impeachment-inquiry
Krasner impeachment committee racked up $372K in legal bills and other expenses
The House select committee formed to gather evidence in support of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s impeachment amassed more than $360,000 in attorney fees from two law firms from July to the end of September, records from the state House Controller’s Office show. Combined with travel expenses, lodging, meals, renting a hearing room, and catering […]
How to know which impeachment polls to believe – and which to skip | Analysis
(*This is an updated version of an article originally published by The Conversation on Oct. 14, 2019.) By Michael Traugott Pollsters are trying their best to track public opinion about the House Democrats’ decision to charge President Trump with two articles of impeachment. Currently, it is doubtful the required two-thirds of the Senate, now controlled […]
What the Roman senate’s groveling before emperors explains about GOP senators’ support for Trump | Opinion
A lot of what we're seeing in Washington right now bears an uncanny resemblance to the Rome described by the historian Tacitus.
How Pa.’s members of Congress reacted to Trump impeachment articles
This is a rolling list of reaction by members of Pa.'s U.S. House and Senate delegation. It will be updated as more information becomes available.
We depend on our Constitution – and it depends on us | Madeleine Dean
The question, then, is whether we really believe in our Constitution – and whether we think it is up to the task of restraining a would-be king.
The impeachment evidence is plain as day. When will Republicans stop defending the indefensible? | Opinion
The GOP has disgraced itself pathetic grandstanding, exhibition of obfuscation and amateurish, pseudo-advocacy for a dishonest White House.
Why are Republicans still obsessed with the whistleblower? | Dick Polman
Why are Trump and his authoritarian enablers so obsessed with outing the whistleblower, who is protected by a web of federal laws that safeguard the identities of patriotic dissenters?
Impeachment witnesses George Kent and Bill Taylor are exactly the heroes we need right now | Opinion
In their even tones and reassuringly professional manner, there was the hope our public institutions, will yet survive this aberration of a president.
3 misperceptions about the State Department sure to surface this week | Opinion
A former State Department official says he's troubled by the politicization of the agency's mission as impeachment hearings unfold.