Apr 01 Jan. 6 panel pressures Attorney General Garland to charge Trump allies By Farnoush Amiri, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a blunt message to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice. Continue reading
Mar 31 Piecing together Donald Trump’s 8-hour gap during Jan. 6 insurrection By Colleen Long, Associated Press On the day of the Capitol riot that shook American democracy, there are no official White House phone notations from about 11 a.m. to about 7 p.m. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 7:29 Rep. Zoe Lofgren on the Jan. 6 probe and why it’s ‘far more serious’ than Watergate The select congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Thursday heard from the closest witness to former President Donald Trump yet -- his son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was also his top aide at the White House. Rep. Zoe… Continue watching
Mar 29 Man who waved Confederate flag during Jan. 6 attack pleads guilty By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press A Maryland man who waved a Confederate flag attached to a lacrosse stick during the siege at the U.S. Capitol has pleaded guilty to interfering with a police officer who was trying to disperse a crowd of rioters. Continue reading
Mar 28 Jan. 6 committee votes to hold Trump advisers Scavino, Navarro in contempt By Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has voted unanimously to hold two men who served as advisers to former President Donald Trump in contempt of Congress. Continue reading
Mar 24 Jan. 6 committee set to hold a contempt vote for 2 former Donald Trump aides By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The House committee investigating the Capitol riot has set a vote for next week to consider contempt of Congress charges for two aides of former President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Mar 08 First trial of Capitol rioters ends with conviction all counts By Michael Kunzelman, Colleen Long, Associated Press A Texas man was convicted on Tuesday of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, a milestone victory for federal prosecutors in the first trial among hundreds of cases arising from last year’s riot. Continue reading
Mar 08 Proud Boys leader arrested and charged with conspiracy in Capitol insurrection By Michael Kunzelman, Colleen Long, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press A leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was arrested Tuesday on a conspiracy charge for what federal prosecutors say was his role in a coordinated attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's… Continue reading
Mar 08 Jury begins deliberating in first trial of a Jan. 6 Capitol rioter By Michael Kunzelman, Colleen Long, Associated Press A federal jury began deliberating in the case against a Texas man whose trial is the first for the hundreds of people charged in the riot at the U.S. Capitol last year. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 8:22 Rep. Adam Schiff on potential criminal conspiracy charges against former President Trump By Stephanie Kotuby, Matt Loffman, Ian Couzens In a court filing Wednesday, lawyers for the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol wrote that there is evidence to conclude former President Trump and members of his campaign "engaged in a criminal conspiracy" to… Continue watching