Dem Senator Opposed Clinton Impeachment Witnesses, Now Calls for Witnesses Against Trump

Elizabeth Matamoros
January 16, 2020 5:30 PM

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.) opposed the House's efforts to push the Senate to listen to witnesses during President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial, but now supports having such witnesses during its trial of President Donald Trump.

Sasse Mocks Dems’ Religious Tests

Nic Rowan
June 5, 2019 1:00 PM

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell: Should FBI Investigate Whether Kavanaugh Was ‘Rude or Showed Belligerence to Senators?’

Dem senator: 'It'd be a big mistake to put handcuffs on the FBI'

Aryssa Damron
October 2, 2018 4:00 PM

Democrats Wanted FBI Investigation on Kavanaugh but Now It’s Not Good Enough

David Rutz
October 2, 2018 3:41 PM

Leahy Dodges on Whether Democrats Have Evidence That Kavanaugh Has Blacked Out

Cameron Cawthorne
October 1, 2018 9:28 PM

Democrats Call for Kavanaugh’s Staff Secretary Documents After Republicans Didn’t Call for Kagan’s as Solicitor General

David Rutz
July 26, 2018 5:08 PM

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.) joined other Senate Democrats in arguing Wednesday that Brett Kavanaugh's records as White House staff secretary are relevant to his Supreme Court nomination, pointing to 2010 comments he made about the instructiveness of that tenure to his judgeship.

Nielsen on Trump’s Reported ‘S—Hole’ Comment: ‘I Did Not Hear That Word Used’

David Rutz
January 16, 2018 11:47 AM

Leahy Defends Stern Questioning of Judicial Nominee Over Bacon Tweet: It’s ‘No Laughing Matter’

David Rutz
November 15, 2017 4:02 PM

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.) responded Wednesday to stories about his criticism of a federal judicial nominee's past tweets, saying they are "no laughing matter" and show the nominee would dispense unequal justice.

Leahy Berates Federal Judicial Nominee Over Joke Tweet About Marrying Bacon

David Rutz
November 15, 2017 12:35 PM

Judge Who Could ‘Decide Trump’s Fate’ Served as Senior Counsel for Dem Sen. Leahy

Joe Schoffstall
August 10, 2017 2:04 PM

A judge who could "decide Trump's fate" previously served as senior counsel for Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.).