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On January 13, 2021, the Democrat-led US House of Representatives voted to impeach outgoing Republican President Donald Trump for a second time. Trump had apparently whipped up a group of supporters who had invaded Congress on January 6, seeking to stop the confirmation of Joe Biden as the next president, then failed to immediately disown them. Five people were killed in the assault.
Trump had earlier been impeached on December 18, 2019, on two counts: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. He was acquitted by the Republican-majority Senate on February 5, 2020.
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The vote in the House of Representatives showed there will be no attempt by the Republicans to reconcile themselves with what Trump did on January 6. In fact, the many steps ahead will offer Republicans numerous opportunities to spread misinformation.
Following the acquittal of Donald Trump, the Grand Old Party has to now abandon divisive policies and return to the centre-right in mainstream American political life
- Wade was formerly a municipal judge dealing mostly with traffic tickets, and received US$650,000 over a 2-year period for a job that usually went to civil servants
- He was accused of not paying his ex-wife’s medical expenses and stopped supporting his adult children – all while going on extravagant holidays with Willis to Napa Valley and the Bahamas
Donald Trump faces 34 counts of allegedly falsifying business records for paying ‘hush money’ to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election to cover up a sexual encounter.
Controversial social media influencer Isabella Maria DeLuca has just been arrested for her part in storming the US Capitol building in 2021 – so what else do we know about her?
Former US president Donald Trump is suing TV journalist George Stephanopoulos and ABC News for defamation for saying he raped advice columnist E Jean Carroll.
Trump had tried to pressure Pence to help him overturn his 2020 election defeat to Biden, attacking him on social media when he wouldn’t go along with the plan.
Ex-president’s lawyers on Monday asked judge to adjourn New York criminal trial indefinitely until Trump’s immunity claim in Washington election interference case is resolved.
The senator was the last Republican leader to fall in line, declaring his support in a short statement after the ex-US president’s Super Tuesday wins.
Manhattan district attorney’s office asked for order that would bar Trump from making statements about potential witnesses. Jury selection is expected to begin on March 25.
Jair Bolsonaro led supporters at a rally in the heart of Brazil’s biggest city in an attempted show of force against political opponents.
The New York judge’s decision paves the way for the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president.
Trump’s lawyers filed emergency appeal after justices heard his separate appeal to remain on presidential ballot. Trump claims immunity from prosecution on charges he plotted to overturn 2020 election loss.
Navarro was sentenced to 4 months in prison for refusing to cooperate with Capitol attack investigation. He had asked to be free while he fights that conviction in higher courts.
Trump’s case stands apart from previous cases as only big business found that was threatened with shutdown without a showing of obvious victims and major losses.
Donald Trump’s testimony in the writer E Jean Carroll’s defamation case ended almost immediately after it began, as the former US president stood by his earlier testimony that Carroll’s claim that he raped her was a hoax.
Navarro was the second Trump aide convicted of contempt of Congress charges after ex-White House adviser Steve Bannon, who also got a four-month sentence but is free pending appeal.
The ex-US president described those jailed for their roles in the January 6 insurrection as ‘hostages’ and said a Biden re-election would lead to World War III.
The day before the anniversary of the US Capitol riot, Biden said the 2024 presidential race – a likely rematch with Trump – is ‘all about’ whether American democracy will survive.
Trump’s ‘myriad deceptive schemes’ to ‘inflate asset values and conceal facts were so outrageous that they belie innocent explanation’, Letitia James said.
The petition, similar to those filed in more than 12 other states, claims Trump is ineligible to hold office because he encouraged US Capitol attack in 2021.
The development came a day after Trump filed an appeal against a ruling in Maine that prohibits the ex-president from appearing on that state’s 2024 presidential ballot.
The former US president is barred by the state of Maine from the presidential ballot over his role in the January 6 Capitol attack. He is expected to also ask the US Supreme Court to rule in a related Colorado case.
Special Counsel Jack Smith says nothing in the US Constitution or US law supports giving ex-presidents immunity from criminal charges for action taken while in office.
An appeals panel has been asked to place the case on a fast track to avoid delaying a criminal trial against Trump set to start on March 4.
Trump ally Giuliani filed for bankruptcy days after a jury decided he must pay more than US$148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers he falsely accused of helping to rig the 2020 election.
The US president calls the move a ‘baseless political stunt that even Republicans in Congress admit is not supported by facts’.
The civil fraud trial, which began in October, is one of several legal challenges the former president faces as he mounts a comeback bid for the White House.
Trump’s lawyer asked the court to allow the ex-president to appeal its reinstatement of the orders to the Court of Appeals. A judge paused the gag orders on November 16, but they were reinstated last week.
Judges in Trump’s election subversion case are weighing whether to put back in place an order that barred Donald Trump from inflammatory comments against prosecutors, potential witnesses and court staff.
