• Trump's enduring impact seen in Supreme Court rulings on abortion, gun restrictions

    Trump's enduring impact seen in Supreme Court rulings on abortion, gun restrictions

    Jun 26, 2022 05:09 PM EDT

    ... real suburban Republicans know their handwringing is performative: This decision simply moves the abortion issue to the states where it has always belonged.” Meanwhile, the Jan. 6 committee and related investigations, including a special grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, looking at whether Trump and others illegally meddled in the ...

  • WATCH: Trump pressured Justice Department to seize states’ voting machines, former DOJ officials say

    WATCH: Trump pressured Justice Department to seize states’ voting machines, former DOJ officials say

    Jun 23, 2022 10:43 PM EDT

    Jeffrey Rosen, former acting attorney general, testified on June 23 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings to the public. Watch Rosen's remarks in the player above. Rosen told the committee that in the days leading up to Jan. 6, former President Donald Trump ...

  • Federal agents search former Trump-era DOJ official Jeffrey Clark's home

    Federal agents search former Trump-era DOJ official Jeffrey Clark's home

    Jun 23, 2022 10:11 PM EDT

    ... fraud claims The Justice Department appears to be escalating its probe of pro-Trump efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which culminated in the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection. The disclosures of law enforcement activity came as the U.S. House committee investigating the riot said it had new evidence of ...

  • WATCH: Former top DOJ official Richard Donoghue speaks on Jeffrey Clark's push for false election fraud claims

    WATCH: Former top DOJ official Richard Donoghue speaks on Jeffrey Clark's push for false election fraud claims

    Jun 23, 2022 09:45 PM EDT

    ... lawyer whose sole qualification was his fealty to Trump. A lawyer for Clark did not return an email ahead of the hearing. WATCH: Every public Jan. 6 committee hearing so far Three Trump-era Justice Department officials testified that Trump was fixated on voter fraud claims and insisted they pursue ...

  • WATCH: Former Justice Department official said Trump asked him to call the election ‘corrupt’

    WATCH: Former Justice Department official said Trump asked him to call the election ‘corrupt’

    Jun 23, 2022 08:58 PM EDT

    Former acting deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue spoke on June 23 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings in their fifth public hearing. Watch Donoghue's remarks in the player above. Donaghue went through the steps the Department of Justice took to investigate claims of ...

  • WATCH: Rep. Kinzinger highlights Trump pressure on Justice Department

    WATCH: Rep. Kinzinger highlights Trump pressure on Justice Department

    Jun 23, 2022 08:33 PM EDT

    ... will a law enforcement agency that has long cherished its independence from the White House. Kinzinger is one of only two Republicans on the House Jan. 6 Committee. The testimony was aimed at showing that Trump not only relied on outside advisers to press his false claims of election fraud ...

  • WATCH: Rep. Thompson says Trump wanted Justice Department to 'legitimate his lies'

    WATCH: Rep. Thompson says Trump wanted Justice Department to 'legitimate his lies'

    Jun 23, 2022 08:04 PM EDT

    The Jan. 6 committee is hearing from former Justice Department officials who faced down a relentless pressure campaign from Donald Trump over the 2020 presidential election results while suppressing a bizarre challenge from within their own ranks. Watch Thompson's remarks in the player above. The hearing Thursday is bringing ...

  • Who is Richard Donoghue and why is he testifying at the Jan. 6 hearing?

    Who is Richard Donoghue and why is he testifying at the Jan. 6 hearing?

    Jun 23, 2022 12:06 AM EDT

    ... said he told Trump. “And those are not going to change. So you can have whatever leadership you want, but the department's position is not going to change.”Trump ultimately decided not to fire Rosen. For more on the key players in the Jan. 6 committee hearings, click here.

  • Who is Jeffrey Clark and why is he important to the Jan. 6 hearings?

    Who is Jeffrey Clark and why is he important to the Jan. 6 hearings?

    Jun 22, 2022 11:25 PM EDT

    Jeffrey Clark, a high-ranking DOJ official in the Trump administration, did not appear publicly at the fifth House Jan. 6 committee hearing, but most of the witness testimony focused on his actions in President Donald Trump’s final weeks in office. Clark was one of the few lawyers within ...

  • Who is Steven Engel and why is he testifying in the Jan. 6 hearings?

    Who is Steven Engel and why is he testifying in the Jan. 6 hearings?

    Jun 22, 2022 10:59 PM EDT

    ... 6 committee’s fifth hearing. Engel appeared alongside Trump’s former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and former acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue. WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee hearings – Day 5 Engel told the committee that he and other senior Justice Department officials threatened to resign in January 2021 if ...