• 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 EST

    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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    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 EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Capitol riot hearings to stretch into July, chairman says

    Capitol riot hearings to stretch into July, chairman says

    Jun 22, 2022 10:28 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The House's Jan. 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as its investigation of the Capitol riot deepens. The chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, told reporters Wednesday that the committee is receiving “a lot of information” — including new documentary film footage of Trump's final ...

  • Who is Jeffrey Rosen and why is he testifying in the Jan. 6 hearings?

    Who is Jeffrey Rosen and why is he testifying in the Jan. 6 hearings?

    Jun 22, 2022 10:13 PM EST

    ... not to replace Rosen with Clark. On the day of the Jan. 6 attack, Rosen said he spoke with various members of Congress, Vice President Mike Pence and members of his own department, but not Trump.For more on the key players in the Jan. 6 committee hearings, click here.

  • Katie Britt wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Alabama primary election

    Katie Britt wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Alabama primary election

    Jun 22, 2022 01:45 AM EST

    ... 2nd District, state Sen. Jen Kiggans won the Republican race to try to unseat Democrat Elaine Luria, a retired Naval commander and member of the Jan. 6 committee, in the general election. In central Virginia’s 7th District, six candidates are in a competitive race to face Democratic Rep. Abigail ...

  • Sen. Jen Kiggans snags GOP nomination to face Virginia's Rep. Elaine Luria

    Sen. Jen Kiggans snags GOP nomination to face Virginia's Rep. Elaine Luria

    Jun 22, 2022 12:50 AM EST

    ... $2.25 and now they’re $3.58 …. Everything has gone up.” Like Kiggans, Luria is also a Navy veteran. She’s currently on the Jan. 6 committee investigating the 2021 attack on the Capitol and has cultivated a congressional identity as a centrist since flipping the district blue under ...

  • June 21, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    June 21, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Jun 22, 2022 12:16 AM EST

    Tuesday on the NewsHour, state officials testified before the Jan. 6 committee on how former President Trump pressured them to overturn 2020 election results. Then, the Texas Department of Public Safety castigates local law enforcement for its slow response to the Uvalde school shooting. Plus, women describe life before Roe ...

  • WATCH: Former Georgia election worker says false election claims have ‘affected her life in a major way’

    WATCH: Former Georgia election worker says false election claims have ‘affected her life in a major way’

    Jun 21, 2022 10:53 PM EST

    During the Jan. 6 committee hearing on June 21, former Georgia election worker Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss told the committee that claims Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani made in a video that she and her mother were involved in a plot to count false ballots was untrue. She also detailed the ...