The Latest Breaking News from Capitol

Biden says Trump lacked 'courage to act' during Jan. 6 riot

President Joe Biden is decrying his predecessor for failing to try and stop the deadly Jan_ 6 mob attack on the Capitol, saying “Donald Trump lacked the courage to act.”

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022

AP source: Top aide to Pence testifies before 1/6 grand jury

The former chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence has testified before a federal grand jury investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022

Biden slams Trump's Jan. 6 inaction: "Can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-American"

Jan. 6 select committee hearings have emphasized Trump's repeated refusal to intervene during the Capitol breach.

Axios · Jul 25, 2022

New evidence shows Trump toned down his condemnation of the deadly Capitol attack

New evidence shared by the Jan. 6 committee shows then-President Donald Trump edited a speech that was aimed at strongly condemning the deadly attack on the Capitol last year.

WEKU · Jul 25, 2022

South Carolina man charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot had Nazi images on phone

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is back in the hot seat after federal prosecutors say the man’s cellphone included 80 Nazi and white supremacist images, according to a government sentencing memorandum in the case.

Tribune News Service · Jul 25, 2022

Trump cut call to prosecute Capitol rioters from Jan 7 speech draft, new video shows

Mr Trump appears to have cut language ‘directing the Department of Justice to ensure all lawbreakers are fully prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law’ from remarks he delivered the day after a mob of his supporters stormed the US Capitol

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022

Malcolm Nance: Jan. 6 was a trial run

Bestselling author and former intelligence officer: "We were within hours of a full-scale coup d'état" on Jan. 6

Salon · Jul 25, 2022

Editorial: Trump should be charged for crimes against the United States

Charging a former president with crimes would be an extraordinary development in American history and carries the risk of forever reshaping our politics as well as the very future of the nation. It should not be undertaken lightly.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 25, 2022

Is Murdoch tiring of Trump? Mogul’s print titles dump the ex-president

Tabloid with long relationship with former president blasts him over Capitol attack, saying he is unworthy to be elected again

The Guardian - US · Jul 25, 2022

Jan. 6 panel will ‘get to the bottom’ of Secret Service texts, Cheney says

WASHINGTON — The bipartisan committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol intends to “get to the bottom” of missing or destroyed U.S. Secret Service texts from the days surrounding the attack, Rep. Liz Cheney said on Sunday.

Tribune News Service · Jul 24, 2022