Jan 27 Lawyer says Mulvaney didn’t know about Bolton’s Ukraine conversation with Trump By Yasmeen Alamiri "The latest story from the New York Times, coordinated with a book launch, has more to do with publicity than the truth," Mick Mulvaney's lawyer said in a statement. Continue reading
Jan 27 WATCH: Trump dismisses Bolton book revelations as patently ‘false’ By Associated Press John Bolton writes in his forthcoming book that Trump told him that he wanted to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in security aid from Ukraine until it helped secure investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden. Continue reading
Jan 27 Bolton revelations increase pressure for impeachment trial witnesses By Eric Tucker, Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Sen. Mitt Romney told reporters it's ”increasingly likely" that other Republican senators will now join the push for former national security adviser John Bolton to testify after the revelations from his book about Trump's reasoning for withholding Ukraine aid. Continue reading
Jan 27 WATCH: Trump impeachment trial — Jan. 27 By Gretchen Frazee The defense team face a new hurdle--reports from former national security adviser John Bolton's unpublished manuscript. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 6:16 Trump’s legal team begins defense in Senate impeachment trial By PBS NewsHour As the Senate impeachment trial continued on Saturday, President Trump's legal team laid out their case against removing him from office, contending the Democratic House managers left out crucial facts during this week's arguments. Jami Floyd, host and legal editor… Continue watching
Jan 25 WATCH: Full video of Trump appearing to say Ukraine ambassador should be removed By Yamiche Alcindor Joseph Bondy, an attorney for Lev Parnas, told the PBS NewsHour that Parnas, an associate of Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, was at the dinner with the president and several others when Trump said he wanted Yovanovitch out. Continue reading
Jan 25 The strategy behind Team Trump’s impeachment defense By Yamiche Alcindor, Meredith Lee President Donald Trump’s legal team hopes to convince Republican senators to vote against having witnesses testify as part of the Senate impeachment trial. Continue reading
Jan 25 AP fact check: Trump’s impeachment defense By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump's lawyers claimed that House Democrats were hiding evidence and did not allow Trump to participate in the House inquiry. Continue reading
Jan 25 WATCH: Trump lawyer says Democrats want to ‘overturn’ last election By Eric Tucker, Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Associated Press “They're asking you not only to overturn the results of the last election, but as I've said before, they're asking you to remove President Trump from an election that's occurring in approximately nine months," said White House Counsel Pat Cipollone. Continue reading
Jan 25 WATCH: Trump impeachment trial — January 25 By Gretchen Frazee President Donald Trump's legal team will begin its defense arguments Saturday in the Senate impeachment trial. Continue reading