Feb 13 Fight over witnesses could delay Trump trial conclusion By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump was thrown into confusion Saturday as lawmakers voted to consider hearing witnesses, a step that could extend the proceedings and delay a vote on whether the former president incited the deadly Capitol insurrection. Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch 10:45 Trump's defense rests its case in the Senate impeachment trial By Lisa Desjardins, Yamiche Alcindor Former President Trump's defense team rested their case Friday during his Senate impeachment trial after just a single afternoon, during which they argued his cause on factual, First Amendment and constitutional grounds. Lisa Desjardins and Yamiche Alcindor join Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch 12:20 Sen. Patty Murray recounts her narrow escape from a violent mob inside the U.S. Capitol The impeachment trial this week has revealed a number of new, chilling details of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack. For the first time, Sen. Patty Murray from Washington state and the highest ranking female Democrat in the Senate, told… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch 13:59 Brooks and Capehart on Trump's Senate trial and Biden's pandemic response New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the Senate impeachment trial of former President Trump and the Biden administration's response to the pandemic. Continue watching
Feb 11 WATCH: Trump's second impeachment trial | Day 4 By Eric Tucker, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Trump attorney David Schoen said Thursday that the defense's case should go quickly on Friday, making clear they have no intention of using the 16 hours available to them. Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch 9:43 With a focus on intent, Democrats wrap up their case in Trump's impeachment trial By Yamiche Alcindor, Lisa Desjardins Thursday was the second and final day for the House of Representatives to make their case against former President Trump for inciting an assault on the U.S. Capitol. Senators serving as the jury at his impeachment trial heard that the… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 6:09 Sen. Mark Warner: Evidence against Trump 'overwhelmingly compelling' House Democrats on Thursday zeroed in on the argument that former President Trump wanted rioters to invade the U.S. Capitol. Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, one of the jurors in the trial, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss his views… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 7:52 Assessing the strength of the legal arguments made against Trump President Trump's defense team will make their argument Friday in his impeachment trial. Elizabeth Chryst, the Republican Senate secretary during President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial, and Melody Barnes, of the University of Virginia's Democracy Initiative, helped broker that trial's rules… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 8:02 How the impeachment trial is being seen and heard across the country To get a sense of how the impeachment trial is being seen and heard across the country outside Washington, D.C., we spoke with two political reporters in Phoenix, Arizona and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, a national political reporter… Continue watching
Feb 10 WATCH: Trump's second impeachment trial | Day 3 By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Jill Colvin, Associated Press House prosecutors concluded two days of emotional arguments in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial late Thursday, insisting the Capitol invaders believed they were acting on “the president’s orders” to stop Joe Biden's election. Continue reading