Impeachment Updates

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard The Senate has voted to acquit President Donald John Trump. What does this mean for the future of American politics?  Fox News reports that Donald Trump has been acquitted on both charges. He was impeached in the House and charged with […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard The impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump is coming to an end. The Wall Street Journal reports that, as impeachment winds down to its twilight hour, President Trump will present his State of the Union address today. Trump is expected to […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard The Trump impeachment trial is heading swiftly to its conclusion. The Senate rejects the appeal for witnesses, citing The Wall Street Journal. The vote on Friday afternoon came at 51-49. Senate Republicans voted against the Democrat’s demands. The Republican leadership is […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard The impeachment trial of Donald Trump is “hurting toward its conclusion,” citing the Washington Post. Analysts from the Washington Post presume the trial could conclude as soon as Friday. Thursday marked the final day of questioning.  TRUMP IMPEACHMENT UPDATES: WEDNESDAY RECAP […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard Pictured above, recently Zoe Lofgren speaks, Washington Post broadcast. Today’s impeachment trial opened the floor for Senators to ask their questions, citing Politico. Republicans and Democrats alike opened the forum to pose questions to the impeachment managers who made the case […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard The Trump impeachment trial continues today. At the moment, we are nearly halfway through another day of Trump’s legal defense arguments. NBC live updates reports within the last hour that the GOP Senate leaders pressured the other Republican senators not to […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard New claims have developed tonight as the Trump impeachment process continues. Citing the Washington Post, there are new claims by Bolton that military aid was withheld from Ukraine.  Citing the New York Times, Dershowitz has made the argument that the charges […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard The Trump impeachment arguments continue for the day. The New York Times reports that the president’s defense team has “attacked Biden and failed to mention Bolton,” while they have had the floor. The defense team has offered an alternative narrative explaining […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard The impeachment of Donald Trump continues. Today, the New York Post reports that Susan Collins has diverted from the regular GOP/Republican rhetoric and has signaled she will vote for witnesses in the trial. New York Post also reports that Senator Mitt […]

By  | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard The hearing for the Trump legal defense transpired early Saturday. It revealed the greater rift between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate, the wedge driven deeper by this impeachment of Donald Trump. NBC reports that the Trump legal defense turned the […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard  The Democratic arguments came to an end last night. Today, the Trump legal team has opened their early arguments. They will have the Senate floor for the following week. Once all arguments are heard, it will be time to decide the […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard  The Trump impeachment trial senatorial arguments are nearing its end for the day. Mr. Schiff has stated, within the last hour, that he will be the last speaker for the evening, reported by NBC News. Schiff also says it is likely […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard Within the last hour, the Democratic arguments for the impeachment of Donald Trump have become more heated. Citing NBC, Jerry Nadler has made these (see below) comments,  TRUMP IMPEACHMENT UPDATES: ARGUMENTS RESUME FOR JANUARY 24 “He’s the first and only president […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard The impeachment trial of Donald Trump commences once more. This is the third day of argument hearings. It is the fourth day since the bitter debate of Senate trial rules.  Today’s arguments started off with U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard The Thursday arguments of the impeachment trial for Donald Trump have ended. The New York Times reports that they went out with a fiery call to action to his party and the Senate from Mr. Schiff. As he stated,  “You know […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard  The Impeachment of Donald Trump trial hearing continues. It will reach its conclusion at approximately 10:30 pm ET when all of the arguments have been heard for the day. What has happened in the interim? TRUMP IMPEACHMENT UPDATES: PELOSI ACTIVE BEHIND […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard Pictured. Hakeem Jeffries is the most recent speaker. The impeachment trial is nearing its conclusion. There is only one more session left after this before the verdict is reached. Today, we have seen Democrats use Trump and Republicans’ words against them […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard As Donald Trump’s impeachment trial continues, Adam Schiff lays out 10 key points he alleges prove the president acted in self-interest in regards to Ukraine. Citing the Guardian live, Adam Schiff is quoted as saying this,  “There is no evidence that […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard The impeachment of Donald Trump begins its third day. This is the second day of trial arguments and the third since the hearing. The initial hearing to establish Senate trial rules concluded early Wednesday morning, approximately 2 am, after nearly 13 […]

By | Rachel Brooks | Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard  The Senate trial has ended for today. Mitch McConnell has stated that the trial will resume tomorrow at 1 pm.  Today’s impeachment trial of Donald Trump has had some unexpected upsets. An hour ago now, an impeachment protester was apprehended, citing […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard The Impeachment of Donald Trump has extended into its second day. The first day of trial hearings saw a 12 nearly 13-hour debate over trial rules. Today, we have heard from senators. Statements opened from Adam Schiff, then Jerry Nadler. In […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard  As the impeachment of Donald Trump continues, Adam Schiff has compared it to a “fight for democracy,” citing the Guardian.  He made these statements as Mitch McConnell waited with ever lessening patience for him to finish his statements.  TRUMP IMPEACHMENT UPDATES […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard The Impeachment of Donald J. Trump commenced for the second day at 1 pm on Wednesday. It has drawn ire from the Democrats and has exhausted the Republicans. NBC News Live has covered the early stages of today’s hearing.  TRUMP IMPEACHMENT […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard As was to be expected, the eighth amendment which demanded to subpoena John Bolton was rejected, citing the Guardian Live. It was voted down along party lines. As the night wears on, into the early hours of the morning, tempers are […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard The impeachment hearing wears on into the night. Schumer’s sixth and seventh amendments. The sixth amendment proposed to subpoena Robert Blair and Michael Duffey, two officials from the White House Office of Business Management failed, citing NBC News live updates. The […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributor | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard  As the Trump impeachment, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), one of the seven House managers and the chairman of the House Democratic Cause, has named Mulvaney as “crucial” to the Ukraine scheme. This is citing the NBC News updates. Mulvaney played a […]

By | Rachel Brooks Contributors | Telegraph Local  See the New African Living Standard   As the impeachment hearings wear on, NBC News reports that Mitch McConnell has struck down the third amendment for subpoena of OMB documents. This happened within the last hour. In response, Schumer introduced the fourth amendment to subpoena acting White […]