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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

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2022

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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

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2022

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.

WEKU · Jul 15, 2022

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

The Guardian - US · Jul 14, 2022

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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.

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022

Watchdog says Secret Service deleted Jan. 6 text messages

A government watchdog has found that Secret Service agents deleted text messages sent and received around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol after an inspector general requested them as part of the investigation into the insurrection

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022

Jan. 6 panel aims to "reconstruct" deleted Secret Service texts

The texts were from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 and could contain key evidence.

Axios · Jul 14, 2022

Ocasio-Cortez threatens to punch man who accosted her on steps of Capitol

Enough is enough.

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022

AOC on Capitol harassment: ‘This is not a place that is designed to protect women’

Comes after Alex Stein sexually harassed her on the Capitol steps

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022

Don't Jail Trump for the January 6 Riot

Though morally responsible for the attack on the Capitol and unfit for office, he’s protected by the First Amendment from legal liability.

Reason · Jul 14, 2022

Capitol rioter from Maryland with Confederate flag gets 5 months in prison

David Alan Blair joined the January 6 riot while it was in progress

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022

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Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022

Bannon fails again to get contempt trial delayed

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, failed once more to persuade a judge to delay his criminal contempt trial over refusing to cooperate with the congressional committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot.

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022

Capitol officer injured in riot says Republicans ‘avoid’ him in halls of Congress

‘Sometimes I run into them in the hallway, and they pretend not to see me’

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022

AOC condemns ‘dangerous’ police failure to stop ‘disturbing’ sexual harasser on Capitol steps

Blaze TV contributor ‘wasn’t even asked to take a step back’ by officer

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022

Editorial: Far-right groups who planned insurrection are commonplace in Idaho, and close to power

On Tuesday, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol held a hearing delving into the role of far-right paramilitary organizations in the attempt to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election.

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Axios · Jul 14, 2022

Statue honoring Black educator replaces Confederate general at U.S. Capitol in historic first

Mary McLeod Bethune's statue replaces one of Confederate general Edmund Kirby Smith.

WEKU · Jul 13, 2022

How Trump's 'will be wild!' tweet drew rioters to the Capitol on Jan. 6

In the cases against the hundreds of Capitol riot defendants, attorneys repeatedly reference how Trump's tweet motivated rioters to come to Washington, D.C. — sometimes with weapons and armor in tow.

The Conversation · Jul 13, 2022

With Trump's role on Jan. 6 becoming clearer, and potentially criminal, GOP voters are starting to look at different options

As the Jan. 6 committee reconvened for another round of hearings, the question remains: Will the Justice Department indict former President Donald Trump for his role in the assault on the U.S. Capitol?

The Guardian - US · Jul 13, 2022

Trouble for Trump as committee makes case Capitol attack was premeditated

Criminal prosecution appears increasingly likely as January 6 committee strengthens case against former president

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Ray Epps reveals how his life has been ruined after conspiracists claimed he was FBI informant at Jan 6 riot

‘I am at the center of this thing, and it’s the biggest farce that’s ever been,’ Mr Epps says

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Capitol rioter with Confederate flag gets 5 months in prison

A Maryland man who shoved a police officer with a lacrosse stick attached to a Confederate battle flag during the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to five months in prison

Los Angeles Times · Jul 13, 2022

How the Jan. 6 hearings set the stage for a stunning prime-time finale

On Tuesday, after weeks of presenting fragments of evidence and detailed testimony to show how the Trump administration disseminated the Big Lie and contributed to a violent insurrection, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol presented a persuasive timeline with a clear intent:…

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