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FILE – In this Sept. 10, 2009, file photo, attorney Butch Bowers speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. Bowers is used to defending public officials in ethics cases. But he’s never faced anything quite like this. It’s up to Bowers, a South Carolina elections and ethics lawyer, to rise and defend Donald Trump as the Senate plunges into an impeachment trial unlike any other, centered on accusations that the former president incited the mob that rampaged through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File) WX119 WX119

January 22, 2021 at 12:40 pm

Trial ahead, Trump turns to ethics lawyer for his defense

Butch Bowers, a South Carolina elections and ethics lawyer, has years of experience representing elected officials and political candidates. He was recommended to former President... Updated 4:49 pm

On the first full day of Democratic control, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., walks to the chamber after meeting with new senators from his caucus, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) DCSA125 DCSA125

January 21, 2021 at 9:18 pm

Schumer: Trump impeachment trial to begin week of Feb. 8 VIEW

While the transmission of the article launches the trial, the schedule ahead remains uncertain. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has proposed delaying former President Donald... Updated 5:07 pm

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January 21, 2021 at 4:58 pm

Trump steps out of the White House and into a company in crisis

Donald Trump returns to his private business this week as it faces a deepening crisis, with key properties bleeding revenue and its bankers, lawyers and...

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After leading the second impeachment of President Donald Trump this week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Pelosi and House Democrats, joined by a few Republicans, delivered the historic rebuke of Trump for his incitement of the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) DCSA116 DCSA116

January 21, 2021 at 6:10 am

Trump’s Senate trial still on hold as Democrats take control

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hasn't tipped her hand on when the House will formally transmit the single article of impeachment to the Senate, and multiple...

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FILE – Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, chairman of the Proud Boys, with a contingent of members of the political organization that is known to promote and engage in political violence, in Washington, Dec. 12, 2020. In dozens of conversations on social media sites like Gab and Telegram, there are signs of fraying support by members of the group for former President Donald Trump. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times) XNYT196 XNYT196

January 20, 2021 at 4:02 pm

‘A total failure’: The Proud Boys now mock Trump

Members of the far-right group, who were among Donald Trump’s staunchest fans when he was president, are now calling him “weak” as more of them...

FILE – In this July 14, 2005, file photo, then-Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, flanked by his wife Nancy, announces he will not seek re-election, during a news conference in San Marcos, Calif. When Rep. Cunningham admitted in 2005 to accepting $2.4 million in illegal gifts from defense contractors in exchange for government contracts and other favors, it was considered the largest bribery scandal in congressional history. The disgraced former San Diego congressman received one of the pardons issued Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, by President Donald Trump in the final hours of his term. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, Files) FX306 FX306

January 20, 2021 at 4:01 pm

Here are some of the people Trump has pardoned

In his final hours as president, Donald Trump doled out pardons and commutations to dozens of allies, corrupt politicians and convicted business executives. Here are...

President Donald Trump speaks before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) MDMC315 MDMC315

January 20, 2021 at 7:29 am

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s fiction in his goodbye to Washington WATCH

Falsehoods suffused President Donald Trump's farewell remarks Wednesday morning and the night before, though he was spot on with this: “We were not a regular...

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January 20, 2021 at 2:16 am

Trump frees former aides from ethics pledge, lobbying ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump, in one of his final acts as president, released current and former members of his administration from the terms of...

January 19, 2021 at 5:11 pm

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s farewell falsehoods

On his way out, President Donald Trump claimed credit for things he didn't do and twisted his record on jobs, taxes, the pandemic and much...

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FILE – In this July 21, 2020, file photo, pall bearers carry a casket with the body of Lydia Nunez, who died from COVID-19, after a funeral service at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Los Angeles. The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 400,000 in the waning hours in office for President Donald Trump, whose handling of the crisis has been judged by public health experts to be a singular failure. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) USM201 USM201

January 19, 2021 at 11:38 am

US virus death toll tops 400,000 in Trump’s final hours VIEW

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 400,000 on Tuesday in the waning hours in office for President Donald Trump, whose handling of the...

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