by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2021 | Headlines, Impeachment, Inauguration, Trump
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that he believes that impeaching President Trump will make it easier to get rid of the President and Trumpism from the Republican Party, The New York Times reports there’s a reason McConnell has been silent on...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2021 | Headlines, Olympics
Klete Keller, a champion swimmer who won two Olympic gold medals as a relay teammate of Michael Phelps, was identified by former teammates and coaches as a member of the crowd that surged into the U.S. Capitol during violent protests today. A video posted by a...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2021 | Headlines, Military, Trump
The military’s top leaders issued a written reminder to all service members today that the deadly insurrection at the Capitol last week was an anti-democratic, criminal act, and that the right to free speech gives no-one the right to commit violence. A memo...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney says she will vote to impeach President Donald Trump. The Wyoming congresswoman, the No. 3 Republican in the House, said in a statement today that Trump “summoned” the mob that attacked the Capitol last week, “assembled the...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Federal prosecutors are looking at bringing “significant” cases involving possible sedition and conspiracy charges in last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol. That’s according to acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin, who provided an update on criminal charges at a...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
A top Republican congressional aide is resigning over his party’s support for President Trump’s bid to overturn the 2020 election after it fueled deadly riots at the Capitol. In a scathing resignation letter obtained by Politico, Jason Schmid, a longtime senior House...
