• Jan. 6 participant who carried Confederate flag into Capitol begins trial

    Jan. 6 participant who carried Confederate flag into Capitol begins trial

    Jun 13, 2022 02:41 PM EST

    ... his son, Hunter. The Seefrieds were "early, aggressive and active participants" in the Capitol breach and among the first rioters to enter the building on Jan. 6, 2021, prosecutors have said. WATCH: Jan. 6 committee hearing – Day 2 U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden is hearing testimony without a jury ...

  • Trump ex-campaign manager Stepien pulls out of Jan. 6 appearance, committee says

    Trump ex-campaign manager Stepien pulls out of Jan. 6 appearance, committee says

    Jun 13, 2022 02:06 PM EST

    ... ruled against him. Monday's hearing will also turn to the millions of dollars Trump's team brought in fundraising in the run-up to Jan. 6, according to a committee aide who insisted on anonymity to discuss the details.WATCH: Jan. 6 committee hearing – Day 2 The committee has ...

  • Who is Chris Stirewalt and why is he testifying in the Jan. 6 hearings?

    Who is Chris Stirewalt and why is he testifying in the Jan. 6 hearings?

    Jun 13, 2022 01:49 AM EST

    ... Biden in the 2020 election. He’s since moved to NewsNation, an independent cable news network, where he’s currently the political editor. WATCH LIVE: Jan. 6 committee hearings – Day 2 At the hearing, which focused on Trump and his advisors’ effort to perpetuate lies about election fraud, the committee ...

  • How race played a role in the Capitol insurrection

    How race played a role in the Capitol insurrection

    Jun 11, 2022 09:35 PM EST

    The Jan. 6 committee will hold its next public hearing on Monday morning. And while the panel's focus is on former President Trump and his closest allies, future witnesses are expected to draw a link between the Trump White House and extremist groups. Hakeem Jefferson, a political scientist at ...

  • Who is Bill Barr and why is he important to the Jan. 6 hearings?

    Who is Bill Barr and why is he important to the Jan. 6 hearings?

    Jun 10, 2022 09:51 PM EST

    ... to claims of fraud, calling them “complete nonsense.” Barr also said the false claims of election fraud are what prompted him to resign. WATCH: Jan. 6 committee hearing - Day 2 “I saw absolutely zero basis for the allegations,” Barr said during his taped deposition. Later in the hearing, the committee ...

  • WATCH: ‘Trump asked us to come,’ rioters said during Jan. 6 attack

    WATCH: ‘Trump asked us to come,’ rioters said during Jan. 6 attack

    Jun 10, 2022 02:49 AM EST

    ... far-right extremist groups Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers into sharper focus. https://youtu.be/Lc4baoSeuGw Marcus Childress, an attorney for the Jan. 6 committee, said members of extremist groups were energized to arrive to the Capitol by a Dec. 19 tweet from former President Donald Trump.The committee ...

  • WATCH: 'It was carnage. It was chaos,' Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards says of Jan. 6 attack

    WATCH: 'It was carnage. It was chaos,' Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards says of Jan. 6 attack

    Jun 10, 2022 02:32 AM EST

    ... along with filmmaker Nick Quested, who documented much of the violence that day. The hearing June 9 was the first of several planned by the Jan. 6 committee in the coming weeks. In the year since its creation, the committee has conducted more than 1,000 interviews, seeking critical information ...

  • WATCH: Jan. 6 violence was 'no accident,' but part of 'Trump's last stand,' Rep. Thompson says

    WATCH: Jan. 6 violence was 'no accident,' but part of 'Trump's last stand,' Rep. Thompson says

    Jun 10, 2022 02:11 AM EST

    The chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and Donald Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election opened Thursday's prime-time hearing declaring the attack an “attempted coup” that put "two and half centuries of constitutional democracy at risk.” Watch Thompson's remarks in ...

  • WATCH: Barr, Ivanka Trump say they knew there was no voter fraud in 2020 election

    WATCH: Barr, Ivanka Trump say they knew there was no voter fraud in 2020 election

    Jun 10, 2022 01:57 AM EST

    ... an impact on her. "It affected my perspective," Ivanka Trump said."I respect Attorney General Barr. So I accepted what he was saying." WATCH LIVE: Jan. 6 committee hearings – Day 1 Thursday night's hearing aimed to lay out in gripping detail that the deadly 1/6 violence was no ...

  • What we know about the days leading up to the Capitol attack

    What we know about the days leading up to the Capitol attack

    Jun 09, 2022 10:45 PM EST

    As the Jan. 6 committee begins public hearings, we get two perspectives on what happened during the Capitol attack and the days leading up to it. Donell Harvin, former head of Homeland Security and Intelligence for the District of Columbia and senior policy researcher at the Rand Corporation, and Andrea ...