Jun 21 Watch 13:10 What we learned on Day 4 of Jan. 6 committee hearings The Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday held its fourth public hearing on the U.S. Capitol insurrection, focusing on the pressure former President Trump exerted on state legislators and state and local election officials to throw out the 2020 election results. Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch 6:12 Analyzing the Jan. 6 hearings and a potential agreement on gun reform As the Senate appears to have reached a potential deal on gun reform legislation, the House select committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol is preparing to hold more public hearings this week. Lisa Desjardins and Jeff Greenfield join… Continue watching
Jun 08 The Jan. 6 hearings are starting. How do public hearings differ from investigations? By Claire Leavitt, The Conversation On the eve of public hearings held by Congress’ January 6 investigative committee, a former oversight staffer for the House of Representatives explains what such hearings aim to accomplish. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 4:41 Jan. 6 committee prepares to unveil ‘roadmap of criminality’ in Capitol attack The Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol attack plans to present unseen documents and provide new witness testimony this Thursday about the insurrection. The committee has interviewed dozens of witnesses behind closed doors during the last year. Hugo Lowell, congressional… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 4:58 News Wrap: Biden backs Finland and Sweden’s NATO bids as Senate votes to send Ukraine aid In our news wrap Thursday, President Biden backs Finland and Sweden's bids to join NATO, the U.S. Senate voted to send Ukraine an additional $40 billion in military and economic aid, a grand jury indicted the white man accused of… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 4:55 News Wrap: Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Kevin McCarthy and four other Republicans In our news wrap Thursday, the Jan. 6 committee in Congress subpoenaed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republicans, North Korea acknowledged its first COVID outbreak, Palestinians mourn journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was shot dead during an… Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch 9:08 GOP’s McCarthy and Greene are confronted by their own words after Jan. 6 By Lisa Desjardins, Geoff Bennett, Matt Loffman Leaked audio refuted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s claim that he never considered asking President Trump to resign after the Jan. 6 insurrection. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, facing disqualification from running for reelection over alleged support for the insurrection, was… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 6:09 Ginni Thomas pushed White House to fight 2020 election results. What are the implications? By Lisa Desjardins, Tess Conciatori The House Select Committee is looking at thousands of text messages given by former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows. At issue are 29 texts between Meadows and Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in which she… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch 5:33 News Wrap: Jan. 6 panel seeks voluntary testimony from Ivanka Trump In our news wrap Thursday, the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot asked to interview Ivanka Trump. New unemployment claims jumped up by 55,000 last week, to 286,000 — the most since October. Police in Britain arrested two… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch 6:12 Oath Keepers leader, 10 others charged with seditious conspiracy for Capitol insurrection By Amna Nawaz, Sam Lane The most serious federal charges yet in the Jan. 6 insurrection were unsealed Thursday. The leader of the Oath Keepers, a right-wing paramilitary group, and 10 of his members were charged with seditious conspiracy for attempting to overthrow the U.S. Continue watching