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Lead impeachment manager Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff says President Trump's lawyers made a "powerful case" on the Senate floor today as to why John Bolton ought to be called to testify.

Asked about the repeated attacks against him personally by Trump's team, Schiff called it "tactic" meant to distract from a "weak" case by the defense. "I mean, this is again, a criminal defense tactic which is when the evidence is damning against your client, you attack the prosecution. So, there's nothing new or notable about that. Frankly, I'm surprised they haven't done more of that because the case is so weak," he said. Asked by CNN if there's any situations where he would appear as a witness, Schiff said, "I don't have anything to add."  He added:  "Why is it that the President can't call anyone who worked around him in his defense? And the answer is they know he's guilty. And so they want to throw up this false choice. Well, we're just going to seek to inflict pain on the other side by calling Hunter Biden or irrelevant people like Adam Schiff. The ...

Don Lemon is facing serious backlash on Twitter after a segment on depicting Trump’s voters as “rubes.”

During his show Saturday night, Lemon laughed as former GOP strategist Rick Wilson criticized reports that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had angrily challenged a reporter to find Ukraine on an unmarked map. “He also knows deep within his heart that Donald Trump couldn’t find Ukraine on a map if you had the letter ‘U’ and a picture of an actual, physical crane next to it,” Wilson said. “He knows that this is, you know, an administration defined by ignorance of the world and so that’s partly him playing to the base and playing to their audience, you know, the ‘credulous boomer rube’ demo that backs Donald Trump.” From there, Wilson put on a Southern accent to imitate someone in what he called the “credulous boomer rube” demographic: “Donald Trump is the smart one. Y’all elitists are  dumb .” “You elitists with your geography and your maps and your spelling,” added New York Times columnist Wajahat Ali as Wilson chimed back in, “And your readin’!” “And your reading,” agre...

Bolton's team may have leaked the information themselves while using the media as unwitting tools to juice their book sales

The Times further claimed Bolton had shared a manuscript of his forthcoming book with "close associates" -- prompting Bolton's team to deny the claim, and assert that the National Security Council's [NSC's] review process of pending manuscripts is "corrupted" and prone to leaks. A "pre-publication review" at the NSC, which functions as the White House's national security forum, is standard for any former government officials who held security clearances and publicly write or speak publicly about their official work. The review typically would focus on ferreting out any classified or sensitive material in advance of publication, and could take from days to months. Trump fired back on Twitter on Sunday to refute Bolton's claims, saying he "NEVER told John Bolton that the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens." Trump went on to accuse Bolton of trying to "sell a book," no...

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President Trump’s lawyers accused Adam Schiff of lying to the American people

Trump lawyers Pat Cipollone and Jay Sekulow repeatedly ripped into Democrats, especially Schiff, on the first day of arguments in the Senate  impeachment trial , as the House Intelligence Committee chairman -- who is serving as the top Democratic impeachment manager -- sat up straight in his chair and didn’t take his eyes off his accusers. The lawyers invoked Schiff’s name over and over again, accusing him of hiding documents, conducting an unfair impeachment inquiry and fabricating the text of the  July 25 phone call  between Trump and the president of Ukraine. Just as Schiff sat down from making a lengthy opening case for new witnesses and documents, Sekulow took over and with a booming voice accused Schiff of telling falsehoods and “put[ting] words into transcripts that did not exist.” Schiff kept his eyes wide open and glued on Sekulow, possibly aghast that Trump’s lawyers were putting him on trial. “Misc...

Kellyanne Conway calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment case “rushed, specious, and historically thin.”

She also pointed out that while the Democrats lost their opportunity to summon former National Security Advisor John Bolton during the impeachment proceedings, Pelosi’s hand-picked impeachment managers are trying to make up for lack of evidence by trying to call Bolton to testify before the Senate. “They failed to make a case [in the House] and now they want the Senate to play cleanup,” Conway said. Conway’s comments came after Trump on Monday blasted congressional Democrats for “zero fairness” in their bid to impeach him just one day before the Senate trial officially begins. She responded  “Very little, though the president may exert executive privilege.” When she was asked if ‘executive privilege’ was the strategy if Bolton testifies, Conway just said she’d let the lawyers file their brief today. She went on to suggest that the House should have called Bolton to testify if Democrats were so anxious to hear from him. Rather, she says, they put forward a very rushed,...

President Donald Trump's legal team on Monday filed a lengthy response to charges

They argue the impeachment was a partisan sham that failed to prove any violation of law. They warn against dangerous precedents should Democrats' efforts prove successful. And they insist Trump was well within his prerogatives to raise the issue of his political rivals with a foreign leader. "The Articles of Impeachment now before the Senate are an affront to the Constitution and to our democratic institutions," the President 's lawyers wrote in opening sentences of the document. "The Articles themselves -- and the rigged process that brought them here -- are a brazenly political act by House Democrats that must be rejected. They debase the grave power of impeachment and disdain the solemn responsibility that power entails." Trump’s White House legal team has now filed a legal brief calling for the Senate to “swiftly” acquit Trump in the impeachment trial because he did nothing wrong: NY TIMES  – President Trump’s legal team will call on the S...

