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Search results for "Trump proclaimed any president who starts a war over lies should be impeached."

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Our Principles PAC stated on February 14, 2016 in a web ad:
Says Donald "Trump supported impeachment of President (George W.) Bush."  
By Jon Greenberg• February 16, 2016
Mike Gallagher stated on May 11, 2021 in Public statement:
On supporting Liz Cheney for House Republican leadership position
By D.L. Davis• May 14, 2021
JD Vance stated on February 12, 2024 in a memo shared with GOP colleagues:
“The Ukraine supplemental includes a hidden impeachment clause against President Trump.”
By Madison Czopek• February 16, 2024
DCCC stated on February 02, 2021 in an attack ad:
Says Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., “stood with Trump and the lies… He stood with QAnon, not you.”
By Jon Greenberg• February 5, 2021
Donald Trump stated on February 13, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate:
On the Iraq war, "I said it loud and clear, 'You'll destabilize the Middle East.' "
By Lauren Carroll• February 14, 2016
Paul Gigot stated on December 07, 2019 in an interview:
Says the impeachment of President Donald Trump would be the first in U.S. history "without a specific criminal statute or crime that the president who is impeached would have allegedly committed."  
By Tom Kertscher• December 12, 2019
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
George Papadopoulos stated on April 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden is “withholding $150 million in aid from Ukraine” to “pressure Ukraine to drop all criminal investigations into him and his son, Hunter.”
By Tom Kertscher• April 15, 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
Facebook posts stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Utah OFFICIALLY starts RECALL for Mitt Romney.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2021
Donald Trump stated on October 01, 2019 in a tweet:
Says his impeachment is a "coup."
By Louis Jacobson• October 25, 2019
Kellyanne Conway stated on February 11, 2018 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
"I don’t need a lecture from Kirsten Gillibrand or anybody else who protected and defended and harbored a sitting president who had sexual relations in the Oval Office and was impeached for lying."
By Dan Clark• February 16, 2018
Scott Walker stated on January 26, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The U.S. Senate cannot convict a former President.”
By Eric Litke• January 28, 2021
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
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
Facebook posts stated on November 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows Time magazine cover with Barack Obama that says “Treason.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 23, 2020
Donald Trump stated on February 18, 2025 in remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia.
By Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson• February 19, 2025
Greg Steube stated on December 04, 2019 in a House judiciary committee hearing:
"We provided terrorists in Iraq more rights and due process in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq" than House Democratic leadership has afforded President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry.
By Amy Sherman• December 10, 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
Donald Trump stated on November 13, 2019 in a fundraising email:
Says William Taylor and George Kent, the public witnesses in the House impeachment inquiry, are "Never Trumpers."
By Louis Jacobson• November 13, 2019

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By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• July 21, 2017

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By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 16, 2019

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By Jon Greenberg• December 16, 2019

11 times US presidents shaded reality as they shaped US history

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Why Ukraine? How an Eastern European country triggered tumult in American politics

By Jon Greenberg• September 30, 2019

Removal of Liz Cheney from House leadership is only one piece of GOP coalescing around the ‘Big Lie’

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• May 14, 2021

Lie of the Year 2019: Donald Trump’s claim whistleblower got Ukraine call 'almost completely wrong'

By Katie Sanders• December 16, 2019

Notable misstatements about Donald Trump from 2017

By John Kruzel• December 12, 2017

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

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Joe Biden’s inauguration in extraordinary times, fact-checked

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

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