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Did ‘good’ Republicans save us from the ‘bad’ ones on January 6? I don’t buy it

A person of integrity wouldn’t have found himself in the position that Mike Pence was in on the day of the Capitol attack, because he would have stood up to Trump sooner – or never worked for him in the first place

The Guardian - US

The Jan. 6 hearings are tailor-made for social media – that doesn't mean they're reaching a wide audience

On June 16, 2022, the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol used its two-hour hearing to paint a picture of a relentless campaign by former President Donald Trump and his allies to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence into throwing the election to Trump.

The Conversation

Trump claims he never asked Pence to overturn the election on Truth Social after dramatic Jan 6 hearing

Comes a day after the January 6 select committee detailed the administration’s pressure campaign for the vice president to stop certification of the 2020 election results.

The Independent UK

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Trump ‘blasted Pence a wimp before mob stormed Capitol’

Ivanka Trump‘s testimony recounts what she heard in the Oval Office

Evening Standard

Prince William sent personal letter to girlfriend of Capitol officer killed on Jan 6 while Trump did nothing

Brian Sicknick, a Capitol officer, died on 7 January 2021 after having two strokes the day after the Jan 6 riot

The Independent UK

First Thing: Trump a ‘clear and present danger to US democracy’

Select committee chairman warns that the ‘system nearly failed’ but for Pence’s defiance. Plus, top Republican negotiator walks out of Senate gun talks

The Guardian - UK

Who is John Eastman, the Trump lawyer at the center of the Jan. 6 investigation?

The former law professor's name came up a number or times during the Jan. 6 investigation committee's hearing on Trump's pressure to get his vice president to overturn the 2020 election.

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The Loop: Anthony Albanese extends COVID funding, praise for Mike Pence at Capitol riots hearing, and Beyonce teases new music

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The Independent UK

‘System nearly failed’: US democracy was left hanging by the thread of Pence’s defiance

If the vice-president had acquiesced to Trump’s demand, the country could have plunged into an unprecedented crisis

The Guardian - US

Pence the ‘hero’ who foiled Trump’s plot – could it lead to a 2024 run?

The former VP rejected the plot to overturn the election – the death knell for Trump and Pence’s marriage of convenience

The Guardian - US

Jan 6 hearings – latest: Cowboys for Trump founder sentenced to 14 days in jail

House panel hears testimony on ex-president’s attempts to overturn election

The Independent UK

Column: Day 3 of the Jan 6. hearings was more C-SPAN than 'Game of Thrones'

Episode 3 of the House select committee hearings on the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, promised to be a must-see, Machiavellian drama, replete with "Game of Thrones" levels of deceit and treachery: the story of a power-hungry ruler who threw his loyal servant into the proverbial dragon pit as part…

Los Angeles Times

The 'crazy' plan and praise for Pence: The key moments from the latest hearing into the January 6 US Capitol riots

The committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riots hears Donald Trump’s closest advisers labelled his efforts to pressure vice-president Mike Pence to reject the election result as "nuts" and "crazy".

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Chicago Sun-Times

Trump hits downstate Illinois for rally to boost Rep. Mary Miller in showdown with Rep. Rodney Davis

The Trump rally is June 25 at the Adams County Fairgrounds near Quincy.

Chicago Sun-Times

9 takeaways from Jan. 6 committee hearing: Al Gore, Mike Pence met history test Trump flunked

Trump’s pressure campaign on Pence, who will travel to Chicago on Monday to deliver a major speech on the economy at the University Club of Chicago, was the focus of the Jan. 6 committee’s third hearing Thursday.

The Independent UK

Previously unreleased photos show Trump and family in Oval Office on Jan 6

House select committee publishes previously unreleased images from White House on day of attack

The Guardian - US

Trumpists stitched a legal theory from whole cloth. The hearings tore it apart

Over the course of nearly three hours, the public repeatedly heard that Mike Pence lacked the authority to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election

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Los Angeles Times

Judge: Trump's theory about Pence's election powers has 'no basis'

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump's theory that Vice President Mike Pence could have effectively deemed Trump the winner of the 2020 election is legally baseless and amounts to "constitutional mischief," retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig told the Jan. 6 committee Thursday.

Axios

Legal concerns swirled in Trump's inner circle over Jan. 6 plans

In the hearing Thursday, the committee linked Trump's pressure campaign against Pence to Jan. 6 violence.

WEKU

Pence prevented a fall into chaos, and 3 other takeaways from Jan. 6 hearing

The committee laid out how Trump and a lawyer advising him pressured Pence even after Trump was aware there was a riot. The question now is whether Trump could face criminal consequences.

Al Jazeera

Five key takeaways from third January 6 US Capitol riot hearing

Panel says rioters came within close proximity to Mike Pence at US Capitol as Trump turned ‘mob’ on his vice president.

Los Angeles Times

Mike Pence 'resisted the pressure' and other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing

WASHINGTON — The third hearing of the House Jan. 6 committee on Thursday focused on the role of former Vice President Mike Pence, who became a crucial player in stopping former President Donald Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election.

The Guardian - US

Trump lawyer John Eastman sought presidential pardon after January 6

Disclosure from Capitol attack committee suggests consciousness of guilt in unlawful scheme to return Trump to White House

Los Angeles Times

There was just '40 feet between the vice president and the mob' on Jan. 6, Aguilar says

WASHINGTON — The violent mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, came dangerously close to then-Vice President Mike Pence, posing an immediate threat to his life, according to testimony from Thursday's hearing on the insurrection.

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