Trump impeachment trial nears end with verdict expected

Reuters 02/13/2021

WASHINGTON – The US Senate was expected to deliver a verdict in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial this weekend after his lawyers argued Friday that the former president bears no responsibility for an attack by supporters on Congress…

Trump impeached for unprecedented second time

01/14/2021

Washington, United States—Donald Trump became the first US president in history to be impeached twice when the House of Representatives voted Wednesday, January 13, 2021, to charge him with inciting last week’s mob attack on Congress. “Today,…

Trump’s fate rests with McConnell in impeachment trial

01/14/2020

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump needs Mitch McConnell more than ever. With Trump finally facing his impeachment trial, this promises to be a defining moment for both men, They started their relationship unevenly three years ago when…

Russia providing mood music for House impeachment drama

11/18/2019

WASHINGTON  — For all the talk about Ukraine in the House impeachment inquiry, there’s a character standing just off-stage with a dominant role in this tale of international intrigue: Russia. As has so often been the case…

Del Rosario says Duterte can be impeached for not defending territory

06/27/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte can be impeached for breaching the Constitution that mandates him to defend the country’s territory, Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said on Thursday. According to Del Rosario, the Constitution…

Duterte didn’t admit hand in murders – Palace

Inquirer.net 10/01/2018

EJK ‘only sin’ remark won’t bolster ICC case, cause impeachment Malacañang has belittled claims that President Rodrigo Duterte’s supposed admission that his “only sin is the extrajudicial killings” could bolster the case before the International Criminal Court…

SC: No constitutional crisis despite CJ ouster without impeachment trial

Inquirer.net 05/12/2018

The Supreme Court dismissed warnings that a constitutional crisis could arise if it would allow the removal of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno without an impeachment trial. In its 153-page decision that disqualified Sereno from holding the…

More solons seek Sereno’s impeachment

Inquirer.net 08/30/2017

  Twenty-five members of the House of Representatives endorsed the impeachment complaint filed on Wednesday against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. The complainant, lawyer Larry Gadon, filed the verified complaint at the office of the House Secretary…

Impeachment again

Editorial 03/24/2017

President Rodrigo Duterte publicly opposed it, but what does one make of House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s threat to initiate impeachment proceedings against Vice President Leni Robredo? The President’s critics find it hard to believe that the House…

Palace links Robredo to Digong impeachment try

Inquirer.net 03/17/2017

Malacañang on Friday linked Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo to the impeachment complaint filed against President Rodrigo Duterte, which it said was part of a destabilization plot against the Chief Executive. “If it is not her…

Digong impeachment unlikely — Cebu officials

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inna Mejia, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/16/2017

If the initial reactions of Cebuano legislators were to be an indication, the impeachment complaint slapped against President Rodrigo Duterte, on Thursday, may be headed for doom. But its failure, at the onset, may just be a…

Duterte faces impeachment

Inquirer.net 03/16/2017

A former soldier turned lawmaker on Thursday filed an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte, the first move to oust the Chief Executive just a few months after his election into office. Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano filed…

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