The Republicans have yet to completely shut the door on new witnesses

Senators Ted Cruz, R-Texas; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; and Susan Collins, R-Maine, LINDSEY GRAHAM, R- South Carolina  are among a small group of Republicans who have yet to completely shut the door on new witnesses, wanting to hear arguments first. Democrats would need them and at least one more in order to be able to call witnesses, but Graham warned that if they get their wish, the GOP will look to call defense witnesses such as Hunter Biden. 1.  CRUZ: Well, that's right. It's kind of strange how we got here. So Democrats have been having hearings, have been doing impeachment for months in the House. They brought in all sorts of witnesses. They blocked the minority from having any witnesses. And then, as soon as we get to the Senate, the Democratic talking point is, we want more witnesses. Never mind all the witnesses they called before. They want yet more. And they're trying to delay this. They're trying to drag this out. They want this trial to go on forever, ...

Graham calls for swift end to impeachment trial - “If we call one witness, we’re going to call all the witnesses,”

The Senate trial is set to begin Tuesday. Graham had previously floated the idea that the GOP majority could immediately vote to dismiss the case before hearing any arguments, but now he states that this does not appear to be a possibility given the lack of sufficient Republican support for such action. “Yeah that’s dead for practical purposes,” Graham told “ Fox News Sunday ,” explaining, “the idea of dismissing the case early on is not going to happen; we don’t have the votes for that.” Graham remains confident that Republicans are still united enough to acquit Trump at the conclusion of the trial. How long the trial goes is still up in the air. Graham would neither confirm nor deny reports that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans on keeping the Senate in session for 12 hours a day so that House Democrats would be done presenting their arguments Wednesday. Well this is interesting. There is a report that Mitch McConnell has arranged for a kill switch so...

Impeachment manager Rep Hakeem Jeffries reacts on FOX News Sunday: "We don't dislike this president...but we do love America."

McConnell and other Republicans used the precedent set by the Clinton impeachment in arguing against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when they pushed for approving additional witnesses before the trial started. In the Clinton case, the subject of witnesses was discussed after both sides presented arguments, but Jeffries noted that this resulted in key witnesses being called. “There were three additional witnesses, including Monica Lewinsky -- who was at the center of the impeachment in 1998 -- who did not testify before the House proceedings but was called to be present as it relates to what took place in the Senate," Jeffries recalled on "Fox News Sunday." "If Senator McConnell is saying that we’re going to follow the Clinton model, then let’s just follow the Clinton model.” Jeffries down’t really answer. I have to say I’ve never been impressed with this guy because he always offers canned responses to questions and ...

The Trump administration announced a rollback of Michelle Obama’s signature initiative for healthy school lunches on Friday

On Friday, Barack Obama  continued his streak  of heart-felt posts for his wife with a photo collage, wishing her a happy birthday. He posted it on his Instagram and  Twitter accounts . View this post on Instagram In every scene, you are my star, @MichelleObama! Happy birthday, baby! A post shared by Barack Obama (@barackobama) on Jan 17, 2020 at 6:11am PST "In every scene, you are my star, @MichelleObama! Happy birthday, baby!," the former president wrote in his posts. The black and white photos show the love birds hugging, kissing, and mugging for the camera. The Trump administration moved on Friday to roll back school nutrition standards championed by Michelle Obama, an effort long sought by food manufacturers and some school districts that have chafed at the cost of Mrs. Obama’s prescriptions for fresh fruit and vegetables. The proposed rule by the Agriculture Department, coming on the former f...

Joy Reid brought on a “body language expert” to accuse Bernie of lying because his physical posture resembles that of a turtle

The guest on Reid's show "AM Joy" was Janine Driver, who  promotes herself  as an "international communications expert" and the owner and president of the Body Language Institute. The segment sparked howls of criticism aimed at Driver, Reid, and the network. "So now the slant is that he's physically intimidating too, oh and sexist," said writer and activist Malaika Jabali. "Totally cool, normal interpretation of someone being spontaneously confronted on national TV. It's getting outrageous." so now the slant is that he’s physically intimidating too, oh and sexist. totally cool, normal interpretation of someone being spontaneously confronted on national TV. it’s getting outrageous. — #Mexit2020👸🏽 (@MalaikaJabali) January 18, 2020 While both the Warren and Sanders camp have appeared desirous to put the dust-up about what was or wasn't said during a private 2018 meeting behind them, Day—who openly supports Sander...