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Big Name at Jan. 6 Hearings Says FBI Agents Frisked Him, Took Phone

John Eastman has filed court documents seeking to get it back

(Newser) - John Eastman, the lawyer who helped former President Trump in his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, says his cellphone was seized by federal agents who frisked him as he left a restaurant last Wednesday night. Eastman, who has often and prominently been mentioned during the...

Jan. 6 Panel Calls Surprise Hearing
Jan. 6 Panel Calls
Surprise Hearing
Jun 27, 2022 1:50 PM CDT

Jan. 6 Panel Calls Surprise Hearing

New evidence will be presented Tuesday

(Newser) - The House Jan. 6 panel is calling a surprise hearing this week to present evidence it says it recently obtained, raising expectations of new bombshells in the sweeping investigation into the Capitol riot. The hearing scheduled for 1pm on Tuesday comes after Congress left Washington for a two-week recess. Lawmakers...

4 Takeaways From Thursday's Jan. 6 Hearing

Trump's pressure on DOJ was relentless

(Newser) - Thursday's Jan. 6 committee hearing focused on former President Trump's extraordinary attempts to use the Justice Department to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. Former officials testified that the pressure was relentless and only the threat of hundreds of resignations prevented Trump from installing Jeffrey Clark, a...

Jan. 6 Panel Says New Evidence Is Flooding in

Committee has revised its schedule and might add at least one more hearing

(Newser) - The House committee investigating the Capitol attack says it has received new evidence—so much of it that it has revised its schedule and might have to add another hearing. Two more hearings had been scheduled for after Thursday's hearing, which will focus on former President Trump's attempts...

Little-Known Film Project Gets Attention of Jan. 6 Panel

House committee subpoenas filmmaker who had inner-circle access to Trump, shot footage of riot

(Newser) - The House Jan. 6 panel gavels back into session on Tuesday afternoon, with the focus expected to be on efforts by former President Trump and his allies to pressure state officials to reject election results, reports NBC News . But Politico is reporting an intriguing new wrinkle expected to be sussed...

Trump: McCarthy Blew It on Jan. 6 Panel

Former president faults decision to not have any Republicans on committee

(Newser) - In protest over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejecting two of them, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy withdrew all his picks from the panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, leaving only anti-Trump Republicans as the GOP members of the committee. How does Donald Trump feel about that decision? Not...

Kinzinger Warns: 'There Is Violence in the Future'

GOP congressman on Jan. 6 select House panel speaks on political lies, says he got death threat

(Newser) - Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, fears that violence instigated by his own party is on the horizon, and he says he's already been threatened himself. The Illinois congressman sat down Sunday with George...

Testimony From Ginni Thomas? She 'Can't Wait'

Wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas seems willing to talk to panel about election, Jan. 6

(Newser) - It's not clear when the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will be issuing its invitation to Ginni Thomas for her testimony, but she seems open to talking with them. Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has been increaslngly linked to...

Witnesses: Trump Called Pence a Wimp, 'P-Word'

Then-VP was 'steely, determined, grim' after 'heated' Jan. 6 call

(Newser) - Witnesses heard at Thursday's Jan. 6 hearing said they could only hear one side of a "heated" phone call between then-President Trump and then-vice president Mike Pence—but it was clear just how much relations between the men had deteriorated amid Trump's last-ditch effort to block President...

Proud Boy Calls Out Colbert in Court, Colbert Responds

Defense argued Jan. 6 trial should be moved because of coverage

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert noticed that lawyers for a leader of the Proud Boys mentioned him in their attempt to have Joseph Biggs' trial moved from Washington, DC. A defense filing last week asked for a new location because of the "unquestionably spectacular 24/7" coverage of the organization in the media,...

Eastman Asked to Be on the 'Pardon List'

Trump lawyer asked Pence to commit 'one more relatively minor violation'

(Newser) - A legal scholar who advised former President Trump that the electors could be blocked from making President Biden's election official evidently reflected on his own situation after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Then he tried to obtain a presidential pardon. Eastman sent an email to fellow Trump...

