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‘Absolutely despicable’: Girlfriend of dead Capitol officer hits out at Ivanka and Jared for not stopping Trump

‘They knew how dangerous he was. And nobody did anything to stop him,’ said Sandra Garza during an interview with CNN

The Independent UK

The January 6 hearings aren’t acknowledging the elephant in the room

The attack on the US Capitol wasn’t the isolated doing of Trump and a few loyalists. Nearly the entire Republican party is now united behind it – and the attack on democracy hasn’t ended

The Guardian - US

Bill Barr's parting gift to Trump

Barr said Trump seemed "detached from reality." As the former AG surely knows, that could be a legal escape hatch

Salon

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Trump’s Jan 6 arguments dubbed ‘the Costanza defence’ after ‘Seinfeld’ joke

In the ‘Seinfeld’ episode, a character says, “It’s not a lie if you believe it.”

The Independent UK

Barr runs for cover; Rudy's the fall guy

Bill Barr's a survivor — he clearly thinks Trump is toast. Rudy Giuliani, drunk or sober, is going under the bus

Salon

The Jan. 6 committee is meeting Thursday. Here's what to expect

The panel's third meeting this month will focus on how former President Trump pressured former Vice President Mike Pence not to count lawful electoral votes. The hearing starts at 1 p.m. ET.

WEKU

Carl P. Leubsdorf: The complicated politics of Jan. 6 hearings

The House Jan. 6 committee’s message is simple:

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Jan 6 hearings: What have we learned from the committee so far?

The next January 6 hearing starts at 1pm ET on Thursday

The Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

Gene Collier: Somebody say Powerball? Trump’s already won it

Once an unapologetic Trump lapdog, Bill Barr transformed into a howling Rottweiler in his testimony to the Jan. 6 committee, which on Monday made the former attorney general the star of its second public presentation in a historic series of hearings that will stretch through next week.

Tribune News Service

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

Salon

Jan. 6 hearings: What we've learned, and what's next

House investigators are trying to make a methodical case that President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election led directly to the insurrection by his supporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

The Independent UK

Believing the Big Lie won’t make it true

Some beliefs are not based on facts, and some people hold beliefs in spite of the facts.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mary Trump says her uncle Donald ‘accused’ his daughter Ivanka of ‘perjury’ after Jan 6 testimony aired

’Their relationship, whether they seem close or not, is entirely transactional,’ Mary Trump said of Ivanka’s and Donald Trump’s dynamic

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The Guardian - US

Stephen Colbert: ‘How many of Trump’s terrible ideas came from an inebriated Giuliani?’

Late-night hosts unpack the second primetime hearing on Trump’s plotting and Rudy Giuliani’s drunk election night

The Guardian - US

Like Napoleon at Elba, Donald Trump plots his revenge and return

For the moment, the ex-reality show host shuttles between Florida and New Jersey. But he is restless to return

The Independent UK

Jan 6 committee: What to watch for during Thursday’s hearing focused on pressure campaign against Pence

Panel’s third hearing will focus on efforts to pressure Vice President Mike Pence into unilaterally rejecting electoral votes from swing states won by Joe Biden

Evening Standard

Donald Trump slams Capitol riot inquiry as ‘Kangaroo Court’

Donald Trump has blasted the Capitol riot hearing as a “Kangaroo Court”.

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American journalism’s moment of truth: follow the Capitol riot story to the very end

It’s vital the January 6 Committee details the facts of the insurrection, but also jolts the media into doing their job with integrity and gravitas.

France 24

Former US attorney general at Jan. 6 hearing: Trump was 'detached from reality'

Former US president Donald Trump lost touch with reality as he deluged aides with wild voter fraud conspiracy theories in the wake of his election defeat to Joe Biden, his top law enforcement official said in videotaped testimony revealed Monday.

Los Angeles Times

Trump ignored repeated warnings from Barr, advisers that election fraud claims were ‘bogus’

WASHINGTON — Former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien and former Attorney General Bill Barr recounted in video depositions their repeated admonitions to former President Donald Trump that his election fraud claims were groundless, in the second hearing this month by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection…

Tribune News Service

Judge again refuses to release Pittsburgh-area ex-Army Ranger charged with assaulting police at Jan. 6 Capitol riot

A former Army Ranger and teacher from the Pittsburgh area who's charged with assaulting police during the Capitol insurrection will not be getting out of jail pending his joint trial in the District of Columbia with a group of other pro-Trump rioters charged with felony violence.

Los Angeles Times

Key takeaways from the second hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON — The House Select Committee, tasked with investigating the root causes of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, held its second televised public hearing Monday morning and detailed how former President Donald Trump knowingly lied about voter fraud claims in the 2020 election.

WEKU

Jan. 6 panel says Trump fleeced his base and 5 other takeaways from the 2nd hearing

It wasn't in prime time this time, but the Jan. 6 committee held an eyebrow-raising hearing Monday. Here are six takeaways from what we learned during this second of seven hearings.

AFP

Trump became 'detached from reality,' says ex-justice chief

Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump deluged aides with wild voter fraud conspiracy theories after losing the 2020 US election, his top law-enforcement official said in testimony revealed Monday by a congressional probe which the ex-president branded a "mockery of justice."

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