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Jan 6 – live: Trump ‘asking when hearings will end’, as Fox guest admits evidence is ‘breathtaking’

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The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Trump’s ‘legacy of American carnage’: Jan 6 hearing reveals president’s role in secret plot to bring mob to Capitol

Panel hears former president had no reason to believe election was unfair: ‘President Trump is a 76-year-old man. He is not an impressionable child’

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

At Jan. 6 hearings, more evidence that the threat to democracy runs deep

The House committee hearings aren’t likely to change the mind of anyone who still believes the Big Lie or considers Trump a fit candidate for 2024. What’s important now is that the rest of us pay attention.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 13, 2022

‘Just following what he said’: Takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing on Trump’s actions and the riot

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol spent its seventh hearing Tuesday focused on the origins of the mob and former President Trump’s role in inciting it.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 12, 2022

‘A profound moment of reckoning’: Cheney and Raskin preview next Jan 6 hearing featuring Cipollone testimony

White House counsel and others resisted Trump’s efforts to persist with fraud claims

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Trump knowingly incited Capitol mob after ‘unhinged’ meeting, committee hears

US lawmakers on Tuesday accused former president Donald Trump of inciting a mob of followers to attack the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in a last-ditch bid to remain in power fuelled by a chaotic meeting with some of his most ardent supporters.

France 24 · Jul 12, 2022

January 6 committee reveals how a tweet from Donald Trump and an 'unhinged' meeting at the White House sparked the Capitol riot

The January 6 committee reveals how "the craziest meeting of the Trump presidency" and a late-night tweet from the former president encouraged extremists and conspiracy theorists to storm the Capitol and mount an insurrection.

ABC News · Jul 12, 2022

First lady Jill Biden apologizes for comparing Hispanics to tacos during Texas visit

WASHINGTON — First lady Jill Biden apologized Tuesday for comparing the diversity of Hispanics to that of breakfast tacos, a comment that drew widespread ridicule, and not just from Republicans eager to embarrass the White House.

Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022

Five key takeaways from seventh January 6 US Capitol riot hearing

Tuesday’s wide-ranging hearing attempted to link former President Donald Trump to far-right groups that stormed Capitol.

Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2022

January 6 testimony tells chilling tale of democracy hanging by a thread

Analysis: Viewers learned of an ‘unhinged’ White House meeting and rioters ready for war – but will it close the case against Trump?

The Guardian - US · Jul 12, 2022