Bryan Schott

Political Correspondent

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A tweet by then-President Donald Trump is displayed on a screen during the first public hearing before the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack in Washington on Thursday night, June 9, 2022. "In his dystopian Inaugural speech, Trump promised to end 'American carnage.' Instead, he delivered it," writes The New York Times opinion columnist Maureen Dowd.

Trump was warned about armed crowd. Sen. Lee has said Trump deserved a ‘mulligan’ for Jan. 6 speech

By Bryan Schott | June 29, 2022, 12:57 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lawmakers in the House Chamber during a special legislative session, at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021.

Legislative Republicans, political action committees, donated thousands to vulnerable incumbents

By Bryan Schott | June 28, 2022, 1:12 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Phil Lyman, R-Blanding, speaking with Sophie Anderson and Jen Orten, known as "Two Red Pills" on social media, at the Utah State Capitol.

Utah legislator floats conspiracy theory that election machines are changing votes

By Bryan Schott | June 28, 2022, 3:43 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Senate President Stuart Adams, answers questions about Utah's trigger law, SB174, that will prohibit elective abortion in Utah, during a news conference at the State Capitol, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, on Friday, June 24, 2022.

Video: GOP lawmaker says she trusts Utah women to control their ‘intake of semen’ as abortion trigger law goes into effect

By Bryan Schott | June 27, 2022, 7:38 p.m.

(Demetrius Freeman | Pool) A video of Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., is shown on a screen, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, Thursday, June 23, 2022, at the Capitol in Washington.

Several House GOP lawmakers requested pardons, Jan 6. committee reveals. One asked for pardons for a list of lawmakers that includes Reps. Chris Stewart and Burgess Owens

By Bryan Schott | June 23, 2022, 10:30 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) On Thursday, the conservative group Project Veritas released undercover video of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Becky Edwards attempting to paint her as pro-abortion.

‘I’m going to stand up’: Undercover video attempts to paint Becky Edwards as pro-abortion

By Bryan Schott | June 23, 2022, 10:43 p.m.

(Gene J. Puskar | AP) (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell is the headline speaker at an election fraud conspiracy event in Colorado. Utah Rep. Phil Lyman is also scheduled to speak.

Utah Rep. Phil Lyman set to speak at election conspiracy conference in Colorado headlined by Mike Lindell

By Bryan Schott | June 23, 2022, 6:39 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) First District Republican candidate Tina Cannon is under a withering barrage of online harassment, and even some threats, from people who are pushing her to drop out of the race.

Toxic politics. Threats and online abuse are making the campaign trail miserable for a Utah congressional candidate

By Bryan Schott | June 22, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Doug Mills | The New York Times) Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., swears in Rusty Bowers, Arizona state House Speaker, and others as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers told a congressional hearing on Tuesday that his faith in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and oath to uphold the Constitution is why he refused to go along with a scheme to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss.

Arizona lawmaker says his LDS faith prevented him from participating in efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s election loss

By Bryan Schott | June 21, 2022, 11:08 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Mike Lee said Sunday would speak with the House committee investigating Jan. 6 "if they want to talk."

Sen. Mike Lee says he would speak to Jan. 6 committee about his text messages with Mark Meadows

By Bryan Schott | June 19, 2022, 8:29 p.m.