The Latest: Senate votes to give Goodman Congress' top honor
February 12, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate impeachment trial (all times local):
7:05 p.m.
The Senate has voted to give the Congressional Gold Medal to Eugene Goodman, a Capitol Police officer who led a violent mob away from the Senate doors on Jan. 6 as they hunted for lawmakers during the presidential electoral count.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called the vote at the end of the day's impeachment proceedings, noting Goodman's "foresight in the midst of chaos, and his willingness to make himself a target of the mob's rage so that others might r...
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