THE ISSUE
The New York Times reported Saturday that Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry had introduced former President Donald Trump to a Justice Department official, Jeffrey Clark, âwhose openness to conspiracy theories about election fraud presented Mr. Trump with a welcome change from the acting attorney general, Jeffrey A. Rosen, who stood by the results of the election and had repeatedly resisted the presidentâs efforts to undo them. . As the date for Congress to affirm Mr. Bidenâs victory neared, Mr. Perry and Mr. Clark discussed a plan to have the Justice Department send a letter to Georgia state lawmakers informing them of an investigation into voter fraud that could invalidate the stateâs Electoral College results. Former officials who were briefed on the plan said that the departmentâs dozens of voter fraud investigations nationwide had not turned up enough instances of fraud to alter the outcome of the election. Mr. Perry and Mr. Clark also discussed
On one hand, the Lancaster County police officers who went to Washington, D.C., to work security at Wednesdayâs presidential inauguration performed routine duties, mainly standing along Pennsylvania Avenue and watching for anything out of the ordinary.
On the other hand, there they were, some 30 police officers from Lancaster County, deputized as Special U.S. Marshals, providing security at the inauguration of the 46th president.
And that was pretty cool.
âIt was an honor and a privilege to be part of it,â said Thomas Murray, one of three officers from West Lampeter Townshipâs department who went.
West Lampeter Township police officers pose for a photo in Washington, D.C. They were among about 30 officers from Lancaster County that were deputized as Special U.S. Marshals for the presidential inauguration on Wednesday, Jan 21, 2021.
Lancaster County’s member of Congress will join one of the House of Representatives’ most influential committees where he will have a hand in shaping the nation’s tax and trade policies.
Early Thursday morning, hours after law enforcement cleared the U.S. Capitol Building of thousands of rioters who had invaded it twelve hours earlier, Congress returned to the business they had
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