• 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 EDT

    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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    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 ...

  • Who are the witnesses testifying at the Jan. 6 hearings?

    Who are the witnesses testifying at the Jan. 6 hearings?

    Jun 09, 2022 05:57 PM EDT

    ... the Department of Justice officials who resisted pressure to validate Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud. During the first day of testimony for the Jan. 6 Committee on June 10, Rep Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said Donoghue was among the Department of Justice lawyers who had investigated but did ...

  • Who is Caroline Edwards and why did she testify in the Jan. 6 hearings?

    Who is Caroline Edwards and why did she testify in the Jan. 6 hearings?

    Jun 09, 2022 04:21 PM EDT

    ... the first law enforcement officer injured by rioters who attacked the Capitol, leaving her with a brain injury, according to a statement issued by the Jan. 6 Committee. Though injured, she continued to patrol the Capitol and prevented more rioters from entering the building. Edwards has already made official statements ...

  • WATCH: Ahead of Jan. 6 hearings, McCarthy calls committee 'least legitimate' in American history

    WATCH: Ahead of Jan. 6 hearings, McCarthy calls committee 'least legitimate' in American history

    Jun 09, 2022 03:14 PM EDT

    Hours before the Jan. 6 committee opens its prime time hearings about the riot at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy called it "the most political and least legitimate committee in American history." Watch the full event in the player above. "It has permanently ...

  • How to watch the Jan. 6 hearings

    How to watch the Jan. 6 hearings

    Jun 08, 2022 07:51 PM EDT

    ... make their case that these hearings are entirely political. More on Jan. 6 from our coverage: Watch: It's a busy July for the House committee investigating the Capitol attack. Here's what to expect with the upcoming Jan. 6 hearings and legislative actions. One Big Question: More than a ...

  • With Jan. 6 public hearings set to begin, who has already been held accountable?

    With Jan. 6 public hearings set to begin, who has already been held accountable?

    Jun 07, 2022 03:07 PM EDT

    ... pro-Trump mob range from low-level misdemeanors for those who only entered the Capitol to felony seditious conspiracy charges against far-right extremists. WATCH: Jan. 6 committee prepares to unveil ‘roadmap of criminality’ in Capitol attack It's the largest prosecution in the history of the Justice Department, whose ...

  • June 5, 2022 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    June 5, 2022 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    Jun 05, 2022 10:00 PM EDT

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, we examine the Jan. 6 committee's investigation on the Capitol attack as it prepares to start its first public hearings. Then, how society can protect young men from radicalization as extremists target them online. Plus, billionaire businessman Mark Cuban discusses his new effort to ...

  • Ginni Thomas' emails deepen her involvement in 2020 election

    Ginni Thomas' emails deepen her involvement in 2020 election

    May 20, 2022 11:22 PM EDT

    In January, Thomas was the lone member of the court who supported a bid by Trump to withhold documents from the Jan 6. committee. The documents were held by the National Archives and Records Administration and included presidential diaries, visitor logs, speech drafts and handwritten notes dealing with Jan. 6 ...