Category: Impeachment

2/5/2020

IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thirty-four U.S. senators on Wednesday [2-5-20] voted to find President Donald Trump not guilty of abusing his powers as had been charged in articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives, enough to guarantee acquittal on the charge. Although voting on the charge was ongoing, it would take 67 votes in the […]

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2/5/2020

CAMPAIGN/ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump emerged confident and ready to press on with his re-election effort on Wednesday [2-5-20] after the Democratic-led impeachment drive that he denounced as illegitimate crashed to a halt in the Republican-led Senate. Trump plans to speak about the issue at the White House on Thursday [2-6-20]. A source close […]

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2/5/2020

IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump was acquitted Wednesday [2-5-20] by the US Senate of the two impeachment counts passed by the House: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Just the third President to face impeachment, Trump will remain in office — like Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson — but he was robbed of […]

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2/4/2020

GOP/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, said on Tuesday [2-4-20] that she would vote to acquit President Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, calling his conduct ‘wrong’ but saying she could not support removing him from office. ‘I do not believe that the House has met its burden of […]

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2/3/2020

IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There will be no witnesses. The House managers and White House counsel have rested their cases. And President Donald Trump is going to be acquitted on Wednesday [2-5-20]. But there’s still drama left to the impeachment trial. Five senators are up in the air on whether to convict or acquit the president […]

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2/3/2020

GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are praying President Donald Trump does something out of character during his State of the Union address — avoid talking about impeachment. Trump will deliver his speech Tuesday [2-4-20], one day before the Senate ends its nearly three-week impeachment trial with a likely vote to acquit him. While the president […]

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2/3/2020

DEMS/GOP/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “I hope Republicans & the American people realize that the totally partisan Impeachment Hoax is exacty that, a Hoax. Read the Transcripts, listen to what the President & Foreign Minister of Ukraine said (‘No Pressure’). Nothing will ever satisfy the Do Nothing, Radical Left Dems!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 3, 2020 11:42 […]

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2/2/2020

DEMS/ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats, don’t want justice when pushing the Impeachment Hoax, they only want to destabilize the Republican Party so they can do better in the 2020 election, & that includes the House & Senate. They are playing with the people by taking it this far!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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1/31/2020

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats keep chanting ‘fairness’, when they put on the most unfair Witch Hunt in the history of the U.S. Congress. They had 17 Witnesses, we were allowed ZERO, and no lawyers. They didn’t do their job, had no case. The Dems are scamming America!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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1/31/2020

CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/IMPEACHMENT/JOHN BOLTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate impeachment trial adjourned Friday evening [Jan. 31, 2020], with a plan to return Monday morning to continue. Closing arguments will be presented Monday, after which senators will be permitted to speak on the floor. A final vote, during which President Trump is expected to be acquitted, is expected next […]

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1/30/2020

CALIFORNIA/DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Schiff blasted for not focusing on California homeless.’ @foxandfriends His District is in terrible shape. He is a corrupt pol who only dreams of the Impeachment Hoax. In my opinion he is mentally deranged!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 30, 2020 10:39 am […]

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1/29/2020

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is much talk that certain Democrats are going to be voting with Republicans on the Impeachment Hoax, so that the Senate can get back to the business of taking care of the American people. Sorry, but Cryin’ Chuck Schumer will never let that happen!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 29, 2020 10:39 […]

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1/28/2020

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “No matter how many witnesses you give the Democrats, no matter how much information is given, like the quickly produced Transcripts, it will NEVER be enough for them. They will always scream UNFAIR. The Impeachment Hoax is just another political CON JOB!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 28, 2020 9:25 pm […]

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1/28/2020

IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s amazing what I’ve done, the most of any President in the first three years (by far), considering that for three years I’ve been under phony political investigations and the Impeachment Hoax! KEEP AMERICA GREAT!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 28, 2020 5:23 pm […]

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1/19/2020

9-11/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’In the House, the President got less due process than the 9-11 terrorists got. This is a corrupt process?’ Mark Levin @marklevinshow ‘Very much so!’ @RepDougCollins @FoxNews” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 19, 2020 8:16 pm […]

