If the impeachment of Donald Trump seemed almost certain at the end of last year, his acquittal seems equally so. On Friday, the Republican-led senate voted 51 to 49 not to call witnesses. Until Friday, there had been some murmuring that McConnell didn't have the votes to block witnesses from testifying. However, by the end of the day, the two outstanding Republican senators he needed, namely Sen. Lamar Alexander and Sen. Lisa Murkowski both decided to vote against the motion to call witnesses. The rationale they gave so...

The second day of the trial of the Impeachment of Donald Trump concluded yesterday with very few surprises. The impeachment managers, the prosecution, took to the floor to make their case for the removal of the President. The day concluded with very few surprises. Today marked the first day of the actual trial, as the first day was spent agreeing (or disagreeing) on the rules. The impeachment managers have 24 hours in which to make their case and having used 8 of those 24 hours leaves them with...

After much anticipation, the articles of impeachment have been sent over to the senate for a trial. The house of representatives voted, last night, to send the articles of impeachment to the senate, and today they were delivered. Chief Justice will preside over the trial and will swear in the jurors, the senate, today. The trial is scheduled to begin on Tuesday the 21st of January and will be prosecuted by the following 7 managers from the house of representatives: Adam Schiff, the lead manager, of CaliforniaJerry Nadler...