Democrats point to Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s recorded comments as proof that lawmakers at the highest levels privately acknowledge Trump’s role in the Capitol insurrection yet continue to defend him in public.
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Trump aide Stephen Miller speaks to Jan. 6 panel
Miller is the latest in a series of sit-downs the committee has scored with those in Trump’s inner circle as lawmakers move closer to the former president.
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Commentary: Garland has more than enough to investigate Trump
A federal judge’s clear-eyed assessment of the ex-president’s intent to overturn the 2020 election adds to the pile of existing evidence.
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Jan. 6 committee votes to hold 2 former Trump advisers in contempt
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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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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Maine Voices: Weighing the future of the unspoken civil contract of democracy
Over 50 years ago, as a U.S. Senate press secretary for a Democrat, I had warm ties with my Republican peers. Is it too late to return to those days?