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Murkowski comes out against impeachment witnesses, putting Trump on path to acquittal

By Judson Berger | Fox News Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski came out Friday against calling witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial, all but assuring the Senate will move to wrap up proceedings with a likely acquittal in a matter of days, if not hours. “Given the partisan nature of this impeachment from the very beginning and throughout, I have come […]

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Swing-vote GOP Sen. Alexander comes out against witnesses, paving way for imminent Trump acquittal

By Gregg Re | Fox News Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced late Thursday night that he would not support additional witnesses in President Trump’s “shallow, hurried and wholly partisan” Senate impeachment trial, seemingly ending Democrats’ hopes of hearing testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton and paving the way for the president’s imminent acquittal as soon […]

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Trump, at Iowa rally, taunts Dems before caucuses: ‘We’re beating them all’

By Morgan Phillips | Fox News President Trump taunted Democrats at a major rally in Iowa Thursday night on the eve of key Senate impeachment action and just days before the nation’s first presidential caucuses there. “We’re winning a lot, we’re beating them all,” he said. Trump took the stage at Drake University in Des Moines for his fourth rally of the year, which […]

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Jipping & Canaparo: In Trump trial, can Chief Justice Roberts call witnesses without Senate approval?

By Thomas Jipping, GianCarlo Canaparo | Fox News As soon as House Democrats adopted two articles of impeachment against President Trump Dec. 18, they started making demands about how the Republican-controlled Senate should conduct the president’s impeachment trial. Specifically, House Democrats want Senate Republicans to subpoena witnesses who the House refused to call during its impeachment proceedings. Most Republican senators […]

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Hillary Clinton ‘intimidated’ by Tulsi Gabbard’s $50M lawsuit, won’t accept legal documents, lawyer claims: report

By Dom Calicchio | Fox News Hillary Clinton or her representatives have, on at least two occasions, declined to accept legal papers delivered in connection with Tulsi Gabbard’s lawsuit against her, Gabbard’s attorney claims. Gabbard, a Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii who is seeking the party’s 2020 presidential nomination, filed a $50 million lawsuit against Clinton last week over the former secretary […]

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Justice Roberts blocks Sen. Paul from naming whistleblower, source says – and Paul may force the issue

By Gregg Re | Fox News Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts blocked Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul from posing a question during the Senate impeachment trial Wednesday that would have named the alleged whistleblower at the center of the case, Fox News is told — and Paul may try to force the issue during the question-and-answer session that begins Thursday […]

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‘GAME OVER,’ Trump declares, as old Bolton, Schiff videos surface amid Senate impeachment trial

By Gregg Re | Fox News A string of newly resurfaced video clips of former national security adviser John Bolton spurred President Trump and his supporters Wednesday to highlight what they described as serious credibility questions — raised by both Democrats and Republicans — amid the Senate impeachment trial, as the president tweeted, “GAME OVER!” In his tweet, Trump linked to […]