Former Vice President Mike Pence told Fox News on Monday that the Department of Justice should “not bring charges against the former president,” for the events of January 6th. “I think the president’s actions and words on Jan. 6 were reckless,” Pence said. “But I don’t know that it is …
Read More »Jan. 6 Committee: Trump Should Be Charged With Four Crimes, Including Insurrection
The Jan. 6 committee announced on Monday that it will refer former President Donald Trump for criminal charges for his role in the attack on the Capitol as Congress was certifying the 2020 election. The referral, which was expected, came during the committee’s final meeting before releasing the final report …
Read More »'1776 Motherf-ker': Proud Boys Jan. 6 Sedition Trial Ramps Up
The sedition trial of former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio is ramping up in Washington, D.C., this week, with jury selection due to begin Monday. The federal government charges that Tarrio, along with four key deputies, conspired to oppose the transition of power from President Donald Trump to President-Elect …
Read More »Jan. 6 Committee to Vote on Recommending Criminal Charges for Trump
The House Jan. 6 committee will vote on whether to make a recommendation to the Department of Justice to file criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, according to a report from The Guardian. Politico later confirmed that the committee is mulling whether to refer Trump for charges, with sources …
Read More »Jan. 6 Staffers Prepare for All-Out Republican Assault
Members and staff of the Jan. 6 committee are actively preparing for a multi-pronged Republican revenge campaign when the GOP takes the House next month, anticipating an all-out effort to discredit the panel’s work and punish its workers, according to current and former staff, as well as other sources briefed …
Read More »GOP Congressman Wanted Trump to Invoke 'Marshall Law' to Stay in Office: Leaked Texts
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was forced to hand over 2,319 text messages to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The trove of text messages were obtained by Talking Points Memo, which on Monday reported on the extent to which Meadows …
Read More »MTG: Bannon and I Would Have 'Been Armed' and 'Won' the Insurrection
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) reportedly believes that if she and Steve Bannon had organized the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, they would have executed a successful coup. And they would have “been armed.” “I want to tell you something, if Steve Bannon and I had organized that, we …
Read More »Jan. 6 Committee Will Make Criminal Referrals to DOJ
The House Jan. 6 committee has decided to make criminal referrals to the Justice Department as a result of their investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told reporters on Tuesday that the committee will make criminal referrals, but did …
Read More »Jan. 6 Capitol Officer's Family Snubs McConnell, McCarthy During Ceremony
Recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal didn’t shake hands with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy, at a ceremony on Tuesday. The medals were bestowed on law enforcement, and the family of deceased police officers, who defended the Capitol from a mob of rioters on …
Read More »Pence Makes Absurd Claim: Trump Was 'Genuinely Remorseful' After Jan. 6
Former vice president Mike Pence claimed that Donald Trump showed “genuine remorse” when the two met five days after the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. Yes, you read that correctly. The man for whom Trump supporters constructed a gallows somehow believes the former president harbors regret regarding that day. …
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