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Jan. 6 panel set for prime-time hearings to detail effort to overturn election

WASHINGTON — The findings of an 11-month investigation into last year’s insurrection at the US Capitol will be laid out for the public in a series of hearings beginning next Thursday, and the House panel conducting the inquiry says it will detail how former President Donald Trump and his allies…

Tribune News Service · Jun 2, 2022

Jan. 6 panel promises 'previously unseen material' in prime-time hearing on June 9

The panel is expected to hold about a half dozen public hearings in June and release a report on its findings in September.

WEKU · Jun 2, 2022

Pennsylvania GOP governor nominee endorsed by Trump agrees to meet with January 6 committee

Mastriano is the nominee for governor after Mr Trump’s endorsement and was at the Capitol on 6 January.

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022

A Capitol rioter who was turned in by his ex after he called her a ‘moron’ has pleaded guilty

A Delaware County, Pennsylvania, man who was turned in by his ex-girlfriend after he called her a ‘moron’ for not believing the 2020 presidential election was stolen has become the latest Pennsylvanian to plead guilty to charges tied to the Capitol riot.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 1, 2022

Jan. 6 panel won’t get all it seeks for public hearings this month

WASHINGTON — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will have a list of subpoenas that it may never get to fully enforce before it moves forward with a series of public hearings in the next few weeks.

Tribune News Service · Jun 1, 2022

Jan. 6 panel won’t get all it seeks for public hearings this month - Roll Call

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will have a list of subpoenas it may never get to fully enforce.

Roll Call · Jun 1, 2022

Former Trump aide Peter Navarro says FBI served him with grand jury subpoena over Capitol riot

He's been summonsed to testify on whether he had "any communications" with Trump on Jan. 6, 2021, per a draft lawsuit.

Axios · May 31, 2022

Trump calls Capitol attack an ‘insurrection hoax’ as public hearings set to begin

Former president intensifies attacks on Liz Cheney at Wyoming rally and endorses her Republican primary challenger in midterm elections

The Guardian - US · May 30, 2022

Garland warns of threats to US democracy in Harvard speech

Attorney General Merrick Garland warned of threats to U.S. democracy, citing violence including the 2021 riot at the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, rollbacks in voting rights and possible legislative efforts to overturn the outcome of elections.

Tribune News Service · May 29, 2022

GOP’s Biggs says Jan. 6 committee exceeds authority in subpoena

Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona is the latest House Republican to formally object to being subpoenaed to testify before a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol.

Tribune News Service · May 29, 2022