Acquittals

Bolton: Testimony wouldn’t have changed impeachment outcome

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday denounced the House’s impeachment proc...
3:57 20 February 2022

With impeachment over, critics see Trump ‘retribution tour’

WASHINGTON — In the week since his acquittal on impeachment charges, a fully emboldened President Donald Trump is demonstrating his determination to a...
0:00 13 February 2022

AP FACT CHECK: Trump hypes ‘comeback,’ impeachment acquittal

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says the world is witnessing a great American economic revival that he brought on by reversing course from the Oba...
5:26 10 February 2022

Trump’s acquittal confronts Dems with election year choices

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s impeachment ended with a reminder of why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi resisted the idea for so long — an acquittal everyone ...
18:08 7 February 2022

Broadcasters stick with Trump during acquittal victory talk

NEW YORK — After President Donald Trump spoke live for more than an hour Thursday about his impeachment acquittal, one television network anchor apolo...
23:19 6 February 2022

Trump unleashes impeachment fury in acquittal ‘celebration’

WASHINGTON — Exulting in his impeachment acquittal, a defiant President Donald Trump took a scorched-earth victory lap Thursday, unleashing his fury a...
21:39 6 February 2022

Not guilty: Senate acquits Trump of impeachment charges

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in A...
5:23 6 February 2022

Impeachment loses its constitutional gravity in Trump case

WASHINGTON — Years from now, will you remember where you were and what you were doing when President Donald Trump was impeached? Have you forgotten al...
5:15 6 February 2022

Trump wins acquittal, but Ukraine saga far from over

WASHINGTON — The impeachment of President Donald Trump is over, but it's far from case closed on Ukraine.
1:44 6 February 2022

Impeachment takeaways: Trump’s iron grip, McConnell delivers

WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled Senate appears virtually certain to acquit President Donald Trump on two impeachment charges as GOP lawmakers r...
16:59 5 February 2022

AP FACT CHECK: Distortions in Trump’s case for acquittal

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's impeachment defense appears to have cleared the bar as far as his fellow Republicans are concerned. But its adhe...
5:35 3 February 2022

Trump acquittal now likely Wednesday; Senate nixes witnesses

WASHINGTON — The Senate narrowly rejected Democratic demands to summon witnesses for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial late Friday, all but e...
0:39 1 February 2022

GOP senators seek to acquit Trump without condoning conduct

WASHINGTON — There is no question, Sen. Lamar Alexander said, that President Donald Trump actions were “inappropriate” when he asked Ukraine's leader ...
22:10 31 January 2022

Pompeo plays clean-up in Ukraine as Trump trial nears end

KYIV, Ukraine — As the Senate lurched toward a vote to acquit President Donald Trump on impeachment charges, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo played cle...
15:54 31 January 2022

McConnell proposes swift impeachment trial with long days

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday proposed a condensed, two-day calendar for each side to give opening statements in Presi...
23:52 20 January 2022

Religious freedom law plays key role in migrant-aid case

Religious liberty is often a high priority for conservatives, but last week’s acquittal of an Arizona man prosecuted for aiding migrants along the U.S...
20:24 26 November 2021