Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), along with other Democrats, holds a news conference ahead of the third day of opening arguments by the House managers in the impeachment trial against President Trump.
Senate Republicans hold a news conference ahead of the third day of opening arguments by the House managers in the impeachment trial against President Trump.
President Trump delivered remarks in the East Room of the White House before a group of the nation's mayors, who were in Washington, DC, for the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual winter meeting. The president touted the country's economic numbers and talked about his administration's efforts to cut regulations, promote school choice, lower prescription drug costs, reduce crime, and address the opioid epidemic. After his remarks, President Trump signed the Securing American Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2019, which provides federal money for the protection of houses of worship and other nonprofits.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), joined by his Democratic colleagues Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), Ed Markey (MA) and Martin Heinrich (NM), held a news conference on Capitol Hill ahead of the third day of opening arguments by the House managers in the impeachment trial of President Trump. The Senate Democrats praised the House impeachment managers' arguments over the previous couple days, saying they made a compelling case for the president's removal from office. They also renewed their calls for additional witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial and expressed optimism that they could sway enough Republican senators to side with them when the issue is put to a vote later in the trial.
Senate Republicans hold a news conference ahead of the third day of opening arguments by the House managers in the impeachment trial against President Trump.
Ahead of the New Hampshire primary elections, 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden spoke to voters at the Common Man Inn hotel in Claremont, NH. Former Vice President Biden highlighted the reasons why he is running for president in the 2020 election, and spoke on the issues most important to him. Later, he addressed the attacks on him and his family by President Trump and took photos with the audience.
House managers held a news conference ahead of the third day of their opening arguments in the impeachment trial against President Trump. The lead manager, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), responded to the White House defense team argument that the president can claim executive privilege if witnesses are called. "We have a very capable justice sitting in that Senate chamber, empowered by the Senate rules, to decide issues of evidence and privilege," he said, referring to Chief Justice John Roberts. "We have a justice able to make those determinations."
