
Category: january 6
Justice Department subpoenas officials in 3 states for communications with Trump in expansion of January 6 probe
Prosecutor Jack Smith waits for the beginning of the courtroom session of Kadri Veseli’s preliminary look on the Kosovo Specialist Chambers courtroom in The Hague, Netherlands, Nov. 10, 2020. AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool Special counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed election officials for communications with Trump. These are the primary recognized subpoenas issued by Smith. AG Merrick Garland lately appointed Smith to supervise felony investigations involving Trump. …
Guilty: Capitol rioter who breached Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office was convicted at trial
Riley Williams is accused of stealing Nancy Pelosi’s laptop computer throughout the Capitol Riot. FBI; AP Photo/Patrick Semansky A decide ordered Riley Williams detained forward of her sentencing in February on January 6 fees. The jury failed to achieve a unanimous verdict on a cost Williams helped steal a laptop computer from Pelosi. Williams appeared to develop distressed as prosecutors requested that she await sentencing…
Trump’s Twitter account has been reinstated, but his January 6 tweet attacking Mike Pence is missing
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump AP Photo/Alex Brandon Elon Musk reinstated former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account on Saturday. Though the @actualDonaldTrump account is energetic once more, a number of tweets from January 6 are gone. A tweet attacking Mike Pence’s braveness and one other concerning the riot seem to have been eliminated. After Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s…
Jamie Raskin: Trump thought he could enter the Capitol on January 6 ‘like Mussolini being carried on the shoulders of...
Former President Donald Trump. Spencer Platt/Getty Images A January 6 panel member spoke to MSNBC after interviewing Secret Service agent Robert Engel. Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin stated the panel discovered how Trump was “incensed” about not being capable of “join the mob.” He stated Trump possible thought he would enter “like Mussolini being carried on the shoulders of his supporters.” Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, a…
Pompeo swipes at Trump after 2024 announcement, calls for leaders ‘not staring in the rearview mirror claiming victimhood’
Mike Pompeo seems on as Trump speaks at the White House on January 8, 2020. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Mike Pompeo, former secretary of state below Trump, implicitly criticized his one-time boss. He referred to as for “leaders who are looking forward, not staring in the rearview mirror claiming victimhood.” Trump proclaimed himself to be a “victim” throughout his 2024 marketing campaign announcement Tuesday night time. Former…
Pence blasts Trump over January 6 in harshest comments but: ‘He endangered me and my household’
Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence in the Brady Briefing Room on the White House on April 2, 2020. MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP through Getty Images Mike Pence blasted Trump’s phrases and actions on January 6, 2021, in a brand new interview. Pence was “angered” when Trump focused him in a tweet whereas Pence was barricaded in the Capitol….
Capitol rioter who bragged about destroying media equipment and told his friend he wanted to ‘get busted’ pleads guilty to...
Supporters of US President Donald Trump stand subsequent to media equipment they destroyed throughout a protest on January 6, 2021 exterior the Capitol in Washington, DC. Photo by AGNES BUN/AFP by way of Getty Images A Virginia man who destroyed media equipment on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty to two felonies on Friday. Prosecutors say Joshua Dillon Haynes despatched a number of texts boasting about his…
At least 7 Republicans vying for a spot in Congress this November were at the Capitol on January 6
Thousands of Trump supporters collect on the National Mall close to the Washington Monument for President Donald Trumps speech from the Ellipse at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc through Getty Images Several Republican candidates for Congress have ties to the January 6 Capitol assault. At least three such candidates have a shot at successful…
A MAGA House candidate in Ohio was abandoned by the national GOP after questions about his military service. He could...
Ohio congressional candidate JR Majewski leaves a GOP caucus assembly in Washington, DC in September simply days earlier than experiences emerged that he exaggerated his military service report. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call by way of Getty Images GOP House candidate JR Majewski has confronted scrutiny for exaggerating his military service. The situation continues to canine his marketing campaign, however his supporters are dimissing the controversy. Asked…
The attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband echoed threats pro-Trump rioters made during the Capitol riot. An expert on authoritarianism warns...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – OCTOBER 28: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) takes measurements round Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s dwelling after her husband Paul Pelosi was assaulted with hammer inside their Pacific Heights dwelling early morning on October 28, 2022 in San Francisco, California, United States. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency through Getty Images The attack on Paul Pelosi could be an…
Marjorie Taylor Greene says a GOP-led House will investigate companies that stopped donating to Republicans after the Capitol riot
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press Marjorie Taylor Greene stated a GOP-led House would probe companies that stopped donating to Republicans. She stated some “big corporations” and lobbyists have ceased donations after the Capitol riots. Greene additionally accused the companies of “corporate communism.” Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on Wednesday that if the GOP wins a majority in Congress, it will investigate companies…
A judge will weigh unsealing secret court documents related to Trump’s efforts to block former aides from testifying before the...
Former President Donald Trump speaks during the America First Agenda Summit in Washington D.C, on July 26, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Trump has tried to block ex-aides from testifying about efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Politico and The New York Times requested secret court documents related to his efforts be unsealed. A federal judge on Wednesday requested the Justice Department respond to the requests…
Trump aides are desperately trying to dissuade him from testifying to the January 6 panel on live TV: Rolling Stone
Former President Donald Trump. AP Photo/Morry Gash Trump’s advisers actually don’t desire him to testify to the January 6 panel, per Rolling Stone. A supply instructed Rolling Stone they hope aides efficiently “talked him out of it.” However, the supply stated they had been not sure if the recommendation “actually sunk in or stuck” with Trump. Former President Donald Trump’s advisers instructed Rolling Stone they’ve been…
‘Loudmouth’ Capitol rioter who said elected officials were ‘all going to be executed’ sentenced to 4 years in prison
Matthew Bledsoe at the Capitol on Jan. 6. The Justice Department. A Memphis man who filmed himself inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Matthew Bledsoe was convicted by a jury in July on several Capitol riot charges. More than 900 people have been arrested on Capitol riot charges, and more than 400 have pleaded guilty. A self-described “loudmouth”…
Ted Cruz says he and several GOP colleagues hid out in a supply closet during the Capitol riot
Sen. Ted Cruz. Drew Angerer/Getty Images In his new book, Ted Cruz says he hid out in a supply closet during the Capitol riot. He says he “assembled” a coalition of Republicans in a “back room” to discuss what to do. Cruz has on different occasions characterized the riot as a peaceful protest and a “terrorist attack.” Sen. Ted Cruz wrote in his new book…
Trump may try to delay the January 6 committee subpoena until well after the midterms — in which the GOP...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears on throughout a marketing campaign rally at Minden-Tahoe Airport on October 08, 2022 in Minden, Nevada. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The January 6 committee formally issued a subpoena to Trump on Friday. If Trump refuses to comply, he could possibly be held in contempt of Congress and doubtlessly prosecuted. But Trump might drag out the course of, presumably until the…