The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office will have to end its prosecution of Paul Manafort after a New York court declined to overturn a ruling saying that the case violated state double jeopardy protections.
Continue reading “Manafort Walks After NY Court Declines To Resurrect State Prosecution”
A bipartisan group of senators on Monday requested information from 22 agencies and departments related to the preparations for and response to the deadly insurrection of the Capitol last month. The senators issued their request a day before former President Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial is scheduled to begin. Continue reading “Bipartisan Group Of Senators Request Info On Capitol Riot From Agencies Day Before Trial”
As the former President’s second impeachment trial begins this week, it’s worth acknowledging a simple reality at the outset: It’s unlikely that 17 Republican senators will join a united Democratic caucus to convict Donald Trump of high crimes and misdemeanors.
But, impeachment veterans told TPM, that doesn’t mean the trial is a lost cause.
The now-infamous Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia — which served as the backdrop of Rudy Giuliani’s press conference in November pushing then-President Trump’s bogus voter fraud claims — will return to the spotlight with a new documentary in the works. Continue reading “‘Four Seasons’ Fiasco Led By Giuliani Will Be Immortalized In A Documentary”
Among the 28 states now considering restrictive vote measures, Georgia Republicans are pushing some of the most aggressive measures, and, on Monday, their opponents warned that they’re ready to sue if the new bills are made law. “We will see them in court, and we will win,” Marc Elias, a Democratic election lawyer, said in a press call with Fair Fight Action’s Stacy Abrams. Georgia is considering bills that would add ID requirements to absentee voting, prohibit drop boxes, ban third parties from sending out mail voting applications and even end no-excuse absentee voting altogether.
Continue reading “If GA Pushes Through Voter Restrictions, A Legal Battle Will Follow”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday repeatedly insisted that President Biden has no plans to wade into nor watch former President Trump’s second impeachment trial a day before it is scheduled to kick off. Continue reading “WH: Biden Won’t Spend ‘Much Time’ Watching Trump’s Impeachment Trial”
Ex-President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial in the Senate is set to begin tomorrow and there’s very little we know definitively about how proceedings will work — aside from the fact that Trump himself has no plans to make an appearance.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: There’s A Lot We Don’t Know One Day Out”
On the eve of his second impeachment trial, former President Donald Trump’s lawyers argued that his speech on the day a mob attacked the Capitol simply could not have played a role inciting the violent riot against Congress.
Trump’s defense was laid out in a 75-page pre-trial brief that responded to the arguments from the House managers in a brief of their own last week.
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) announced Monday that he will retire at the end of his term, leaving his seat open for the 2022 midterms.
Continue reading “Sen. Richard Shelby Announces Retirement, Following Handful Of GOP Peers”
The FDA commissioner who President Trump pressured for months to approve a COVID-19 vaccine before the 2020 election thinks that the agency should be independent.
Continue reading “Trump’s FDA Chief: More ‘Safeguards’ Needed Against Presidential Pressure”
