Jun 09 WATCH: 'Trump asked us to come,' rioters said during Jan. 6 attack By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado and Associated Press Before ending its nearly two hour hearing, the committee investigating the Capitol insurrection played video footage of rioters saying former President Donald Trump asked them to come to Washington on Jan. 6. Continue reading
Jun 09 WATCH: Filmmaker Nick Quested recalls documenting Proud Boys during Jan. 6 attack By Associated Press In his opening statement, Quested said that on January 6th, 2021, he "documented the crowd turn from protesters to rioters to insurrectionists."… Continue reading
Jun 09 WATCH: 'It was carnage. It was chaos,' Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards says of Jan. 6 attack By Hannah Grabenstein, Associated Press Edwards said in her opening statement June 9 before the House Jan. 6 committee that on the day of the attack and in the days that followed, she was called a number of names, including “Nancy Pelosi’s dog,” “incompetent,” “hero,”… Continue reading
Jun 09 WATCH: Jan. 6 committee shows new footage of Capitol attack By Associated Press The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection presented 12 minutes of violent, previously unseen footage of rioters beating police and smashing way into Capitol. Continue reading
Jun 09 WATCH: Jan. 6 violence was 'no accident,' but part of 'Trump's last stand,' Rep. Thompson says By Associated Press Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said “the world is watching” the U.S. response to the panel's yearlong investigation into the Capitol riot and the defeated president's extraordinary effort to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's election victory. Continue reading
Jun 09 WATCH: Barr, Ivanka Trump say they knew there was no voter fraud in 2020 election By Associated Press Rep. Liz Cheney, the vice chair of the Jan. 6 committee introduced clips from video depositions by Ivanka Trump and former Attorney General Bill Barr to show President Trump's claims of substantial voter fraud were "complete nonsense."… Continue reading
Jun 09 WATCH: What happened in the days before the Capitol attack, according to the Jan. 6 committee By Associated Press Cheney outlined what the committee has learned about the events leading up to that brisk January day when Trump sent his supporters to Congress to “fight like hell” for his presidency. Continue reading
Jun 09 WATCH: Capitol riot was 'culmination of an attempted coup,' Jan. 6 Committee chair Thompson says By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol said it put America's "constitutional democracy at risk."… Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 7:52 What we know about the days leading up to the Capitol attack By PBS NewsHour As the Jan. 6 committee begins public hearings, we get two perspectives on what happened during the Capitol attack and the days leading up to it. Donell Harvin, former head of Homeland Security and Intelligence for the District of Columbia… Continue watching
Jun 09 Justice Department says Navarro lied about being denied a lawyer, food By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The Justice Department is pushing back on an assertion from former Trump White House official Peter Navarro, who had claimed he was denied access to an attorney when he was arrested on contempt charges last week. Continue reading