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The Judiciary Committee's report does not accuse Trump of committing impeachable offenses, but sets groundwork for possible introduction of articles of impeachment next week

Dec 07, 2019
• READ: House Judiciary Committee report
READ: House Judiciary Committee report

Dec 07, 2019
The House Judiciary Committee on Saturday released a report ahead of Monday's impeachment hearing laying out historical arguments for impeachment. The report is an update to the Judiciary Committee reports that were issued in 1974 and 1998 during the impeachment proceedings of Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. Read the full report, below:
House Judiciary Committee releases witness list for Monday's hearing

Dec 07, 2019
Do witnesses have to comply with Congress' subpoenas?

Dec 06, 2019
In this impeachment edition of The Point, Chris Cillizza and CNN legal analyst Laura Coates dig into one of our most-requested topics -- what's the deal with subpoenas? Chris and Laura explain how some members of the Trump administration have been able to ignore formal congressional subpoenas to testify or produce documents.
Analysis: Here's the argument that Trump is winning

Dec 07, 2019
White House (still) won't cooperate -- Shocking exactly zero people, White House counsel Pat Cipollone fired off a strongly worded letter declining to participate in future House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings. "House Democrats have wasted enough of America's time with this charade," Cipollone wrote. He signed the letter Trump-style, with a Sharpie and a ginormous John Hancock. On Monday, the Judiciary Committee will hear presentations from its lawyers and those of the House Intelligence Committee. It won't hear anything, clearly, from the White House.
Opinion: Do Democrats have enough evidence for impeachment? Two legal experts duke it out

Dec 07, 2019
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement Thursday that the Democrats would move ahead on drafting articles of impeachment is giving new ferocity to the debate over President Donald Trump's actions and the way Congress should respond. To gain more insight, CNN Opinion has asked two prominent Washington legal experts to bat the issues back and forth in a series of email exchanges.
North Korean official: Denuclearization off the table

Dec 07, 2019
Denuclearization is off the table in negotiations with the United States, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations said in a statement Saturday.
Analysis: Trump is hanging over every aspect of the Democratic presidential contest

Dec 07, 2019
He may not be on the Democratic ballot, but the 2020 presidential candidate wielding the most influence over the party's remarkably unsettled primary fight is President Donald Trump.
Cory Booker sees a surge in campaign donations

Dec 07, 2019
Since Sen. Cory Booker issued a call this week for maintaining a diverse field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, grassroots donors have answered in a big way.
Analyst: The WH didn't mention this detail

Dec 07, 2019
An American graduate student, who had been held for three years in Iran on suspicion of being a spy, has been freed and is undergoing a medical evaluation at an American Army hospital in Germany before eventually traveling back to the US. CNN Political and National Security Analyst David Sanger points out that the White House neglected to mention that the Iranian Foreign Minister says this is part of a prisoner swap between the US and Iran.