Trump’s Impeachment Defense Is Incoherent by Design

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jan 30, 2020 Republican senators and Trump’s lawyers are forced to resort to blatant contortions of logic in the impeachment trial. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump Lawyers Argue Democrats Just Want to Overturn Election

ERIC TUCKER, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated Press Jan 25, 2020 The impeachment defense team reserves bulk of its case for Monday, focusing just two hours on what they call "politically motivated" effort. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump Defense Team Includes Alan Dershowitz, Ken Starr

ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated Press Jan 17, 2020 The additions bring experience in the politics of impeachment as well as constitutional law. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump Sues House Panel, NY, to Protect State Tax Returns

JONATHAN LEMIRE / The Associated Press Jul 24, 2019 The lawsuit comes amid a furious White House attempt to prevent the president's tax returns from landing in Democratic hands. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Appeals Court Sides With Trump in Hotel Lawsuit

DENISE LAVOIE / The Associated Press Jul 10, 2019 The suit claimed the president violated the Constitution's emoluments clause by profiting from officials who stay at his Washington hotel. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Acknowledges Purpose of Meeting With Russian Lawyer

JONATHAN LEMIRE / The Associated Press Aug 5, 2018 The president tweets that the 2016 Trump Tower meeting between a Kremlin-connected lawyer and his son was to collect information about Hillary Clinton, which he calls "totally legal and done all the time in politics." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Gets a Long List of Questions From Mueller, N.Y. Times Writes

The Associated Press May 1, 2018 Almost four dozen questions have reportedly been given to lawyers for the president as part of the investigation into the 2016 election and whether he obstructed justice. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mueller Says Trump Isn’t Currently a Criminal Target

CHAD DAY / The Associated Press Apr 4, 2018 Robert Mueller's team of prosecutors inform the president's attorneys that he is a subject, or person of interest, in the Russia probe. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Two Lawyers Not Joining Trump Legal Team After All

KEN THOMAS and CHAD DAY / The Associated Press Mar 25, 2018 A Trump attorney says Washington lawyers Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing have conflicts that won't allow them to represent the president regarding the Russia probe. DiGenova's appointment was announced last week. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )