Oct 13 WATCH: Rep. Lofgren says Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ was a ‘premeditated plan’ not based on election results By Casey Kuhn Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D- Calif., spoke on Oct. 13 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings to the public. Continue reading
Oct 13 WATCH: Rep. Liz Cheney says Trump knew ‘his election fraud claims were false’ By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado The committee returned to its public-facing work after nearly three months, having rescheduled the current hearing two weeks ago in light of Hurricane Ian. Continue reading
Oct 13 WATCH: Rep. Thompson says Jan. 6 investigation is ‘not about politics,’ but about ‘facts’ By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The committee is starting to sum up its findings that Republican Trump, after losing the 2020 presidential election, launched an unprecedented attempt to stop Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. Continue reading
Oct 12 Jan. 6 committee seeks to preserve its work as time runs out By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has collected a staggering trove of evidence. Now the question is what to do with it all. Continue reading
Oct 07 Michael Flynn, Newt Gingrich testimony sought in Georgia election probe By Kate Brumback, Associated Press The Georgia prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election has filed paperwork seeking to compel testimony from a new batch of Trump allies. Continue reading
Oct 06 Man pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy for the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election. Continue reading
Oct 06 Jan. 6 committee schedules new public hearing for Oct. 13 By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has scheduled its next hearing for Oct. 13. Continue reading
Oct 03 Who are the Oath Keepers, and why are members on trial? By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press A trial starting this week in Washington, D.C., is the biggest test yet in the Justice Department's efforts to hold accountable those responsible for the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Continue reading
Sep 27 Maine man convicted of 11 charges stemming from Capitol insurrection By Associated Press A Maine man who joined rioters at the U.S. Capitol has been convicted of 11 charges including assaulting, resisting or impeding police officers. Prosecutors say Kyle Fitzsimons, of Lebanon, charged to the front line on Jan. 6, 2021, and assaulted… Continue reading
Sep 27 Sedition trial begins for Oath Keepers leader By Michael Kunzelman, Alanna Durkin, Associated Press Jury selection is underway in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates are charged with seditious conspiracy. Continue reading