Jun 22 Who is Richard Donoghue and why is he testifying at the Jan. 6 hearing? By Kenichi Serino Richard Donoghue, the acting deputy attorney general in the last year of Donald Trump’s presidency and one of the Department of Justice officials who resisted pressure to validate Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud. Continue reading
Jun 22 WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee hearings - Day 5 By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press On Tuesday, the committee heard from election workers and state officials on Tuesday as they described President Donald Trump’s pressure to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Continue reading
Jun 22 Who is Jeffrey Clark and why is he important to the Jan. 6 hearings? By Kenichi Serino Jeffrey Clark, a high-ranking DOJ official in the Trump administration, did not appear publicly at the fifth House Jan. 6 committee hearing, but most of the witness testimony focused on his actions in President Donald Trump’s final weeks in office. Continue reading
Jun 22 Who is Steven Engel and why is he testifying in the Jan. 6 hearings? By Dan Cooney, Hannah Grabenstein Top Justice Department Steven Engel is scheduled to testify June 23 before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. Continue reading
Jun 22 Capitol riot hearings to stretch into July, chairman says By Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Chairman Bennie Thompson tells reporters the committee is receiving "a lot of information," including new documentary film footage of Donald Trump's final months in office. Continue reading
Jun 22 Who is Jeffrey Rosen and why is he testifying in the Jan. 6 hearings? By Hannah Grabenstein Jeffrey Rosen, former acting attorney general, is expected to testify June 23 at the fifth public hearing of the Jan. 6 committee. Continue reading
Jun 22 Jan. 6 committee has new Trump documentary footage filmed before and after insurrection By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press New footage of former President Donald Trump and his inner circle taken both before and after Jan. 6, 2021, is now in the possession of the House committee investigating the deadly attack on the Capitol. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch 7:49 Election workers continue to face threats after Trump's false election claims After former President Trump’s false claims about fraudulent 2020 election results, local and state elections officials continue to face unprecedented pressures ahead of this year's midterms, including wide-scale threats. New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Tolouse Oliver, a Democrat, and… Continue watching
Jun 21 WATCH: Former Georgia election worker says false election claims have 'affected her life in a major way' By Gabrielle Hays During the hearing, former Georgia election worker Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss told the committee that claims Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani made in a video that she and her mother were involved in a plot to count false ballots was untrue. Continue reading
Jun 21 WATCH: Jan. 6 committee says Trump broke the 'sacred and centuries-old covenant' in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election By Gabrielle Hays, Casey Kuhn Rep. Thompson a closing statement on June 21 during a public hearing before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. He said the election officials and workers who gave testimony on Tuesday’s hearing “represent the backbone of our democracy.”… Continue reading