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1/6/2020

IMPEACHMENT/JOHN BOLTON/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP PEOPLE: “During the present impeachment controversy, I have tried to meet my obligations both as a citizen and as former National Security Advisor… Accordingly, since my testimony is once again at issue, I have had to resolve the serious competing issues as best I could, based on careful consideration and study. I […]

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1/3/2020

ASSASSINATION/DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/IRAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States and Iran exchanged escalating military threats on Friday [1-3-20] as President Trump warned that he was ‘prepared to take whatever action is necessary’ if Iran threatened Americans and Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed to exact vengeance for the killing on Mr. Trump’s order of Iran’s most valued […]

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1/3/2020

IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate leaders wrangled on Friday [1-3-20] over the terms of President Trump’s impeachment trial, deepening their impasse and throwing the start date further into doubt amid disputes over whether to call witnesses or introduce documentary evidence. In a pair of barbed back-to-back speeches on the Senate floor, the top Republican and the […]

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1/3/2020

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….followed, and then it was withdrawn. The Democrats argument for impeachment has not gotten stronger over the last few weeks. As Senator Josh Hawley just said, he’s going to enter a Motion to Dismiss the Impeachment Trial because it’s never actually been brought to trial.’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 12:27 […]

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1/3/2020

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….followed, and then it was withdrawn. The Democrats argument for impeachment has not gotten stronger over the last few weeks. As Senator Josh Hawley just said, he’s going to enter a Motion to Dismiss the Impeachment Trial because it’s never actually been brought to trial.’” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 12:09 […]

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1/3/2020

GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate remained at a stalemate on Friday [1-3-20] over how to proceed with the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, as the chamber’s leaders wrangled over whether White House aides will be called as witnesses and the top Democrat appealed to a handful of Republicans who could help break the […]

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1/2/2020

IMPEACHMENT/MITCH MCCONNELL/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The standoff that’s placed President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in limbo is entering a new critical juncture as both sides angle to wring political benefit from the proceedings. Greater clarity of the future of Trump’s impeachment could be derived Friday when the US Senate reconvenes and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell […]

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1/2/2020

GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Republican businesswoman who will soon become Georgia’s newest U.S. senator said Thursday [1-2-20] she plans to vote against removing President Donald Trump from office. Kelly Loeffler is scheduled to be sworn in when the Senate convenes Monday in Washington. Her first vote she casts as a senator could come at […]

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1/2/2020

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….had happened to a Presidential candidate, or President, who was a Democrat, everybody involved would long ago be in jail for treason (and more), and it would be considered the CRIME OF THE CENTURY, far bigger and more sinister than Watergate!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 2, 2020 8:58 am […]

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1/2/2020

CAMPAIGN FINANCE/DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sohrab Ahmari, New York Post ‘The Trump Campaign raised $10 million in the two days following the impeachment (Scam) vote. It seems the Democrats have shot themselves in the foot in one more way. They set up a process they know is not going to lead to the Presidents removal, &…” […]

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1/2/2020

CAMPAIGN FINANCE/ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign raised $46 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, a major haul that was boosted by a surge of donations in the wake of the Democrats’ impeachment bid, a senior campaign official said on Thursday. The sum gives Trump a fundraising edge over a host of […]

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12/31/2019

IMPEACHMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. prepares to preside over the impeachment trial of President Trump, he issued pointed remarks on Tuesday [12-31-19] in his year-end report on the state of the federal judiciary that seemed to be addressed, at least in part, to the president himself. The two men […]

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12/31/2019

IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’It’s my opinion as a lawyer that the Articles of Impeachment are defective on their face, which means I would like to see a Motion to Dismiss and have this disbursed without the necessity of a trial. I don’t think there should be a trial. I think it should be dismissed….” –Donald […]

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12/31/2019

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats will do anything to avoid a trial in the Senate in order to protect Sleepy Joe Biden, and expose the millions and millions of dollars that ‘Where’s’ Hunter, & possibly Joe, were paid by companies and countries for doing NOTHING. Joe wants no part of this mess!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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12/17/2019

GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is actively exploring a way to give President Donald Trump’s staunchest House allies a public role in the upcoming Senate impeachment trial, according to five sources familiar with the matter, as the president looks to mount an aggressive defense in the upper chamber. One idea under consideration […]

