Former President Trump cut lines from a Jan. 7, 2021, address condemning the rioters who entered the Capitol the day prior as not representing him or “our movement.” A draft of the speech marked up by Trump, shared by Jan. 6 committee member Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.), includes additional evidence not shown by the panel…
Author: Rebecca Beitsch
The biggest things we learned in each Jan. 6 hearing
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack spent more than 15 hours presenting their findings over eight hearings this summer, culminating in Thursday night’s prime-time presentation. Here is what we learned from each hearing. June 9: The Big Picture Trump was complacent about ‘Hang Mike Pence’ chants In her opening statement…
Ex-Trump DOJ lawyer Jeffrey Clark hit with legal ethics charges over post-election role
Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department attorney at the center of former President Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election results, was hit Friday with ethics charges alleging that his role in the post-election effort amounted to a breach of legal ethics. The charges, filed by the D.C. Bar Office of Disciplinary Counsel, sets in…
Trump accused of ‘dereliction of duty’ in dramatic Jan. 6 hearing
The White House was paralyzed for three hours on Jan. 6 as former President Trump rebuffed frantic pleas from anxious aides to intervene to quell the violence at the U.S. Capitol, according to evidence presented Thursday night by the House committee investigating last year’s rampage. Trump’s inaction over that 187-minute span — even in the face…
OIG asks Secret Service to stop internal investigation into ‘erased’ texts
A government watchdog has asked the Secret Service to stop its internal investigation into what it deemed were “erased” text messages. The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service, made the demand in a letter late Wednesday after notifying lawmakers earlier this month that the agency appeared to have erased text messages as…
Jan. 6 hearing to show Trump spent day largely watching violence unfold on TV
President Trump was primarily sitting in the White House dining room watching T.V. while the deadly attack unfolded at the Capitol on Jan. 6, aides told the committee investigating the riot. The clip, shared by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who will help lead Thursday’s primetime hearing, shows numerous aides indicating Trump spent the duration of…
Jan. 6 hearing to focus on Trump’s frantic 187 minutes
The House panel probing last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol is promising a “minute-by-minute” account of Donald Trump’s actions throughout the rampage, turning its focus Thursday on those crucial hours at the White House to boost the case that the former president had supported — if not instigated — the violence of Jan. 6. In a…
Jan. 6 panel says Secret Service may have violated law with ‘erased’ text messages
The Secret Service may have violated federal records laws by failing to preserve data – including information related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack – after it had been requested by investigators, the House committee investigating the riot said Wednesday. The condemnation came after the panel subpoenaed the agency following an allegation from the inspector…
Secret Service turns over single message to Jan. 6 panel: ‘I smell a rat’
The only text message the Secret Service turned over to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was a plea from then Capitol Police Steven Sund asking for help. Lawmakers on the panel are increasingly confused and irritated by the lack of messages from the Secret Service after it subpoenaed the…
Jan. 6 panel says Secret Service failed to deliver ‘erased’ texts
The Secret Service on Tuesday failed to provide Congress with any new agency text messages from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021, informing the House committee investigating last year’s Capitol attack that the agency would continue digging to determine if any could be recovered. The news was a blow to the Jan. 6 investigators, who…