• House votes to hold Scavino and Navarro in contempt of Congress in Jan. 6 probe

    House votes to hold Scavino and Navarro in contempt of Congress in Jan. 6 probe

    Apr 07, 2022 12:14 AM EDT

    Cheney and Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who is also on the select committee, were the only Republicans who voted in favor of the contempt charges. While pursuing contempt charges may not yield any new information for the Jan. 6 committee — any prosecutions could drag for months or years — the vote ...

  • U.S. Supreme Court's increasingly partisan divide raises questions about ethics

    U.S. Supreme Court's increasingly partisan divide raises questions about ethics

    Apr 06, 2022 10:30 PM EDT

    Text messages uncovered by the Jan. 6 committee between former President Trump's chief of staff and Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, have raised ethical questions about the court. Gabe Roth, executive director of Fix the Court, and John Malcolm, of the Meese Center for Legal ...

  • WATCH: House votes to hold Scavino, Navarro in contempt of Congress in Jan. 6 probe

    WATCH: House votes to hold Scavino, Navarro in contempt of Congress in Jan. 6 probe

    Apr 06, 2022 05:31 PM EDT

    ... committee, were the only Republicans who voted in favor of the contempt charges. While pursuing contempt charges may not yield any new information for the Jan. 6 committee — any prosecutions could drag for months or years — the vote Wednesday was the latest attempt to show that witnesses will suffer consequences ...

  • April 3, 2022 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    April 3, 2022 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    Apr 03, 2022 10:27 PM EDT

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, Ukraine's President Zelenskyy says Russia engaged in genocide following shocking images of civilians killed outside Kyiv. Then, we analyze the latest revelations from the Jan. 6 committee and look ahead to Ketanji Brown Jackson’s possible confirmation to the Supreme Court. Also, we spotlight ...

  • Dissecting Democrats' narrow path to a Supreme Court confirmation, pace of Jan. 6 probe

    Dissecting Democrats' narrow path to a Supreme Court confirmation, pace of Jan. 6 probe

    Apr 03, 2022 09:39 PM EDT

    The Jan. 6 committee's probe into the Capitol attack is turning up new findings about the involvement of former President Trump's allies, as Senate Democrats prepare to advance the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Margaret Russell of Santa Clara University School of Law, Kyle Cheney ...

  • Jan. 6 panel pressures Attorney General Garland to charge Trump allies

    Jan. 6 panel pressures Attorney General Garland to charge Trump allies

    Apr 01, 2022 09:38 PM EDT

    ... 2020 election. The practical effect of that ruling was to order the release of more than 100 emails from Trump adviser John Eastman to the Jan. 6 Committee. But lawmakers zeroed in on a particular passage in the judge's opinion that characterized Jan. 6 as a "coup." "Dr. Eastman ...

  • March 3, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    March 3, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Mar 04, 2022 12:46 AM EDT

    ... as brutal shelling continues elsewhere in Ukraine, while police in Russia crack down on independent media. Then, we explore how Ukraine's President Zelensky became the country's leader at a moment of crisis. Also, the House Jan. 6 committee lays out potential criminal conspiracy charges against former President Trump.

  • Rep. Adam Schiff on potential criminal conspiracy charges against former President Trump

    Rep. Adam Schiff on potential criminal conspiracy charges against former President Trump

    Mar 03, 2022 11:35 PM EDT

    ... a criminal conspiracy" to defraud the U.S. in seeking to overturn the 2020 election results. Rep. Adam Schiff, a member of the Jan. 6 committee, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss. ... Judy Woodruff: It's the clearest picture to date about the scope and potential conclusions of the House committee ...

  • Prosecutors in charge of Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into Trump suddenly resigned

    Prosecutors in charge of Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into Trump suddenly resigned

    Feb 23, 2022 10:08 PM EDT

    ... the National Archives revealed that classified information was found in 15 boxes of White House records taken to his Mar-a-Lago home. Meanwhile, the Jan. 6 committee is continuing to investigate the insurrection, and what role Trump played in inciting it, and an investigation in Georgia is continuing into ...

  • WATCH: Senate debates voting rights legislation unlikely to pass

    WATCH: Senate debates voting rights legislation unlikely to pass

    Jan 13, 2022 06:54 PM EDT

    ... R-Calif., talked to reporters for the first time since releasing a statement the previous evening saying he would not cooperate with a special House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. McCarthy said there is “nothing that I can provide the Jan. 6 committee” that would help their investigation and ...