WASHINGTON: U.S. congressional Republicans face a week of reckoning ahead of Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial as the former president contends with a Tuesday deadline to respond to the charges and his party mulls whether to depose Liz Cheney as one of its House of Representatives leaders for backing impeachment.
House Republican Adam Kinzinger, who also voted to impeach, on Sunday announced a new political action committee called the Country First PAC, intended to challenge Trump’s ongoing grip on the party. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Kinzinger said his party had “lost its moral authority in a lot of areas” and under Trump had pedaled “darkness and division.”
Lawmakers on the Republican right flank are aiming to remove Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, as the party’s No. 3 in the House. House Republicans are expected to address the issue when they meet as a group.
The Democratic-led House voted on Jan. 13 to impeach…