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The votes for acquittal on the charge of abuse of power in the Senate were 48 against (45 Democratic senators, 2 Independent senators, one Republican senator), and 52 in favor (All Republicans). Of the two articles of impeachment, Article I alleges abuse of power. He was impeached a second time on January 13, 2021, one week before his term expired.
An IRS investigation into Louisiana Governor and Senator Huey Long (pictured) launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt has been cited as the first example of IRS political targeting. Use of the IRS for political targeting has been alleged as far back as the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration.
The FBI also spied upon and collected information on Puerto Rican independence leader Pedro Albizu Campos and his Nationalist political party in the 1930s. Albizu Campos was convicted three times in connection with deadly attacks on US government officials: in 1937 (Conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States), in 1950 (attempted murder), and in 1954 (after an armed assault on ...
In June, a federal civil jury ordered Carollo to pay $63 million in damages for using the city government’s resources for his personal desire to infringe upon the free-speech rights of two Calle ...
He was convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity, and theft and conversion of government property. He was sentenced to six months in prison. [284] Victor D. Cohen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, was the 50th conviction obtained under the Ill Wind probe when he pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and conspiring to defraud the ...
A fiery group of about a dozen congressional Democrats blasted Elon Musk and President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon outside of USAID’s headquarters amid their attempts to shut down the ...
But significant evidence undermines that argument: the tendency of young people to return to crime once they get out, for example, and long-term contracts that can leave states obligated to fill prison beds. The harsh conditions confronting youth inside YSI’s facilities, moreover, show the serious problems that can arise when government hands ...
By removing the $2,000 minimum threshold for foreclosure, the bill aims to protect property owners from losing their homes over association fees and “address concerns about the potential abuse ...