The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol released its 845-page final report on the effort to overturn the 2020 election, the panel s final major action in its 18-month groundbreaking inquiry.
quote, well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. mccarthy even publicly floated the idea of censuring trump and argued the then-president was responsible for the attack on the capitol, something that is obviously true but nonetheless surprising to hear from a prominent republican. the president bears responsibility for wednesday s attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action by president trump. accept his share of responsibility, quell the brewing unrest, and ensure president-elect biden is able to successfully begin his term. again, the consensus view at the time, you didn t imagine it, you didn t misrecollect what you thought at the time. what you saw at the time. now, famously, mccarthy s spat with trump did not last long. just over two weeks after he made those comments, he flew to
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Feb 14, 2021 09:22 AM EST
The Trump acquittal angers the Democrats, with its majority wanting the ex-president away from thwarting plans. Pelosi says censuring him will not be good enough.
The trial is finally over the second impeachment, and the Democrats made their moves and were rewarded with an empowered Trump. Another result is an invigorated GOP that got a push to do better in the 2022 midterms.
Nancy Pelosi is displeased
The second impeachment of Donald Trump has not settled in, according to sources. Allegedly the House Speaker will not waste effort to censure him, reported the Epoch Times.
process to hold up the military aid to ukraine or demand the sort of quid pro quo that s alleged, that s how leaders came up with witnesses, they could clear president trump if president trump could allow them to testify. if you re going to have a fair trial. we ve got all the evidence and witnesses that were developed by the house intelligence committee through their inquiry. what we don t have is the folks the president has blocked. if the president has a defense, this would be the moment to present them, what did the president know. senator john cornyn is making the case, obviously a member of gop leadership, look, if this is what you wanted you should have had the house democrats get the testimony so it was part of the record, and i m referring obviously to mick mulvaney, john bolton, anybody else that senate democrats are now asking to hear
senate judiciary committee, has endorsed joe biden for president. senator, i appreciate your time. you heard manu going through the math. mitch mcconnell says no witnesses and he needs 53 senators, perhaps there are some of them who may support witnesses, may not ultimately support removing the president from office but would support witnesses and a more fulsome trial. do you see any of them stepping up going against the majority leader and siding with schumer on this? i think it s possible, erin, if they put the country s best interests ahead of narrow or partisan interests because frankly, the president didn t put on a defense in the house. the house impeachment inquiry saw witness after witness testify that president trump did the things he s alleged to have done, and the president blocked folks who were in the room who were part of the decision making