• 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 ...

  • 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 EDT

    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 EDT

    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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • Jan. 6 panel asks 3 House Republicans to testify on efforts to overturn 2020 election results

    Jan. 6 panel asks 3 House Republicans to testify on efforts to overturn 2020 election results

    May 02, 2022 07:57 PM EDT

    ... sought to challenge his loss in the 2020 presidential election, and the planning and coordination of rallies on and before Jan. 6, 2021. “The Select Committee has learned that several of our colleagues have information relevant to our investigation into the facts, circumstances, and causes of January 6th," committee chairman ...

  • Evidence mounts of GOP involvement in Trump's attempt to stay in power

    Evidence mounts of GOP involvement in Trump's attempt to stay in power

    May 01, 2022 03:05 PM EDT

    ... House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California — to testify voluntarily. All have refused. Other lawmakers could be called in the coming days. So far, the Jan. 6 committee has refrained from issuing subpoenas to lawmakers, fearing the repercussions of such an extraordinary step. But the lack of cooperation from lawmakers ...

  • April 24, 2022 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    April 24, 2022 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    Apr 24, 2022 11:10 PM EDT

    ... for a truce on Orthodox Easter and U.S. officials were expected for their first visit to the war zone. We look ahead to the Jan. 6 committee hearings, and examine why gun violence has gone up in the U.S. Then, we catch up with Betty Reid Soskin, who ...