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Musk to restore Trump to Twitter after holding online poll

Elon Musk says he will reinstate Donald Trump’s account on Twitter, reversing a ban that has kept the former president off the social media site since a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was poised to certify Joe Biden’s election victory

The Independent UK

Man gets jail for joining Capitol riot after Tinder date

A Delaware business owner has been sentenced to 30 days of incarceration for storming the U.S. Capitol after seeing the riot erupt on a Tinder date’s television and taking an Uber ride to join the mob’s attack

The Independent UK

Oath Keeper ‘called for war’ to oppose Biden’s election, prosecutor tells jurors

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oath Keepers’ founder Stewart Rhodes “called for war with all of its horrors and all of its violence” as the “architect” of a conspiracy to stop the lawful transfer of presidential power that included the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, a federal prosecutor told a…

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Photos of the week ending November 18, 2022 - Roll Call

Incoming and current members of Congress descended on Washington this week for leadership elections and new member orientation.

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Oath Keepers Jan. 6 sedition case moves to closing arguments

Federal prosecutors are expected to make their final pitch to jurors in the high-stakes seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four associates charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

Citing lack of remorse in Jan. 6 insurrection, feds seek prison time for California man

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tommy Frederick Allan climbed up a rope hanging from the side of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, then went through a fire door that had been broken open by rioters and made his way inside the building.

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Facebook Still Banning Trump — for Now — despite Campaign

Donald Trump may be running for president, but he still can’t use Facebook. The social media platform has no plans to reinstate Trump’s account following the former president’s announcement that he will seek a second term in the White House, the company confirmed Wednesday. Trump was kicked off Facebook following…

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Trump’s presidential run faces legal challenges over his role in Jan. 6 ‘insurrection’

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump faces an unprecedented effort to disqualify him from being on the ballot again over his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, raising the specter of legal chaos in the 2024 election long before voters go to the polls.

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Mike Pence admits he was ‘angered’ by Trump tweet as rioters stormed Capitol around him

Former vice-president called Trump’s ‘words and tweets that day reckless’

The Independent UK

Georgia election audit begins with dice roll to review random ballots

ATLANTA — With the roll of 20 colorful dice in the Georgia Capitol, election officials launched an audit of a random sample of ballots Wednesday that will be reviewed by hand across the state this week.

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With alleged plan to kill himself, Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendant now charged with murder after Illinois crash

CHICAGO — Shane Jason Woods pleaded guilty earlier this year to scuffling with a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, mob attack at the U.S. Capitol and faced federal prison time when his case was set for sentencing in January.

Chicago Tribune

With new book, Pence wrongly casts himself as courageous during the Jan. 6 insurrection

He wants credit, and book sales, for doing what he was supposed to do in presiding over the counting of electoral votes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Oath Keepers defendant downplays 'heavy weapons' message

A defendant charged alongside members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is playing down his messages about ferrying what he called heavy weapons across the Potomac River

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 committee considers ‘next steps’ as Trump defies subpoena

The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol says it’s mulling “next steps” after former President Donald Trump officially defied its subpoena for testimony and documents.

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The Independent UK

FBI reportedly had up to eight informants in the Proud Boys on Jan 6

Defence lawyer says new information questions ‘whether a Proud Boy conspiracy plan to obstruct the Biden-Harris vote certification or to commit sedition ever existed or could have existed’

The Independent UK

'Did not end well': New Pence book details split with Trump

Former Vice President Mike Pence blames Donald Trump for endangering his family “and all those serving at the Capitol” on Jan. 6, 2021, in his new memoir

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With some races still uncalled, new members of Congress descend on Washington

WASHINGTON — It was all smiles — some awkward, some not — as the incoming freshman class of the 118th Congress gathered for new member orientation in the Capitol Visitor Center on Monday.

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Pence says Trump's words on Jan. 6 'endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol'

Nearly two years after the Jan. 6 attack, former Vice President Mike Pence said ex-President Donald Trump “endangered me and my family” by siccing a mob of MAGA extremists on him inside the Capitol.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court says House Jan. 6 committee may obtain Kelli Ward’s phone records

WASHINGTON — Turning away a plea from Arizona GOP chair Kelli Ward to keep her phone records private, the Supreme Court on Monday let stand a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Roll Call

With some races still uncalled, new members of Congress descend on Washington - Roll Call

Freshman orientation on Capitol Hill is a chance to hug, hope and watch the votes keep rolling in. Several races are still too close to call.

Salon

Experts: Pence interview may be evidence

The "DOJ has little choice but to interview Pence" now, predicted NYU Law Prof. Ryan Goodman

The Independent UK

Mike Pence says Donald Trump ‘decided to be part of the problem’ on January 6

Mr Pence’s comments are the most extensive that he has made regarding the attack on the Capitol

WEKU

Trump sues the Jan. 6 House committee to avoid a subpoena

The lawsuit contends that while former presidents have voluntarily agreed to provide testimony or documents in response to congressional subpoenas in the past, none "has ever been compelled to do so."

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