Democrats argue that moving forward with witnesses would have prolonged the Senate impeachment trial and wouldn’t have convinced additional Republicans to vote to convict Trump.
All fifty members of the Democratic caucus and seven Republicans said Donald Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection at the Capitol — that’s ten votes short of the two-thirds majority required for conviction. This episode: White House correspondent Scott Detrow, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, and senior political editor and correspondent Ron Elving.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
Seven Republicans joined with all Democrats and independents to vote to convict the former president for inciting an insurrection, but the tally is short of the two-thirds vote needed.
The impeachment managers and the former president’s defense team agreed to enter a statement from GOP Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler into evidence instead of calling her as a witness.
In a combative but brief showing, former president Trump’s defense team highlighted past uses of fight metaphors by Democratic politicians to suggest the president’s rally speech didn’t incite the insurrection.The lawyers also alleged that House Democrats failed to meet various legal standards in their pursuit of conviction — standards that hold little relevance to the political process of impeachment.Follow our live coverage.This episode: White House correspondent Scott Detrow, congressional editor Deirdre Walsh, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
A report on Jan. 8 misidentified Matthew Heimbach, a former leader of the neo-Nazi Traditionalist Worker Party. Brian McCreary, of Massachusetts, has since been arrested after a coworker’s tip.
The first three days of the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump went about as well as they could have for Democratic House impeachment managers.
The House impeachment managers concluded their case against Donald Trump by characterizing a Senate conviction as a way to prevent of future violence — a warning to future presidents who might be also inclined to encourage violence. Tomorrow, the former president’s defense team mounts their response.Follow our live coverage.This episode: White House correspondent Scott Detrow, congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, and legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.