HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — After two days of silence, Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania confirmed a New York Times report, saying Monday that he had introduced then-President Donald Trump to a top Justice Department lawyer who, according to the newspaper, discussed a plan to overturn the results of the 2020 election. … [Read more...] about Pa. Rep. Scott Perry: I ‘Obliged’ Trump With Introduction To Lawyer Jeffrey Clark
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Biden (mostly) builds on Trump’s foreign policy
It remains to be seen whether the generally agreeable posture of Biden’s national security Cabinet appointees was simply prudent confirmation posturing, or whether it reflected genuine conviction that will result in actual policy implementation. For the moment, Blinken’s approach seemed closer to the assertive thrust of the Trump administration’s China policy team than to the more “live-and-let-live” strategy advocated by national security adviser Jake SullivanJake SullivanBiden talks NATO, climate change in first presidential call with France's Macron Biden must wait weekend for State Department pick White House: It will be 'a bit of time' before Biden's first foreign trip MORE and his China policy coordinator Kurt Campbell, neither of whom required Senate confirmation. … [Read more...] about Biden (mostly) builds on Trump’s foreign policy
Joe Biden dismisses Democrats’ bid to convict Donald Trump by saying they DON’T have enough votes in the Senate – at the very moment they deliver article of impeachment
On Tuesday, senators will be sworn in to hear the trial. The trial itself will begin on Feb. 9, under an agreement reached Friday between Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, although many details of how it will go have yet to be worked out. … [Read more...] about Joe Biden dismisses Democrats’ bid to convict Donald Trump by saying they DON’T have enough votes in the Senate – at the very moment they deliver article of impeachment
Coons on Impeachment: ‘New Evidence’ Every Day Showing Trump ‘Spread Baseless Lies’
“[T]here’s new evidence coming out every day about the things President Trump did to spread baseless lies that he had won an election that he had lost and to try and subvert and undermine the rule of law and the process of our democracy,” Coons outlined. “Reporting just in the last few days that at the last minute a commitment to resign en masse by the whole Department of Justice leadership is the only thing that prevented Trump from firing the acting Attorney General and replacing him with a more pliant DoJ leader who would file baseless lawsuits in the Supreme Court.” … [Read more...] about Coons on Impeachment: ‘New Evidence’ Every Day Showing Trump ‘Spread Baseless Lies’
State-level Republicans wracked by division after Trump’s loss
The party also passed a trio of resolutions censuring three of Arizona’s most prominent Republicans — Gov. Doug DuceyDoug DuceyArizona GOP censures top state Republicans McCain, Flake and Ducey Arizona Gov. Ducey says he won't run against Mark Kelly for Senate National Guardsmen begin leaving Washington following controversial deployment MORE, former Sen. Jeff FlakeJeffrey (Jeff) Lane FlakeArizona GOP censures top state Republicans McCain, Flake and Ducey Budowsky: Democracy won, Trump lost, President Biden inaugurated Biden's inauguration marked by conflict of hope and fear MORE and Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Sen. John McCainJohn Sidney McCainDeclassify the post-9/11 torture program Arizona GOP censures top state Republicans McCain, Flake and Ducey Whoopi Goldberg wears 'my vice president' shirt day after inauguration MORE. Flake and McCain endorsed President Biden ahead of the November election. … [Read more...] about State-level Republicans wracked by division after Trump’s loss
