Tag: The Epoch Times

‘Hypocrisy’: Trump Team Shows Videos of Democrat Lawmakers During Impeachment Trial

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BY ZACHARY STIEBER Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Friday accused legislators of hypocrisy as they played lengthy video montages of elected officials speaking about committing assault against Trump, threatening his supporters, and backing protests last year that regularly turned violent. Going on the offense in their first day of presentations during Trump’s second impeachment trial, the attorneys used a strategy pushed by many conservatives. Michael van der Veen argued that Trump did not use any inciting language on Jan. 6 before the breach of the Capitol, but that numerous members of…

House Votes to Strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of Committee Posts

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BY MIMI NGUYEN LY The House has adopted a resolution to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from her two committee posts over her past comments and actions. A Thursday vote on the Democratic-backed resolution was 230-199 largely on party lines. Three lawmakers did not vote. Eleven Republicans joined Democrats in voting “yes” to remove Greene from the committees. Greene had been assigned to the House Budget Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee. Republican leadership in the House had opposed the vote, saying it could set a dangerous precedent for punishing lawmakers…