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Jan. 6 panel will pause hearings after this week to sort new evidence

WASHINGTON — The Jan. 6 committee is pausing its public hearings after Thursday’s meeting as the House panel sorts through documentary footage and other new evidence that has surfaced concerning the attack on the US Capitol.

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Jan. 6 hearings will continue into July

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is extending the timetable for its public hearings into July.

WEKU

Capitol riot hearing to stretch into July, chairman says

The House's Jan. 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as its investigation of the Capitol riot deepens

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Thursday's Jan. 6 hearing to explore 'the effort to corrupt the Justice Department'

WASHINGTON — The House hearing investigating the catalysts behind the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will continue Thursday and is expected to explore then-President Trump's efforts to pressure the Justice Department in the days after the election.

Los Angeles Times

'I've lost my sense of security': Takeaways from testimony at Tuesday's Jan. 6 hearing

WASHINGTON — The fourth hearing of the House select committee investigating Jan. 6 focused Tuesday on the pressure former President Donald Trump and his allies put on public officials to overturn results in key states.

Los Angeles Times

Here's every word from the fourth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

Read the full transcript from the June 21 hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

WEKU

A few good Republicans stopped Trump – but his threat to democracy isn’t over

Three Republicans testified how they resisted a relentless campaign by Trump and his allies to overturn Biden’s 2020 win

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Jan. 6 takeaways: Trump's 'playbook' to overturn election

A House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection is turning to former President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on state and local officials to overturn his 2020 election loss

The Independent UK

Jan 6 committee chairman warns Trump threat to elections is ongoing: ‘The lie hasn’t gone away’

Committee cites threats to current and future elections

The Independent UK

'We'll have catastrophe': Jan. 6 committee warns Trump-led threat to elections is ongoing - Roll Call

The Jan. 6 committee chair warned Donald Trump-backed elections threats remain as a top Arizona Republican defied the former president.

Roll Call

When is the next Jan 6 insurrection committee hearing?

‘The public needs to know what to think. We just have to show clearly what happened on January 6,’ chairman Bennie Thompson says

The Independent UK

When is the next Jan 6 insurrection committee hearing?

‘The public needs to know what to think. We just have to show clearly what happened on January 6,’ chairman Bennie Thompson says

The Independent UK

January 6 hearings make for gripping TV, but are voters paying attention?

The committee’s tightly scripted production has impressed political junkies but Democrats worry many Americans are focused elsewhere

The Guardian - US

When is the next Jan 6 insurrection committee hearing?

‘The public needs to know what to think. We just have to show clearly what happened on January 6,’ chairman Bennie Thompson says

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Analysis: Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral spat was avoidable — and unnecessary

WASHINGTON — Evidence. The word was uttered 41 times Monday during the Jan. 6 select committee’s second much-anticipated June hearing and over and over by its members during a weeklong cable TV blitz.

Roll Call

Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral spat was avoidable — and unnecessary - Roll Call

The House Jan. 6 committee had an unnecessary public spat over whether to make criminal referrals to DOJ. It doesn't have to.

The Guardian - AU

Capitol attack prosecutors press January 6 committee for transcripts

Attorneys general say material is needed for criminal cases but congressional inquiry says it must be left to do its work

The Guardian - US

‘System nearly failed’: US democracy was left hanging by the thread of Pence’s defiance

If the vice-president had acquiesced to Trump’s demand, the country could have plunged into an unprecedented crisis

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Pence the ‘hero’ who foiled Trump’s plot – could it lead to a 2024 run?

The former VP rejected the plot to overturn the election – the death knell for Trump and Pence’s marriage of convenience

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 committee wants to talk to Ginni Thomas about her connection with pro-Trump lawyer John Eastman

The Jan. 6 committee plans to ask Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to testify after emails surfaced connecting her to pro-Trump legal guru John Eastman.

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The 'crazy' plan and praise for Pence: The key moments from the latest hearing into the January 6 US Capitol riots

The committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riots hears Donald Trump’s closest advisers labelled his efforts to pressure vice-president Mike Pence to reject the election result as "nuts" and "crazy".

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 committee will cooperate with Justice Department 'in due time,' chairman says

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol received a formal request by the Department of Justice to share copies of its witness interviews, which the committee will do "in due time," chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said Thursday.

The Guardian - US

Trumpists stitched a legal theory from whole cloth. The hearings tore it apart

Over the course of nearly three hours, the public repeatedly heard that Mike Pence lacked the authority to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election

Los Angeles Times

Trump knew asking Pence to overturn election was illegal, Jan. 6 committee says

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump knew that asking Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally overturn the 2020 presidential election was illegal but pressured him to do it anyway, the House committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, argued at its Thursday hearing, where it also made the case that Trump put Pence’s…

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Trump was told Pence could not overturn US election, but still pressured him, January 6 panel hears

The US House of Representatives select committee is told outgoing president Donald Trump continued his pressure campaign against his vice-president even though he knew a violent mob of his supporters was threatening the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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