Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes is pushing for a chance to publicly testify before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack as it prepares to review the role extremist groups played in the riot. Rhodes, the leader of the far-right militia group, is incarcerated and awaiting trial on seditious conspiracy charges that carry up…
Author: Rebecca Beitsch
Four Border Patrol agents to face discipline over horseback controversy
Four Border Patrol agents will face disciplinary action following an incident last year in Del Rio, Texas, in which agents on horseback corralled Haitian migrants seeking to cross into the U.S. A 511-page report from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Professional Responsibility found “failures at multiple levels of the agency, a…
Five questions Pat Cipollone could answer for the Jan. 6 committee
After weeks of resistance, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone is set to appear Friday for closed door testimony before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Cipollone was subpoenaed by the committee last week after he met with the panel’s investigators in April but pushed back against sitting for formal testimony….
DOJ sues Arizona over proof of citizenship voter law
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing the state of Arizona, seeking to block a law that would force residents to provide proof of citizenship in order to vote in federal elections. The DOJ argues the requirement, part of H.B. 2492 slated to take effect in January, is “a textbook violation of the National Voter…
Cassidy Hutchinson testimony prompts reassessment of Trump legal culpability
The Jan. 6 committee’s accumulating evidence against former President Trump, including testimony from White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, has strengthened a potential criminal case against him and chipped away at his most likely defense arguments, legal experts say. Hutchinson, a former special assistant to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows as well as the president,…
Ten things we’ve learned from the Jan. 6 hearings
The Jan. 6 committee has broadcast more than a dozen hours of hearings in its effort to show that former President Trump played a central role in the effort to keep him in power. In kicking off with a prime-time hearing, the committee offered a wide-ranging look at the months leading up to Jan. 6,…
Trump’s ex-lawyer Cipollone is at eye of hurricane for Jan. 6 panel
House investigators examining last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol have set their sights on a figure they deem crucial to discerning former President Trump’s actions through the long hours of the riot: Trump’s former lead attorney. Pat Cipollone, who served as White House counsel for the final half of Trump’s tenure, has emerged in…
Trump’s electoral scheme allies caught in DOJ crosshairs
The same-day searches of lawyers John Eastman and Jeffrey Clark indicate the Justice Department (DOJ) is scrutinizing former President Trump’s closest allies in his 2020 election schemes. The two men were key figures in Trump’s efforts to unwind the election: Eastman was a Trump campaign attorney who drafted memos suggesting Vice President Mike Pence had…
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Pat Cipollone
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has subpoenaed former White House counsel Pat Cipollone after public pleas for him to testify before the panel. “The Select Committee’s investigation has revealed evidence that Mr. Cipollone repeatedly raised legal and other concerns about President Trump’s activities on January 6th and in the…
Cheney amps up pressure for Cipollone to testify
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Wednesday renewed her calls for former White House counsel Pat Cipollone to testify before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol following testimony detailing his alarm over inaction that day. “As we heard yesterday, WH counsel Pat Cippollone had significant concerns re. Trump’s Jan 6…