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12/17/2019

IMPEACHMENT: “I have been deprived of basic Constitutional Due Process from the beginning of this impeachment scam right up until the present… More due process was afforded to those accused in the Salem Witch Trials.” -Donald Trump, “Letter from President Donald J. Trump to the Speaker of the House of Representatives,” whitehouse.gov, Dec. 17, 2019 […]

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12/17/2019

2020 ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT/UKRAINE: “As you know very well, this impeachment drive has nothing to do with Ukraine, or the totally appropriate conversation I had with its new president. It only has to do with your attempt to undo the election of 2016 and steal the election of 2020!” -Donald Trump, “Letter from President Donald J. Trump […]

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12/17/2019

2016 ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT: “Your chosen candidate lost the election in 2016, in an Electoral College landslide (306-227), and you and your party have never recovered from this defeat. You have developed a full-fledged case of what many in the media call Trump Derangement Syndrome and sadly, you will never get over it! You are unwilling and […]

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12/17/2019

IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI: “By proceeding with your invalid impeachment, you are violating your oaths of office, you are breaking your allegiance to the Constitution, and you are declaring open war on American Democracy. You dare to invoke the Founding Fathers in pursuit of this election-nullification scheme—yet your spiteful actions display unfettered contempt for America’s founding and […]

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12/17/2019

IMPEACHMENT: “I write to express my strongest and most powerful protest against the partisan impeachment crusade being pursued by the Democrats in the House of Representatives… The Articles of Impeachment introduced by the House Judiciary Committee are not recognizable under any standard of Constitutional theory, interpretation, or jurisprudence. They include no crimes, no misdemeanors, and […]

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12/17/2019

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On the eve of his likely impeachment, President Donald Trump has opted to act as his own defense lawyer. In a six-page, stream-of-consciousness diatribe sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and released by the White House on Tuesday [12-17-19] afternoon, Trump denounced the Democrats’ two articles of impeachment — abuse of […]

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12/17/2019

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [12-17-19] savaged House Democrats’ impeachment proceedings in a six-page letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi that read like a collection of his most vitriolic tweets. Read Trump’s full letter below, or see the full PDF here.” –Politico Staff, “Read Donald Trump’s scathing letter to Nancy Pelosi,” Politico, December […]

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12/17/2019

BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump is on the verge of becoming just the third U.S. president to be impeached. But his allies couldn’t care less about this week’s history-making, legacy-shaping vote. Instead, they’re singularly focused on the vote that will come on Nov. 3, 2020 — and already choreographing an election strategy that capitalizes […]

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12/16/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Reps. Ben McAdams and Joe Cunningham, two of the most endangered House Democrats, said Monday [12-16-19] they will vote to impeach President Donald Trump, in a boon for party leaders just days ahead of the vote. Fifteen Democrats in districts won by Trump have now said publicly they will back […]

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12/16/2019

AMBASSADOR/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Trump administration officials are taking steps to stabilize the U.S. relationship with Ukraine amid an impeachment inquiry that has badly damaged ties between the two countries. Aides to President Donald Trump are zeroing in on a new U.S. ambassador to Kyiv—a posting that’s been empty since Marie Yovanovitch was recalled earlier this […]

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12/16/2019

IMPEACHMENT/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, the first modern president to face impeachment during his first term in the White House, now leads his top Democratic rivals in his bid for a second, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds. The national survey, taken as the House of Representatives planned an impeachment vote and the […]

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12/16/2019

IMPEACHMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The advocacy group Need to Impeach will spend at least $1 million airing new pro-impeachment advertisements in the coming weeks, starting Tuesday [12-17-19] with an ad saying President Donald Trump ‘broke his oath to America.’ The ad will begin airing on CNN and MSNBC this week, backed by an initial buy of […]

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12/16/2019

IMPEACHMENT/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As a historic week begins, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds Americans closely divided on whether the House of Representatives should impeach President Trump. A narrow majority opposes a conviction by the Senate that would remove him from office. In the wake of combative impeachment hearings, those surveyed oppose by 51%-45% a […]

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12/16/2019

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “READ THE TRANSCRIPTS! The Impeachment Hoax is the greatest con job in the history of American politics! The Fake News Media, and their partner, the Democrat Party, are working overtime to make life for the United Republican Party, and all it stands for, as difficult as possible!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 16, […]

