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GOP Senator Ron Johnson sought to intervene for Trump on Jan. 6

WASHINGTON — Ron Johnson, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump and the most vulnerable Senate Republican, attempted to intervene on the former president’s behalf just moments before Congress met to certify the election results on Jan. 6, 2021, the House panel investigating the attack on the Capitol that…

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Jan. 6 panel examines how Trump pressured officials to overturn election results

A House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection is turning to former President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on state and local officials to overturn his 2020 election loss.

France 24

Six-term Rep. Mo Brooks loses Senate bid in Alabama - Roll Call

Rep. Mo Brooks’ loss means his 12-year career on Capitol Hill will end when the current Congress adjourns in January.

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Colbert on Fox News targeting dog puppet

Tucker Carlson cried "insurrection" after Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was detained by Capitol Police

Salon

Stephen Colbert: staffers guilty of ‘first-degree puppetry’ in DC incident

Seven people who identified themselves as affiliated with CBS’ “Late Show” were detained by Capitol Police following reports of a disturbance at the Longworth House Office Building on Thursday night.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan. 6 panel to receive Trump family footage from 2020 election and Capitol insurrection

WASHINGTON — British filmmaker Alex Holder on Tuesday complied with a subpoena to turn over to the House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, documentary footage he filmed during the final six weeks of President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign along with footage of the attack on the Capitol.

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 hearing to focus on Meadows and Trump’s pressure campaign on state election officials

WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s hearing by the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will zero in on Trump’s personal involvement in efforts to pressure state election officials to subvert the will of voters and to persuade lawmakers to submit false slates of electors backing him to…

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What Mike Pence has said about the January 6 riot

Ex-vice president remains at odds with Donald Trump over Capitol insurrection, when violent mob threatened to hang him for failing to co-operate with plot to overturn election

The Independent UK

Jan 6 hearings: Raffensperger debunks Trump’s baseless fraud claim: ‘The numbers don’t lie’ – as it happened

Capitol attack committee convenes to investigate Trump’s bid to push state officials to overturn election – follow all the latest news

The Guardian - US

January 6 committee has obtained previously unknown film of Trump and family at time of riot

Filmmaker Alex Holder will sit for a deposition on Thursday and has provided the select committee ‘raw footage’ taken on the day of the Capitol attack

The Independent UK

What Donald Trump has said about the January 6 riot

Ex-president continues to gloat over size of the crowd at ‘Stop the Steal’ rally, portray jailed participants as innocent victims and shrug off responsibility as televised congressional hearings get underway

The Independent UK

Eyewitness to Jan. 6: America is gone

David Butow has photographed conflict zones all over the world. Jan. 6 "was one of the worst things" he's ever seen

Salon

How the Jan. 6 hearings are landing in one Virginia swing district

In Rep. Abigail Spanberger's competitive 7th Congressional District, some voters are more concerned with economic issues than the ongoing Jan. 6 hearings at the U.S. Capitol.

WEKU

Colbert calls arrest of staffers at the Capitol "first degree puppetry"

"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" host said it's "shameful and grotesque” that some had likened the arrests to the Capitol riot.

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Trump criticizes McCarthy for ‘very, very foolish decision’ to shun Jan. 6 committee

Former President Donald Trump has derided Rep. Kevin McCarthy for the House minority leader’s “very, very foolish decision” not to participate in the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Chicago Sun-Times

Did Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 reach the level of treason?

A professor notes that the framers of the Constitution had “a very specific image in mind — men gathering with guns, forming an army and marching on the seat of government.”

Tribune News Service

Trump criticizes McCarthy for ‘bad decision’ to walk away from Jan. 6 panel

Former President Donald Trump derided Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., for the House minority leader’s “very, very foolish decision” not to participate in the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

The Independent UK

What Donald Trump has said about the Jan 6 riot

Ex-president continues to gloat over size of the crowd at ‘Stop the Steal’ rally, portray jailed participants as innocent victims and shrug off responsibility ahead as televised congressional hearings get underway

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"Late Show with Stephen Colbert" TV crew could face criminal charges after Capitol arrest

“Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway,” Capitol police said in a statement.

Axios

Jan. 6 hearings are Trump's third third impeachment trial

The Jan. 6 committee wants to succeed where the impeachment managers fell short.

The Independent UK

What Donald Trump has said about the Jan 6 riot

The Independent UK

Official in election standoff avoids prison in Capitol riot

An elected official who is a central figure in a New Mexico county’s refusal to certify recent election results based on debunked conspiracy theories about voting machines has avoided more jail time for joining the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

Trump denies he called Mike Pence ‘wimp’ as he viciously attacks Jan 6 committee members

Mr Trump is claiming that multiple former White House staffers who testified under oath are lying

ABC News

Liz Cheney rose through the ranks to become the third-highest-ranking Republican. But she risked it all to take on Donald Trump

Born into the Republican establishment, Liz Cheney is no stranger to pitfalls along the path to power. However, in taking on Donald Trump over the January 6 insurrection, she's putting her political future on the line.

The Conversation

Mike Pence's actions on Jan. 6 were wholly unremarkable – until they saved the nation

New revelations from the congressional committee investigating the events on and leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol show the crucial role then-Vice President Mike Pence played in thwarting the insurrection – and reveal the principles behind his actions.

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