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 Shafkat Anowar
Updated: April 16, 2021 | 5:00 am

The Capitol siege: The arrested and their stories

As Congress considers a presidential impeachment related to the attack, those criminal cases provide clues to questions surrounding the incident: Who exactly joined the mob? What did they do? And why?

By Tom Dreisbach, Dina Temple-Raston, and staff/NPR
 Alex Wong
March 2, 2021 | 10:39 AM

Pa. GOP votes to ‘rebuke,’ not ‘censure’ Toomey for his decision to convict Trump

In the statement approved by the party, which has not yet been released publicly, members wrote that they are “outraged” that Toomey cooperated with an impeachment that “facilitated Democrats’ tireless obsession with partisan political retribution.”

By Katie Meyer/WHYY
 Alex Brandon
February 25, 2021 | 7:34 AM

Pennsylvania GOP meets to discuss Toomey, impeachment vote

Toomey's vote — and his earlier assessment that Trump had committed “impeachable offenses” in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol — set off a wave of pro-Trump county and local party condemnations of Toomey in Pennsylvania.
By Marc Levy/The Associated Press

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 Susan Walsh
February 19, 2021 | 12:12 PM

Senator Pat Toomey, who once unified the GOP, now on the outs over Trump impeachment vote

The conservative lawmaker is facing angry rank-and-file state Republican Party committee members and the potential of a censure vote, a symbolic gesture that may have no real effect on the senator since he isn’t seeking reelection next year.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press
 Alex Brandon
February 15, 2021 | 5:14 PM

Pennsylvania GOP may meet to discuss Senator Pat Toomey’s impeachment vote

Pennsylvania’s Republican Party may meet to discuss censuring U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey over his vote to convict Donald Trump during the former president’s second impeachment trial.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press
 House Television
February 15, 2021 | 10:13 AM

After speaking out, GOP Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler heads toward clash with her party

While it’s too early to tell how the majority of her constituents may respond come next year’s midterm elections, donors and political experts said on Saturday that Herrera Beutler’s independent streak may actually serve to strengthen her hold on southwest Washington.

By Troy Brynelson/Oregon Public Broadcasting
 Senate Television via AP
February 15, 2021 | 9:57 AM

7 GOP senators voted to convict Trump. Only 1 faces voters next year

It was the most bipartisan impeachment vote in U.S. history — but well short of the 17 needed to convict the former president.

By Barbara Sprunt/NPR
 Manuel Balce Ceneta
February 15, 2021 | 5:34 AM

‘No regrets’: House managers defend their decision not to call witnesses

House impeachment managers defended that choice on Sunday, arguing that continuing the trial with witnesses wouldn’t have been strategically advantageous.

By Barbara Sprunt/NPR
 Alex Wong
February 15, 2021 | 5:28 AM

York County Republican Committee votes to censure Pennsylvania GOP U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey

The committee in its press release said that Toomey’s voting record over the past four years runs counter to the principles of the GOP and that he’s out of touch with the core beliefs of Pennsylvania Republicans.

By Paul Vigna/PennLive
February 14, 2021 | 9:52 AM

Biden on Trump acquittal: ‘The substance of the charge is not in dispute’

President Biden reacts to Trump’s acquittal

By Jason Breslow/NPR
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