Although President-elect Joe Biden has declined to weigh in on the timing of the Senate impeachment trial in the days leading up to his inauguration this week, his incoming White House officials signaled on Sunday that they hope the trial won’t get in the way of Biden’s priorities at the start of his presidency. Continue reading “Incoming WH Officials Hope Biden’s Agenda Won’t Fall Behind As Senate Trial Approaches”
House GOPers Call Out Colleagues Over Electoral Objections After Capitol Riots
Reps. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Paul Meijer (R-MI) on Sunday expressed their disappointment with their Republican colleagues who voted to challenge the election results hours after the deadly insurrection at the Capitol that left five dead. Continue reading “House GOPers Call Out Colleagues Over Electoral Objections After Capitol Riots”
Calls Grow For Biden To Cut Off Trump’s Intel Briefings When POTUS’ Term Ends
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Sen. Angus King (I-ME) — who sit on the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, respectively — on Sunday urged President-elect Joe Biden to prohibit outgoing President Trump from receiving intelligence briefings upon becoming a private citizen. Schiff and King’s calls for Biden come less than a week after the House voted to impeach Trump for the second time for “incitement of insurrection.” Continue reading “Calls Grow For Biden To Cut Off Trump’s Intel Briefings When POTUS’ Term Ends”
Graham Leans Into Laughable Call For Healing In Assuring He Still Stands By Trump
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday took great pains to hammer into the GOP’s new line of ludicrously calling for unity, following the House’s vote last week to impeach President Trump for a second time for “incitement of insurrection,” as he expressed his vehement opposition to the upcoming Senate impeachment trial. Continue reading “Graham Leans Into Laughable Call For Healing In Assuring He Still Stands By Trump”
Impeachment Manager Pays Moving Tribute To Late Son: ‘Not Going To Lose My Son And Country’
For Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), there’s more than meets the eye in taking on the role of the House’s lead impeachment manager after President Trump incited the deadly insurrection at the Capitol earlier this month — a violent scene that occurred the day after Raskin laid his late son to rest. Continue reading “Impeachment Manager Pays Moving Tribute To Late Son: ‘Not Going To Lose My Son And Country’”
New Details Cast Arrest Of Virginia Man At D.C. Checkpoint In Different Light
As new details emerge about the Friday night arrest of a Virginia man at a D.C. security checkpoint, the incident is taking on a different cast.
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Report: Boebert’s Comms Director Is Resigning After Capitol Attack
The communications director for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is resigning after less than two weeks in the role, Axios reported on Saturday.
Ben Goldey reportedly tied his decision to step down from the post to last week’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. His boss, Boebert, and other Republican lawmakers have been sharply criticized for fueling the attacks by objecting to the reaffirmation of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
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Report: Lawmakers Were Not Informed About Police Request For Backup Ahead Of Capitol Attack
Capitol security officials failed to inform House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ahead of last week’s attack that the Capitol Police had warned they might need reinforcement from the National Guard, according to a report from The New York Times.
The police request, made to the House and Senate sergeants-at-arms and calling for the National Guard be put on standby, arrived as intelligence revealed Trump supporters were planning to target the Capitol on Jan. 6, a congressional official told the Times.
But the sergeants-at-arms, Michael Stenger of the Senate and Paul Irving of the House, who have since resigned, rejected the request without raising the issue with either McConnell or Pelosi, the aide and another person familiar with the matter told the publication.
Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, and a person close to McConnell told the Times that the leaders had not been informed of any request for the National Guard before Jan. 6.
The development is particularly significant as the sergeants-at-arms would likely have needed to ask both leaders whether or not to approve the request.
The sergeants-at-arms and the chief of the Capitol Police had reassured lawmakers ahead of the joint congressional meeting that was disrupted by rioters last week that security was prepared for the day’s events.
Former Capitol Police chief Steven Sund previously told the Washington Post that Irving has been opposed to putting the National Guard on standby over concerns about the “optics” of an effort that involved their presence.
Sund, who also resigned in the aftermath of the attack, said that the Senate sergeant-at-arms had told him to informally reach out to the National Guard.
Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) who was briefed on the security matter by Army secretary Ryan McCarthy also told the publication that the Defense Department’s additional attempts to bolster security with National Guard support were rebuffed as both the Metropolitan Police and the Capitol Police said no additional resources were needed.
NYT: Atlanta Prosecutor Weighs Criminal Investigation Into Trump For Election Interference
Prosecutors in Georgia appear to be closely weighing a criminal investigation into President Trump over his efforts to overturn election results in the state, The New York Times reported late Friday.
The inquiry would be the second known criminal investigation of the President that falls outside of any potential protection from a federal pardon.
Capitol Police Are Investigating Whether Lawmakers Gave Tours To Rioters Before Capitol Attack
The Capitol Police said on Friday that they are investigating whether members of Congress had inappropriately provided visitors access to the U.S. Capitol before last week’s insurrection, responding to concerns raised by several lawmakers that some of their colleagues may have given rioters in Trump’s mob an inside look at the building ahead of its attack.