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12/16/2019

ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump committed criminal bribery and wire fraud, the House Judiciary Committee alleges in a report that will accompany articles of impeachment this week. The report, a 169-page assessment of the case for Trump’s removal from office, contends that Trump committed ‘multiple federal crimes’ — ones that Democrats addressed […]

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12/16/2019

AMBASSADOR/IMPEACHMENT/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Rudolph W. Giuliani said on Monday [12-16-19] that he provided President Trump with detailed information this year about how the United States ambassador to Ukraine was, in Mr. Giuliani’s view, impeding investigations that could benefit Mr. Trump, setting in motion the ambassador’s recall from her post. In an interview, Mr. Giuliani, […]

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12/16/2019

BREXIT/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Here in America it will be the same victory as BREXIT, but even more so. In the U.S., while all of this has been going on, the Impeachment, the obstruction, the resistance, President Trump has managed to deliver not just promises, but a record which adds up to one…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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12/16/2019

BREXIT/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Here in America it will be the same victory as BREXIT, but even more so. In the U.S., while all of this has been going on, the Impeachment, the obstruction, the resistance, President Trump has managed to deliver not just promises, but a record which adds up to one…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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12/16/2019

IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….impeaching him. They hate the fact, above all, that this president is delivering. Substantial policy results for the working Americans who put him in the White House, and they can’t beat him in a fair fight next year.’ @NextRevFNC @SteveHiltonx Thank you Steve!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 16, 2019 12:05 am   […]

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12/15/2019

IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’There is no bribery, or any crime at all, alleged in the Articles of Impeachment. This is a first in the history of our Country.’ @JudgeJeanine @RepMikeJohnson” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 15, 2019 1:57 pm […]

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12/15/2019

IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A PERFECT phone call. ‘Can you do us (not me. Us is referring to our Country) a favor.’ Then go on to talk about ‘Country’ and ‘U.S. Attorney General.’ The Impeachment Hoax is just a continuation of the Witch Hunt which has been going on for 3 years. We will win! #MAGAKAG […]

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12/14/2019

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The last time I spoke to Debbie Dingell was her call thanking me for granting top memorial and funeral service honors for her then just departed husband, long time Congressman John Dingell. Now I watch her ripping me as part of the Democrats Impeachment Hoax. Really pathetic!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 14, […]

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12/14/2019

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….absolutely no pressure. I don’t know of any crime that was committed where the actual victim wasn’t aware of it….and, they got the call, they got the meeting, and they got the money. Unbelievably, the Democrats have weaponized the Impeachment process, they have….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 14, 2019 9:28 am […]

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12/14/2019

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’There are 31 House Democrats in Trump won Congressional Districts. Those Dems will have to answer to their constituents come 2020. If you look at the facts, there’s no crime, there’s no witness, there’s no evidence, there’s no victim, President Zelensky said there was….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 14, 2019 9:28 am […]

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12/14/2019

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….absolutely no pressure. I don’t know of any crime that was committed where the actual victim wasn’t aware of it….and, they got the call, they got the meeting, and they got the money. Unbelievably, the Democrats have weaponized the Impeachment process, they have…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 14, 2019 9:09 am […]

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12/13/2019

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s not fair that I’m being Impeached when I’ve done absolutely nothing wrong! The Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats have become the Party of Hate. They are so bad for our Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 13, 2019 7:38 pm […]

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12/13/2019

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats propelled President Donald Trump’s impeachment toward a historic vote by the full U.S. House as the Judiciary Committee on Friday [12-13-19] approved charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. It’s the latest major step in the constitutional and political storm that has divided Congress and the nation. The House […]

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12/13/2019

IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is uniquely focused on his place in history. He’s forever comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln or tweeting out — as he did Friday morning — that his popularity among Republicans is historically high. Trump views himself as a great president and wants to ensure his place in the historical […]

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12/13/2019

IMPEACHMENT/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “How do you get Impeached when you have done NOTHING wrong (a perfect call), have created the best economy in the history of our Country, rebuilt our Military, fixed the V.A. (Choice!), cut Taxes & Regs, protected your 2nd A, created Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, and soooo much more? Crazy!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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