• 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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    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 EST

    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 ...

  • Capehart and Abernathy on COVID deaths, pandemic funding and Jan. 6 subpoenas

    Capehart and Abernathy on COVID deaths, pandemic funding and Jan. 6 subpoenas

    May 13, 2022 10:30 PM EST

    Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and Washington Post columnist Gary Abernathy join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the U.S. marks a million deaths from COVID-19, Congress reached an impasse on pandemic funding, and the Jan. 6 committee issued subpoenas for five Republican lawmakers ...

  • News Wrap: Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Kevin McCarthy and four other Republicans

    News Wrap: Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Kevin McCarthy and four other Republicans

    May 12, 2022 10:50 PM EST

    In our news wrap Thursday, the Jan. 6 committee in Congress subpoenaed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republicans, North Korea acknowledged its first COVID outbreak, Palestinians mourn journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the West Bank, and astronomers captured the ...

  • After nearly a thousand interviews, Jan. 6 panel considers calling Trump and Pence

    After nearly a thousand interviews, Jan. 6 panel considers calling Trump and Pence

    May 09, 2022 04:22 PM EST

    ... vice president to testify in a congressional investigation is a rare, if not unprecedented, move that could face major legal hurdles and backfire politically. The Jan. 6 committee has given only a glimpse of what it has found, mostly in court filings where excerpts of transcripts have been used.A ...

  • Oath Keeper from North Carolina pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy during Jan. 6 insurrection

    Oath Keeper from North Carolina pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy during Jan. 6 insurrection

    May 05, 2022 01:01 AM EST

    ... mob of people trying to push open the Rotunda Doors from inside the building, according to prosecutors. WATCH: What could be expected in the upcoming Jan. 6 committee hearings Later that afternoon, according to a court filing, Wilson joined Rhodes and others in a hotel's private suite, where Rhodes ...