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Donna Brazile stated on March 24, 2024 in remarks on ABC's "This Week":

The current Congress is “the least productive in our lifetime.”

By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • April 3, 2024

Greg Kelly stated on January 11, 2021 in a TV segment:

Says Joe Biden is on video "admitting to" election fraud in a "confession."

By Bill McCarthy • January 12, 2021

Viral image stated on December 15, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Says Maxine Waters said: “I say, we knock off Trump and then, go after Pence. We have the power.”

By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2020

Jeanne Ives stated on January 29, 2020 in a press release:

Says U.S. Rep. Sean Casten “demanded the impeachment of the Republican President before the Mueller report was even released.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 6, 2020

Justin Amash stated on May 20, 2019 in a tweet:

"In fact, ‘high Crimes and Misdemeanors’ is not defined in the Constitution and does not require corresponding statutory charges. The context implies conduct that violates the public trust—and that view is echoed by the Framers of the Constitution and early American scholars."

By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2019

Ron Johnson stated on March 20, 2021 in a speech:

“There was no violence on the Senate side, in terms of the chamber.”

By Eric Litke • March 23, 2021

Ron Johnson stated on May 17, 2020 in various statements:

On keeping inspectors general independent of the president

By Eric Litke • May 29, 2020

Amy Klobuchar stated on February 20, 2020 in an MSNBC interview:

“The majority of hunters now want universal background checks, the majority of Trump voters.”

By Bill McCarthy • February 20, 2020

Facebook posts stated on December 8, 2019 in a Facebook post:

“Trump’s daughter works at the White House. Her husband works at the White House. Rudy’s son works at the White House. Barr’s son-in-law works at the White House. Barr’s daughter works at Treasury. Trump’s sons do foreign business. Trump’s daughter is getting Chinese patents and Saudi grants.”

By Bill McCarthy • February 11, 2020

Committee to Defend the President stated on January 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Mitt Romney voted against convicting President Donald Trump because Burisma board member Joseph Cofer Black “is Romney’s national security advisor” and because of ties to Obama CIA director John Brennan.

By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2020

Matt Gaetz stated on October 21, 2019 in a tweet:

"Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go."

By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2019

Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Republican Gov. Phil Scott "just voted to impeach President Trump."

By Miriam Valverde • September 30, 2019

Future45 stated on October 16, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Voting for "any Democrat" gets you "socialism ... undefended open borders ... immediate tax increases ... 100 percent government-run health care ..."

By Manuela Tobias • October 24, 2018

Color of Change stated on October 29, 2014 in an Arkansas flyer:

Republicans are "trying to impeach our president."

By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • October 30, 2014

Jon Husted stated on August 15, 2012 in an interview with reporters:

A member of the redistricting commission proposed in Issue 2 "could accept a bribe from somebody" and "couldn’t be removed from this commission."

By Joe Guillen • October 11, 2012

Newt Gingrich stated on December 18, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

In a watershed 1958 decision, "the Warren court asserted by itself that the Supreme Court was supreme over the president and the Congress."

By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2011

Barack Obama stated on August 19, 2008 in in a speech in Orlando, Fla.:

"I argued for years that we need to move from a 'Musharraf policy' to a 'Pakistan policy.' "

By Robert Farley • August 21, 2008

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the Capitol, 7-27-2023

A possible House impeachment investigation of Joe Biden: What to know

By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2023

Can Donald Trump run for president if charged and convicted of removing official records?

By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2022

The second Trump impeachment: Questions and answers

By Louis Jacobson • January 11, 2021

Trump floats moving Nov. 3 election. But Congress holds that power

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 30, 2020

The Senate impeachment trial is here. So what’s next?

By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2020

7 questions about the Trump and Ukraine impeachment hearings, answered

By Amy Sherman, Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde • December 6, 2019

What is Congress doing besides impeachment?

By Bill McCarthy • November 14, 2019

Johnson, Nixon, Clinton, Trump: 9 questions about impeachment

By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2019

Impeach a member of Congress? Over 200 years of history say no

By Jon Greenberg • October 7, 2019

How would an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump work?

By John Kruzel, Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2019

Sid Miller false Facebook post sharia law 11/2017

Sid Miller admits to posting false account of Donald Trump removing Muslim judge

By W. Gardner Selby • November 28, 2017

Why did JD Vance accuse Kamala Harris of engaging in censorship ‘at an industrial scale’? We explain

By Samantha Putterman, Jeff Cercone • October 3, 2024

JD Vance is Trump’s VP pick. His relationship with Trump, controversies and comments, fact-checked

By Samantha Putterman • July 16, 2024

In Context: What NY Attorney General Letitia James said about Trump that Trump’s video left out

By Tom Kertscher • August 12, 2022

Wild GOP Senate primary in Pennsylvania coming to a close

By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2022

The race for the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat: A guide

By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2022

Rioters push police barrier Capitol Jan. 6

Misinformation and the Jan. 6 insurrection: When ‘patriot warriors’ were fed lies

By Bill McCarthy • June 30, 2021

Trump fans pose a hypothetical: Could Donald Trump become speaker, then president in 2023?

By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2021

Biden inauguration BLM flags and American flag 1-20-2021

Biden made a lot of promises about race. Can he keep them?

By Amy Sherman • January 26, 2021

Trump’s term ends with half of his campaign promises unachieved

By Jon Greenberg • January 19, 2021