The Latest Breaking News from Capitol

‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ staffers won’t be prosecuted after Capitol arrest

The voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog won’t face charges for trespassing at the Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2022

Who are ex-Trump aides Matt Pottinger and Sarah Matthews, lead witnesses at next Jan 6 hearing?

Former deputy press secretary has previously called Capitol riot a ‘coup attempt’

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022

Democrats say voters are watching the Jan. 6 hearings, but it's not their top issue

Voters are more concerned with inflation, according to Democrats in competitive races who are trying to gauge how the hearings will affect November's midterms.

WEKU · Jul 19, 2022

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…

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2022

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 · Jul 18, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2022

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 · Jul 17, 2022

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.

Axios · Jul 17, 2022

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 · Jul 16, 2022

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 · Jul 16, 2022