Jun 27 Lawyer who advised Trump on the 2020 election results says federal agents seized phone By Eric Tucker, Associated Press A lawyer who aided former President Donald Trump's efforts to undo the 2020 election results says in a federal court filing that federal agents have seized his cell phone. Continue reading
Jun 27 WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee hearings - Day 6 By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Witness Cassidy Hutchinson, a lesser-known White House aide, rebuffed Trump's team warnings against testifying and provided first-hand knowledge of what she saw and heard in the run-up to the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. Continue reading
Jun 27 How the Jan. 6 committee is taking a new approach By David Bauder, Associated Press Many observers expected the Jan. 6 committee hearings would be nothing more than reruns, but they've proven much more. Continue reading
Jun 26 Trump's enduring impact seen in Supreme Court rulings on abortion, gun restrictions By Jill Colvin, Associated Press The abortion decision marked the apex in a week that reinforced the former president’s ongoing impact in Washington more than a year and a half after he exited the White House. Continue reading
Jun 23 WATCH: Trump pressured Justice Department to seize states' voting machines, former DOJ officials say By Kenichi Serino Jeffrey Rosen, former acting attorney general, testified on June 23 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings to the public. Continue reading
Jun 23 Federal agents search former Trump-era DOJ official Jeffrey Clark's home By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Federal agents have searched the Virginia home of a Trump-era Justice Department official who championed efforts by President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Continue reading
Jun 23 WATCH: Former top DOJ official Richard Donoghue speaks on Jeffrey Clark's push for false election fraud claims By Associated Press Testimony centered on a tense showdown on Jan. 3, 2021 in which Trump contemplated replacing the acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen, with a lower-level official, Jeffrey Clark, who wanted to champion Trump's bogus election fraud claims. Continue reading
Jun 23 WATCH: Former Justice Department official said Trump asked him to call the election 'corrupt' By Casey Kuhn Former acting deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue spoke on June 23 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings in their fifth public hearing. Continue reading
Jun 23 WATCH: Rep. Kinzinger highlights Trump pressure on Justice Department By Casey Kuhn and Associated Press Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, highlighted the pressure President Donald Trump was putting on the Justice Department to keep himself in power. Continue reading
Jun 23 WATCH: Rep. Thompson says Trump wanted Justice Department to 'legitimate his lies' By Associated Press The Jan. 6 committee is hearing from former Justice Department officials who faced down a relentless pressure campaign from Donald Trump over the 2020 presidential election results while suppressing a bizarre challenge from within their own ranks. Continue reading