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The meeting that changed history and 3 other takeaways from the latest Jan. 6 hearing

Trump made a fateful choice in the early morning hours of Dec. 19, 2020, days after the Electoral College voted, to choose a path that led to the insurrection on Jan. 6.

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Two Texas congressmen attended White House meeting about overturning 2020 election results, Jan. 6 committee reveals

It’s not clear what roles Brian Babin and Louie Gohmert played in the December 2020 meeting preceding the U.S. Capitol attack that interrupted Congress’ certification of the vote.

The Texas Tribune

Ivanka and Scalia’s son urged Trump to give up on election but were ignored, according to video

The video footage comes during the select committee’s most recent hearing.

The Independent UK

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Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone thought Trump should have conceded after Electoral College certification

‘If your question is ‘did I believe he should concede the election at a point in time’, yes, I did’

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 panel probes Trump's 'siren call' to extremists

The Jan. 6 committee is preparing to highlight how violent extremist groups answered what one lawmaker says was Donald Trump’s “siren call” to come to Washington

The Independent UK

Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin calls Jan. 6 committee evidence ‘devastating,’ warns of Electoral College ‘booby traps’

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin says evidence collected by the Jan. 6 committee during its five weeks of public hearings will prove “devastating” to efforts by former President Donald Trump’s supporters to minimize the seriousness of the Capitol attack.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 panel to examine Trump’s role in galvanizing extremists - Roll Call

The Jan. 6 panel plans to show how then-President Donald Trump galvanized violent domestic extremist groups to converge on the Capitol.

Roll Call

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When a first-term Democratic president struggles, people talk about Jimmy Carter

Biden has been faulted for speeches that do not seem to meet the moment or lack the urgency to compel others to follow. His soothing approach to issues that prompt anger has often failed to soothe.

WEKU

Jan. 6 committee is considering a prime-time hearing for next week

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is considering a second televised hearing next week, this one in prime time on Thursday, people familiar with the planning said.

Tribune News Service

The US supreme court poses a real threat to Americans’ democracy

It did not start with Donald Trump. And it will not end with his shuffling off stage, in handcuffs or disgrace

The Guardian - US

3 reasons Jan. 6 committee wants former White House counsel Pat Cipollone’s testimony

Testimony and findings presented by the House Jan. 6 committee during its public hearings have shown that Pat Cipollone, White House counsel under President Donald Trump, was a crucial witness to many of the central issues the panel is probing.

Tribune News Service

Three reasons the Jan. 6 select committee wants Pat Cipollone’s testimony

The former White House counsel is “uniquely positioned to testify” but has declined to provide on-the-record testimony, the panel said.

Roll Call

Jan. 6 hearings highlight problems with certification of presidential elections and potential ways to fix them

Lack of clarity in how Congress counts presidential electoral votes was highlighted in recent public hearings held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. Lawmakers and witnesses in those hearings also focused on how ambiguities in existing election laws were exploited in…

The Conversation

Vice-Presidential poll on August 6

Venkaiah Naidu’s term is ending on August 10

The Hindu

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The Guardian - US

Why were Democrats caught flat-footed by the end of Roe v Wade?

Democrats can’t fix the past. But the least they can do is learn from it – and change course accordingly

Tribune News Service

FBI seizes phone from Trump lawyer as Jan. 6 investigation intensifies

Congressional investigators probing the Jan. 6 insurgency have seized the phone of a lawyer who advised former President Donald Trump on his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to court documents.

Tribune News Service

FBI seizes phone from Trump lawyer as Jan. 6 investigation intensifies

WEKU

The Jan. 6 committee has learned some lessons from previous televised hearings

The most telling testimony against the Republican former president has come from Republicans he appointed or who supported him and voted for him (and, in some cases, say they would do so again).

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Salon

DOJ unleashes fake elector subpoenas

"Sure doesn’t feel like a ‘nothingburger,’” tweeted former FBI investigator Peter Strzok

WEKU

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.

The Independent UK

Sen Ron Johnson aide reached out to Pence office to offer alternate Electoral College votes

False electors were part of bid to overturn election

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 panel makes case that Trump put Pence's life in danger

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump knew asking Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally overturn the 2020 presidential election was illegal but pressured him to do it anyway, the House committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, argued at its Thursday hearing, where it also made the case that Trump put Pence’s life…

Los Angeles Times

Pence aide: Election in peril of being 'decided in the streets'

WASHINGTON — In the days leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, conservative lawyer John Eastman repeatedly pressed then-Vice President Mike Pence to either reject certain states' electoral college votes or delay Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election, leaving seemingly no options for a logical resolution, according to…

Salon

Eastman sought pardon for the Pence plot

Trump lawyer who pressured Pence to reject electors asked for pardon after Jan. 6

Al Jazeera

January 6: How the day unfolded for US Vice President Mike Pence

Latest hearing in US lawmakers’ probe into Capitol riot focuses on Donald Trump pressure on Pence. Here’s what we know.

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