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Marjorie Taylor Greene keeps retelling her own school ‘lockdown’ story to attack gun control advocates. What really happened?

Greene called on Hogg to discuss ‘common sense’ gun reform with her

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022

How to watch the Jan 6 committee hearings

Cable news broadcasters expected to focus their coverage on the hearings and other outlets are likely to show the hearings on their websites and YouTube channels

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022

Jan 6 committee public hearings schedule in full

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

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022

Capitol riot apologists go unpunished as memories of horror fade

WASHINGTON — The deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, shocked viewers watching live around the world and, at least in the moment, infuriated Republican congressional leaders who fulminated among themselves against the role Donald Trump and his allies played in egging on the rioters.

Tribune News Service · Jun 5, 2022

Can televised hearings bring the truth about January 6 to the US public?

The first of six congressional hearings will start on Thursday but emulating the impact of 1973’s Watergate sessions will be hard in today’s fractured media and political environment

The Guardian - US · Jun 5, 2022

Former Trump aide Mark Meadows avoids contempt of Congress charges

WASHINGTON — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows won’t be indicted for defying subpoenas by the special congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, a major blow to the panel as it seeks cooperation of associates of former President Donald Trump.

Tribune News Service · Jun 4, 2022

US charges former Trump aide for defying Congress in Jan 6 probe

Peter Navarro faces two counts of contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with panel investigating Capitol riot.

Al Jazeera · Jun 3, 2022

Capitol Police officer charged in 2020 Georgetown hit-and-run on motorcyclist - Roll Call

Thomas Smith, a Capitol Police officer, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from a 2020 hit-and-run in Georgetown.

Roll Call · Jun 3, 2022

US Justice Department could be zeroing in on Trump lawyers, experts say

Subpoenas for information on Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman’s roles in the fake electors scheme were issued in April

The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2022

Jan. 6 committee sets prime-time hearing date for findings

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol will go public with its findings in a hearing next week, launching into what lawmakers hope will be one the most consequential oversight efforts in American history

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022