Democratic congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, a former navy helicopter pilot, says she backed impeachment because military service taught her to put country firstBlanketed in snow and with the Christmas fair in full swing, Morristown is looking festive. Beneath the jolly facade, however, the New Jersey town is mired in scandal: the mayor’s wife has allegedly been pocketing political bribes. Mary Dougherty is charged with accepting $10,000 (£7,700) in dirty cash during her unsuccessful bid to become a local government official. Luckily for Dougherty, the residents of this affluent suburban corner of the Garden State, 30 miles from Manhattan, are much more concerned with the president’s predicament. Last Thursday, the day after Donald Trump became the third American president to be impeached, it seemed that the most divisive woman in Morristown was Mikie Sherrill, the first-term congresswoman for…

Source: The Times December 21, 2019 18:11 UTC