The charges against the sitting justices include "unnecessary and lavish" spending of taxpayer dollars, maladministration, corruption and neglect of duty, according to the newspaper.Source: West Virginia House committee votes to impeach entire state Supreme Court...
No law requires Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to recuse himself from a recount in the governor’s race, but legal and political experts say that he should to maintain trust in the election.Source: No law prevents Kris Kobach from overseeing the likely recount in his own race...
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, one of the most outspoken members of the anti-Trump ‘resistance’ in Congress, is facing fresh questions about a longstanding controversy regarding how her campaign raises money and how those funds have flowed to her daughter.Source: Maxine Waters hit with FEC complaint over mailer money...
President Donald Trump said Thursday that his personal attorney Michael Cohen represented him "with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal," after previously denying any knowledge of a payment Cohen made to the porn actress who alleges an affair with Trump.Source: Trump says Cohen represented him in "Stormy Daniels deal"...
As many as 30 Trump administration appointees may be in violation of ethics guidelines intended to prevent officials from working in agencies they once lobbied, a government watchdog said Monday.Source: Watchdog group files ethics complaints against lobbyists joining Trump administration...
Someone reportedly found the piece of paper and turned it over to The Intercept, which said that it confirmed its authenticity. The aide, who works as a staff assistant in the White House, did not return requests for comment for the report.Source: White House staffer left email passwords on official stationery at bus stop: report...
Staffers doing campaign work have to make sure they’re not doing it on government time. But there’s no set way to keep track of that time. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo) With campaign season here, Hill staffers are likely to find their duties expanding with election-related tasks.Source: Plenty of Pitfalls for Hill Staffers Doing Campaign Work...
Even as federal prosecutors this week played out their pay-to-play case against Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, prosecutors just across the river in New Jersey withdrew a political corruption case against U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.Source: Robert Menendez and Ed Pawlowski: a tale of two political corruption cases...
Little is known about what the president intends to do Wednesday, but some experts aren't taking it lightly.Source: Trump’s ‘Fake News Awards’ could violate ethics rules...
President Trump led an aggressive charge Monday on behalf of embattled Senate nominee Roy Moore, with the Republican National Committee rejoining Moore’s side in Alabama weeks after cutting ties with him following allegations of sexual misconduct.Source: RNC to support Roy Moore in Senate race in Alabama, weeks after cutting ties with his campaign...
