Before they were at the heart of Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York, and even before they were political scandals, the possibility of Trump paying hush money to a Playboy playmate and/or a porn star was the subject of some investigative reporting. Michael Rothfeld, investigative reporter for the New York Times, talks with Alex Wagner about how he and his colleagues at the Wall Street Journal chased down the story of Donald Trump paying hush money to keep his sexual affairs quiet ahead of
The new resolution agreed to Friday in the Senate impeachment trial gives Democratic senators running for president a much needed opportunity to hit the campaign trail between stints back in Washington as jurors.
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney will not be invited to a major conservative conference following the Utah Republican’s vote Friday in support of witnesses during the Senate’s impeachment trial, the event’s chairman said.
President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that impeachment has not hurt the President’s support, insisting that his base “is strong and getting stronger” and that former White House officials who have raised concerns about Trump “didn’t have what it took.”
As former Vice President Joe Biden attempts a third act in his political life, and reaches for what would be a crowning political achievement, the Senate has once again become the setting for a family tragedy of sorts.