The recommendation of criminal charges now goes to the full House, and if approved there, would go to the Justice Department, which has the final say on prosecution.
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Judge: Trump ‘more likely than not’ committed crimes in trying to block Biden win
His opinion will raise pressure on the Justice Department to intensify its probe of the Jan. 6 riot, and potentially examine the conduct of the then-president.
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Wife of Supreme Court justice pressed White House chief to help overturn 2020 election, texts show
In messages to Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in the weeks after Election Day, Virginia Thomas, wife of Clarence Thomas, called Biden’s victory ‘the greatest Heist of our History’ and told him that President Trump should not concede.
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New Mexico official guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds Jan. 6
Couy Griffin is one of the few riot defendants who wasn’t accused of entering the Capitol building or engaging in any violent or destructive behavior.
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Capitol riot trial opens for elected official who founded Cowboys for Trump
New Mexico county commissioner Couy Griffin is the second among the hundreds of people charged with federal crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, siege.
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Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, says she attended Jan. 6 rally before Capitol attack
Thomas said she was part of the crowd that gathered at the Ellipse that morning to support President Donald Trump.
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Proud Boys leader charged with conspiracy in Capitol riot
He was arrested two days before the riot and was ordered to stay out of D.C., but the indictment says he met with the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers in an area parking garage.
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New evidence shows Trump was told many times there was no voter fraud. He kept saying it anyway.
The House Jan. 6 panel aims to prove that Trump was acting corruptly by continuing to spread misinformation about the election long after he had reason to know he had legitimately lost.
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Jan. 6 panel claims Trump engaged in ‘criminal conspiracy’
The 221-page court filing marks the committee’s most formal effort to link the former president to a federal crime.
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House oversight panel asks for more information about Trump’s handling of White House records
The Archives confirms reporting that classified materials were found within the boxes and that torn-up records had been transferred to the Archives but not reconstructed by the Trump White House.