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Jerrold Nadler
ukraine scandal
Feb. 5, 2020
House ‘Likely’ to Subpoena John Bolton, Nadler Says Despite Trump’s impending acquittal in the Senate, Jerry Nadler says the House will continue probing the “lawless president.”
By Adam K. Raymond
impeachment
Jan. 24, 2020
What We Learned on Day Four of the Trump Impeachment Trial House impeachment managers wrapped up by arguing that Trump’s obstruction of Congress was egregious and ongoing. Next up: the White House’s defense.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Jan. 23, 2020
What We Learned on Day Three of the Trump Impeachment Trial Democrats’ Thursday plan focused on the law and the facts underlying the first article of impeachment concerning Trump’s alleged abuse of power.
By Ed Kilgore
trump impeachment
Jan. 21, 2020
The Impeachment Process Explained: What Happens to Trump Now? Everything you need to know about the next steps in the Senate, and the consequences Trump might face.
By Ed Kilgore
capitol report
Jan. 16, 2020
What It’s Like to Manage an Impeachment Trial in the U.S. Senate “This is on live TV with a billion people watching. If I say anything stupid my grandkids are going to be seeing it on the History Channel.”
By Ben Jacobs
impeachment
Jan. 15, 2020
Pelosi Appoints Impeachment Managers, to Be Led by Adam Schiff The managers will trigger the Senate trial once they present articles of impeachment.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Jan. 14, 2020
House to Trigger Senate Impeachment Trial in Wednesday Vote Pelosi says the House will vote Wednesday to name impeachment managers, which likely means Trump’s Senate trial will start next week.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Jan. 10, 2020
Pelosi Prepares for Presentation of Impeachment Articles As Early As Next Week Looks like a trial could begin as soon as the week of January 20, unless Pelosi has another trick up her sleeve.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Dec. 18, 2019
How the House Vote on Impeachment Will Work Only a couple of partisan defections are expected during a long day of debate and two key votes, which begins at 9 a.m.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Dec. 10, 2019
By Adam K. Raymond
Trump’s Attorney Won’t Say Whether He’ll Participate in Impeachment ‘Charade’ We have to guess that means the White House won’t participate in the last stage of impeachment proceedings.
By Ed Kilgore
trump impeachment
Dec. 4, 2019
Republicans Offer Feisty Trump Defense at House Judiciary Impeachment Hearing Unlike Devin Nunes, Doug Collins doesn’t ask you to accept wild right-wing conspiracy theories. But he and his colleagues want to convey pure outrage.
By Ed Kilgore
trump impeachment
Dec. 3, 2019
It’s Decision Time on Trump’s Impeachment: Narrow or Broad? Getting impeachment done quickly could make a narrow range of articles necessary, though obstruction of Congress and of justice is on the table.
By Ed Kilgore
Washington’s Jam-packed December Will Cast a Long Shadow on 2020 With impeachment proceedings, a big DoJ report on the Russia investigation, and a possible government shutdown in play, it could get crazy.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Nov. 30, 2019
How Nadler’s Impeachment Hearings Will Differ From Schiff’s Each day of the upcoming House Judiciary hearings will be long and perhaps even more contentious than what we’ve already seen.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Nov. 26, 2019
Judiciary Committee Schedules Its Own Impeachment Hearings With the Intelligence Committee likely wrapping up hearings, it’s time for the House Judiciary Committee to look at formal articles of impeachment.
By Ed Kilgore
House Dems Want to Give America an Impeachment Christmas Present By eschewing litigation and hard-to-secure witnesses, Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler, and the rest are on a fast track to a pre-Christmas Trump impeachment.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment season
Oct. 15, 2019
Trump’s New Impeachable Offenses Threaten Pelosi’s Narrow Focus on Ukraine How do you decide how to impeach a president who won’t stop committing high crimes and misdemeanors? That’s a tough question for House Democrats.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Oct. 10, 2019
Are We Already Near the Impeachment Endgame? It’s possible Trump’s obstruction will mean House Democrats have to cut to the chase instead of holding thorough impeachment hearings.
By Ed Kilgore
GOP Says House Must Vote to Launch Impeachment Inquiry. They’re Wrong. Republicans claim the inquiry isn’t legitimate, but according to the Constitution, impeachment proceedings are purely the prerogative of the House.
By Ed Kilgore
Nixon’s Defenders Claimed He Was a Victim of a ‘Coup.’ So Did Clinton’s. It’s time for a bipartisan agreement to stop demonizing the entirely constitutional procedure of impeachment, before things get out of control.
By Ed Kilgore
trump impeachment
Sept. 24, 2019
Nancy Pelosi Announces Formal Trump Impeachment Inquiry Pelosi cited Trump’s refusal to disclose information supplied by a whistle-blower to accuse him of betraying his oath of office.
