Robert Engel, head of former President Trump’s Secret Service detail on Jan. 6, discussed Trump’s unsuccessful request to march with his supporters to the Capitol during his testimony to Jan. 6 Select Committee investigators, according to Politico.
Continue reading “Trump And Secret Service Butted Heads On Request To March To Capitol, Ex-Chief Testifies”Where Things Stand: Republicans Said A Lot Of Very Dumb Stuff About Guns Today
We’ve been covering Republicans’ various deflection strategies (if you can even call them strategies) on addressing gun reform in the wake of the latest mass shootings in the U.S. for a few weeks. You might even be tired of it by now — we’ve heard it all, blaming everything from “doors” to abortion access to trans-rights for the mass shootings that plague our nation.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: Republicans Said A Lot Of Very Dumb Stuff About Guns Today”Even Republicans’ Deflection From Guns As The Real Problem Has A Tobacco Analogue
Every time a gunman kills enough or the right kind of people to rate attention, Republicans, acting on behalf of their gun industry buddies and benefactors, pull out the songbook: it’s a mental health crisis! A door problem! Actually, it’s pro-choice people’s fault. Hire more armed guards. Arm the teachers.
Ex-Pence Adviser Is Set To Testify At Jan. 6 Committee Public Hearing Next Week
Former Pence chief counsel Greg Jacob is reportedly scheduled to testify during the Jan. 6 Select Committee’s public hearing on June 16, next Thursday, regarding his involvement in pushing back against then-President Trump and his allies’ election-theft pressure campaign, according to Politico.
Continue reading “Ex-Pence Adviser Is Set To Testify At Jan. 6 Committee Public Hearing Next Week”What Past Congressional Investigations Can Teach Us About The Jan 6 Hearings
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Public hearings to be held in June by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection will attempt to answer the question of whether former President Donald Trump and his political allies broke the law in seeking to overturn the 2020 election results.
The Jan. 6 hearings are part of a long history of congressional investigation.
Continue reading “What Past Congressional Investigations Can Teach Us About The Jan 6 Hearings”Trump-Backed Masters Boosts Far-Right Conspiracy That FBI Was Behind Jan 6
Blake Masters, who is endorsed by former President Trump in the Arizona Senate GOP primary, reportedly pushed a debunked conspiracy theory that suggests that the FBI was behind the Jan. 6 attack, according to new audio obtained by CNN of Masters’ meeting with conservative activists in March.
Continue reading “Trump-Backed Masters Boosts Far-Right Conspiracy That FBI Was Behind Jan 6”Report: Jan. 6 Panel In Talks With Cipollone To Testify Publicly
The House Jan. 6 Committee and former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, who had a front-row seat to Donald Trump’s 2020 election steal efforts, are hashing out terms for the attorney’s potential public testimony, according to ABC News.
Continue reading “Report: Jan. 6 Panel In Talks With Cipollone To Testify Publicly”Judge Orders Eastman To Turn Over Emails On Potential ‘Crime,’ Secretive Group’s Meetings
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered former Trump attorney John Eastman to turn over dozens of additional emails to the congressional Jan. 6 committee, including what the judge described as potential evidence of a crime and notes on secretive meetings that included a member of Congress and a Trump elector.
Continue reading “Judge Orders Eastman To Turn Over Emails On Potential ‘Crime,’ Secretive Group’s Meetings”Armed Man Arrested Near Kavanaugh’s Home After Threatening To Kill Justice
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An armed California man named Nicholas John Roske was arrested early Wednesday morning near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home in Maryland after he allegedly told law enforcement that he wanted to kill the justice.
Continue reading “Armed Man Arrested Near Kavanaugh’s Home After Threatening To Kill Justice”GOP Candidate Shared Conspiracy Theories Claiming Uvalde And Buffalo Shootings Were False Flags
Republican New York House candidate Carl Paladino, who’s been endorsed by House GOP conference chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), shared an unhinged rant on his Facebook page last week that pushed conspiracy theories about the shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo.
Continue reading “GOP Candidate Shared Conspiracy Theories Claiming Uvalde And Buffalo Shootings Were False Flags”