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Trump impeachment news – live: Senate hears opening arguments as Democrats accuse White House lawyers of Fox News-style ‘histrionics’

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Trump impeachment news – live: Senate hears opening arguments as Democrats accuse White House lawyers of - News-style ‘histrionics’

House impeachment managers have begun delivering opening remarks during the US Senate trial into Donald Trump and his dealings with Ukraine, as Democrats blasted White House attorneys for presenting Fox News-style “histrionics” at the hearings.

Democratic impeachment manager Adam Schiff ​argued in his opening remarks the president’s “misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box” and suggested that Americans “cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won” in 2020 after Mr Trump encouraged Ukraine to launch political investigations into one of his Democratic rivals, Joe Biden.​ House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, another impeachment manager, also accused Republicans of “voting for a cover-up”, observing: “Only guilty people hide the evidence.”

Looking on from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Trump fired out 50 retweets in support of his cause while insisting he was “making great progress” at the global summit, as a new poll makes bleak reading for his supporters ahead of 2020.

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2020-01-22T21:17:22.000Z

House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler begins by discussing Rudy GIuliani and his “henchmen”, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, noting how the two have been indicted for campaign finance violations that included donations to the president’s 2016 campaign. 


2020-01-22T21:03:33.000Z

The US Senate has resumed its opening remarks in the impeachment trial against Donald Trump, with House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler delivering his statement. 

Mr Nadler, a Democratic impeachment manager, begins by thanking senators for their “temperance listening and your patience.”

He adds: “Truly, thank you.”


2020-01-22T20:32:41.000Z

House Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has called for a nearly 20-minute recess after lead Democratic impeachment manager Adam Schiff concluded his opening remarks.


2020-01-22T20:17:19.000Z

If you feel like the House Intelligence chairman has been speaking for a long time, you’re not alone. Adam Schiff, the lead Democratic impeachment manager, warned that he has just “ten minutes left” in his presentation, adding: “The end is in sight.” 

Mr Schiff also said just before: “If the president was fighting corruption, if he wanted Europeans to pay more, why would he hide it from us? Why would he hide it from Ukrainians? Why would he hide it from the rest of the world? … Because, of course, it wasn’t true.”


2020-01-22T20:08:15.000Z

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff continues to scorn Donald Trump: “The president believes that these corrupt acts are acceptable. A president this unapologetic, this lawless, this unbound to the Constitution and the oath of office must be removed from that office lest he continue … to seek advantage in the next election.”


2020-01-22T20:03:38.000Z

Donald Trump has seemingly tweeted a partial quote from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which he claimed there was “no pressure” on him to announce political investigations:


2020-01-22T19:54:24.000Z

As House impeachment managers deliver their opening remarks, Donald Trump is being ridiculed online for a statement he made in which the president seemingly boasted about withholding crucial evidence during the impeachment proceedings against him:


2020-01-22T19:41:17.000Z

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff has suggested that Donald Trump’s attorneys don’t want Americans to truly know what happened in his dealings with Ukraine:


2020-01-22T19:25:13.000Z

Ivanka Trump touts American business pledges to advance workers skills in the job market

Donald Trump wasn’t the only member of his family to attend the World Economic Forum. Ivanka Trump, a senior White House adviser, spoke at the event in Davos about the administration’s work with private businesses in getting their pledges to provide additional job training skills to students and workers. 


2020-01-22T19:14:11.000Z

“The national security staff understood what was in the U.S. national security interests,” House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said in his opening statements. “And that was rooting our corruption … But as you see from the record of the call — and I join the president in saying read the call — that topic was never addressed.”


2020-01-22T19:08:34.000Z

Quick fact check: House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff just said Donald Trump made his “Russia, if you’re listening” comments encouraging the country to obtain Hillary Clinton’s missing emails while he was at a “rally in Florida”. 

In actuality, the president made those comments when he was at a press conference in Florida. Mr Trump has himself suggested the comments were made during a rally, seemingly to downplay the insanity of asking foreign actors to meddle in an ongoing presidential election. 


2020-01-22T18:58:10.000Z

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff continues with his scathing statement against Donald Trump’s Ukraine dealings: “Impeachment was warranted for a president who usurped the power of the Constitution that was not granted to him, such as to deny Congress the right to determine the propriety, the scope, and the nature of an impeachment inquiry into his own misconduct.”


2020-01-22T18:51:10.000Z

The White House has tweeted out a statement claiming House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff “lied again” and posted a video that shows the president reading from a piece of paper while denouncing Russia’s foreign election interference. 

In reality, the president has repeatedly suggested other foreign actors may have been involved in 2016 election interference, undermining the Intelligence Community’s findings that said Russia meddled in the election to support Mr Trump’s candidacy.


2020-01-22T18:34:21.000Z

House Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff delivers scathing opening statement

The House Intelligence chairman said Donald Trump’s “misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box” during his opening remarks, adding: “For we cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won. In corruptly using his office to gain a political advantage … the president has shown that he believes he is above the law and scornful of constraint.”


2020-01-22T18:25:36.000Z

Here’s video of House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, the lead Democratic impeachment manager, delivering his opening remarks: 


2020-01-22T18:14:13.233Z

House managers of the US Senate impeachment trial against Donald Trump have begun delivering their opening statements, with House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff reading a letter from Alexander Hamilton to George Washington from 1792.


2020-01-22T18:05:13.000Z

Trump inaugural committee sued for ‘grossly overpaying’ president’s Washington hotel

The attorney general of Washington D.C. has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, alleging an abuse of non-profit funds that ultimately benefited the first family’s private business. 

Attorney General Karl Racine said in the lawsuit that the committee was made to “grossly overpay for event space” at the Trump International Hotel in Washington during the president’s inauguration, while failing to seek out cheaper options. 

Mr Trump’s inaugural committee funding has been steeped in controversy ever since it was reported to have spent over $100m (£76m) on lavish events — far more than past inaugural budgets — and more than $1m (£761,300) at the Trump hotel. 

“District law requires non-profits to use their funds for their stated public purpose, not to benefit private individuals or companies,” the attorney general said when announcing the lawsuit on Wednesday. “In this case, we are seeking to recover the nonprofit funds that were improperly funnelled directly to the Trump family business.”

Here’s my latest:


2020-01-22T17:45:13.000Z

Tulsi Gabbard sues Hillary Clinton for calling her a “Russian asset”

Tulsi Gabbard, the Hawaii Democrat and 2020 hopeful, has filed a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton claiming the former 2016 Democratic nominee defamed her by insinuating on a podcast that she was a “favourite of Russians”. 

The Independent’s Clark Mindock has more on the $50 million lawsuit filed on Wednesday in the Southern District of New York. 


2020-01-22T17:25:13.000Z

Donald Trump returns to Washington amid impeachment trial

The president tweeted that he was returning to the US after a “very successful” trip to Davos, while also tweeting out a video that showed him shaking the hands of numerous world leaders. 


2020-01-22T17:05:00.000Z

Senate impeachment trial to reconvene for opening statements

With the Senate impeachment set to reconvene shortly for opening statements, Florida Republican Rick Scott has told CNN’s Dana Bash that he would like to hear from new witnesses – despite yesterday’s vote to block Democratic subpoenas – but says now is not the right time. Hmmmm.

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