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Key Trump allies refused to answer January 6 panel questions

Transcript of interviews with allies of former US president shows that they invoked the Fifth Amendment when questioned.

Al Jazeera · Dec 22, 2022

34 Trump supporters pleaded the Fifth in Jan 6 interviews. Here’s what their silence showed

Transcripts reveal investigators’ tactics and lenghts witnesses went to to avoid providing answers

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2022

J6 panel finally cooperating with DOJ

The committee began sending documents regarding the former president's "fake electors" scheme to the department

Salon · Dec 22, 2022

Five takeaways from the final public meeting of the Jan 6 committee

From criminal referrals to warnings of interference, the January 6 committee held a blockbuster final hearing

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral of a former president is a first in US history

WASHINGTON — In an unprecedented step in American history, the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol unanimously recommended Monday that former President Donald Trump be criminally prosecuted for insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress, knowingly and willfully making materially false statements to…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 20, 2022

What Trump told Michigan lawmakers to try to get state's election overturned

WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump summoned Michigan state lawmakers to the White House just two weeks after the November 2020 election, his directive was for the group to "have some backbone and do the right thing."

Tribune News Service · Dec 20, 2022

Trump referral: What laws the Jan. 6 panel says were broken

The Jan. 6 committee has urged the Justice Department to consider prosecuting Donald Trump for four different crimes

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022

Trump should be prosecuted for role in Jan. 6 Capitol attack, House panel says

WASHINGTON — A House committee recommended that Donald Trump be prosecuted for his role in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, the first-ever such referral of a former president.

Tribune News Service · Dec 19, 2022

Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral of a former president is a first in US history

WASHINGTON — In an unprecedented step in American history, the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol unanimously recommended Monday that former President Donald Trump be criminally prosecuted for insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress, knowingly and willfully making materially false statements to…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 19, 2022

Key takeaways after Donald Trump referred to DOJ for four potential criminal charges in explosive January 6 meeting

After 18 months, more than 1,000 interviews and two rounds of public hearings, the January 6 committee is handing down its final report and passing the mantle to the US Department of Justice for potential criminal prosecutions. Here's what we learned in the final meeting.

ABC News · Dec 19, 2022