
This Republican House member chose the Constitution over Donald Trump
CNN
Of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump for his actions during the January 6 US Capitol riot, South Carolina's Tom Rice was the biggest surprise by far.
After all, Rice had cut a decidedly conservative -- and pro-Trump -- figure in Washington since being elected to the eastern South Carolina 7th district in 2012. (Rice was one of 139 Republican House members to object to the Electoral College results on January 6.) Rice didn't say much about his vote in its immediate aftermath. But in a terrific Washington Post profile of him that ran earlier this week, Rice puts its plainly:
The Justice Department’s leadership asked career prosecutors in Florida Tuesday to volunteer over the “next several days” to help to redact the Epstein files, in the latest internal Trump administrationpush toward releasing the hundreds of thousands of photos, internal memos and other evidence around the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The US State Department on Tuesday imposed visa sanctions on a former top European Union official and employees of organizations that combat disinformation for alleged censorship – sharply ratcheting up the Trump administration’s fight against European regulations that have impacted digital platforms, far-right politicians and Trump allies, including Elon Musk.











