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14 key moments from the Jan. 6 committee hearings — so far

Here are some of the standout moments made so far in the Jan. 6 committee hearings, as the committee laid out its case that former President Trump is responsible for the insurrection.

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Jan. 6 panel extends inquiry because information keeps coming

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which had planned to finish its inquiry by September, will instead keep operating beyond that because more information keeps coming in, the panel’s chairman said Monday night.

Tribune News Service

Report: Conservative Newsmax peddles Jan. 6 misinformation

A new research report says the conservative TV channel Newsmax is presenting viewers with an “alternate universe” of how the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021

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January 6 committee to receive deleted Secret Service texts, Democrat says

Agency’s account about how text messages from day before and day of the Capitol attack were erased has shifted several times

The Guardian - US

Editorial: The truth about the lie: Trump, the election and Jan. 6

It was all rigged, Donald Trump says — insisting that an election he lost fair and square was stolen in the largest conspiracy in human history, nevermind no evidence. But something was indeed rigged on Election Day and thereafter: The reaction of Trump himself. The then-president had a totally precooked…

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Steve Bannon’s criminal contempt of Congress trial to begin

Former Trump adviser refused to comply with Capitol attack subpoena for documents and testimony related to January 6

The Guardian - US

Jan 6 panel teases Thursday’s primetime hearing with ‘minute-by-minute’ account of Trump’s actions

Republican Adam Kinzinger told CBS that the revelations would ‘open people’s eyes in a big way’ to how Mr Trump felt personally about the hordes of rioters descending upon the Capitol

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Jan. 6 panel to receive Secret Service texts after data loss

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol assault expects to receive text messages it has subpoenaed from the Secret Service by Tuesday, panel member Zoe Lofgren said.

Tribune News Service

Federal prosecutors seek 15-year sentence, the longest thus far, for Capitol rioter

Guy Reffitt was the first Jan. 6 defendant to go to trial and was found guilty on all charges earlier this year.

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House panel subpoenas Secret Service records in Jan. 6 probe

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the assault on the US Capitol has subpoenaed records from the Secret Service after being told by a government inspector general that the agency wasn’t cooperating with the inquiry.

Tribune News Service

Police officer in Trump’s Jan 6 motorcade corroborates Secret Service confrontation

The House select committee has also issued a subpoena to the Secret Service requesting records

The Independent UK

What the subpoena for the Secret Service's erased texts means for the Jan. 6 probe

The House committee subpoenaed the Secret Service for text messages agents reportedly deleted, as the panel probes President Donald Trump's actions at the time of the deadly Capitol attack.

WEKU

House January 6 panel subpoenas Secret Service for allegedly deleted text messages

The subpoena is the first to an executive branch agency in investigation focused on possible erasure of communications

The Guardian - AU

Secret Service isn’t cooperating with Jan. 6 probe, panel told

WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the assault on the U.S. Capitol met Friday with representatives of the Homeland Security Department’s watchdog who said the Secret Service isn’t cooperating with its investigation.

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The Independent UK

Prosecutors seek 15-year sentence for armed Capitol rioter

Federal prosecutors are seeking a 15-year prison sentence for a Texas man who was convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun

The Guardian - US

January 6 panel examines whether erased Secret Service texts can be revived

Sources say committee investigating whether watchdog can use forensic tools to reconstruct messages from 5 and 6 January

The Independent UK

Watchdog briefs Jan. 6 panel on erased Secret Service texts

The watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security has briefed all nine members of the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol attack about a report that found the Secret Service deleted texts from around Jan. 6

The Independent UK

When is the next Jan 6 committee hearing?

‘The public needs to know what to think. We just have to show clearly what happened,’ House committee chairman Bennie Thompson says

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The Independent UK

Jan 6 committee schedules next prime time hearing for 21 July

Hearing expected to outline 187 minutes betwen end of Trump’s speech and first public response to the attack on Congress

Tribune News Service

DC police confirm accounts of Trump fight in limo on Jan. 6, report says

A Washington, D.C., police officer has reportedly confirmed reports that former President Donald Trump got into a physical altercation with Secret Service agents on Jan. 6 as he sought to go to the Capitol to lead the violent insurrection by his supporters.

The Independent UK

Venue cancels comedy gig by right-wing provocateur who sexually harassed AOC on Capitol steps

The Democrat has since expressed she fears for her safety working in Congress

Tribune News Service

Melinda Henneberger: If Donald Trump walks while only Jan. 6 bit players are punished, our democracy is doomed

Jan. 6 rioter Stephen Ayres isn’t nearly as deserving of our sympathy as the U.S. Capitol police officers to whom he apologized this week.

WEKU

Secret Service erased texts from two-day period spanning Jan. 6 attack, watchdog says

A Secret Service spokesman disputes the Department of Homeland Security inspector general's account, saying its request came after a mobile phone migration had started, but no messages were lost.

The Guardian - US

Secret Service agents’ January 6 texts were erased after oversight request

Office of Inspector General revealed that messages from 5 and 6 January were destroyed only after the request was made

Tribune News Service

Secret Service texts that could shed light on Trump’s actions erased, Jan. 6 panel says

WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the assault on the U.S. Capitol is seeking to recover U.S. Secret Service text messages that could shed light on then-President Donald Trump’s actions as the attack unfolded, but were erased from the agency’s computer system.

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