by Jim Heath | Mar 2, 2021 | FBI, Headlines
FBI Director Christopher Wray made clear today the FBI deemed the the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol a case of domestic terrorism. “That attack, that siege, was criminal behavior, plain and simple, and it’s behavior that we, the FBI, view as domestic...
by Jim Heath | Feb 1, 2021 | GOP, Headlines
Marjorie Taylor Greene had just finished questioning whether a plane really flew into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, and flatly stating that President Obama was secretly Muslim when she paused to offer an aside implicating another former president in a crime. “That’s...
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...
by Jim Heath | Jan 6, 2021 | Headlines
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., tweeted tonight that Electoral College ballots were rescued from the Senate floor before protesters were able to get to them. “If our capable floor staff hadn’t grabbed them, they would have been burned by the mob,” he tweeted....
by Jim Heath | Jan 6, 2021 | Congress, Electoral Map, Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
Today’s congressional joint session to count electoral votes has taken on added importance this year as Republicans allied with President Trump say they will try to undo Democrat Joe Biden’s victory and subvert the will of the American people in at least six states....