• 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 ...

  • 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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    ... 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 ...

  • 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 EST

    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 EST

    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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    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 EST

    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 EST

    ... 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 ...