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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

The Guardian - US

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.

Tribune News Service

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".

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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.

Los Angeles Times

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

The Guardian - US

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…

Los Angeles Times

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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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 lawyer John Eastman.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 committee leaders say Trump broke the law by trying to pressure Pence

The former president's campaign to get his vice president to overturn the election "was not just wrong," said Vice Chair Liz Cheney, a Republican, "it was illegal and unconstitutional."

WEKU

Jan. 6 committee asks Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, to testify

Ginni Thomas said she would "look forward" to talking to the committee after reports surfaced that she communicated with a lawyer who pressured Mike Pence to reject the election results.

WEKU

Jan. 6 panel wants to hear from Ginni Thomas, chairman says

The chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection says that the panel will ask Virginia Thomas for an interview

The Independent UK

Jan 6 committee to seek testimony from Ginni Thomas

‘We think it’s time that we, at some point, invite her to come talk to the committee,’ Jan 6 committee chairman Bennie Thompson says

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 panel to seek testimony from Ginni Thomas

Committee Chair Bennie Thompson said the invite will go out "soon"

Axios

US: January 6 panel releases video of Capitol tour by Republican

The video shows Georgia Representative Barry Loudermilk giving a tour the day before a crowd stormed the Capitol.

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The Independent UK

Jan. 6 panel releases video of Capitol tour before attack

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection released video on Wednesday of a Capitol tour led by a Republican lawmaker the day before the attack, showing at least one participant taking photos of stairwells and tunnels in the Capitol complex

Los Angeles Times

House Jan. 6 committee uses video to press GOP congressman on Jan. 5 Capitol tour

WASHINGTON — The House Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection pressed Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., on Wednesday to discuss a tour he gave of the Capitol complex on Jan. 5 by releasing security footage of an unidentified person on the tour taking photos and video of mundane areas of…

The Guardian - UK

Trump thought he would get away with it. The US Capitol attack hearings prove that’s not true

High drama, betrayal, catharsis: the televised select committee investigation makes for riveting viewing, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Axios

GOP-led tour group member later threatened lawmakers, Jan. 6 panel says

"There's no escape ... we're coming for you."

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The Independent UK

Jan 6 committee releases video of tour led by GOP lawmaker day before riot

Evidence released by the House January 6 select committee shows members of a tour group led by Georgia Representative Barry Loudermilk shooting video and photographs of hallways, tunnels, and security checkpoints across the US Capitol complex on the day before a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol

Roll Call

Jan. 6 panel shows man from Loudermilk tour threatening lawmakers near Capitol on day of riot - Roll Call

Video released by the Jan. 6 committee raises questions about members of a group Rep. Barry Loudermilk hosted the previous day.

Salon

The Jan. 6 hearings as must-see TV

Employing tools of the best TV dramas isn't cheapening the proceedings – it's meeting the audience's needs

The Independent UK

Jan 6 committee members clash over referring Trump to Department of Justice: ‘It’s our duty’

Panel members are suddenly at odds in public after keeping a remarkably united front for months

The Independent UK

Don Jr seems to goad Jan 6 committee into recommending charges against his father in odd tweet

Twitter user blast Trump Jr after he says Jan 6 panel is ‘just political theater’

Salon

Jan. 6 chairman: No Trump DOJ referral

Bennie Thompson's surprising comments sparked rare public pushback from Liz Cheney and the committee's Democrats

Salon

Jan. 6 committee: Pointless spectacle

The aesthetic of spectacle is all the ruling class has left. Too bad it can't even stage an entertaining one

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