U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney was back in Utah explaining his vote to convict President Donald Trump amid pushes by some angry GOP state legislators to create a way to recall the senator. Romney did not speak publicly in the state and his meetings Thursday with legislative leaders were held behind […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney’s status as one of few Republicans willing to publicly criticize President Donald Trump is well known is his adopted home of Utah, but many were still surprised by his impeachment vote against him and unequivocal speech Wednesday. Reactions were at odds in a state […]
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney says he will vote to convict President Donald Trump. That makes him the first and likely only Republican in the Senate’s impeachment trial who will break ranks and favor removing him from office. Romney was his party’s 2012 presidential nominee, and he’s clashed often with Trump. Romney […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Impeachment is giving Sen. Mitt Romney a big moment, again. He’s defying Republican leaders at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by insisting on witnesses, specifically former national security adviser John Bolton. The Utah senator was the 2012 GOP presidential nominee and is now a back-row Senate freshman. […]
Two rallies calling on Utah senators to push for an impartial impeachment trial for President Donald Trump have drawn a combined total of over 100 people. The demonstrators from a coalition of progressive groups gathered outside the federal building in Salt Lake City in the morning and again in the […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Sen. Mitt Romney says he’s been briefed on the slaying of nine U.S. citizens in northern Mexico and calls it “a great tragedy” and something “really unthinkable.” The Republican from Utah said Tuesday that the attacks were probably “associated with the business of the cartels” rather than […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney says he is undecided on whether President Donald Trump should be impeached, though he’s sticking by criticism that earned him a stream of insults from Trump on Twitter. The U.S. senator from Utah said Thursday that Trump has done things Romney thinks are […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Felony charges have been dropped in Nevada against a former Republican political consultant who was accused of imprisoning and battering his girlfriend. Benjamin Sparks’ attorney, Joshua Tomsheck, said Wednesday that prosecutors wouldn’t have been able to prove kidnapping, domestic battery and coercion charges in a grand […]
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney is criticizing President Donald Trump for calling on China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. Trump on Thursday called for China to investigate Biden, his son Hunter and his business deals in the country. A similar request to Ukraine has triggered an impeachment inquiry in […]
Mitt Romney has been in the news recently with his remarks about the recently released transcript of the phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy when Romney said he remained “deeply troubled.” In light of this along with Rudy Giuliani’s comment that Mitt Romney was the […]
