The US Senate on Wednesday voted to end the impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, bypassing with procedural votes the first attempt by Congress to oust a Cabinet secretary in more than a century and a half. The pair of votes, which split along partisan lines, swiftly killed a Senate trial that had only just begun, with Democrats and three independents voting to stop the process. The Republican-controlled House impeached Mayorkas in February. The senators voted...
It was the first time in almost 150 years the chamber had considered a US cabinet secretary's impeachment.
In response to an ethics finding against Milton City councilman Mike Cusack, the council voted to remove him from his role on the city’s finance committee. The vote was four in favor, with Farrow opposing and Cusack abstaining. Earlier this month, the Florida Commission on Ethics found that Cusack had violated state law by using […]
NEWTON COUNTY, Mo. — There are new developments in a legal battle among Newton County officeholders. The county recorder of deeds and county treasurer are asking a judge to hold the Newton County Commissioners in contempt of court. The two previously won a lawsuit dating back to 2020. In that case, a judge ruled the []
SB482 exempts government agencies from having to share records that have to do with “opinions” and “deliberations” of how government policies and decisions are made.
The Supreme Court's conservative majority has signaled that it may be preparing to upend hundreds of criminal charges against participants in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.Over 300 January 6 defendants have faced the federal felony charge "obstructing an official proceeding," resulting in many convictions and prison sentences. The statute was passed by Congress in 2002 following the Enron scandal. It mandates a prison sentence of up to 20 years for those who "corruptly" attempt to...
The Supreme Court will determine the fate of a major Jan. 6 Capitol riot-related case. The ruling could affect hundreds of people who were in Read More
Videos obtained by the FBI showed Tyler Campanella inside of the Capitol during the insurrection, according to court documents.
The House Rules Committee inched a little closer to extending the life of the federal government surveillance tool known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), after approving a two-year extension late Thursday. While the committee approved the measure, it now goes up for debate and amendment votes, which could be followed by a vote Friday. CONGRESS CANNOT LET FISA SECTION 702 EXPIRE The House Rules Committee met at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday to re-up the FISA...
There’s no way around it; there simply is no legal basis for the legal strategies put forth by lawyers of Donald Trump designed to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election. Exhibit A: Jeffrey Clark, former acting assistant attorney general in charge of the Civil Division at the Justice Department. This week, a three-member disciplinary panel in Washington, D.C., came to a preliminary, nonbinding conclusion that Clark violated his ethical duties as an attorney when he attempted to...
Did Donald Trump violate his gag order while he was seated in court while the trial was underway?Former federal prosecutor Ryan Goodman raised the specter of former President Donald Trump not only testing the limits of a gag order imposed on him by New York Judge Juan Merchan in his criminal falsifying business records trial — but going about it during the actual trial. "To make these statements or have these statements made from within the courthouse would be to amplify the 'contempt' of and...