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It’s a tale of two lawmakers today as a pair of those who voted to oust former President Trump from office are on the ballot in key primary matchups while the ex-commander in chief continues to find himself at the center of the investigatory world.  

Today’s primary slate is headlined by contests featuring Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), the two most prominent GOP lawmakers who are standing for reelection this fall after voting to impeach and convict, respectively, Trump for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021. However, the two Republicans are likely facing very different fates. 

Cheney, the foremost Trump opponent in the GOP, is widely expected to lose tonight to Harriet Hageman, whom the former president has thrown his weight behind in the primary. Polls have shown for months that Hageman holds a wide lead over the three-term lawmaker. That advantage has kept up, with a University of Wyoming poll showing that 57 percent of likely voters back Hageman compared to only 28 percent for the vice chairwoman of the Jan. 6 select committee. 

Affidavit of Sarah F. Mudd, 7/6/1865

From  File Unit: B-596, Samuel A. Mudd. Pardon Case Files, 1853 - 1946. Records of the Office of the Pardon Attorney, 1846 - 1989.

Sarah Mudd, wife of Dr. Samuel Mudd, provided this affidavit on July 6, 1865, testifying that she saw Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth in the fall of 1864 and again on April 15, 1865, the morning after Lincoln’s assassination.  Dr. Mudd was convicted of conspiring with Booth and imprisoned until he was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson in 1869.