#Trump tried to contact Capitol riot probe witness: Cheney

#Trump tried to contact Capitol riot probe witness: Cheney

“Trump tried to contact Capitol riot probe witness: Cheney” Former President Donald Trump tried to phone a witness in the House select committee’s investigation of last year’s Capitol riot, the panel’s vice chair revealed near the conclusion of Tuesday’s hearing. “That person declined to answer or respond to President Trump’s call and instead alerted their…

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#Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson Jan. 6 committee testimony a television hit

#Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson Jan. 6 committee testimony a television hit

“Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson Jan. 6 committee testimony a television hit” SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony before the Jan. 6 committee was a big hit with television viewers, easily reaching a larger live audience than any of the four other daytime hearings. Hutchinson’s riveting testimony about former President…

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#The Jan. 6 incitement case against Trump only gets stronger

#The Jan. 6 incitement case against Trump only gets stronger

“The Jan. 6 incitement case against Trump only gets stronger” In the wake of devastating testimony from an aide to his chief of staff, will the Justice Department indict former President Donald Trump? When it comes to cases that implicate electoral politics, particularly involving the incumbent administration’s partisan adversaries, the DOJ’s presumption should be against…

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#Republicans need a leader without Trump’s 2020 obsession

#Republicans need a leader without Trump’s 2020 obsession

“Republicans need a leader without Trump’s 2020 obsession” It’s understandable that Democrats would want to constantly revisit Jan. 6 — to invoke it, investigate it and sacralize it even. It’s a mystery, at least from a certain level of abstraction, why Republicans would want to have anything to do with that day or want to fixate on…

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#Stephen Colbert staffers arrested for trespassing on Capitol Hill

#Stephen Colbert staffers arrested for trespassing on Capitol Hill

“Stephen Colbert staffers arrested for trespassing on Capitol Hill” Seven staffers from “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” were arrested for allegedly trespassing in a Capitol Hill building on Thursday night, authorities said. The rogue employees were found at about 8:30 p.m. by US Capitol Police officers inside the Longworth House Office Building, which houses…

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#Letters to the Editor — June 17, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — June 17, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — June 17, 2022” The Issue: Miranda Devine’s column on the House’s televised hearings on the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. With low viewership for the Jan. 6 hearing, it should be evident that by now our society is tired of the political theatrics (“Hypocrisy of the 1/6 probe,” Miranda Devine, June…

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#Jailing Trump won’t heal the country’s divisions

#Jailing Trump won’t heal the country’s divisions

“Jailing Trump won’t heal the country’s divisions” If the House Jan. 6 committee proceeds to its seemingly predetermined conclusion that President Donald Trump incited the Capitol riot and tried to reverse the results of the 2020 election and if it recommends to the Department of Justice that Trump committed criminal acts and should be prosecuted,…

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