Jun 09 WATCH: Jan. 6 violence was 'no accident,' but part of 'Trump's last stand,' Rep. Thompson says By Associated Press Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said “the world is watching” the U.S. response to the panel's yearlong investigation into the Capitol riot and the defeated president's extraordinary effort to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's election victory. Continue reading
Jun 09 WATCH: Capitol riot was 'culmination of an attempted coup,' Jan. 6 Committee chair Thompson says By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol said it put America's "constitutional democracy at risk."… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 6:54 Thompson on what the Jan. 6 panel has learned in the year since the Capitol attack While the disturbing scenes of the Jan. 6 insurrection were captured by witnesses and the media, many unknowns still exist. Among them, the actions of President Donald Trump who was silent for more than three hours. The bipartisan House committee… Continue watching
Nov 09 House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 10 more former White House aides By Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker, Jill Colvin, Associated Press The subpoenas include demands for documents and testimony from senior adviser Stephen Miller and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. Continue reading
Oct 19 WATCH: Jan. 6 committee votes to hold Bannon in contempt of Congress, says 'we won't take no as an answer' By Justin Stabley and Associated Press Last week, Bannon defied a request from a committee subpoena demanding he hand over documents and provide testimony on his communications with Trump days before hundreds of pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol building. Continue reading
Jul 26 WATCH: House investigation of Jan. 6 attack begins with police testimony By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Capitol Police Officer Aquilino Gonell told House investigators Tuesday he could feel himself losing oxygen as he was crushed by rioters as he was defending the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Continue reading
Jul 09 Police testimony will lead off panel's first Capitol insurrection hearing By Mary Clare Jalonick, Padmananda Rama, Associated Press Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the new select panel, says the committee hopes to "set the tone" of the investigation by hearing from those first responders, many of whom were brutally beaten and verbally assaulted by former President… Continue reading
Jul 06 'Now our people are at risk,' Rep. Bennie Thompson says of Mississippi's failure to take government funding for vaccination efforts By Matt Loffman, Alex D'Elia “Our governor refused to take the FEMA money to go out and identify those vulnerable areas,” Thompson told PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff in an interview Tuesday. Continue reading
Feb 16 Democratic congressman Thompson sues Trump over role in Capitol riot By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and of conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent the Senate from certifying the… Continue reading
Sep 15 Democrats to investigate forced surgery claims at Georgia detention center By Elliot Spagat, Jeff Amy, Associated Press In a complaint filed Monday, a nurse alleges that the Irwin County Detention Center performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records. Continue reading