Jul 27 WATCH: Capitol Police officer calls indifference to colleagues ‘disgraceful’ By Associated Press A committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection opened its first hearing Tuesday with a focus on the law enforcement officers who were attacked and beaten as the rioters broke into the building. Continue reading
Jul 27 WATCH: Officer says Trump ‘helped create this monstrosity’ By Associated Press In dramatic testimony, U.S. Capitol, Sgt. Aquilino Gonell of the U.S. Capitol Police blasted former President Donald Trump's recent description of the scene at the Capitol as "a loving crowd". Continue reading
Jul 27 WATCH: Capitol Hill officers demand action in riot hearing By Associated Press Four officers gave emotional accounts of the attack, in which they were beaten and verbally abused as the mob of Trump’ supporters overwhelmed them. Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 9:05 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on vaccines, infrastructure, Jan. 6 committee By PBS NewsHour NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join John Yang to discuss the latest political news, including COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, congressional debate on a bipartisan infrastructure deal, and the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection investigation. Continue watching
Jul 26 WATCH: House investigation of Jan. 6 attack begins with police testimony By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Capitol Police Officer Aquilino Gonell told House investigators Tuesday he could feel himself losing oxygen as he was crushed by rioters as he was defending the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Continue reading
Jul 23 Unlikely partners Pelosi and Cheney team up for Jan. 6 probe By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The emerging partnership between Pelosi and Cheney is remarkable, if not astonishing, as the longtime political adversaries join forces to investigate what happened the day former President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch 12:22 Brooks and Capehart on Jan. 6 committee, infrastructure, budget, vaccine hesitancy New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the Jan. 6 insurrection investigation, the infrastructure and budget negotiations in Congress, and vaccination efforts in America. Continue watching
Jul 22 Capitol Police have new chief after Jan. 6 insurrection By Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press J. Thomas Manger, a former police chief in Maryland and Virginia, is the new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police, congressional officials announced Thursday. Manger will take charge of the department in the aftermath of the violent Jan. 6 insurrection. Continue reading
Jul 22 WATCH: Pelosi says Jan. 6 panel to move ahead without GOP’s choices By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection "will do the job it set out to do" after Republicans vowed to boycott the probe. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 5:53 Pelosi blocked Trump allies Jordan, Banks from Jan. 6 committee. Now what? The congressional committee investigating the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is embroiled in a new partisan firestorm over which Republican members can serve on it. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has the final say over its members and announced… Continue watching