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Indicted for contempt of Congress, but acquitted in trial; [26] Later convicted for lying to Congress and sentenced to 6 months in prison, 5 years probation thereafter, and a fine of $10,000. [27] [28] Jack Quinn, White House Counsel: May 9, 1996 House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Not considered
The Ineligibility Clause (sometimes also called the Emoluments Clause, [1] or the Incompatibility Clause, [2] or the Sinecure Clause [3]) is a provision in Article 1, Section 6, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution [4] that makes each incumbent member of Congress ineligible to hold an office established by the federal government during their tenure in Congress; [5] it also bars officials ...
The proceedings take the form of a trial, with the Senate having the right to call witnesses and each side having the right to perform cross-examinations. [25] The House members, who are given the collective title of managers during the trial, present the prosecution case, and the impeached official has the right to mount a defense with his or ...
The proceedings take the form of a trial, with the Senate having the right to call witnesses and each side having the right to perform cross-examinations. [15] The House members, who are given the collective title of managers during the trial, present the prosecution case, and the impeached official has the right to mount a defense with his or ...
When first established as the nation's capital in 1800, the District of Columbia's five thousand residents had neither a local government, nor the right to vote in federal elections. By 1960 the population of the District had grown to over 760,000. [164] The Twenty-fourth Amendment (1964) prohibits a poll tax for voting. Although passage of the ...
The resolution specifically targets senators indicted for crimes affecting national security, and would bar them from serving on congressional committees, receiving classified information ...
Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis has sent so-called target letters to prominent Georgia Republicans informing them they could be indicted for their role in a scheme to appoint ...
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that he predicted New York Mayor Eric Adams would be indicted because of comments he made about an influx of migrants hurting the city. "We have ...