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
Apr 01 Democrats proposing commission to study U.S. pandemic response By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press House Democrats are drafting legislation that would create a bipartisan commission to study the U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, modeled on one that examined the 9/11 attacks. Continue reading
Dec 05 Homeland Security chair requests review of $400 million border wall contract By Associated Press In a letter dated Wednesday, Congressman Bennie Thompson raised concern about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to award the contract for the wall to Fisher Sand and Gravel. Thompson wrote that prior to Monday, the company had not… Continue reading
Aug 14 House panel subpoenas owner of 8chan, message board tied to mass killings By Associated Press Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson and the panel's top Republican announced the subpoena Wednesday, saying that "at least three acts of deadly white supremacist extremist violence have been linked to 8chan in the last six months."… Continue reading
Feb 13 WATCH: Election security experts testify before House committee By Joshua Barajas Several election security experts testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday as the 2020 presidential field continues to widen. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 6:25 Border wall is not ‘who we are,’ says Rep. Thompson What’s the impact for national security when those who work to keep us safe aren’t getting paid? Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, says DHHS and TSA employees are still doing their jobs. Continue watching