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News Articles: impeachment trial

Ken Paxton listens to closing arguments Friday in his impeachment trial in the Texas Senate Chamber in Austin.

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Texas Senate acquits state Attorney General Ken Paxton in impeachment trial

Paxton, who has been suspended, faced 16 articles of impeachment tied to allegations that he abused his office to protect a political donor. The Senate vote reinstates Paxton as attorney general.

September 16, 2023
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during his weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 3, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Audio shows Kevin McCarthy planned to urge Trump to resign after Capitol riot

In the recorded conversation House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he didn't believe Donald Trump would voluntarily step down.

April 22, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during his weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 3, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Audio shows Kevin McCarthy planned to urge Trump to resign after Capitol riot

In the recorded conversation House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he didn't believe Donald Trump would voluntarily step down.

April 22, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

An Unusually Bipartisan Impeachment Vote Leaves A Deeply Divided Nation

Seven Republicans crossed the aisle top vote for former President Trump's conviction, but the party's leaders in Congress continued a pattern of criticism without consequences.

February 14, 2021
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  • Mara Liasson
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Trump's 2nd Impeachment Trial Is Over. What Was Accomplished, And What's Next?

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with House Impeachment Manager Stacey Plaskett, congresswoman from the U.S. Virgin Islands, about Saturday's last-second maneuvers and the former president's acquittal.

February 14, 2021
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  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Michael van der Veen, lawyer for former President Donald Trump, walks to the Senate floor on the fourth day of the Senate impeachment trial, which had been expected to wrap up Saturday.

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  • Politics

As Trump's Impeachment Trial Resumes, Some Lawmakers Want Details On McCarthy Call

Now that new details have emerged regarding a call between the then-president and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, more lawmakers are supporting the calling of witnesses.

February 13, 2021
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  • Matthew S. Schwartz
Member of the national guard patrol the area outside of the U.S. Capitol on the third day of the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump at Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021.

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: Georgia A Major Player In Trump's Second Impeachment Trial

On Georgia Today, GPB political reporter Stephen Fowler discusses Georgia's role in former President Trump’s second impeachment trial, and whether there could be criminal charges tied to Trump’s interference in the presidential election.

February 12, 2021
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  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Sean Powers
Bruce Castor Jr., a former district attorney who declined to press sexual-assault charges against Bill Cosby in 2005, is part of former President Donald Trump's defense team for his impeachment trial next week.

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  • Politics

Trump Names New Defense Team Ahead Of Senate Impeachment Trial

Attorneys David Schoen and Bruce Castor Jr. will help defend the former president in next week's trial before the Senate on one article of impeachment, "incitement of insurrection."

February 01, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
An engraved portrait of William Belknap, a secretary of war who was impeached in 1876 after he tearfully resigned.

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  • Analysis

There Is Precedent For Trying A Former Government Official, Established 145 Years Ago

Some Republicans are arguing that former President Donald Trump should not face a Senate impeachment trial because he's a private citizen. That was argued before — and rejected narrowly — in 1876.

January 29, 2021
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Sen. Angus King, independent from Maine, has made it clear he is concerned about what happened at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

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  • Politics

Sen. Angus King On Trump's 2nd Impeachment Trial, COVID-19 Relief Package

The Maine independent calls the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol "one of the most egregious assaults on American democracy." On Monday, the House delivered an article of impeachment to the Senate.

January 25, 2021
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  • Rachel Martin
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, called a post-presidency Senate trial for Trump "vindictive."

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  • Politics

Lawmakers React As Trump Senate Impeachment Trial Gets Timetable

Prominent Republicans continued to criticize the idea of trying an out-of-office president, while some Democrats worried about hampering President Biden's agenda.

January 24, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Slotkin

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