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Jan. 6 panel investigates draft plan to seize 2020 ballots

WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators have spoken with former Attorney General William Barr about a reported draft executive order to use the National Guard to seize ballot boxes after the 2020 election, according to the chairman of a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Bill Barr: Capitol riot panel will speak to former Attorney General about order to seize voting machines

Barr was one of Trump officials who defied president on false 2020 claims

The Independent UK

Capitol attack committee has spoken to Trump AG William Barr, chairman says

Bennie Thompson reveals attorney general interviews while Trump complains panel is going after his children

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‘The walls are closing in’: Trump reels from week of political setbacks

It was a terrible seven days, with major developments in investigations of his election lies and the Capitol riot reaching into his inner circle

The Guardian - US

Jan. 6 panel closing on target: Trump

Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and the others summoned this week had better be careful: They're walking into a trap

Salon

Identity of Trump aide who tried to stop Capitol riot committee seeing his phone records is revealed

Donald Trump’s social media manager Dan Scavino used a pseudonym earlier this month to sue Verizon

The Independent UK

Texas attorney general refuses to hand over Jan. 6 records

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has rejected a prosecutor's demand for records of his appearance at a pro-Donald Trump rally that preceded the assault on the U.S. Capitol a year ago

The Independent UK

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Man charged with threatening to kill Georgia election officials

ATLANTA — The FBI arrested a Texas man Friday, alleging he threatened to shoot and kill Georgia election officials the day before the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Tribune News Service

Texts show Fox News host Hannity’s pleas to Trump aide after Capitol attack

Messages said there should be ‘no more stolen election talk’ and ‘no more crazy people’ should be admitted to president’s orbit

The Guardian - US

Trump White House records are now in the hands of Jan 6 committee

The nine-member panel is now in possession of ‘all the records’ which former president Donald Trump sued to block the committee from obtaining

The Independent UK

Digested week: a children’s party in New York felt like a golden-ticketed event

It was only a small gathering, the sort I used to dread, but it was a glimpse of a post-Covid world

The Guardian - UK

Who showed up on Jan. 6? We have answers

New research offers clearer picture: Capitol rioters were often suburban and middle-class — and many felt isolated

Salon

The Sedition Indictment Against 11 Oath Keepers Describes a Plot That Was Pitifully Inept and Ineffectual

This is the first time that participants in the Capitol riot have been charged with sedition.

Reason

Exclusive: YouTube shuts down two Oath Keepers channels

The Oath Keepers militia group and its members face multiple charges related to the January 6 Capitol riot.

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Ivanka Trump is asked to interview in Capitol riot inquiry

WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the Capitol riot is asking Ivanka Trump to voluntarily appear for an interview in February.

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Ivanka Trump asked to testify by Jan. 6 committee about Capitol riot

Ivanka Trump will be called to voluntarily testify before the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol as the panel closes in on former President Donald Trump.

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Judge rejects effort to stop Jan. 6 panel from using bank records

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington rejected a request Thursday to stop a House committee from using bank records it obtained through a subpoena as part of the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

The Independent UK

Sean Hannity urged White House aides to end ‘stolen election talk’ around Trump in text messages after Jan 6

Fox News host Sean Hannity sent a post-Capitol riot text message to then-White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany urging her and other top aides to then-president Donald Trump to stop “stolen election talk” and keep “crazy people” away from him.

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The Guardian - US

Ivanka Trump asked to cooperate with Capitol attack committee

Investigators seek testimony from former first daughter, with panel increasingly focused on Donald Trump’s inner circle

The Guardian - UK

America in Crisis review – photographs of a country on the brink of civil war

The sorry state of the nation is spelt out as images of robotic stormtroopers at the George Floyd protests stand next to those taken during the turbulent 60s

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Grisham tells of Trump’s ‘secret meetings’ in days before Capitol attack

Former White House press secretary provided significant details to House select committee investigating the 6 January attack

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Block Capitol Attack Document Release

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by former president Donald Trump to block the release to a congressional committee of documents related to the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Citing executive privilege, Trump had sought to prevent the records held by the National Archives from being…

The Guardian - US

Trump held secret meetings in days before Capitol attack, ex-press secretary tells panel

Stephanie Grisham gave more significant details than expected about what Trump was doing before 6 January, sources say

Axios

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas far-right men who took part in rally "calling for Trump to rule for life"

The panel is zooming in on rallies held ahead of the Capitol attack and the funding of events connected to the riot.

The Independent UK

Ray Epps to be quizzed by 6 January committee after wild conspiracy pushed by Tucker Carlson and Trump

Mr Epps is tied to a conspiracy theory that alleges he is a government plant

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