Congressional leaders say reforms to the 1887 Electoral Count Act will be attached to a giant federal spending bill headed for a vote before Congress adjourns.
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Prosecutor says Oath Keepers saw Jan. 6 as ‘first battle’ in war
Jurors have heard a prosecutor’s opening statements for a second seditious conspiracy trial against members of the far-right Oath Keepers group charged in the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Gorham man sentenced to 30 days in prison for role in Capitol riot
Nicholas Hendrix, an Army veteran, is the first Maine resident to be sentenced for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Trump among 5 targets as Jan. 6 panel weighs criminal referrals
Such a referral would be just that – recommendations that are not legally binding on the Department of Justice or other agencies to follow through.
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Former White House lawyers testify to Jan. 6 criminal grand jury
Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and deputy counsel Pat Philben appeared for hours to answer questions that they had dodged in previous sessions.
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Jan. 6 panel staff angry at Cheney for focusing too much of report on Trump
Fifteen former and current staffers expressed concerns that important findings unrelated to Trump will not become available to the American public.
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Collins, King upbeat that electoral count reforms will pass during Congress’s lame duck session
The Senate bill, which aims to prevent a repeat of the tactic insurrectionists used on Jan. 6, 2021, gained six more sponsors this week.
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Gorham man could serve jail time after pleading guilty to Capitol riot charge
Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to put Nicholas Hendrix, 35, behind bars for two weeks. His defense attorney is asking for leniency because of his PTSD diagnosis and opioid recovery.
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Second Oath Keepers cooperator says he saw Jan. 6 as ‘Bastille-type’ moment
Oath Keepers member Graydon Young said he believed there was implicit understanding among Oath Keepers who participated in encrypted communications with Stewart Rhodes that he had called for violently opposing President Biden from taking office.
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Cheney: Jan. 6 panel won’t take live TV testimony from Trump
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack is indicating it won’t consider letting Donald Trump testify live on television about the direct role that congressional investigators says he played in trying to overturn the 2020 election.