By Ed Kilgore
trump impeachment
Sept. 24, 2019
Nancy Pelosi Announces Formal Trump Impeachment Inquiry Pelosi cited Trump’s refusal to disclose information supplied by a whistle-blower to accuse him of betraying his oath of office.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Sept. 9, 2019
No Constitutional Requirement for House Authorization of Impeachment Inquiry Republicans can whinge all they want, but Nadler is on solid ground in moving ahead without a full House vote.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Sept. 4, 2019
Window For Impeachment of Trump May Be Closing Soon Jerrold Nadler bought time by saying impeachment proceedings had already begun. But the votes aren’t there for articles of impeachment, at least now.
By Ed Kilgore
Nadler Says House Has Already Launched ‘Impeachment Proceedings’ Through a maneuver designed to avoid the need for a vote to “launch” impeachment, Nadler and Pelosi have bought time for investigations.
By Ed Kilgore
House Democrats Can Impeach Trump Any Time They Want An emerging argument is that any formal “initiation” of an impeachment “proceeding” or “inquiry” is unnecessary.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
July 28, 2019
Almost Half of House Democrats Now Support Impeachment The Mueller hearings seemed to have moved the needle within the Democratic caucus, but not anywhere else.
By Chas Danner
mueller time
July 24, 2019
If Impeachment Depended on Mueller, It’s Not Happening Some Democrats already thought there was sufficient evidence to impeach Trump, but Mueller’s testimony did nothing to add momentum to the cause.
By Ed Kilgore
mueller report
June 25, 2019
Robert Mueller to Testify Before House Committees on July 17 The House Judiciary and Intelligence committees issued subpoenas for the special counsel to testify publicly, despite his reluctance to do so.
By Matt Stieb
mueller time
June 10, 2019
House Democrats Strike Deal With DOJ for Mueller Report Details In return, the House will not vote on holding Barr in contempt. It’s a truce, not a treaty, in the war between Democrats and the Trump administration.
By Ed Kilgore
Does Congress Need Impeachment Hearings to Investigate Trump? An argument for impeachment that’s gaining strength: It’s the only way to force the release of information central to congressional investigations.
By Ed Kilgore
White House Bans Release of Mueller Documents; Barr to Be Held in Contempt The ongoing fight between House Democrats and the administration over disclosure of Mueller documents escalates.
By Ed Kilgore
White House Blocks Release of McGahn Documents Sought by Congress As prelude to a claim of executive privilege and then litigation, the White House has extended its stonewalling of Congress to McGahn’s testimony.
By Ed Kilgore
Democrats Schedule Vote to Hold William Barr in Contempt The AG refuses to give Congress the unredacted Mueller report.
By Adam K. Raymond
impeachment
Apr. 26, 2019
Democratic Voter Support for Impeachment Cooling As Fight for It Heats Up Democratic rank-and-file support for impeachment proceedings was higher last August than now, though that could change again.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Apr. 19, 2019
Elizabeth Warren Comes Out for Impeachment Where Warren leads, will other candidates follow — and will House Democrats be taken where they have so far refused to go?
By Ed Kilgore
mueller time
Apr. 19, 2019
Mueller Report Subpoena Fight Is the First Skirmish in a Long War to Come Among other things, the House Democratic leadership needs to show an impeachment-hungry base it’s willing to fight.
By Ed Kilgore
mueller time
Apr. 18, 2019
Trump Deserves Impeachment. But Should the Democrats Do It? Yes, Mueller seems to have provided an “impeachment referral.” But it remains risky and perhaps unnecessary this close to the 2020 election.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Mar. 25, 2019
The Impeachment Option Grows Dim Things could change if the administration refuses to release the full Mueller report. But in likelihood, the fight to remove Trump will move to 2020.
By Ed Kilgore
investigations
Mar. 4, 2019
House Judiciary Begins Probe of Trump’s Alleged Corruption and Obstruction The panel has requested documents from 81 people and entities tied to Trump.
By Adam K. Raymond
Losing Congressional Candidate Quotes Hamilton , Not Hamilton “As Alexander Hamilton says, ‘This is not a moment, this is the movement.’”
By Nate Jones
occupy wall street
Dec. 9, 2011
Bloomberg Still Testy About Occupy Wall Street The mayor is publicly battling with a New York congressman.
By Joe Coscarelli
occupy wall street
Dec. 6, 2011
Democrat Congressman Calls for OWS Investigation Congressman Nadler was “especially troubled” by the NYPD’s alleged mistreatment of journalists.
By Brett Smiley
paladinosaur
Mar. 25, 2010
By Josh Duboff
