Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump Believes that the House Special Committee investigating the deadly January 6 riot at the US Capitol should not investigate the attack, but should instead investigate the allegations of voter fraud that spurred the attack. But Trump is not allowed to watch the hearings because they are about these … Read more
In Part 2 of this episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen Druke speaks with Kaleigh Rogers about the ongoing hearings of the House Special Committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol and how the message of those hearings is being conveyed both emotionally and throughly raw statements developed footage from … Read more
MANDEL NGAN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images The slaughter was impossible to deny. When the House Special Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol presented its evidence that former President Donald Trump was the catalyst behind the attack on American democracy, a 12 minute video showed the full consequences of … Read more
In Part 2 of this edition of the FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, Kaleigh Rogers and Galen Druke discuss the structure of the upcoming hearings of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. They break down what they expect to see in those hearings and the factors that have made previous … Read more
The ruling leaves Trump’s inner circle — and possibly the former president himself — vulnerable to another corridor of deposition subpoenas and document demands. The ruling also declares Trump potentially liable for conduct while he was the sitting president, a rare and momentous legal decision. “To deny a President’s immunity from civil damages is no … Read more
Earlier this month, the Republican National Committee voted to censor representative Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for serving on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, describing the inquiry as the “persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.” Some GOP lawmakers and elites criticized the resolution, while … Read more
Eastman and House investigators are due in court Monday afternoon to update Carter on their progress. Eastman became a central player in developing Trump’s legal strategy to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally overturn the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021. Pence, who presided over a joint session of Congress that day required to … Read more
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) speaks before a July 27, 2021, House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill. | Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP One of the two Republicans on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots said Sunday that every Republican will ultimately have to say whether they believe … Read more
WASHINGTON — A Beverly Hills cosmetologist who stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in support of the man she calls “Trumpy Bear,” recently told fellow supporters that she only pleaded guilty “to stay out of jail,” that she didn’t read the please deal she signed, and that she doesn’t think Capitol defendants will … Read more
The former White House trade adviser has boasted that he developed part of the strategy to contest 2020 election results.
