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Trump news – live: Ex-president claims to be ‘most persecuted person’ in US history at TPUSA summit

Follow live for latest news and updates on January 6 hearings in Congress

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 committee shows Josh Hawley fleeing from Senate after pumping fist to protesters

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Thursday highlighted footage of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., fleeing the Senate Chamber as the building was being overrun by a mob of Trump supporters.

Tribune News Service

Pence’s bodyguards were saying goodbye to family as Trump ‘chose not to act’ during Capitol attack, Jan 6 hearing reveals

Latest committee hearing detailed president’s failure to act despite pleas from White House aides

The Independent UK

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‘The dam has begun to break’: Jan. 6 panel lays out Trump’s 187 minutes of inaction

WASHINGTON — Then-President Donald Trump’s refusal for more than three hours to call off the mob attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6 constituted a dereliction of duty, the House committee investigating the insurrection said in its prime-time hearing Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

New Jan. 6 footage shows Pence, Senate leaders working to quell violence

"We're not going to let these people keep us from finishing our business," McConnell said.

Axios

6 takeaways from Jan. 6 hearing: Kinzinger said Trump ‘did not fail to act ... he chose not to act’

“The mob,” said Kinzinger, at Thursday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing, “was accomplishing President Trump’s purpose. So of course he didn’t intervene.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump spurned aides’ pleas to quell Jan. 6 riot, panel told

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump ignored pleas from his advisers and took no action for hours to quell the violent mob storming the Capitol because he wanted them to stop or delay certification of the 2020 election results, members of the panel investigating the insurrection said.

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Hawl-ing ass: 1/6 Capitol run is a hit

Thursday's hearing introduced new Jan. 6 video — but Josh Hawley's Capitol exit was the social media fave

Salon

Trump sat in dining room for hours on Jan. 6: ‘The president didn’t want anything done’

WASHINGTON — Then-President Donald Trump sat in the West Wing’s dining room for more than 21/2 hours after being informed of the violence raging at the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to evidence presented at Thursday’s congressional hearing on the insurrection.

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 testimony confirms Trump's attack

"We were all in a state of shock," security official testifies during Jan. 6 hearing

Salon

Jan. 6 takeaways: Trump 'could not be moved' amid violence

The House Jan. 6 committee is closing out its set of summer hearings with its most detailed focus yet on the investigation’s main target: former President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

New witnesses confirm ‘heated’ discussion between Trump and Secret Service agent

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating Jan. 6 announced Thursday that it has interviewed multiple witnesses who corroborated elements of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s explosive testimony on June 28 .

Los Angeles Times

A Pa. Capitol rioter who said she wanted to shoot Pelosi just won an election. Now, she’s headed to prison

The former owner of a Bucks County CrossFit gym who recorded herself during the storming of the Capitol saying she was looking for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “to shoot her in the friggin’ brain” was sentenced to 60 days incarceration on Thursday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Amid "hang Mike Pence" chants, Secret Service feared vice president would lose ability to leave the Capitol

An anonymous security official said Pence's security detail "started to fear for their own lives."

Axios

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The Independent UK

Trump watched supporters attack Capitol on television as aides begged him to act, committee says

January 6 committee says evidence will show Trump failed to act as his supporters attacked Capitol

The Independent UK

Ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows refuses to answer multiple questions about Capitol riot

Mr Meadows was confronted by reporters while walking in Washington DC

Axios

DHS watchdog launches criminal investigation into deleted Secret Service texts

The messages may have contained evidence about key events related to the Capitol insurrection.

Roll Call

Trump opted against calling off his loyalists during Jan. 6 Capitol riot, former aides tell select panel - Roll Call

Members of Vice President Mike Pence's Secret Service detail feared for their lives during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the select committe was told.

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ABC News

January 6 US Capitol riot hearing: Focus on Donald Trump's movements during riot, two former aides testify — as it happened

In the eighth hearing, the January 6 committee focused on what former US president Donald Trump was doing while rioters stormed the Capitol. Two former aides testified about their decisions to resign on January 6 — as it happened.

Tribune News Service

DHS watchdog takes over inquiry into lost secret service texts from Capitol riot

The Homeland Security Department’s watchdog has opened an investigation into the loss of Secret Service text messages from the days surrounding the attack on the U.S. Capitol last year.

The Guardian - US

Jan 6 hearing: Trump said ‘I don’t want to say the election is over’ in speech outtake one day after riot – as it happened

Hearing reveals former president’s speech outtakes on video, including message from 7 January

The Independent UK

Live updates | Jan. 6 panel eyes Trump inaction during riot

The Jan. 6 committee returns to prime time on Thursday evening with a hearing focusing on three-plus hours during the insurrection at the Capitol when then-President Donald Trump failed to act to stop the violence

Roll Call

Capitol Lens | Body language - Roll Call

Rep. Nancy Mace wears the message “My State is Banning Exceptions Protect Contraception” on Thursday at the Capitol.

The Independent UK

Prime-time Jan 6 committee hearing will feature outtakes of Trump’s speech to supporters after riot

The unaired tapes are expected to be entered as part of the evidence for the eighth House select committee hearing investigating the Capitol riot

Los Angeles Times

What really happened during the wait for Trump to quell the Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee's prime-time hearing Thursday is billed as a look at what former President Donald Trump did in the 187 minutes between the start of the insurrection and when he urged his supporters to leave the Capitol.

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