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Search results for "Graham Platner calls to investigate Trump and impeach two Supreme Court justices"

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Fact-checks (21742)

Bryan Steil stated on October 31, 2019 in a tweet:
The House impeachment rules resolution "does not provide the president with due process protections that were afforded to both President Clinton and President Nixon."
By Eric Litke• November 5, 2019
Lindsey Graham stated on October 24, 2019 in a Senate resolution:
Says House Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry are "denying President Trump basic fairness and due process accorded every American."
By Bill McCarthy• October 28, 2019
Facebook posts stated on September 18, 2020 in on social media:
“4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 20, 2020
Lindsey Graham stated on September 19, 2020 in a tweet:
On confirming a Supreme Court justice nominee in a presidential election year.
By Jon Greenberg• September 21, 2020
Charles Schumer stated on July 10, 2018 in an interview on MSNBC:
Says Brett Kavanaugh "has said the president shouldn't be investigated."
By Amy Sherman• July 10, 2018
Rush Limbaugh stated on October 25, 2019 in a statement on his radio show:
Says House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump "doesn’t feature the opposition party, it doesn’t feature cross-examination."
By Bill McCarthy• October 30, 2019
Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Supreme Court FINALLY signs VERDICT to IMPEACH Speaker Pelosi as Hunter’s Laptop IMPLICATES her.”
By Andy Nguyen• July 26, 2022
Michigan Democratic Party stated on September 24, 2020 in an email:
“James is the only Senate candidate in a battleground state who has refused to take a position” on whether the Senate should promptly vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
By Clara Hendrickson• September 25, 2020
Jake Tapper stated on January 13, 2021 in remarks in a CNN broadcast:
The second presidential impeachment of Donald Trump was “the most bipartisan impeachment in American history.”
By Louis Jacobson• January 13, 2021
Jim Sensenbrenner stated on December 08, 2011 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing:
"I've done more impeachments than anybody else in the history of the country."
By Tom Kertscher• December 19, 2011
Donald Trump stated on June 23, 2017 in Fox & Friends:
"I can say that the people that have been hired (for the independent Russia investigation) are all Hillary Clinton supporters, some of them worked for Hillary Clinton."
By Manuela Tobias• June 26, 2017
Charles Schumer stated on September 18, 2020 in a tweet:
On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.
By Miriam Valverde• September 22, 2020
Ron Kind stated on November 17, 2019 in a TV interview:
"I am the only member of Congress that voted for both inquiries -- the Clinton inquiry and now the Trump inquiry."  
By Mica Soellner• November 25, 2019
Ed Emery stated on January 28, 2019 in legislative testimony:
"80 percent of impeachments in Missouri have been against judges."
By Yue Yu• February 25, 2019
Donald Trump stated on December 03, 2019 in a press conference:
Says House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff "made up the conversation. He lied. If he didn't do that in the halls of Congress, he'd be thrown in jail. He did it in the halls of Congress, he's given immunity."
By Louis Jacobson• December 5, 2019
Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2020 in an image:
Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.”
By Daniel Funke• September 23, 2020
National Rifle Association stated on September 24, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"Mary Landrieu voted to take away your gun rights."
By Steve Contorno• October 1, 2014
Lindsey Graham stated on July 13, 2009 in a Senate hearing:
"Now, there was a time when someone like Scalia and Ginsburg got 95-plus votes."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 13, 2009
X posts stated on June 11, 2024 in in X posts:
Hunter Biden’s trial and conviction were contrived to divert attention from Biden family crimes.
By Jeff Cercone• June 14, 2024
Tammy Baldwin stated on January 19, 2020 in a TV appearance:
Witnesses have been part of "every other impeachment trial the Senate has ever had."
By Eric Litke• January 21, 2020

Articles (7164)

A guide to possible paths to impeachment (or not) in the House

By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• April 26, 2019

How the impeachment articles against Trump are similar to, and different from, Clinton and Nixon

By Louis Jacobson• December 10, 2019

Obstruction of justice, presidential immunity, impeachment: What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• May 17, 2017

How would an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump work?

By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• September 24, 2019

What Donald Trump’s impeachment response leaves out

By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• February 2, 2021

President Trump's Supreme Court Pick: Brett Kavanaugh

By Lucia Geng• July 10, 2018

How Republicans could fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat, explained

By Louis Jacobson• September 20, 2020

Ask PolitiFact: Is it illegal to leak a draft Supreme Court opinion?

By Bill McCarthy• May 5, 2022

Trump repeats many falsehoods in letter to Pelosi about impeachment

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• December 17, 2019

President Donald Trump called for a judge’s impeachment. It’s unlikely to happen.

By Amy Sherman• March 19, 2025

The impeachment inquiry: What to expect from public hearings and beyond

By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2019

Should Trump be impeached? What law professors said at the House hearing

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• December 4, 2019

Why doesn’t the Supreme Court have a formal code of ethics?

By Matthew Crowley• April 13, 2023

What do articles of impeachment say Alejandro Mayorkas did or didn’t do?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann• February 16, 2024

The Supreme Court will decide Donald Trump’s immunity case. Here are the arguments.

By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2024

Impeachment process a hot topic nationally as well as for readers of PolitiFact Wisconsin

By D.L. Davis• December 2, 2019

Can Robert Mueller subpoena Donald Trump? A look at the legal precedents

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• May 9, 2018

Lindsey Graham on the Truth-O-Meter

By Keely Herring• June 1, 2015

Do Jefferson, Lincoln prove Donald Trump can tell Justice Department what to do?

By Louis Jacobson• December 5, 2017

Trump lawyer claims lack of due process in House impeachment. 3 reasons the law doesn’t back him up

By Jon Greenberg• October 10, 2019