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Jury Finds Bannon Guilty on Contempt of Congress
Steve Bannon was found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress by a Washington, D.C., jury on Friday.
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Trump's Inaction as Riot Unfolded and Other Key Takeaways From the Jan. 6 Hearing
The House committee focused on the 187 minutes between the end of Trump’s speech calling for supporters to march to the Capitol at 1:10 p.m. and a video he released at 4:17 p.m. telling the rioters they were “very special” but they had to go home
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Secret Service Called Their Families to Say Goodbye During Capitol Riot
A Secret Service official testified to the Jan. 6 committee that members of former Vice President Mike Pence’s detail feared for their lives during the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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What Trump Did (and Didn't Do) During Capitol Riot: Top 5 Moments From Jan. 6 Hearing
From taking no action to adding “fuel to the flames,” the House select committee laid out former President Donald Trump’s movements during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
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WATCH: Never-Before-Seen Footage of Trump's Address to Capitol Rioters
The Jan. 6 committee on Thursday released never-before-seen footage of then-President Donald Trump taping his video address to the U.S. Capitol rioters, during which he ignored a prepared statement to deliver “off the cuff” remarks.
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Jan. 6 Committee Wants to ‘Shock' the Nation With Trump's Inaction: Historian
The second prime time hearing of the January 6 Committee laid out in painstaking detail former President Trump’s actions (and inaction) as the U.S. Capitol was overrun by rioters. Political and media historian Brian Rosenwald told LX News that the detail provided by the committee was designed to “shock” and “shatter the illusion” that Trump’s behavior on that day was...
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Former White House Staff Testify: Trump Tweet Poured ‘Fuel to the Fire'
Matthew Pottinger, former deputy national security adviser, testified Thursday before the Jan. 6 committee that former President Donald Trump’s tweets during the U.S. Capitol riot enflamed tensions and escalated violence.
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Radio Chatter Shows Difficulty in Keeping Pence Secure on Jan 6
Radio chatter from the security detail for Vice President Mike Pence shows the concern they had to get Pence to safety during the Jan. 6 riots.
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Trump Watched TV and Refused to Call for Help on Jan. 6: Witnesses
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2001, U.S. Capitol riot shared witness testimony on Thursday about then-President Donald Trump’s failure to call for law enforcement intervention during the riot.
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Jan. 6 Panel Lays Out Pressure by Staff to Have Trump Make a Statement on Attack
Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone shares the amount of effort made within the White House on Jan. 6 to get President Donald Trump to issue a statement to get the Capitol rioters to go home.
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Jan. 6 Committee Has ‘Considerably More to Do': Cheney Announces Additional Hearings
During Thursday’s hearing on the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, confirmed that the House select committee will reconvene in September for additional hearings. “Doors have been opened, new subpoenas have been issued, and the dam has begun to break.”
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Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Secret Service for Erased Texts
The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol attack has subpoenaed the Secret Service for text messages agents reportedly deleted around Jan. 6, 2021, as the panel probes Donald Trump’s actions at the time of the deadly siege.
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Jan. 6 Hearing Showed How Trump Turned to Extremist Groups
As Donald Trump lost a legal fight over the 2020 election results, messages show members of his inner circle were in contact with members of extremist groups like the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, and that many supporters brought weapons to Washington on Jan. 6. Javed Ali, former senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, joins LX...
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Justice Department Notified After Trump Calls Jan. 6 Witness
During her closing statement at Tuesday’s January 6 committee hearing, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., revealed that former President Donald Trump called a witness after a prior hearing.
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Capitol Rioter Testifies That He Was Following Trump's Orders
Stephen Ayres, who was convicted of participating in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, testified Tuesday before the House select committee that he was driven to enter the Capitol Building after listening to former President Trump’s speech at the Ellipse. “The president got everybody riled up and told everybody to head on down. So we basically [were] just...
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Former Oath Keeper Warns of Potential for Future Extremist Violence
Former spokesman for the Oath Keepers extremist group Jason Van Tatenhove testified Tuesday before the Jan. 6 committee that he believes that without intervention, domestic extremism groups could incite violence in future elections. “We’ve gotten exceedingly lucky that more bloodshed did not happen.”
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Ex-Twitter Employee Recalls Concerns That Trump Used Platform to Talk Directly to Extremists
A former Twitter employee testified to the Jan. 6 committee that the social media giant made allowances for former President Donald Trump’s Twitter violations because they “relished in the knowledge that they were also the favorite and most used service of the former president.”
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Former Trump AG: “How Long Is He Going to Carry on With This Stolen Election Stuff?”
Former Attorney General William Barr testified before the January 6th committee that he asked how long former President Donald Trump would carry on with ‘this stolen election stuff?’
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Bannon Agrees to Testify Before Jan. 6 Committee Days Before Trial
It’s not clear when former Trump adviser Steve Bannon would appear before the Jan. 6 committee or what he would reveal, and attorneys with the Department of Justice said the offer is “last-ditch attempt to avoid accountability.” To break down what it all means, we spoke to Jamil Jaffer, former chief counsel and adviser for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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5 Things to Know: Cassidy Hutchinson
Cassidy Hutchinson was a special assistant and aide to President Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.