Jun 28 WATCH: White House aide says Trump’s tweets about Pence on Jan. 6 were ‘unpatriotic’ By Associated Press In a public hearing before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, Hutchinson shared details about efforts to persuade Trump to speak out the next day and what the president wanted and didn’t want in the remarks. Continue reading
Jun 28 Scottish leader calls for new independence referendum next year By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told lawmakers in Edinburgh that she plans to hold a fresh referendum on Scottish independence on Oct. 19, 2023. Continue reading
Jun 28 WATCH: Gen. Mike Flynn pleaded the Fifth when asked if Jan. 6 violence was justified By Gabrielle Hays Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows testified on June 28 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings in their sixth public hearing. Continue reading
Jun 28 WATCH: Cassidy Hutchinson testifies Trump aides were worried about possible legal trouble related to Jan. 6 By Associated Press Meadows told Hutchinson that “things might get real real bad," she said. Giuliani told her it was going to be “a great day” and “we're going to the Capitol.”… Continue reading
Jun 28 Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison By Tom Hays, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press The sentencing Tuesday was the culmination of a prosecution that detailed how Epstein and Maxwell flaunted their riches and associations with prominent people to groom vulnerable girls and then exploit them. Continue reading
Jun 28 WATCH: Trump lunged at agent who said he couldn’t go to Capitol amid Jan. 6 violence, aide says By Erica R. Hendry Upon hearing his security detail could not authorize a trip to the Capitol on Jan. 6, former President Donald Trump lunged at the secret service agent in charge of his security that day, according to testimony from a former senior… Continue reading
Jun 28 WATCH: Former White House aide says Trump knew Jan. 6 protesters had weapons By Mary Clare Jalonick, Farnoush Amiri, Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Cassidy Hutchinson, a key aide in Trump’s White House, told the House committee that Trump was informed that people rallying on the mall that morning had weapons but he told officials to “let my people in” and march to the… Continue reading
Jun 28 WATCH: Jan. 6 committee Chairman Bennie Thompson introduces former White House aide as key witness By Associated Press Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the committee's chairman, said the panel called the hearing in light of “specific detailed information about what the former president and his aides were doing and saying in those critical hours.”… Continue reading
Jun 28 Former GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry gets probation for lying to feds about illegal campaign contributions By Grant Schulte, Brian Melley, Associated Press Former Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska was sentenced to two years of probation, a $25,000 fine and community service for lying to federal authorities about $30,000 in illegal campaign contributions. Continue reading
Jun 28 Who is Cassidy Hutchinson and why is she important to the Jan. 6 hearings? By Erica R. Hendry, Yasmeen Alamiri In testimony June 28, Hutchinson offered new details about what former President Donald Trump and Meadows knew in the days before the attack and how they responded while it was underway. Continue reading