• Giuliani liable in defamation lawsuit from Georgia election workers

    Giuliani liable in defamation lawsuit from Georgia election workers

    Aug 30, 2023 04:09 PM EDT

    ... As those allegations circulated online, the two women said, they suffered intense harassment, both in person and online. Moss detailed her experiences in emotional testimony before the members of Congress investigating the Capitol insurrection. The Jan. 6 committee also played video testimony from Freeman during the hearing in June 2022.

  • Who is indicted alongside Trump in Georgia election case?

    Who is indicted alongside Trump in Georgia election case?

    Aug 25, 2023 09:22 PM EDT

    The report from the House Jan. 6 committee investigation also details how Chesebro, Trump lawyer John Eastman and the former president continued to pursue the “fake electors scheme” after all the 2020 election lawsuits had concluded despite warnings from the campaign election lawyers that the idea was not lawful or ...

  • What you need to know about Mark Meadows' 2020 election charges

    What you need to know about Mark Meadows' 2020 election charges

    Aug 19, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

    ... service as Chief of Staff," the filing reads. Long before the Georgia indictment, Trump’s former top aide was a key figure in the House Jan. 6 committee’s investigation into the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Testimony from witnesses including his assistant, Cassidy Hutchinson, and former Vice President ...

  • Pence, Trump lawyer clash over what Trump told his vice president ahead of Jan. 6

    Pence, Trump lawyer clash over what Trump told his vice president ahead of Jan. 6

    Aug 06, 2023 10:04 PM EDT

    ... officials to illegally swing the election, Trump and his allies recruited fake electors in swing states to sign certificates falsely stating Trump had prevailed. WATCH: Jan. 6 committee explores the Trump campaign ‘plot’ to seat fake electors “He knew well that he had lost the election,” Trump’s former Attorney ...

  • Trump to appear in DC court over alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election

    Trump to appear in DC court over alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election

    Aug 03, 2023 01:34 PM EDT

    ... Capitol rioters. Chutkan has also ruled against Trump before, refusing in November 2021 to block the release of documents to the U.S. House's Jan. 6 committee by asserting executive privilege. AP writers Lindsay Whitehurst, Ellen Knickmeyer, Stephen Groves, Serkan Gurbuz, Rick Gentilo, Alex Brandon, Yihan Deng, Kara Brown ...

  • The judge assigned to Trump's Jan. 6 case is known to hand down tough sentences to Capitol rioters

    The judge assigned to Trump's Jan. 6 case is known to hand down tough sentences to Capitol rioters

    Aug 02, 2023 07:43 PM EDT

    ... sentences in Jan. 6, 2021, riot cases that are harsher than Justice Department prosecutors recommended. Chutkan has also ruled against Trump before in a separate Jan. 6 case. In November 2021, she refused his request to block the release of documents to the U.S. House’s Jan. 6 committee ...

  • Trump and DeSantis to appear at Moms for Liberty gathering with other 2024 GOP hopefuls

    Trump and DeSantis to appear at Moms for Liberty gathering with other 2024 GOP hopefuls

    Jun 30, 2023 02:59 PM EDT

    ... also has received a $50,000 donation from Julie Fancelli, a Republican donor whose family owns Publix grocery stores and who helped fund Trump's Jan. 6 "Stop the Steal" rally, according to House Jan. 6 committee findings. Fancelli didn't respond to a request for comment. Anti-vaccine activist ...

  • FBI, Homeland Security ignored 'massive amount' of intelligence before Jan. 6, Senate report says

    FBI, Homeland Security ignored 'massive amount' of intelligence before Jan. 6, Senate report says

    Jun 27, 2023 03:37 PM EDT

    ... defies an easy explanation.” WATCH: Where Jan 6. prosecutions stand two years after Capitol attack While several other reports have examined the intelligence failures around Jan. 6 -- including a bipartisan 2021 Senate report, the House Jan. 6 committee last year and several separate internal assessments by the Capitol Police and ...

  • What you need to know about the Republican-FBI clash over a Biden-related document

    What you need to know about the Republican-FBI clash over a Biden-related document

    Jun 07, 2023 08:21 PM EDT

    ... Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, was convicted by a jury on contempt charges last year after a referral from the House Jan. 6 committee.There's also precedent for contempt charges against senior Justice Department figures. House Republicans approved a contempt charge against then-Attorney General ...

  • Wisconsin judge rules election commission must revive 2020 fake elector complaint 

    Wisconsin judge rules election commission must revive 2020 fake elector complaint 

    May 10, 2023 01:03 AM EDT

    ... Biden won the election. That is the same argument that Trump allies and the fake electors from Wisconsin have made, including in testimony to the Jan. 6 committee. Law Forward and Madison law firm Stafford Rosenbaum sued the commission and Spindell on behalf of Paul Sickel, executive director of the ...