Joe Neguse, D-Colo speaks as the House Judiciary Committee meets to markup Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump on Dec 11, 2019. More: Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, apologizes for pro-Trump remarks She is a member of the Judiciary Committee, where she sit on the Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and as a lawyer in private practice before being elected to Congress. In Congress, she serves on the House Ways and Means Committee. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., was an assistant district attorney in the Bronx District Attorney’s Office in New York and as senior counsel at the Department of Justice before being elected to represent the United States Virgin Islands' at-large Congressional District. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., listen during the roll call as the House Oversight and Reform Committee votes 24-15 to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 12, 2019. Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgin Islands, joined at left by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., held during Trump's first impeachment.ĭel. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., will be lead manager, a duty Rep. But the GOP's 'civil war' is nowhere near over. More: Donald Trump's backers failed to take down Liz Cheney. Three are former criminal or military prosecutors. The group is diverse, almost all hailing from different states and including a mix of newer and more prominent names.Īll boast legal backgrounds that could play well to the buttoned-up Senate when the trial begins. The managers present the case for impeachment to the Senate and are among Democrats' last chance to persuade Republicans on the merits of the case. chose nine lawmakers to serve as managers, whose roles are similar to those of prosecutors. Here are the key Senate players you need to know: Prosecutors The article of impeachment charges that by "spreading false statements" about the election and challenging the Electoral College results, Trump provoked supporters to break into the Capitol. 6 while Congress counted the Electoral College votes of President Joe Biden's win. The Democratic-led House impeached Trump and charged him with "incitement of insurrection" just a week after a deadly riot, led by a pro-Trump mob, broke into the Capitol on Jan. More: The second Trump impeachment trial is set for February. Trump has struggled to find and maintain a defense team, a remarkable change from the star-studded group that represented him for his first trial, including figures such as Ken Starr, who headed the investigation into former President Bill Clinton that led to his impeachment, and Alan Dershowitz, a constitutional law expert who defended O.J. 5 at 5 p.m.WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial will bring the nation's attention to Capitol Hill once more, but both the House managers and those representing Trump will look different from his first Senate impeachment trial in early 2020. “If you decline this invitation, we reserve any and all rights, including the right to establish at trial that your refusal to testify supports a strong adverse inference regarding your actions (and inaction) on January 6, 2021,” Raskin wrote. Raskin, of Takoma Park, asked Trump to either provide testimony, including cross-examination, by Feb. He was referring to Trump’s legal teams’ answer to the Article of Impeachment, which concluded that Trump “performed admirably in his role as president, at all times doing what he thought was in the best interests of the American people.” “In light of your disputing these factual allegations, I wish to invite you to provide testimony under oath, either by or during the Senate impeachment trial,” Raskin wrote. Donald Trump Thursday requesting that he provide testimony under oath in regard to the Jan. Jamie Raskin, the lead impeachment manager, wrote to former Pres.
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