Tag: impeachment
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The trial of America – Hope Eghagha
By Hope Eghagha On the impeachment matter, it can be said that America had been on trial. On trial in the eyes of the world. Not President Donald Trump, not really Donald Trump that is, even though he was in the dock. America tried itself. The world tried America. American tried its institutions. The idea…
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Impeachment: Senate acquits Trump of charges
By Dayo Benson Editor Politics,Law/Human Rights, New York In what appeared like an anti-climax, the United States Senate, Wednesday evening, expectedly acquitted President Donald John Trump, of the two articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives. President Trump was acquitted by the Republican controlled Senate with majority votes of 48-52, on the first article,…
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The great escape: How Trump survived impeachment
Will historians find Donald Trump’s impeachment remarkable because Republican politicians turned a blind eye to such egregious wrongdoing and acquitted him? Or will they find it remarkable because it was the last time a cadre of Republican officials publicly turned against Trump? While most of the career civil servants who defied the president by testifying…
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Impeachment: Trump admits withholding documents from House during trial
President Trump suggested Wednesday that he is comfortable with the impeachment trial charade going on in the US Senate as he admitted in his own words in Davos, Switzerland that the White House is withholding evidence about his dealings with Ukraine. “Honestly, we have all the material. They don’t have the material,” the president told…
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Impeachment trial of Trump to get under way
The Senate trial of President Donald Trump is due to get underway in earnest at 1 pm (1800 GMT) on Tuesday, only the third impeachment trial of a president in U.S. history. The 100 members of the upper chamber will gather for what is likely to be the first full day of proceedings in the…
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Uzodinma raises alarm over alleged impeachment plots
…Fingers PDP lawmakers Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma on Monday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of plotting to incite the House of Assembly to impeach him. He accused sponsors of the nationwide protest against his Supreme Court victory of attempting to bring down the government. Uzodinma said the impeachment plot was to be anchored…
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US senate announces date for Trump impeachment trial
The impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump in the Senate is likely to begin next week Tuesday with key players sworn in later this week, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. McConnell said he expected the House of Representatives to deliver the articles of impeachment against Trump to the upper chamber today. “We believe that…
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Impeachment: Democrats add ‘new evidence’ to nail Trump
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday they would include new evidence when they send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate on Wednesday, seeking to expand the scope of a trial that will dominate Washington for the next several weeks. Senior Democrats said they would include phone records…
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Trump’s impeachment and the probabilities – Carl Umegboro
By Carl Umegboro PRESIDENT of the United States of America, Donald Trump is no doubt in the midst of the storm having been impeached by the House of Representatives. Trump was accused of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress which tantamount to gross misconducts. However, the Senate is yet to make its verdict. Making…
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U.S. President Trump says he wants immediate impeachment trial in Senate
U.S. President Donald Trump said that he wanted the Senate to launch the impeachment trial immediately. Trump made this known on his Twitter page late on Thursday. “So after the Democrats gave me no Due Process in the House, no lawyers, no witnesses, no nothing, they now want to tell the Senate how to run…