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1/6 panel: Told repeatedly he lost, Trump refused to go

Donald Trump was told over and over again: There was no voting fraud that could have tipped the 2020 presidential election

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2022

House Jan. 6 panel revelation on pardons raises questions - Roll Call

Cheney’s accusation opened up questions about pardons and how laws and ethical rules will apply to lawmakers after the panel investigation.

Roll Call · Jun 10, 2022

3 former DOJ officials to testify in the next Jan. 6 hearing

The officials will discuss former President Trump's efforts to use the Justice Department as a weapon to stay in power.

Axios · Jun 10, 2022

US Capitol riot: Donald Trump accused of orchestrating ‘attempted coup’ at prime-time congressional hearing

The former president was blamed by the congressional panel for ‘lighting the flame’ of the attack on January 6, 2021

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2022

Jan. 6 attack on Capitol the ‘culmination of an attempted coup,’ chairman says

WASHINGTON — Americans watching the first Jan. 6 Select Committee hearing Thursday night were jolted back to the horror of the Capitol attack in early 2021, with the panel deploying never-before-seen footage of violence and graphic, emotional testimony from an officer wounded in the melee to place then-President Donald Trump…

Los Angeles Times · Jun 10, 2022

Rep. Scott Perry asked Trump for a pardon after Jan. 6, committee leader says as hearings open

U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., one of the leading figures in the effort to throw out Pennsylvania’s votes in the 2020 presidential election, was one of several members of Congress who contacted the White House seeking a pardon from Donald Trump in the days after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 10, 2022

Trump spurred ‘attempted coup’ at US Capitol, January 6 panel tells hearing

The House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump Thursday night, saying the assault was hardly spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.

France 24 · Jun 10, 2022

House Jan. 6 committee builds its case from lawyer testimony - Roll Call

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol first turned to lawyers to tell the story of what it had found.

Roll Call · Jun 9, 2022

Biden administration opens civil rights probe of Louisiana police

US investigation will focus on whether state police regularly use excessive force, discriminate against Black people.

Al Jazeera · Jun 9, 2022

A look at high-profile killings by US police

A Michigan police officer has been charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head as the Black man was on the ground

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022