Five down, some more to go. The first phase of the public hearings into the Jan. 6 hearings ended on Thursday, with dramatic testimony focused on the efforts by former President Trump and his allies to pressure the Department of Justice. House Select Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) says the hearings will now pause before…
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The Memo: Republican state officials, ex-election worker scorch Trump over election lies
Three Republican state officials and a former Georgia elections worker combined to deliver a coruscating indictment of former President Trump during Tuesday’s hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Each of the witnesses testified about the threats unleashed upon them as Trump and his team propagated false claims of…
The Memo: Chances of recession rise, posing huge threat to Biden
The likelihood of a recession is spiking, and it could spell political doom for President Biden. Biden’s approval ratings have taken a battering as inflation has soared to its highest level since the early 1980s and the national average gas price has reached $5 per gallon. But the most direct cure for soaring inflation —…
The Memo: Pence struggles to escape Trump’s long shadow
A new, bright spotlight is about to be shone onto the complicated relationship between former President Trump and his former Vice President Mike Pence. The third televised hearing of the House Select Committee on Jan. 6, set for Thursday afternoon, will focus on efforts by Trump and his allies to pressure Pence to help overturn…
The Memo: How the Jan. 6 panel is using Republicans to go after Trump
One key group has taken a surprisingly modest role in the first public hearings of the Jan. 6 committee: Democrats. When it comes to in-person witnesses, video testimonies and even statements from the dais, the people making the big headlines have mostly been Republicans. This was especially true of the panel’s second public hearing on…
The Memo: Jan. 6 hearings open new front in battle to control political agenda
A new battle has broken out in Washington, this time over control of the political agenda. The first public hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, held on Thursday evening, put Republicans on defense for the first time in months. The hearing offered vivid reminders of a dark day in American…
The five most dramatic moments from the Jan. 6 hearing
The first televised hearing of the House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6 took place Thursday evening. The event, carried live on most broadcast networks and cable news channels, lasted almost two hours. The testimony was powerful and often raw. Here are five of the most dramatic moments. Liz Cheney’s remarks Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has…
The Memo: Democrats raise the stakes before first Jan. 6 hearing
Democrats have ramped up expectations for the first televised hearing of the Jan. 6 committee — and now they have to deliver. The stakes could hardly be higher when the House select committee’s proceedings get underway at 8 p.m. Thursday. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a member of the committee, promised in April that there would…
Five questions that hang over the Jan. 6 committee’s public hearings
The biggest moment of the Jan. 6 House Select Committee’s existence is about to arrive. On Thursday evening, the panel will hold the first of its televised hearings. The event will take place in prime time and be broadcast by almost every major network and news channel. For some, it will be the most dramatic…
The Memo: Gun reform advocates will take what they can get from Senate talks
Any change to the gun laws after mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, looks sure to be modest. But the fact that it might happen at all is giving hope to reformers. Talks in the Senate — spearheaded by Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) — are for now focused on…