• Closing arguments underway in Steve Bannon trial as jury set to deliberate

    Closing arguments underway in Steve Bannon trial as jury set to deliberate

    Jul 22, 2022 03:17 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Closing arguments were expected Friday in Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress trial, with the jury likely to get the case against the onetime Donald Trump ally. Bannon is charged with two counts of criminal contempt for refusing to appear before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 ...

  • Recording captures McCarthy saying he would urge Trump to resign

    Recording captures McCarthy saying he would urge Trump to resign

    Apr 22, 2022 01:43 PM EST

    ... House majority are unlikely to be critical of the leader ahead of November.Still, McCarthy has also been a person of interest for the House committee investigating the storming of the Capitol on Jan 6. The select committee, which Cheney vice-chairs, requested an interview with McCarthy in mid-January ...

  • House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Alex Jones and Roger Stone

    House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Alex Jones and Roger Stone

    Nov 22, 2021 10:54 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection issued subpoenas Monday to five more individuals, including former President Donald Trump’s ally Roger Stone and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The subpoenas include demands for documents and testimony from Stone and Jones as well as three people ...

  • What's next after judge denied Trump request to withhold Jan 6. docs from House committee

    What's next after judge denied Trump request to withhold Jan 6. docs from House committee

    Nov 10, 2021 11:20 PM EST

    ... process happening because former President Trump has said that he is going to continue to pursue this. And Democrats, including chair of the House select committee, Bennie Thompson, has said that he believes lawmakers have the law on their side. Judy Woodruff: And speaking of Chair Thompson and that committee ...

  • WATCH: FBI Director Wray testifies before House Oversight Committee on Jan. 6 Capitol attack

    WATCH: FBI Director Wray testifies before House Oversight Committee on Jan. 6 Capitol attack

    Jun 15, 2021 05:31 PM EST

    ... goal is to bat 1.000, and any time there’s an attack, much less an attack as horrific and spectacular as what happened on Jan. 6, we consider that to be unacceptable," Wray replied. As the committee examined the insurrection, the House held a vote to give congressional medals ...

  • Dick Cheney, one of America's most powerful and polarizing vice presidents, dies at 84

    Dick Cheney, one of America's most powerful and polarizing vice presidents, dies at 84

    Nov 04, 2025 11:59 AM EST

    ... became one of Trump's favorite targets. Dick Cheney rallied to his daughter's defense in 2022 as she juggled her lead role on the committee investigating Jan. 6 with trying to get reelected in deeply conservative Wyoming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_ogxCEEkR4 Liz Cheney's vote ...

  • Trump is making Jan. 6 a key element of his campaign for president

    Trump is making Jan. 6 a key element of his campaign for president

    Mar 19, 2024 04:57 PM EST

    The initial House Select Committee on Jan. 6 found that Trump criminally engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol and beating police. More than 1,200 people have been ...

  • WATCH: McCarthy unveils House GOP's 'Commitment to America' in Pennsylvania

    WATCH: McCarthy unveils House GOP's 'Commitment to America' in Pennsylvania

    Sep 23, 2022 07:08 PM EST

    ... profile endorsements to propel GOP candidates for Congress. He abandoned an earlier bid to become speaker when support from House colleagues drifted. WATCH: Ahead of Jan. 6 hearings, McCarthy calls committee ‘least legitimate’ in American history The “Commitment to America” reflects the strength of McCarthy’s abilities but also his ...

  • Piecing together Donald Trump's 8-hour gap during Jan. 6 insurrection

    Piecing together Donald Trump's 8-hour gap during Jan. 6 insurrection

    Apr 01, 2022 12:54 AM EST

    ... though a president's movements and communications are closely monitored. There's a gap in the official White House phone notations given to the House committee investigating Jan. 6 — from about 11 a.m. to about 7 p.m., according to two people familiar with the congressional investigation into the ...

  • House Jan. 6 panel alleges Trump engaged in 'criminal conspiracy'

    House Jan. 6 panel alleges Trump engaged in 'criminal conspiracy'

    Mar 03, 2022 03:45 AM EST

    ... lawyer who was consulting with Trump as he attempted to overturn the election, is trying to withhold documents from the committee as it investigates the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. The committee argued there is a legal exception allowing the disclosure of communications regarding ongoing or future crimes. “The Select Committee ...