The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is increasingly targeting – and losing patience with – Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s powerful chief of staff who appeared to be deeply involved with the fo…
Author: Rebecca Beitsch
Steve Bannon indicted by federal grand jury
A federal jury has indicted Steve Bannon, the one-time White House adviser to former President Trump, after he failed to comply with a subpoena from the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol….
Meadows defies Jan. 6 committee, risking contempt charges
Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows has failed to show up for a Friday deposition with the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, according to …
Jan. 6 call logs show senior DOJ officials spoke with Pence, White House
Senior Trump-era Department of Justice (DOJ) officials made a flurry of calls on Jan. 6, including two calls between the acting attorney general and then-Vice President Mike Pence, and late afternoon calls from the …
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Stephen Miller, Kayleigh McEnany
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol released its sixth batch of subpoenas Tuesday targeting some of former President Trump’s highest-ranking staff.
Trump DOJ weighed Jan. 5 statement, briefing with lawmakers about ‘unrest’
The Trump Department of Justice weighed the possibility of both holding a briefing with Congress on Jan. 5 and releasing a public statement about potential “unrest” the next day but ultimately scrapped their plans, …
Jan. 6 panel issues six new subpoenas for Eastman, top Trump aides
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol sent a number of subpoenas on Monday, including to top 2020 Trump campaign aides and the lawyer responsible for crafting the strategy for how the former p…
Jan. 6 panel weighs contempt after brief deposition with former Trump DOJ official Clark
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, said he would not rule out contempt charges against Jeffrey Clark, a former Trump Department of Ju…
House outlines immigration provisions in latest Build Back Better package
The latest version of the House’s $1.75 trillion social spending package includes immigration provisions that would give up to 10 years of work authorization for undocumented people living in the U.S. – an effor…
Subpoenas are a real worry for lawmakers facing Jan. 6 questions
Lawmakers who may have been involved with the planning of rallies on Jan. 6 are coming under renewed scrutiny over their roles, teeing up questions of whether the committee investigating the attack on the Capitol may take…