2018 Day 692: Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison; Trump blamed Cohen for the crimes stemming from paying Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal; National Enquirer's parent company admitted that it paid McDougal in an attempt to influence the 2016 election; Michael Flynn asked to be spared jail time because of his "extensive cooperation" with Mueller; the incoming New York attorney general plans to launch a wide-ranging investigation into Trump and his family; and Trump claimed he is not concerned about impeachment a day after it was reported that he sees impeachment as a "real possibility." Dec 12, 2018
2019 Day 1057: After more than eight hours of impeachment debate, the House Judiciary Committee has yet to vote on whether to approve articles of impeachment against Trump; Senate Republicans are pushing for a short impeachment trial that would include calling zero witnesses; the White House Office of Management and Budget claimed in a new memo that it withheld U.S. military aid to Ukraine as a temporary exploratory measure; a Rudy Giuliani associate received $1 million from a Russian account; and Trump sent more than 100 tweets and retweets today insisting that he committed "no crime" and "did nothing wrong," while calling the impeachment inquiry "Crazy!" Dec 12, 2019
2022 Day 692: A federal judge declined to hold Trump or his office in contempt of court for failing to comply with a grand jury subpoena demanding he return all classified documents; the Republican candidate who lost Arizona's governor race filed a lawsuit challenging the certification of the election and is asking the court to declare her the winner; Arizona's conservative Democratic senator announced she will leave the Democratic Party and register as an independent; House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy could lose the election for the next speaker of the House; scientists successfully produced a fusion reaction for the first time that generated more energy than it consumed; the Keystone oil pipeline system was shut down after a pipe ruptured, spilling enough oil to become the largest onshore crude pipeline spill in nine years; and a majority of Americans don’t want either Biden or Trump to run for president in 2024. Dec 12, 2022
2023 Day 1057: Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel was losing international support because of its “indiscriminate bombing” of Gaza and that "he has to change"; the United Nations General Assembly voted to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Biden and lawmakers on Capitol Hill to make a personal appeal for more money and weapons to fight back invading Russian forces; the pace of inflation continued to slow from last year; New York’s highest court ordered the state to draw new congressional districts ahead of the 2024 elections; and former Congressman George Santos is talking to federal prosecutors about a plea deal. Dec 12, 2023
2024 Day 1423: Trump pledged to use the first hours of his second presidency to pardon most individuals convicted in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack; Trump promised deploy the military to deport migrants living in the country without legal permission, despite federal law barring the use of the military for law enforcement on U.S. soil; Trump admitted that bringing down grocery prices will be “very hard” despite repeatedly promising during his campaign that "prices will come down”; Mitch McConnell warned that Trump’s re-election puts Americans "in a very, very dangerous world" that’s "reminiscent of before world war two”; and Time magazine named Trump — the twice-impeached, four-times indicted, twice-convicted, and now twice-elected president — its “Person of the Year” for a second time. Dec 12, 2024