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Trump's lawyers, Senate GOP allies work privately to ensure Bolton does not testify publicly — President Trump's legal defense team and Senate GOP allies are quietly gaming out contingency plans should Democrats win enough votes to force witnesses to testify in the impeachment trial …
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Senate Republicans plan speedy Trump trial — Senate Republicans released their partisan impeachment trial resolution on Monday evening, a blueprint that could result in President Donald Trump's swift acquittal. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) plans to pass impeachment trial rules giving …
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The Hill:
White House appoints GOP House members to advise Trump's impeachment team — The White House announced Monday that President Trump appointed several prominent Republican House members to advise his impeachment defense team ahead of the Senate trial set to begin this week.
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New York Times:
McConnell Unveils Rules for Trump Impeachment Trial — On Monday, the president's lawyers asserted he did nothing wrong and urged the Senate to “swiftly reject” the charges against him. — WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, unveiled ground rules on Monday …
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CNN:
Impeachment resolution shortens trial's opening arguments to two days per side
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
McConnell lays out terms for Senate impeachment trial
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Cara Korte / CBS News:
Sanders apologizes to Biden for surrogate's op-ed alleging he has a “big corruption problem” — Des Moines, Iowa — Senator Bernie Sanders apologized to former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday for an op-ed written by one of his campaign surrogates that claimed Biden has a “big corruption problem.”
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Biden, Sanders, Social Security and Smears — Lying about a rival is bad, even if you don't like his past positions. — While the news media has been focused on the “spat” between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, something much more serious has been taking place between the Sanders campaign and Joe Biden.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Sanders apologizes to Biden for supporter's op-ed alleging corruption
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Sacramento Bee:
Devin Nunes' Ukraine lies are a betrayal. Voters in his district deserve better — Kiev, Ukraine, is nearly 6,200 miles from Tulare, Calif. That's a long way from home for Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, who now faces explosive allegations that he and his staff contacted shadowy Ukrainian figures …
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Kim Wehle / The Bulwark:
The New Evidence Against Trump Since He Was Impeached — From Parnas to Nunes, a quick summary of the details that have come to light over the last month. — As the Trump impeachment trial gets underway, Democrats are banging their heads and Republicans are wringing their hands over the reality that not all the facts are in.
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Raw Story and New York Times
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Dershowitz on impeachment reversal: ‘I am much more correct right now’ — Cooper presses Dershowitz over changing impeachment view — (CNN)Constitutional lawyer and Trump impeachment legal team member Alan Dershowitz said Monday that he is “much more correct right now” …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
‘Constitutional Nonsense’: Trump's Impeachment Defense Defies Legal Consensus — The president's legal case would negate any need for witnesses. But constitutional scholars say that it's wrong. — WASHINGTON — As President Trump's impeachment trial opens, his lawyers have increasingly emphasized …
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
Trump's Impeachment Brief Is a Howl of Rage — Over the weekend, as the Senate prepared for the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, the newly appointed House impeachment managers and the president's newly appointed legal team both filed their initial legal briefs. — At least, one of them was a legal brief.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The White House doubles down on its dumbest impeachment defense
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Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Richmond woman charged with wearing mask in public following gun-rights rally — A 21-year-old Richmond woman was charged Monday with wearing a mask in public following the gun-rights rally in Richmond. — Police said a Richmond officer warned Mikaela E. Beschler, of the 1100 block of North 34th Street …
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USA Today:
‘The civil rights march of my life’: Thousands of pro-gun protesters, many heavily armed, rally peacefully in Richmond
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Virginia Governor / Virginia Governor Ralph Northam:
Statement of Governor Ralph S. Northam on Lobby Day Demonstration
Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:
Thousands Peacefully Protest For Gun Rights in Richmond
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CNN:
CNN poll: 51% say Senate should remove Trump from office — Schumer: We will force votes on witnesses and documents — (CNN)About half of Americans say the Senate should vote to convict President Donald Trump and remove him from office in the upcoming impeachment trial (51%) …
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump pushes his party to normalize corruption — With the impeachment trial of President Trump beginning in earnest, right-wing populism has come full circle. Trump was elected on the theory that American politics had become corrupt and broken. Now he is calling upon his party …
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Politico:
MAGA stops, TV and the pope: How Pence plans to sidestep impeachment — Yet the vice president keeps getting entangled in a mess he has deliberately tried to avoid as he considers a White House bid of his own in 2024. — President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
White House Calls Impeachment Charges ‘Frivolous’ and ‘Dangerous’ in Legal Brief
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
How to honor Martin Luther King Jr. in the age of Trump — On Sunday, I was invited to give the keynote address at a celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at Bethany Baptist Church in Newark. Judging by the reaction of the congregation, there is righteous anger …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Kellyanne Conway Claims Martin Luther King Would Be Against Trump Impeachment
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Trump calls impeachment trial a long-running ‘hoax’ at Davos Summit — As president's trial gets underway, he'll be counter programming at the gathering of the world's elite in the Swiss mountain town. — DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump called the impeachment trial set to start …
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Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
Denver Post Columnist Fired After Arguing There Are Two Sexes — A Denver Post columnist says he was fired after disputing the idea that there are more than two sexes. — Jon Caldara, president of the libertarian Independence Institute, announced that he has been fired from the Post …
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