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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.
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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.
![Bolton Book Allegations Spark New Calls for Witnesses to Testify at Impeachment](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/SEG1-Impeachment-2-400x300.jpg)
Allegations in Bolton Book Spark New Calls for Witnesses at Impeachment Trial
Trump’s lawyers continued their opening arguments Monday.
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Trump Could Have Been Impeached for War Crimes, Assassinations and Corruption
Truthout contributing writer Marjorie Cohn discusses the Trump impeachment.
![Trump Brags About Withholding Evidence as Democratic Impeachment Managers Lay Out Case in the Senate](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/SEG1-Impeachment-3-400x300.jpg)
Trump Brags About Withholding Evidence as Impeachment Trial Proceeds in Senate
President Trump tweeted more than 140 times, from the Davos Forum in Switzerland, dismissing the trial as a hoax.