Focus Shifts to Pence as Jan. 6 Hearings Resume
'Our Democracy Came
... Close to Catastrophe'
UPDATED
Jun 16, 2022 2:20 PM CDT

'Our Democracy Came ... Close to Catastrophe'

Jan. 6 chair Bennie Thompson praises Mike Pence's defiance of Trump

(Newser) - Day Three of the Jan. 6 hearings has put the focus squarely on Mike Pence. More specifically, on the pressure former President Trump placed on Pence to prevent the election results from being certified—and the vice president's refusal to do so. During the Capitol breach, rioters famously erected...

Report: Jan. 6 Panel Obtains Trove of Ginni Thomas Emails
Jan. 6 Panel:
We Want
Ginny Thomas
to Testify
UPDATED
Jun 16, 2022 11:35 AM CDT

Jan. 6 Panel: We Want Ginny Thomas to Testify

Committee wants to question wife of Supreme Court justice about efforts to overturn election

(Newser) - Update: The House Jan. 6 panel now wants to interview Ginni Thomas about her efforts to keep the 2020 election results from being certified. Chair Bennie Thompson said Thursday the committee will issue an invitation to the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, reports Axios . The development comes after...

Rioter Who Brought Confederate Flag Convicted With Son

Judge finds Kevin and Hunter Seefried guilty on felony count

(Newser) - Update: A federal judge on Wednesday convicted a Confederate flag-toting man and his son of charges that they stormed the US Capitol together on Jan. 6, 2021, to obstruct Congress from certifying President Biden's electoral victory. US District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Donald Trump appointee, delivered the verdict after...

Jan. 6 Panel Releases Video of Congressman's Jan. 5 Tour

Capitol Police have said Barry Loudermilk's group tour day before riot wasn't suspicious

(Newser) - The Jan. 6 panel did not conduct a hearing on Wednesday, but it still made headlines by releasing video of a tour of Capitol office buildings that GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk gave to constituents the day before the riot. In its tweet , the panel suggested the tour is alarming because...

Sources: Guilfoyle's $60K Jan. 6 Fee Paid by Charlie Kirk's Group

Publix heiress reportedly ponied up cash used for Guilfoyle's speech to Turning Point Action

(Newser) - Kimberly Guilfoyle was indeed paid $60,000 for her speech introducing fiance Donald Trump Jr. at Jan. 6's "Stop the Steal" rally, as claimed by a member of the House committee leading the hearings about the Capitol riot—but that money apparently didn't come from the Trump...

Trump Issues 12-Page Statement Regarding Jan. 6 Hearings

Former president calls it a 'Kangaroo Court'

(Newser) - Former President Trump on Monday released his response to the Jan. 6 hearings being held by a House committee, or, more accurately, he released 12 pages' worth of his responses to the hearings. The upshot, per the Hill , is that Trump still believes he won the 2020 election and is...

Barr: I Thought Trump Was 'Detached From Reality'

AG was 'demoralized' by former president's embrace of conspiracy theories

(Newser) - One of the biggest lines in Day Two of the Jan. 6 committee hearings came in video testimony from former Attorney General William Barr, who said he thought then-President Donald Trump had become "detached from reality" as he continued to push election conspiracy theories despite having been assured that...

Day's Main Witness Pulls Out of Jan. 6 Hearing

Former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien cites a family emergency

(Newser) - The second in a series of public hearings by a House panel into the Capitol riot begins Monday morning, but there's been an expected wrinkle. The day's star witness—Bill Stepien, the final Trump campaign manager of 2020—is a no-show. Stepien pulled out at the last minute,...

What to Expect as Jan. 6 Hearings Resume
What to Expect as
Jan. 6 Hearings Resume
THE RUNDOWN
Jun 13, 2022 6:35 AM CDT

What to Expect as Jan. 6 Hearings Resume

House panel to question Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien about fraud claims

(Newser) - The House's Jan. 6 panel opens day 2 of its hearings on Monday, and the focus will be on former President Trump's claims of widespread election fraud, or what he calls the Big Lie. The committee will try to make the case that Trump's Big Lie is...

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