Jul 15 Government watchdog says Secret Service agents deleted Jan. 6 text messages By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press A government watchdog has found that Secret Service agents deleted text messages sent and received around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol after an inspector general requested them as part of the investigation into the insurrection. Continue reading
Jul 14 Federal judge again denies Steve Bannon bid to delay his trial next week By Eric Tucker, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said in court Thursday that he was confident a fair and impartial jury could be seated despite extensive media coverage of the onetime adviser to Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jul 12 WATCH: Former Twitter employee says he tried to sound alarm on Donald Trump’s tweets leading up to Jan. 6 By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press A Twitter employee testified that he spent a sleepless night on Jan. 5, 2021, worrying that people might die the next day during a rally that Trump regularly promoted with angry rhetoric on his social media accounts. Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch 12:55 What we learned on Day 7 of the Jan. 6 hearings The Jan. 6 committee held its seventh public hearing Tuesday afternoon with a focus on connections between extremist groups and the Trump White House. The hearing ended with a dramatic revelation that former President Trump recently called a witness the… Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch 8:42 Jan. 6 committee focuses on connections between the violent mob and Trump Much of the evidence presented Tuesday during the Jan. 6 hearing was about what former President Trump did and didn't do surrounding the violent Capitol insurrection. Mary McCord, director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, and Jamil Jaffer,… Continue watching
Jul 12 WATCH: In closing remarks, Rep. Liz Cheney says Trump has attempted to contact Jan. 6 witness By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The vice chair of the House Jan. 6 committee says Donald Trump has attempted to contact a witness who was talking to the panel investigating the attack on the Capitol. Continue reading
Jul 12 WATCH: Former Oath Keeper spokesperson says he fears for next election cycle if Trump runs for office By Associated Press The House Jan. 6 Committee heard testimony Tuesday from a former Oath Keeper and another rioter who participated in the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, insisting they were there because they were following the calls from Trump. Continue reading
Jul 12 WATCH: Taped testimony paints picture of ‘unhinged’ White House meeting as Trump tried to fight election results By Associated Press The committee spliced together video clips from interviews to describe a meeting from Dec. 18, in the hours before Trump's tweet, in almost minute-to-minute fashion. Continue reading
Jul 12 WATCH: Jan. 6 panel probes Donald Trump’s ‘call to arms’ on social media By Associated Press The Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday focused on ways violent far-right extremists answered Trump’s tweet for a big Washington rally as a “call to arms,” as the panel probed whether they coordinated with White House allies in the deadly U.S. Continue reading
Jul 12 WATCH: Raskin says ‘complete lack of evidence’ didn’t stop Trump and his allies from continuing false voter fraud claims By Associated Press The panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol siege was delving Tuesday into what it calls the final phase of Trump's multi-pronged effort to halt Joe Biden's victory. Continue reading