Idaho abortion trial to hear from women denied medically necessary abortions

The trial, which starts on Tuesday and is expected to last through at least Thursday, is part of a lawsuit filed by abortion rights supporters who want to clarify the medical exceptions in Idaho's near-total abortion ban. Currently, abortions are only permitted in Idaho to preserve a patient's health. The vagueness of the exception means women have been forced to go out of state for the procedure, or wait until they get sick enough that doctors can legally intervene...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/12/idaho-abortion-trial

Trump plans to block hearings in January 6 case before 2024 election

Lawyers for ex-president preparing to shut down possibility of high-profile officials testifying at evidentiary hearings…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/09/trump-january-6-witnesses-election

Trump Witnesses Have Received Financial Benefits From Trump Businesses, Campaign — ProPublica

Witnesses in the various criminal cases against the former president have gotten pay raises, new jobs and more. If any benefits were intended to influence testimony, that could be a crime...

https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-criminal-cases-witnesses-financial-benefits

🚨 Jack Smith reveals SECRET WEAPON against Trump in federal trial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fv4humXUlU

All Hell Breaks Loose In Weaponization Hearing After Democrats are not allowed to ask questions of witnesses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quqfWcmIs8A 

Violent threats against Jan. 6 witnesses spread on fringe sites - The Washington Post

As the committee studies the role social media played in the insurrection, threats to kill or injure key witnesses fester on 4chan and the .win forums…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/12/online-threats-insurrection-witnesses-/

New FBI Documents From Mueller’s Russia Investigation Reveal What Witnesses Said About Trump

A new cache of witness interview summaries from special counsel Robert Mueller’s two-year probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election was released Monday in response to Freedom of Information Act lawsuits by BuzzFeed News and CNN. ....
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/new-fbi-documents-from-muellers-russia-investigation-reveal

Fascism rises: Graham says Senate GOP will do whatever it can to expose the whistleblower

If you missed it, yesterday strident Donald Trump toady Sen. Lindsey Graham explained to Fox "Business" host Maria Bartiromo what he believes the Republican Senate will do next, after voting to immunize Trump from a clearly criminal extortion scheme meant to gain foreign help in winning his reelection. Graham said the Senate will move on from declaring that no administration witnesses must be called in an impeachment trial to calling a litany of Obama-era administration officials to interrogate them about Trump's targets in that scheme, Joe and Hunter Biden. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/2/3/1916208/-Fascism-rises-Graham-says-Senate-GOP-will-summon-whistleblower-to-expose-how-this-crap-started

Trump’s final impeachment strategy: Throw Mitch McConnell under the bus – Raw Story

Mitch McConnell’s cover-up of Donald Trump’s corruption looks like it will soon be complete — but not before a betrayal so big it could blow the GOP’s chances of holding the Senate in November. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/trumps-final-impeachment-strategy-throw-mitch-mcconnell-under-the-bus/

Lev Parnas directly implicates Lindsey Graham in Ukraine plot: ‘He was in the loop’ – Raw Story

An indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani says Sen. Lindsey Graham was “in the loop” in the scheme to pressure Ukraine to announce an investigation into Joe Biden. Lev Parnas, a Ukraine-born businessman charged with campaign finance violations, told CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°” that Graham has a personal interest in keeping witness testimony out of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/lev-parnas-directly-implicates-lindsey-graham-in-ukraine-plot-he-was-in-the-loop/

Republicans have surrendered on Trump's guilt. They're making a last stand with 'So what if he did?'

Reporting on whether Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has secured enough support to shut down the possibility of witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump is all over the map. Some reports have insisted that “10 or 12” Republicans are actually looking fearfully at the overwhelming public opinion in favor of witnesses, while other reports have been just as insistent that McConnell has waved enough head-pikes to successfully keep rebellion clear of dastardly facts. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/1/29/1914859/-Republicans-have-surrendered-on-Trump-s-guilt-they-re-making-a-last-stand-with-So-what-if-he-did

The Cherry-Picked, Inaccurate Claims Made by Trump's Defense Team to Refute Impeachment Articles

As President Donald Trump's legal team rounded out its second day of defense in the Senate impeachment trial Monday, several cherry-picked pieces of information were used to best suit their case, while omitting key elements far less supportive of the narrative that the president's Ukraine dealings were appropriate. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/cherry-picked-inaccurate-claims-made-trumps-defense-team-refute-impeachment-articles-1484293

Cartoon: Slam Dunk

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/1/28/1914691/-Cartoon-Slam-Dunk

“This Is Kavanaugh All Over Again,” Say Republicans. They’re Right. – Mother Jones

But not for the reasons they claim.....

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/this-is-kavanaugh-all-over-again-say-republicans-theyre-right/

The latest laughable Senate GOP spin further incriminates Trump

Wait, our coverup was just exposed? We're shocked! Shocked!!!...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/28/latest-laughable-senate-gop-spin-further-incriminates-trump/

Fox & Friends hosts fume over Bolton revelations: ‘I didn’t want witnesses, I wanted this thing to be over!’ – Raw Story

The hosts of “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday bitterly complained that former national security adviser John Bolton had prolonged President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate — and suggested it was all because he was “trying to sell a book.” ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/fox-friends-hosts-fume-over-bolton-revelations-i-didnt-want-witnesses-i-wanted-this-thing-to-be-over/

Trump's impeachment defense team pretends Bolton news does not exist

Lawyers for Donald Trump opted for a high-risk strategy in the sixth day of the president’s impeachment trial on Monday, avoiding mention of a major new development in the case even as Trump tweeted about it and some Republican senators told reporters that the tide against calling witnesses may have shifted.....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/27/trumps-impeachment-defense-john-bolton-senate

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

Democrats’ ‘red alert’ to voters: Contact Republican senators and demand a real trial not a cover-up

It’s a blatant move to create a sham trial that includes a cover-up of the president’s corruption and abuses of power. McConnell has been accelerating the corruption of his position for years now, but in the face of such obvious corruption and abuses of power, it is breathtaking to watch our country’s legislative branch held hostage to such small-minded, petty people. Democratic officials are sending out the alarm to Americans interested in seeing a fair trial to call the government switchboards and make your voice heard. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/21/1913026/-Democrats-red-alert-to-voters-Contact-Republican-senators-and-demand-a-real-trial-not-a-cover-up

Sorry, GOP, the whole ‘my witness for your witness’ thing isn’t the law — it only casts doubt on you: Ex-prosecutor – Raw Story

In an op-ed for the Washington Post, former federal prosecutor Joyce White Vance explained that the idea of “witness reciprocity” that Republicans seem to think exists, isn’t actually a thing. “Witness ‘reciprocity’ isn’t a thing. So no, there can’t be a Biden for every Bolton. Only testimony that bolsters or casts doubt on facts necessary to deciding on the articles of impeachment is relevant at trial,” she wrote.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/sorry-gop-the-whole-my-witness-for-your-witness-thing-isnt-the-law-it-only-casts-doubt-on-you-ex-prosecutor/