Feds Charge Ex-State Sen. Sandoval In Red Light Camera Corruption Probe
The Chicago Democrat faces bribery and tax fraud counts for his alleged efforts to protect the red-light camera industry’s interests.
The Chicago Democrat faces bribery and tax fraud counts for his alleged efforts to protect the red-light camera industry’s interests.
President Trump “did absolutely nothing wrong,” White House counsel Pat Cipollone said Saturday, as lawyers representing the president got their first shot to poke holes in the impeachment case made this week by Democrats.Saturday’s proceedings, which lasted a little more than two hours, set up the White House arguments in the impeachment trial. The president’s team told senators that the House managers selectively withheld evidence in their arguments against the president.This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, Congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, and justice correspondent Ryan Lucas.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
Democratic impeachment managers conclude their opening arguments Friday night in the Senate Impeachment trial. The president’s defense team begins their arguments Saturday morning, a timeslot President Trump referred to as “Death Valley in T.V.”And is the country more prepared for misinformation and election interference now than it was in 2016? NPR’s Secure Your Vote series documents the progress and continuing challenges.This episode: campaign correspondent Scott Detrow, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, political reporter Miles Parks, and Election Security editor Phil Ewing.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
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The Senate is holding a trial on the impeachment of President Trump, who is accused of abusing his power and obstructing Congress.
House impeachment managers plan to focus on President Trump’s alleged obstruction of Congress.
On the second day of their opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial, Democratic managers honed their case. They hope to persuade a narrow band of Republican senators to support the introduction of new evidence and witnesses.And some Republicans have begun to voice concerns about the White House legal team’s approach to the trial. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said he wants the team to respond directly to claims made by the Democratic side.This episode: campaign correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and congressional editor Deirdre Walsh.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and some commissioners question the perk common in the competitive health care industry.
Strict Senate rules allow the following on the chamber floor during the impeachment trial: water, candy and … milk.
House Democrats are expected to outline how the law applies to what they see as the president’s “corrupt scheme” with Ukraine to tilt the 2020 election in his favor.