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Rep. Mel Reynolds of Illinois (Democrat) resigned from Congress in 1995 after a conviction for statutory rape. In August 1994, he was indicted for sexual assault and criminal sexual abuse for engaging in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old campaign volunteer that began during the 1992 campaign. [84]
The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5) [1] gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote. Expulsion of a Representative is rare: only six members of the House have been expelled in its history. Three of those six were expelled in 1861 for joining the Confederate States of America. [2]
Debanking, unauthorized, unaccountable abuse of power, is almost entirely driven by vague and excessively broad regulation, or downright regulatory malfeasance.
Conservatives were all too eager to use Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s newly minted tipline for “whistleblowers” to report Trump administration abuses after the Brooklyn Democrat ...
George V. Hansen (R-ID) US Representative, was the first member of Congress to be convicted of violating a new 1971 campaign law requiring disclosure of financial contributions. (1974) [236] [237] James R. Jones (D-OK) US Representative, pleaded guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge that he had failed to report a $200 campaign contribution. He ...
(The Center Square) – Closing arguments have begun at the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. “Power and profit,” Assistant U.S. Attorney ...
Abuse of power and obstruction of Congress 230–197, 1 present (Art. I) [81] 229–198, 1 present (Art. II) [82] Acquitted on February 5, 2020: 48–52 on abuse of power and 47–53 on obstruction of Congress 21 January 13, 2021: Incitement of insurrection 232–197 [83]
Public impeachment hearings began in the House on 13 November, [18] and on December 10, 2019, the House Judiciary Committee published two articles of impeachment against President Trump, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. [19] Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 18, 2019. [20]