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 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 19, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today accused President Trump of provoking the violent crowd that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. “The last time the Senate convened, we had just reclaimed the Capitol from violent criminals who tried to stop...
by Jim Heath | Jan 14, 2021 | FBI, Headlines, Race
Dozens of people on a terrorist watch list were in Washington for pro-Trump events Jan. 6, a day that ended in a chaotic crime rampage when a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol. The majority of the watch-listed individuals in Washington that day are suspected white...
by Jim Heath | Jan 13, 2021 | Headlines, Impeachment, Trump
The House today impeached President Trump for “incitement of insurrection,” as the defeated president becomes only the second in American history to face this level of indictment twice. The House undertook the action just one week after Trump incited a mob of...
