In early July, the House voted to require congressional approval for military strike against Iran in a 251-170 vote with more than two dozen Republicans in support. The National Defense Authorization Act amendment’s adoption by the House follows Trump’s statement in June that the United States had been “cocked and loaded” to strike Iranian targets in retaliation … Read more
Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr is the most corrupt attorney general since John Mitchell, Nixon’s attorney general who went to prison. AG Barr, in his previous stint as Attorney General under Gorge H.W. Bush, also had a series of scandals and corruption for which he was never held accountable, The incredibly corrupt William ‘Coverup’ Barr, … Read more
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Trump, No. 1:17-cv-00458 (S.D.N.Y. 2017), was the first Emoluments Clause case filed against Donald Trump. United States District Judge George B. Daniels dismissed the case on December 21, 2017, holding that plaintiffs lacked standing. CREW filed an appeal, which the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled … Read more
The House Judiciary Committee approved the parameters for its impeachment investigation into Donald Trump Thursday morning — the most significant step Democrats have yet taken as they weigh the divisive move. House Judiciary Committee approves guidelines for Trump impeachment probe: The move is largely symbolic, but it represents Democrats’ first legislative action on one of … Read more
Vice President Pence wanted to see his long lost relatives in Doonbeg, Ireland and find his roots. However, the Vice President, being a considerate distant cousin did not want to inconvenience his distant family by asking them to put up his immediate relatives (who came with him) and the Secret Service Agents charged with protecting … Read more