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Fresh trove of texts of ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows shows more GOP panic on Jan. 6, report says

More than 2,000 texts to and from ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows have recently come to light to reveal widespread panic among numerous high-profile Republicans as the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol unfolded, CNN reported Monday.

Tribune News Service · Apr 26, 2022

McCarthy downplays remarks about Trump in secret recording

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is downplaying secretly recorded remarks he made about Donald Trump shortly after last year’s attack on the Capitol

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

Florida Republican says Democrats’ peaceful protest against redistricting was worse than Capitol riot

State Republicans compare Democratic legislators hour-long sit-in to ‘insurrection’

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

Mother-daughter team from Connecticut sentenced for part in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Canterbury mother and daughter who went into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot in 2021 were sentenced Friday, with the mom ordered to go to jail for five weekends, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office said.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022

McCarthy rapid response to audio shows Trump’s GOP stranglehold

Donald Trump’s stranglehold on the GOP was on full display this week as House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy sought to make amends with the mercurial former president after a leaked audio revealed he considered urging Trump to resign after last year’s Capitol insurrection.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022

Mark Meadows was warned of illegality of scheme to overturn 2020 election

A former staffer testified that White House counsel said the scheme involving fake electoral college votes was not legally sound

The Guardian - US · Apr 23, 2022

FAA apologizes for failure that led to Capitol evacuation

WASHINGTON — The evacuation of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday night occurred after aviation officials failed to provide advance notice to police about a fly-over at a baseball game in Washington, they acknowledged Friday evening.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022

A fiery Marjorie Taylor Greene fights court challenge on her candidacy

ATLANTA — Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene gave fiery testimony on the witness stand Friday to fight a legal challenge filed by a group of her constituents who want her banned from seeking office over the role she may have played in last year’s attack on the U.S.…

Tribune News Service · Apr 22, 2022

FAA says it failed to tell Capitol Police about plane flight

The Federal Aviation Administration is acknowledging that it failed to warn Capitol Police about a parachute jump at a nearby baseball stadium this week

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2022

‘I don’t recall’: Marjorie Taylor Greene evades questions on martial law, ‘traitors’ and alien invasion movies in hearing that could bar her from election

Georgia congresswoman could be disqualified from running for re-election for supporting the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2022