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Are various members of Congress, who paid some $17 million in taxpayer funds to silence people who brought sexual misconduct claims against them, now going to be investigated, tried, and convicted of felonies, like President Trump? After all, they didn’t report those payments as campaign contributions. That’s the suggestion that has been raised in a congressional hearing. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against President Donald Trump over business reporting issues, described as a “hush money” case because of testimony from ex-porn star Stormy Daniels, likely will be overturned, witnesses have told Congress. And given the multiple constitutional errors allowed...

  U.S. Lawmakers Denied Entry to VenezuelaTuesday, November 29, 2005WASHINGTON — The State Department confirmed Tuesday that Venezuela government officials apologized after a U.S. congressional delegation was not allowed to get off its plane during a scheduled stop to the nation during a trip to South America.Reps. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., Tom Lantos, D-Calif., Mel Watt, D-N.C., Eni Faleomavaega, D-American Samoa, Diane Watson, D-Calif., and Luis Fortuno, R-Puerto Rico, and their aides weren't allowed to disembark from their plane Monday after they landed in Caracas for what was dubbed an official visit by the congressional delegation."I'm not sure what version of events...