The former president’s political obituary has been written many times over the past decade. Yet his support among Republicans has rarely dipped below 70%.
Donald Trump has claimed that presidents are immune from prosecution for official acts.
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The former president has raised several legal arguments that do not yet have clear answers. A constitutional scholar says they’re questions worth asking.
Donald Trump continues to campaign for president even as he faces multiple criminal indictments.
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The Constitution makes clear that a president who was impeached and convicted can still be prosecuted − but what about one who is acquitted in two impeachment trials?
Couy Griffin, a former county commissioner in Otero County, N.M., rides a horse in New York City in May 2020.
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Other countries disqualify political officials and prevent them from holding office more often than the US does. There are benefits and potential risks to using this kind of legal tactic.
The seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen outside of its headquarters in Washington, DC on August 15, 2022.
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Liz Cheney has been a conservative GOP congressional policymaker since 2016. But when she turned against Donald Trump, GOP voters in Wyoming turned against her.
What really happened on January 6 2021?
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Much of the US public is riveted by the January 6 hearings. But the country is deeply divided as to what they are saying.
To the nationalist right, Vladimir Putin embodies similar qualities to Donald Trump’s: determination, virility and attachment to traditional values.
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Former US president Donald Trump continues to wield an important influence within the Republican Party. Notwithstanding the war in Ukraine, he and his supporters continue to look up to Vladimir Putin.
One analyst describes Labor’s lead in WA as “scarcely possible”, while new focus on sexual assault at Parliament House has not had an impact on the latest federal Newspoll.
In the early 19th century, the British – who had invented impeachment centuries before – decided it no longer served its purpose. Instead, they found a more effective way to handle a bad leader.
Seat of power: the US Capitol, where the impeachment trial of former US president Donald Trump is taking place.
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The domed neoclassical Capitol building was inspired by European cathedrals and the Roman Pantheon – shrines to imperial power, not rule by and for the people.
President Donald Trump uses his smartphone.
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The 45th president of the United States used a specific technique to tell different versions of the very same story, of a nation under threat and a man working to save it.
House of Representatives members and staff walk the article of impeachment against Donald Trump across the Capitol.
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Donald Trump is now the subject of a second impeachment trial. Although Democrats were initially optimistic, it is unlikely to succeed given the position of Republicans.
If the Senate acquits former President Donald Trump in the upcoming impeachment trial, there’s an obscure other way to punish him.
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Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was first used against Confederate leaders after the Civil War to expel seditionist politicians. Now it could be used against Donald Trump.
The Cadaver Synod (897): Seven months after his death, the corpse of Pope Formosus was found guilty of perjury.
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The story of the ‘Cadaver Synod’ tells us that in some cases, even the departed can be held to account.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talk prior to a NATO round table meeting in England in December 2019.
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