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![Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani arrives to campaign in Franklin Township, Indiana, on November 3, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0305-rudy-giuliani-400x300.jpg)
Rudy Giuliani Has Emerged as Trump’s Shadow Secretary of State
Giuliani has had a hand in U.S. foreign policy and politics from Iran to Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and beyond.
![National Security Council Europe expert Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman appears before the House Intelligence Committee during an impeachment hearing at the Longworth House Office Building on November 19, 2019, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/02/2020_0215-vindman-d-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Acquittal Has Ushered in a New Era of McCarthyist Purges
Trump is using the power of the soft purge to enforce a culture of absolute loyalty.
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Democrats Slam Republican Stonewalling in Senate Impeachment Trial
The Republican-controlled Senate appears poised to acquit President Trump.
![Lamar Alexander](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/02/2020_0203-lamar-alexander-400x300.jpg)
Lamar Alexander Is Retiring, But He’ll Live in Infamy Forever for Saving Trump
Alexander betrayed his oath of office by casting the deciding vote to block impeachment witnesses.
![Marchers hold signs as they wait to start marching past Trump International Tower during the Woman's March in the borough of Manhattan in New York on January 18, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/2020_0201-impeach-sign-protest-400x300.jpg)
Forget Impeachment — All Politicians Should Be Revocable
We should be able to hold a referendum on any elected official at any time we want. That's real democracy.
![Justice Roberts sits at a desk during a hearing](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/2020_0131-justice-roberts-400x300.jpg)
Chief Justice Roberts Forced to Read Warren’s Question About His Legitimacy
Some Democrats have called on the chief justice to override the GOP's refusal to call witnesses.
![Lamar Alexander](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/GettyImages-1203188010-400x300.jpg)
Senator Clears Way for Acquittal, Says Trump’s Actions Were Only “Inappropriate”
Acquittal could set a dangerous precedent for what constitutes an "impeachable offense."
![Attorney Alan Dershowitz, a member of President Donald Trump's legal team, gestures to members of the press in the Senate Reception Room during the Senate impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol on January 27, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/2020_0130-alan-dershowitz-400x300.jpg)
Trump Lawyer Argues President Can Do Whatever He Wants to Get Re-Elected
Attorney Alan Dershowitz put forth his extremist view of executive power in the Senate chamber on Wednesday.
![Senate Republicans now face a brutal Hobson’s Choice: Allow Bolton’s testimony or ignore him at their own peril.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/2020_0128-john-bolton-shark-2-400x300.jpg)
John Bolton Is a Shark, and There’s Blood in the Water
Senate Republicans now face a brutal Hobson’s Choice: Allow Bolton’s testimony or ignore him at their own peril.
![Trump’s Expansive Claims of Executive Privilege Pose “Very Serious Constitutional Crisis”](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/SEG1-Impeachment-4-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Expansive Executive Privilege Claims Pose Serious Constitutional Crisis
It’s a crisis for a president to obstruct the process of his own impeachment, says legal expert Claire Finkelstein.