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CON: Committee’s hearings are simply show trials

From the outset, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol has been marred by political motives and malfeasance, making it unlikely that the vast majority of Americans will have confidence in the committee’s ultimate findings.

Tribune News Service

Republican who livestreamed Capitol attack given three months in prison

West Virginia lawmaker Derrick Evans, 37, who filmed self-incriminating footage, pleaded guilty to committing civil disorder

The Guardian - US

Missouri Legislative Employee's Pro-Mask-Mandate Speech Protected by First Amendment

From Mayfield v. Miller, decided Tuesday by Judge Douglas Harpool (W.D. Mo.): Plaintiff Tad Mayfield worked for the Missouri House of Representatives … from August 29, 2011, until his termination on August 6, 2020. Plaintiff was employed by the House at the time as a Legislative Specialist II. Defendant Dana…

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Jonathan Bernstein: Can Trump be tied to his allies’ violent intimidation?

What explained the devastating weight of Tuesday’s hearing of the House Jan. 6 committee? The testimony barely mentioned the attack on the Capitol or other events of that day.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: These California congressmen betrayed voters on Jan. 6

As the nation absorbs the revelations from the congressional hearings on the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol — among them, that then-President Donald Trump was surrounded by aides telling him there was no evidence of voter fraud and that his scheme to have Vice President Mike…

Los Angeles Times

Former West Virginia lawmaker gets 3 months in Jan. 6 riot

A former West Virginia lawmaker who livestreamed himself on Facebook storming the U.S. Capitol and cheering on what he described as a “revolution” has been sentenced to three months in prison

The Independent UK

Senators Cory Booker and Jon Tester tackle each other in slapstick video highlighting agriculture reform

‘Only 4 packers control 82% of the U.S. beef market,’ the senators underscore in new political campaign

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Jan 6 hearings: Newly revealed video contains 11 hours of interviews with Trump and family around time of Capitol riot, report says

Documentary filmmaker says he will comply fully with the House Select Committee

The Independent UK

Proud Boys riot trial delayed due to committee hearings

A federal judge has agreed to postpone a trial for the former leader of the Proud Boys and other members of the far-right extremist group charged with attacking the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote

The Independent UK

Indian Head Park woman pleads guilty in U.S. Capitol breach case, says she ignored alarms

Leticia Vilhena Ferreira was charged for her role in the Capitol riot last February. Though she couldn’t vote in the 2020 election, she said she traveled to Washington, D.C., because she wanted to see then-President Donald Trump speak.

Chicago Sun-Times

Thursday's Jan. 6 hearing to explore 'the effort to corrupt the Justice Department'

WASHINGTON — The House hearing investigating the catalysts behind the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will continue Thursday and is expected to explore then-President Trump's efforts to pressure the Justice Department in the days after the election.

Los Angeles Times

Key takeaways from the Georgia-focused Jan. 6 hearing

ATLANTA — The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol turned its focus Tuesday to former President Donald Trump’s direct involvement in a scheme to pressure state and local officials to overturn his defeat in Georgia.

Tribune News Service

Here's every word from the fourth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

Read the full transcript from the June 21 hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

WEKU

Jan. 6 panel in possession of new Trump documentary footage

New footage of former President Donald Trump and his inner circle taken both before and after Jan. 6, 2021, is now in the possession of the House committee investigating the deadly attack on the Capitol

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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…

Tribune News Service

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

WASHINGTON — Ron Johnson, a staunch ally of 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 day revealed…

France 24

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.

Roll Call

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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Salon

Colbert on Fox News targeting dog puppet

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

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Los Angeles 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…

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

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

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