Heritage Foundation co-founder calls private, all-staff meeting to 'address unfounded media speculation' about Jim DeMint

The Heritage Foundation's board of directors gathered at the think tank's imposing Capitol Hill campus early Tuesday morning to decide the fate of their president, conservative firebrand and former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint. They kept him waiting for nearly three hours. DeMint, who left the Senate to lead the organization in 2013, is reportedly the victim of a coup orchestrated in large part by the leader of the organization's lobbying arm, Heritage Action CEO Michael Needham. But speculation abounds as the think tank remained tight lipped officially and staffers were barred from talking to the press. -- More...