Jun 16 WATCH: Former Judge Michael Luttig says there’s still ‘clear, present danger’ during Jan. 6 hearing By Associated Press The Jan. 6 committee on Thursday heard from a highly-respected conservative scholar about the continued danger presented by former president Donald Trump and his allies to the United States. Continue reading
Jun 16 WATCH: Pence made it to secure location on Jan. 6 ‘barely missing the rioters,’ House committee says By News Desk The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection on June 16 laid out a timeline on how former Vice President Mike Pence was evacuated to a secure location within the U.S. Capitol as rioters were overtaking the building. Continue reading
Jun 16 WATCH: Greg Jacob says Pence believed framers would not put election outcome in hands of 1 person By Associated Press Jacob said that it became clear to the vice president that the founding fathers did not intend to empower any one person, including someone running for office, to affect the election results. Continue reading
Jun 16 WATCH: Trump advisers tell Jan. 6 committee they knew Pence had no legal standing to challenge electoral votes By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press In the days before Jan. 6, as Trump pressured Pence to intervene in Congress' counting of Electoral College votes, those around him in the White House did not believe the legal advice that Pence actually had standing to intervene. Continue reading
Jun 16 WATCH: Luttig says Pence had no constitutional right to overturn election, despite Trump’s claims By Kenichi Serino and Associated Press Retired federal Judge Michael Luttig slammed the memo authored by conservative attorney John Eastman, claiming that Vice President Mike Pence could reject duly ascertained electoral votes on January 6, 2021 during a joint session of Congress. Continue reading
Jun 16 WATCH: Jan. 6 committee member Rep. Cheney says Day 3 will focus on Trump’s ‘relentless efforts’ to overturn election By News Desk and Associated Press “What the president wanted the vice president to do was not just wrong, it was illegal and unconstitutional,” Cheney said, adding that Trump was told repeatedly that Pence lacked the authority to carry out such a demand. Continue reading
Jun 16 WATCH: Jan. 6 Chairman Thompson says there’s no idea more ‘un-American’ than rejecting an election By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The Jan. 6 committee is plunging into Donald Trump's last-ditch effort to salvage the 2020 election by pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to reject the electoral count. Continue reading
Jun 16 Rep. Bennie Thompson says Jan. 6 committee wants to hear from Ginni Thomas By Mary Clare Jalonick, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press A conservative activist and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, "Ginni" Thomas communicated with people in President Donald Trump's orbit ahead of the attack and also on the day of the insurrection. Continue reading
Jun 16 Who is John Eastman and why is he important to the Jan. 6 hearings? By Hannah Grabenstein While it is unlikely that conservative lawyer John Eastman will testify publicly before the Jan. 6 committee, his name and the legal advice he gave former President Donald Trump was raised repeatedly during the June 16 hearing focused on former… Continue reading
Jun 16 Who is Greg Jacob and why is he testifying in the Jan. 6 hearings? By Hannah Grabenstein, Kenichi Serino As a top advisor to the vice president, Jacob was part of the effort to rebut legal arguments cited by Trump that Pence could change the way Electoral College votes were counted, thereby changing the outcome of the 2020 election. Continue reading