2022 Feature Photos of the Year - Roll Call Feature Photos of the Year: The best of Congress and Washington n 2022 as photographed by CQ Roll Call photojournalists. Roll Call · Dec 15, 2022
POINT: Panel’s work is crucial to preserving freedoms and democracy How do you draft a blueprint to ensure accountability for a violent attack on our democracy and prevent similar attacks in the future? Over the last several months, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been doing that critical and unprecedented work. Tribune News Service · Dec 15, 2022
COUNTERPOINT: Select panel wastes $4 million The House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack has spent $4 million in taxpayer money on its investigation of the riot at the Capitol. The American people are due to receive a final report Dec. 21. Tribune News Service · Dec 15, 2022
Congress acts to remove bust of Dred Scott decision author The bust of a U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote an infamous decision on slavery could soon be leaving the Capitol The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022
California's Landmark Environmental Law Finally Comes for the Legislature Itself Golden State lawmakers have refused to fix the California Environmental Quality Act. Now it could cost them a brand new office building. Reason · Dec 14, 2022
Election deniers get fresh cash from tech firms as they end bans Some of the biggest technology and telecom companies jettisoned pledges made in the wake of the U.S. Capitol assault and gave money to reelect lawmakers who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s electoral victory, according to filings reviewed by Bloomberg News. Tribune News Service · Dec 14, 2022
Criminal referrals could be announced sooner than expected by the Jan. 6 panel The House select panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will vote Monday on plans to issue criminal referrals and other recommendations. WEKU · Dec 14, 2022
Editorial: Greene's sick 'joke' about Jan. 6 speaks volumes about McCarthy's cravenness Did you hear the latest knee-slapper from Marjorie Taylor Greene? The Georgia congresswoman quipped that if she had “organized” the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, “we would have won,” and that she would have brought weapons. Greene later insisted that she was kidding — just a little joke,… St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Dec 14, 2022
Capitol police officer injured in January 6 riot resigns so he can focus on ‘physically and mentally’ healing Multiple officers suffered severe injuries during Capitol riot The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022
Scrutiny ramps up on Meadows at the Capitol and in NC. The latest on two investigations RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation has finished its inquiry into whether Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump’s last White House chief of staff, committed voter fraud. Tribune News Service · Dec 13, 2022
House Jan. 6 panel to vote next week on potential prosecutions for Capitol attack WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol assault will vote Monday to approve its final report and whether to refer any individuals for prosecution by the Justice Department or other sanctions. Tribune News Service · Dec 13, 2022
Experts slam GOPer's "Marshall Law" text South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman urged Trump to impose martial law — over a week after the Capitol riot Salon · Dec 13, 2022
2022 News Photos of the Year - Roll Call 2022 News Photos of the Year: The best of CQ Roll Call news photos from 2022. Roll Call · Dec 13, 2022
‘It’s been very dark for all of us’: film-maker Alexandra Pelosi on a family on America’s political frontline With her father recovering from a brutal hammer attack, the director’s latest film shows her mother Nancy Pelosi resisting the January 6 insurrection The Guardian - US · Dec 13, 2022
Tribune News Service · Dec 13, 2022 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she was only joking about ‘winning’ Jan. 6 attack on Capitol and carrying guns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Monday she was only joking when she boasted that extremists would have been armed and would have “won” the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol if she had led the attempted insurrection.
Tribune News Service · Dec 13, 2022 No jail for ‘frothing’ Capitol rioter who faced mental health struggle TAMPA, Fla. — The tableau of riot police and screaming crowds colliding under flapping American flags makes for a powerful enough news photo, but what really stands out is the red-faced man in the corner.
Tribune News Service · Dec 12, 2022 ‘Frothing’ Jan. 6 rioter from viral photo faced mental health struggle TAMPA, Fla. — The tableau of riot police and screaming crowds colliding under flapping American flags makes for a powerful enough news photo, but what really stands out is the red-faced man in the corner.
Al Jazeera · Dec 12, 2022 Oath Keepers plotted to use force on January 6: US prosecutor Prosecutor tells US jury that far-right group members plotted to stop transfer of power and keep Donald Trump in office.
Salon · Dec 12, 2022 MTG claim may land her before grand jury "If Steve Bannon and I had organized that, we would have won," MTG said. "Not to mention, it would've been armed"
The Guardian - US · Dec 12, 2022 Marjorie Taylor Greene: Capitol attack ‘would’ve been armed’ if I was in charge Far-right congresswoman says the violent crowd would have won on January 6 if she and Steve Bannon had planned it
Los Angeles Times · Dec 12, 2022 George Skelton: A costly project showed California politicians think they own the Capitol. A court reminded them they don’t SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Memo to the executive and legislative branches of California state government from the judiciary: You’re not exempt from the laws you enact. You’ve got to obey them, too.
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022 2nd Oath Keepers Jan. 6 sedition trial to get underway Opening statements are expected Monday in the second seditious conspiracy trial against members of the far-right Oath Keepers group charged in the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021
Tribune News Service · Dec 10, 2022 Texas man who wrote ‘Murder the Media’ on Capitol door gets 4-year sentence DALLAS — A Fort Worth man who claimed to work for Murder the Media News was sentenced to four years in federal prison for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022 Rioter who assaulted cops at Capitol gets 5 years in prison A Tennessee man who authorities say came to Washington ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot ready for violence in a car full of weapons and assaulted officers who were trying to defend the Capitol has been sentenced to more than five years behind bars
Tribune News Service · Dec 9, 2022 Missouri man sentenced in Capitol riot case said Trump, others to blame for his actions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Independence man sentenced Friday for breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6 blamed Trump, right-wing media and other elected officials — including Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley — for spreading the “Big Lie” that led to his actions.