Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump Incited Real Harm on January 6. His Impeachment Trial Must Reflect This. We sued Trump for inciting armed vigilantes. The judge ruled against us. The Senate can’t repeat that mistake. By Ron Fein , Ben Clements , John Bonifaz , Truthout February 10, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Marjorie Taylor Green Falsely Suggests Capitol Attackers Weren’t Fans of Trump Greene's spouting misinformation without consequence signals the GOP might be trending toward embracing her views. By Chris Walker , Truthout February 9, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump’s 2nd Impeachment Begins With Footage of Murderous Rampage of January 6 The footage shows Trump egging his followers on to march to the Capitol at the beginning of what would be a violent day. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 9, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections New Evidence Expected at Trump’s Impeachment May Change GOP Minds, Aides Say While details on the new evidence were scant, aides to impeachment managers told reporters on Tuesday to “stay tuned.” By Chris Walker , Truthout February 9, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections With Trump’s Second Impeachment Set to Begin, How Will It Differ From the First? In a courtroom with an unbiased jury, the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump would be a slam dunk. By Heather Digby Parton , Salon February 8, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Cori Bush Demands Expulsion for Every Republican Who Incited the Capitol Siege Representative Bush called the January 6 Capitol breach a “blatant, heinous, vile white supremacist attack.” By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams February 5, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Won’t Testify at His Own Impeachment Trial, Spokesman Says In rejecting an invitation for Trump to testify, his lawyers called the impeachment trial itself “unconstitutional.” By Chris Walker , Truthout February 4, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections AOC Blasts GOP Lawmaker for Her “Deeply Cynical” About Face on Events of Jan. 6 Republicans have attacked Ocasio-Cortez for talking openly about the terror she experienced during the Capitol siege. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 4, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Billionaire Family Bankrolled Election Lies, Far Right and the Capitol Siege The Mercers' investments in far right candidates have bought them a disproportionate level of influence in the GOP. By Igor Derysh , Salon February 4, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections 370 Congressional Aides Urge Senate to Bar Trump From Holding Office Ever Again “The use of violence and lies to overturn an election is not worthy of debate,” staffers wrote in their open letter. By Chris Walker , Truthout February 3, 2021 Truthout