The Jan. 6 committee displayed a bombshell email on Thursday revealing that Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) emailed the White House five days after the attack on the Capitol asking for a pardon for himself and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), as well as “every Congressman and Senator who voted to reject …
Read More »The FBI's Investigation Into the Fake Trump Elector Scheme Is Heating Up
Federal agents served multiple subpoenas on Wednesday morning related to the investigation of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. FBI officials confirmed to The Washington Post that law enforcement had contacted several individuals who agreed to participate in schemes by the Trump campaign to secure a slate of fake …
Read More »South Dakota Attorney General Removed from Office Over Fatal Car Crash
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was removed from office on Tuesday after an historic impeachment trial in the state Senate, nearly two years after he fatally struck a man with his vehicle. Ravnsborg was facing two articles of impeachment stemming from his role in the 2020 car crash: one …
Read More »Trump-Endorsed Candidates Can't Stop Losing Primaries
The power of the Trump endorsement is waning and nowhere was it more apparent than last night’s Georgia Republican primary runoffs. The former president has struggled to translate his endorsements into victories for a GOP seeking electoral gains in the 2022 midterm elections. Trump’s endorsement has been a boon for …
Read More »Exclusive: Trump's Team Setting Up Eastman to Take Blame for Jan. 6
With the Justice Department and Jan. 6 committee taking a close look at Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, he and his cronies could certainly use a fall guy, and it looks like they’ve found their patsy: right-wing lawyer John Eastman. Eastman worked for Trump as the attorney …
Read More »Trump Had 'Direct and Personal Role' in Phony Elector Scheme: Jan. 6 Hearing
Donald Trump had a “direct and personal” role in the effort to pressure states to overturn their election results, Jan. 6 Committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney said Tuesday. Cheney added that former Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, who authored the infamous “coup memo,” also had a direct role …
Read More »Election Worker Gives Emotional Account of How Trump's Election Lies Ravaged Her Life
Former Georgia election worker Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss testified before the Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday, detailing her and her family’s experience with violent threats and harassment following unfounded allegations made against her by President Trump, Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and other Trump campaign allies. Before the committee Moss discussed …
Read More »GOP Candidate Fantasizes About Murdering Political Opponents in New Ad
The Jan. 6 committee has, for the past few weeks, been reminding Americans about the horrifying “war scene” that unfolded during the attack on the Capitol. Some conservatives are ignoring the panel’s findings and dismissing the hearings as a distraction. Others are doubling down on political violence. Eric Greitens, a …
Read More »Where the Shelling Never Stops: Near the 'Zero Line' With Ukrainian Soldiers Trying to Maintain in Donbas
“It’s been like a million times,” says Oksana as loud booms echo outside the ad hoc shelter we’re in. “I’m bored of the shelling.” At this second line position in Ukraine’s Donbas region just south of the Russian occupied city of Izyum, the artillery fire is nothing if not consistent. …
Read More »'Can You Believe I Lost to This Guy?' Trump Admitted He Lost Election, Former Aide Says
In private, former President Donald Trump admitted that he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden. That’s according to Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former Trump White House aide. Trump acknowledged the truth in private, Griffin said on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. “He admitted, he blurted out watching …
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