by Jim Heath | Jan 25, 2021 | Headlines, Justice Department, Trump
The Justice Department inspector general announced today he has officially opened an investigation into whether officials at the department tried to overturn the election results. Michael Horowitz said in a statement that the probe will look into ‘whether any...
by Jim Heath | Jan 21, 2021 | Headlines, Impeachment, Trump
Former President Trump can be convicted in an impeachment trial for his role in inciting the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6 even though he is no longer in office, a bipartisan group of constitutional law scholars wrote in a letter today. “We differ from one another in...
by Jim Heath | Jan 21, 2021 | Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
Another 900,000 people filed new unemployment claims last week, President Trump’s last in office, a snapshot of the significant labor market challenges facing President Biden. An additional 423,000 people in 47 states filed new claims for Pandemic Unemployment...
by Jim Heath | Jan 20, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
After the presidential election last year, the Proud Boys, a far-right group, declared its undying loyalty to Donald Trump. In a Nov. 8 post in a private channel of the messaging app Telegram, the group urged its followers to attend protests against an election that...
by Jim Heath | Jan 20, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
A Connecticut man has been arrested on charges that he assaulted a police officer, whom he pinned between two doors, during the Jan. 6 riot by Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol. Patrick Edward McCaughey III, 23, of Ridgefield, repeatedly told Capitol Police Officer...
by Jim Heath | Jan 20, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Donald Trump left the White House grounds this morning for the last time as president. Now, Trump will step into a financial minefield that appears to be unlike anything he has faced since his earlier brushes with collapse. The tax records that he has long fought to...
