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    How the House’s Handling of Impeachment Hurts the American People

    Whether the American people yet realize it or not, the House’s handling of the impeachment of President Donald Trump has inflicted serious damage on America’s constitutional system of government and threatened the very safety of our nation. The partisan nature of this particular impeachment will end up weakening not just Trump, but the office of…
    Kay C. James
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    ‘Danger, Danger, Danger’: 4 Highlights From Final Day of Defense Arguments in Impeachment Trial

    President Donald Trump’s lawyers briskly completed final arguments against removing their client from office Tuesday, taking a fraction of the 24 hours allotted to them in the Senate impeachment trial. Their wrapup Tuesday after less than two hours—following two hours Saturday and eight hours Monday—was a stark contrast from House Democrats’ impeachment managers.  The Democrats…
    Fred Lucas
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    Podcast: Glenn Beck Discusses Impeachment, the Future, and Our Founding Principles

    Today we have an exclusive interview with Blaze Media’s Glenn Beck on a range of topics, including our national debt, the fate of America’s Republic experiment, and traditional values. Plus: We talk about basketball great Kobe Bryant’s legacy. We also cover these stories: Ken Starr, a member of President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team, told…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Under Bolton Shadow, 6 Big Moments From Day 6 of Trump Impeachment Trial

    President Donald Trump’s lawyers hit the Senate floor Monday for the second day of defense arguments in his impeachment trial, amid what Democrats called a bombshell from a forthcoming book by the president’s former national security adviser, John Bolton.  The Bolton book wasn’t a direct topic during the arguments. But the president’s lawyers addressed the…
    Fred Lucas
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    We Hear You: From Misery in San Francisco to Impeachment in Senate

    Editor's note: This week's dip into the mailbag isn't impeachment free, but does show that much more is on the minds of The Daily Signal's audience. You too can write us at [email protected]. Dear Daily Signal: Thank you for Katrina Trinko's well-written, objective article about conditions in San Francisco, which is very rare these days…
    Ken McIntyre
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    5 Big Points by Trump’s Lawyers as Defense Opens in Impeachment Trial

    President Donald Trump’s lawyers took the Senate floor Saturday morning to open their defense in his impeachment trial, wrapping up their initial arguments within two hours. The defense’s opening presentation was unusually brief after House Democrats’ impeachment managers stretched their arguments for about eight hours on each of three days.  Trump’s lawyers have Monday and…
    Fred Lucas
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    7 Highlights From Day 3 of the Trump Impeachment Trial

    House Democrats on Thursday, in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, argued that a crime isn’t necessary to remove a president from office and doubled down on their defense of Joe and Hunter Biden.  The seven House Democrats who are the impeachment managers, including Reps. Adam Schiff of California and Jerry Nadler of New…
    Fred Lucas
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    5 Flash Points From Impeachment Trial’s Opening Arguments

    House prosecutors claimed Wednesday that President Donald Trump is trying to “cheat” to win the 2020 election, as opening arguments from each side commenced in the Senate impeachment trial of the president.  The seven House Democrats who are impeachment managers, acting as prosecutors, made their case against Trump. They include House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff…
    Fred Lucas
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    House’s Prosecutors Supported Impeachment Well Before Trump’s Ukraine Call

    Three of the House Democrats prosecuting President Donald Trump in the Senate’s impeachment trial—Jerry Nadler of New York, Zoe Lofgren of California, and Sylvia Garcia of Texas—are among lawmakers who voted last year to advance the president’s removal. Eight days after that vote, Trump talked by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the July…
    Fred Lucas
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    Senate Liberals Are Trying to Rig Impeachment Trial

    In a column published at Law.com in December, one commentator argued that senators who refuse to be impartial should be disqualified from participating in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. A few days ago, an ethics lawyer from the George W. Bush administration called Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., a “perjurer” for taking the oath to “do…
    Thomas Jipping
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    The Senate Impeachment Trial: 8 Things You Need to Know

    The House of Representatives has chosen members to participate in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, and they have presented the articles of impeachment to the Senate. This is only the third impeachment trial of a president in our nation’s history, with the others occurring in 1868 for Andrew Johnson and 1999 for…
    Thomas Jipping
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    What to Know About Democrats’ 7 Impeachment Managers

    Longtime Trump-hunters were joined by far less familiar faces, including a former police chief, a former judge, and a former Army Ranger, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named impeachment managers.  The House managers appointed Wednesday will act as prosecutors, making the case to remove President Donald Trump from office during the Senate impeachment trial expected…
    Fred Lucas
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    Pelosi Is Realizing Impeachment Was a Mistake

    America is the midst of an imaginary impeachment standoff between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. “Both have drawn firm lines in the sand. Someone’s got to give,” one reporter recently declared. There is, of course, nothing to “give.” Pelosi has no standing to dictate the terms of a Senate trial;…
    David Harsanyi
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    Sen. Cruz: Impeachment Is a ‘1-Sided Show Trial,’ ‘Not Driven by Facts’

    President Donald Trump is only the third president to be impeached because impeachment is a rarely used tool that the Founders intended to be a serious and fair process. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says he is concerned that Trump hasn’t gotten the due process he deserves. I spoke with him about the impeachment process and…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Left’s Impeachment Drive Fueled by ‘Rage Instead of Reason,’ Says ‘Witch Hunt’ Author Gregg Jarrett

    Impeachment is supposed to be a serious, deliberative process, but the Trump impeachment has been anything but. Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett has a new book in which he unpacks the effort to catch President Donald Trump by any means. Listen to the podcast or read a lightly edited transcript below. Virginia Allen: I’m joined…
    Virginia Allen
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    Bolton Says He’s ‘Prepared to Testify’ at Trump Impeachment Trial If Subpoenaed

    Former national security adviser John Bolton said Monday he is “prepared to testify” at the Senate impeachment trial for President Donald Trump if he is subpoenaed. Bolton, who left the administration on Sept. 10, has previously said he would allow the federal courts to determine whether he has to testify to Congress about his White…
    Chuck Ross
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    What History Says About Witnesses at Senate Impeachment Trials

    Key Capitol Hill players in the Bill Clinton impeachment are taking a decidedly different view about the Donald Trump impeachment when it comes to witnesses in a Senate trial.  The two previous presidential impeachment trials in U.S. history included witnesses in some form.  The Senate impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson in 1868 included live…
    Fred Lucas
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    Final Jeopardy for Chuck Schumer and Impeachment

    While watching “Jeopardy” the other night, I had a fantasy. Suppose Alex Trebek had a Final Jeopardy category called “The Ultimate Impeachment Hypocrite”? Here’s how I thought it might go. Trebek: “We go first to Joe, who is in third place, and he wrote, ‘Who is Bill Clinton?’” “No, that’s wrong, but a good guess. Clinton did…
    Cal Thomas
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    How Liberals Rewrite the History of the Clinton Impeachment

    The “striking” difference between the Bill Clinton and Donald Trump impeachments, argue MSNBC hosts and others in the media, was not only the willingness of Clinton to “show contrition,” but the willingness of his supporters to acknowledge that the president had done something wrong. Let’s not let liberals rewrite history. In the real world, Clinton,…
    David Harsanyi
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    Pelosi’s Impeachment Gamble Is Unconstitutional

    One of the Constitution’s clearest provisions is also one of its least-used: the process for removing the president for serious misconduct. Some politicians and lawyers, however, are trying to complicate this straightforward constitutional process, inventing things that simply aren’t there. The Constitution’s impeachment process has two steps: Article 1, Section 2 gives the House of Representatives the “sole power of impeachment” and Section 3 gives the Senate…
    GianCarlo Canaparo
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