by Jim Heath | Feb 10, 2020 | Headlines, Impeachment
The same Louisiana Republican Party that 30 years ago refused to censure former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke decided last Saturday to censure Sen. Mitt Romney. The censure resolution, passed by voice vote, blamed Romney for such transgressions as “allowing...
by Jim Heath | Feb 7, 2020 | Headlines, Impeachment, Trump
President Trump and his aides wasted little time opening a campaign of retribution against those he blames for his impeachment, firing today two of the most prominent witnesses in the inquiry against him barely 48 hours after the Senate acquitted the president....
by Jim Heath | Feb 7, 2020 | Headlines, Impeachment
Donald Trump fired Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman and had him removed from the White House today after the war hero testified against him in the House impeachment inquiry. Vindman was escorted out of the building this afternoon and told his services were no longer...
by Jim Heath | Feb 6, 2020 | Headlines, Impeachment
After acquittal, President Trump felt particularly aggrieved by Sen. Mitt Romney’s sole GOP vote to boot him from the White House. Trump had shown uncharacteristic control toward the Utah senator during the impeachment process, heeding the advice of Senate Majority...
by Jim Heath | Feb 5, 2020 | Headlines, Impeachment
Senate Republicans today voted to acquit President Trump on two impeachment charges of abuse of power in his dealings with Ukraine, marking the beginning of the end of the months-long saga. Senators voted 48-52 on the first House-passed article of impeachment, and...
by Jim Heath | Feb 5, 2020 | Headlines, Impeachment
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) voted to convict President Trump on abuse of power making him the only Republican in the United States Senate to support removing Trump from office over his bid to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rival, namely the former Vice...