Feb 07 Jan. 6 committee wants to interview Ivanka Trump By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol wants to know what Ivanka Trump heard and saw that day. Continue reading
Feb 04 GOP censures Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participation in Jan. 6 investigation By Sam Metz, Associated Press Republican Party officials have voted to punish Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger and advanced a rule change that would prohibit candidates from participating in presidential debates organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Continue reading
Feb 02 Son of New York City judge pleads guilty to Capitol insurrection charges By Associated Press The son of a New York City judge who referred to himself as a "caveman" eager to protest Donald Trump's presidential election loss pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges he stormed the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Continue reading
Jan 28 Jan. 6 committee subpoenas individuals who tried to declare Trump winner of 2020 election By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has subpoenaed more than a dozen individuals who it says falsely tried to declare Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 election. Continue reading
Jan 19 Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to get Trump presidential documents By Mark Sherman, Associated Press In a rebuff to former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court is allowing the release of presidential documents sought by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. Continue reading
Jan 13 Twitter, Meta among social media giants subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to Twitter, Meta, Reddit and YouTube, demanding documents after lawmakers said the companies' initial responses were inadequate. Continue reading
Jan 13 Founder of Oath Keepers, 10 other members charged with seditious conspiracy in Capitol insurrection By Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Stewart Rhodes is the highest-ranking member of an extremist group to be arrested in the deadly siege and it is the first time the Justice Department has brought a seditious conspiracy charge in connection with the attack on the Capitol. Continue reading
Jan 13 WATCH: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says he won't cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee By Farnoush Amiri, Eric Tucker, Associated Press House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is refusing a request by the House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection to submit to an interview and turn over records pertaining to the deadly riot. Continue reading
Jan 12 Jan. 6 committee request interview, records from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has requested an interview and records from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, shifting their investigation to a top ally of former President Donald Trump in Congress. Continue reading
Jan 11 Planners of Jan. 6 Trump rally subpoenaed by House panel By Associated Press The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to two Republican strategists and a Trump administration official regarding their involvement in the planning and preparation of one of the rallies that preceded the deadly attack. Continue reading