Trump Impeachment Inquiry

8 House Republicans say they’ll vote for Trump’s impeachment

January 13, 2021 3:07pm CST

Eight Republicans have said they will vote to impeach Trump: Rep. John Katko, Rep. Liz Cheney, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Rep. Fred Upton, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, Rep. Dan Newhouse, Rep. Peter Meijer and Rep. Anthony Gonzalez.

McConnell rejects emergency session for impeachment trial

January 13, 2021 12:47pm CST

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he will not invoke powers calling senators into emergency session for a Senate impeachment trial -- meaning the earliest it can begin is Jan. 19, the day before Biden's inauguration.

McConnell furious with president, thinks impeachment will help 'rid' GOP of Trump and his movement

January 12, 2021 10:06pm CST

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell 'is done' and 'furious' with President Trump a source familiar confirmed to Fox News.

House to proceed on second Trump impeachment according to Pelosi

January 10, 2021 6:51pm CST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump, calling him a threat to democracy after the deadly assault on the Capitol.

Speaker Pelosi: House 'will proceed' to impeachment of Trump

January 10, 2021 6:08pm CST

Pelosi made the announcement in a letter to colleagues. She said the House will act with solemnity but also urgency with just days remaining before Trump is to leave office on Jan. 20.

Biden calls Trump 'not fit' but doesn't endorse impeachment

January 9, 2021 3:04pm CST

Biden noted that a key reason he ran for president was because he'd “thought for a long, long time that President Trump wasn’t fit for the job."

Mitch McConnell sends letter to GOP senators on impeachment procedure summary

January 9, 2021 2:36pm CST

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Friday sent a letter to GOP senators sharing a summary of how the upper chamber could legally "dispose of any articles of impeachment" against President Trump before Jan. 20.

Pelosi says House will move forward on 2nd impeachment if Trump doesn’t ‘immediately resign’

January 8, 2021 5:23pm CST

Democrats are discussing whether to move forward with impeaching President Donald Trump if his Cabinet doesn’t try to remove him for the mob assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Giuliani associates face new federal fraud charges

September 17, 2020 5:33pm CDT

Federal prosecutors have brought new wire fraud charges against two associates of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Michael Cohen, Trump's ex-lawyer, released from prison again

July 24, 2020 4:26pm CDT

Michael Cohen was released from a prison in Otisville, New York on Friday. A day earlier, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ordered him freed.

Michael Cohen reportedly taken back into federal custody

July 9, 2020 10:30pm CDT

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, has reportedly been taken back into federal custody.

Bolton says Trump asked China to help him get reelected

June 17, 2020 7:36pm CDT

President Donald Trump “pleaded” with China’s Xi Jinping during a 2019 summit to help his reelection prospects, according to a scathing new book by former Trump adviser John Bolton that accuses the president of being driven by political calculations when making national security decisions.

Schumer calls on 'every single' inspector general to investigate Vindman ouster

February 10, 2020 2:18pm CST

Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the inspectors general to protect government whistleblowers amid President Donald Trump’s ouster of key government officials in the impeachment probe.

Trump fires two key impeachment witnesses - Alexander Vindman, Gordon Sondland

February 7, 2020 7:54pm CST

President Donald Trump fired two key witnesses during his impeachment trial - ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, and National Security Council aide, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman.

‘Total acquittal:’ Trump delivers impeachment 'victory' speech from White House

February 6, 2020 12:25pm CST

President Donald Trump held a “victory” speech in the White House Tuesday, one day after the Senate acquitted him in his impeachment trial.

Impeachment trial: Split Senate votes to acquit Trump on abuse of power, obstruction of Congress

February 5, 2020 8:43pm CST

A majority of senators expressed unease with Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine that resulted in the two articles of impeachment. But the final tallies — 52-48 favoring acquittal of abuse of power, 53-47 of obstruction of Congress' investigation — fell short.