-impeachment-video_n_5e314dc1c5b693878a88e439

‘Screaming the quiet part into a bullhorn’: Sen. Joni Ernst admits GOP using impeachment trial to damage Biden in 2020 – Raw Story

“Trump is trying to use the trial to do what Ukraine wouldn’t—destroy his political rivals.” https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/screaming-the-quiet-part-into-a-bullhorn-sen-joni-ernst-admits-gop-using-impeachment-trial-to-damage-biden-in-2020/

Report: John Bolton’s Book Draft Says Trump Conditioned Ukraine Aid on Biden Investigations – Mother Jones

President Donald Trump told his former national security adviser John Bolton that he would maintain a freeze on military aid to Ukraine until the country took steps to open investigations into the Bidens, according to an unpublished manuscript by the former senior trump official. The new details, drawn from draft materials prepared by Bolton for his planned book, were recounted in a bombshell report by the New York Times late on Sunday.....
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/john_bolton_book/

Trump Tied Ukraine Aid to Inquiries He Sought, Bolton Book Says - The New York Times

Drafts of the book outline the potential testimony of the former national security adviser if he were called as a witness in the president’s impeachment trial.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/us/politics/trump-bolton-book-ukraine.html

House impeachment managers: Bolton 'directly contradicts the heart' of Trump's defense

The team of House managers presenting the case for impeachment in the Senate trial of Donald Trump have released their first statement responding to the news that John Bolton asserts Trump personally told him he was freezing congressionally-approved military aid to Ukraine until Ukraine agreed to assist in investigations of Democrats and his potential challenger Joe Biden: ....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/1/26/1914304/-House-impeachment-managers-Bolton-directly-contradicts-the-heart-of-Trump-s-defense

Lindsey Graham's 'testimony' from 1999 should convict Donald Trump

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, the chief apologist for President Donald Trump, walked out of the Senate chambers before his remarks about impeachment from 1999 were broadcast. He had to.....
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2020/01/23/lindsey-graham-testimony-against-clinton-should-convict-donald-trump/4557337002/

WATCH: Schumer refutes Trump legal team’s claims | Trump impeachment trial

After President Donald Trump’s legal team began its arguments in the Senate impeachment trial on Saturday, Jan. 25, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer held a news conference to rebut the claims and again call for additional witnesses and documents. Schumer said the Trump team had “gaping holes” in its arguments. “The president’s counsel did something they did not intend,” Schumer said. “They made a really compelling case for why the Senate should call witnesses and documents. They kept saying there are no eyewitness accounts, but there are people who have eyewitness accounts.” The House of Representatives impeached Trump in December on two articles of impeachment--abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The Senate trial will determine whether Trump is acquitted of those charges or convicted and removed from office.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/DW-lLP3_DBI

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Trump Confesses Amid Senate Impeachment Trial: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at House managers in the Senate impeachment trial seeking to prove that the president is a criminal who’s unfit for office.
https://youtu.be/2N6cmL7Nt38

Rep. Adam Schiff Passionately, Courageously Lays Out The Case Against Donald Trump

On the second day of Donald Trump's impeachment trial, lead House manager Rep. Adam Schiff showed remarkable courage and poise in presenting the case against the President. .....
https://youtu.be/EhDMnSL8NVs

Adam Schiff lays out a damning case in impeachment trial opening remarks - Vox

The House opening arguments in the impeachment trial of President Trump mark the first time lawmakers have explicitly presented the entirety of their evidence about Trump’s handling of Ukraine aid — and thus far, they’ve been nothing short of damning.....
 https://www.vox.com/2020/1/23/21077542/impeachment-trial-house-opening-arguments-adam-schiff

Marsha Blackburn shares what book she's reading during Trump Senate trial | TheHill

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said she read a book during the third day of proceedings of President Trump’s impeachment trial in the upper chamber on Thursday. “First – I'm reading Resistance (At All Costs) by Kim Strassel. Read the chapter on obstruction. It provides good insights into today’s proceedings,” she tweeted Thursday afternoon.....
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/479631-marsha-blackburn-shares-what-book-shes-reading-during-trump-senate-trial

Democrats use Trump’s allies in their case against the president - The Washington Post

Rep. Jerrold Nadler used rhetoric from a key political ally of Trump's, a member of the president's cabinet and a member of Trump's legal team......
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/23/democrats-use-trumps-allies-their-case-against-president/

The media must call out Senate Republicans’ willful ignorance - The Washington Post

Members of the media must start asking real questions.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/23/how-question-republican-senator-or-trump-lawyer/

Opinion | Ann Telnaes: Sketches from the Senate impeachment trial - The Washington Post

Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes sketches Trump's impeachment trial....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/22/sketches-senate-impeachment-trial/

An Impeachment Smoking Gun: The Damning Letter Trump Can’t Cover Up – Mother Jones

Smoking guns ain’t what they used to be. Last week, one such smoking gun emerged that should have been a turning point in the Ukraine episode, for this was proof—confirmation—that Donald Trump pressured Ukraine not for any official policy aims, but for his own personal benefit. Yet in the swell of Trump chaos and impeachment news, this new material did not get the full stop-the-presses notice it deserved. And, consequently, it did not alter the overall shape and political dynamics of the Trump-Ukraine scandal. But it should have.....
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/an-impeachment-smoking-gun-the-damning-letter-trump-cant-cover-up/

Schiff’s compelling rebuttal to a spurious White House claim - The Washington Post

We got new allegations and insights into the episode last week from Lev Parnas. Adam Schiff tied it all together Wednesday.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/23/white-house-implausibly-claims-meetings-werent-withheld-ukraine-adam-schiff-offered-compelling-rebuttal/