Gov. Hogan's call to 'get the facts' echoed his father, former Maryland Congressman Larry Hogan Sr., who spent hours in hearings and at home poring over evidence as the Watergate scandal unfolded and eventually broke with his party, voting to impeach then-President Nixon.
When Maryland Governor Larry Hogan Jr. joined the small contingent of Republican lawmakers who endorse the impeachment inquiry pending against President Donald Trump, he continued a family legacy of breaking party lines.His statement echoed his father, former Maryland Congressman Larry Hogan Sr., who in 1974 was the only Republican member of the House to vote in favor of all three articles of impeachment against then-President Richard Nixon.
The senior Hogan was a member of the House Judiciary Committee, who spent hours in hearings and at home poring over evidence as the Watergate scandal unfolded. He dictated notes into a tape recorder, he told in June 1974, but he hadn't sent them out for transcription"out of respect for the rules of confidentiality." Likewise, he had also"forbidden his staff to tally the mail on impeachment lest his vote be influenced by it."revisited Hogan's announcement, made the day before the House impeachment vote that"Richard M.
The congressman did not run for reelection after his term ended. Instead, he ran for governor in Maryland, where he had been careful to keep up his"politicking," aware of the"high feelings the impeachment issue arouses." Maryland Governor Larry Hogan interviews with Fox News' Bill Hemmer at Fox News Studios on August 01, 2019 in New York City. On Friday, Hogan became the third Republican governor to support the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.While his father's gubernatorial bid was unsuccessful, Larry Hogan Jr. began his second term as governor of Maryland in January, and has enjoyed high approval ratings in a blue state.
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