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Trump and Giuliani sued by Democratic congressman over Capitol riot
Feb 18, 2021 18:04Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, the former president’s personal lawyer, have been accused of conspiring to incite the violent riot at the US Capitol, in a legal action filed under a historic law known as the Ku Klux Klan Act.
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“It does not end here”: Calls mount for Trump to be tried in criminal court
Feb 18, 2021 17:50American legal experts, political observers, and government watchdogs are calling for criminal prosecution as the only remaining path for accountability and to prevent the disgraced former US president Donald Trump from ever seeking elected office again.
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Analysis reveals Trump operation paid $3.5 million to organizers of rally that led to deadly Capitol attack
Feb 17, 2021 11:49A new political spending analysis shows that former US President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign and its joint fundraising committees paid more than $3.5 million to the individuals and firms involved in organizing the January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally that presaged the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Can the GOP find a replacement for Trump if he is out of picture?
Feb 17, 2021 05:06Former US President Donald Trump has practically broken the GOP in half by refusing to accept defeat in the 2020 presidential election and inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol, putting the Republican Party between a rock and a hard place.
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US Republicans seem ready to turn page on Trump after voting to acquit him
Feb 16, 2021 14:19Nikki R. Haley, a former United Nations ambassador under President Donald J. Trump who left the administration without the drama or ill will that marred most of its high-level departures, sharply criticized her former boss in an interview published recently, saying that she was “disgusted” by his conduct on Jan. 6, the day of the Capitol riot.
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Seven Republican rebels who voted to convict feel Trumpists' fury
Feb 16, 2021 14:16The seven Republican senators who broke ranks by voting to convict former president Donald Trump at his impeachment trial faced immediate hostility and criticism from fellow conservatives revealing the potentially high cost of opposing Trumpism within the Republican party.
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US Senate fails to hold Trump accountable again
Feb 14, 2021 05:08The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump has come to an end with US senators voting to acquit the former president.
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White supremacy and American policing
Feb 13, 2021 02:27The assault on the U.S. Capitol has drawn attention to the presence of far-right extremists in the U.S. military and law enforcement. While the Pentagon has taken steps to address the problem, the police chiefs will have a much harder time rooting out extremism in their departments.
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Discontent as US stimulus stalls amid impeachment trial
Feb 11, 2021 05:37As the nation’s media and political elite are consumed by the impeachment trial of ex-president Donald Trump, talks on a desperately-needed and long-delayed major economic stimulus package have been forced on hold.
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Why GOP argument against trying Trump is so dangerous
Feb 10, 2021 16:45As the Senate trial of former US President Donald Trump nears, the defense is coming into view. It appears that most Senate Republicans will not defend Trump’s conduct around the Jan. 6 Capitol siege. Instead, they will rally around an argument about the chamber’s constitutional powers and the supposedly dangerous consequences for US politics if the Senate tries a “late impeachment.”