- Why Democrats Want a Trump Trial (Wall Street Journal) – They already know the result, but they think it will hurt the GOP.
- The Constitution Doesn’t Bar Trump’s Impeachment Trial (Wall Street Journal) – Removal from office is best understood as akin to a ‘mandatory minimum’ sentence for a crime.
- MAGA is already over Trump’s impeachment trial (Politico) – MAGA has moved on to different pursuits: President Joe Biden’s agenda, the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, China, the GameStop controversy, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) among them.
- Schumer, McConnell reach deal on Trump impeachment trial (The Hill) – “All parties have agreed to a structure that will ensure a fair and honest Senate impeachment trial of the former president,” Schumer said.
- Law prof claims Trump lawyers ‘badly’ misrepresented his views when citing impeachment article (Fox News) – A Michigan State University law professor claims that former President Donald Trump’s legal team took him out of context when citing his work in their impeachment trial memorandum.
- House Democrats’ stimulus check plan would exclude families earning more than $200,000 (CNN) – The full payment would go to individuals earning less than $75,000 a year and married couples earning less than $150,000.
- Georgia Officials Review Trump Phone Call as Scrutiny Intensifies (New York Times) – The office of Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, has initiated a fact-finding inquiry into Donald Trump’s January phone call to Mr. Raffensperger pressuring him to “find” votes.
- Democrats set to introduce bill that provides $3,600 per child for some families: report (Fox News) – Under the plan, families with children under six would receive $3,600 per child from the Internal Revenue Service; families with older children could receive $3,000. The amount depends on last year’s earnings.
- How soon new $1,400 stimulus checks and other coronavirus relief could arrive (CNBC) – “We’re looking at an early March timetable of getting something signed into law, if everything works correctly.”
- Biden’s Justice Department to ask nearly all Trump-era U.S. attorneys to resign (NBC News) – U.S. attorneys are the top federal prosecutors of their districts and are political appointees.
- Trump’s Impeachment Trial Offers a Chance to Seize the Initiative on the Future of Free Speech (The New Yorker) – As a defense against the House’s impeachment charge, however, the legal protections afforded by the First Amendment are largely irrelevant. The Constitution has designed impeachment as a political process, not a judicial one.
- Congressman Ron Wright dies after contracting COVID-19 (CBS News) – The first sitting member of Congress to die of the virus, Wright had also been undergoing treatment for cancer for years, according to a statement released by his office.
- It’s not a typical trial. Lawyers in the Trump impeachment case will argue big constitutional questions. (Washington Post) – A First Amendment defense of his fiery speech ahead of the violent Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and a challenge to the legality of putting a former president on trial.
- Biden works hard to suggest he’s not paying attention to Trump’s impeachment trial (Washington Post) – No sitting president has ever had to contend with the impeachment trial of his predecessor unfolding during his own presidency, let alone in the crucial opening weeks that often present the best opening for getting things done.
- What the Super Bowl taught us about the Trump, Biden voters next door (Deseret News) – Only a small fraction of Super Bowl viewers were staunch supporters of either team — just like most 2020 voters weren’t ‘Biden supporters’ or ‘Trump supporters.’
