Liz Cheney tells Republicans defending the rebels: “When Trump is gone, your dishonor will remain.”
The elected commission investigating the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, will meet again today for a new hearing, which is expected to focus on the way Donald Trump and his lieutenants spread the so-called “big lie” over the months , led to the uprising. .
The event is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET on Monday and will include testimonies from Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, Bill Stepien.
Prior to the hearing, Democratic Committee members Adam Schiff and Jamie Ruskin said the Justice Department should properly take on board “credible evidence” that they had gathered about the president’s guilt in the uprising.
“There are certain actions, parts of these different lines of effort to cancel the election, which I do not see evidence that the Ministry of Justice is investigating,” Mr Schiff told ABC News.
Last week’s hearing included excruciating and unprecedented footage of the riot itself, as well as excerpts from the commission’s interviews with Mr. Trump’s daughter Ivanka and his son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Key points
- What to expect from the committee meeting on Monday, January 6
- Former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien is among those who will testify today
- Schiff and Kinsinger say Justice Department must continue to investigate Trump
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ICYMI: Audio shows GOP rips Boebert over Pelosi tweet on January 6
Far-right Congresswoman Lauren Beabert has long faced accusations on social media and other platforms that she gave rebels a first-hand look at the Capitol before the attack – and for a tweet she sent during the uprising, warning her followers that President Nancy Pelosi has been removed from the floor of the house.
Now two New York Times reporters have received an audio recording of another Republican congresswoman exposing Ms. Boebert for this tweet. “Don’t ask us about security if you tell the attackers where we are,” the Washington lawmaker told her fellow Trumpist.
Andrew Naughtie13 June 2022 13:25
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Cancel culture comes to Truth Social
As he prepares for today’s hearing of an elected committee, Adam Kinzinger reacted to a report that Truth Social sanctioned users who shared news from a televised session on his panel last Thursday.
The social network commissioned by the former president had an unstable start, overshadowed by technical problems, funding obstacles and the departure of top staff, but as Mr Trump finally began posting on his own, it seems more even.
Andrew Naughtie13 June 2022 13:01
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Trump speaks out against the “one-sided witch hunt” at Truth Social
Donald Trump was active in Truth Social before today’s hearing and is already angry:
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Andrew Naughtie13 June 2022 12:23
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A man who carried the Confederate flag across the Capitol to appear in court
Kevin Sifrid, who prosecutors say carried a giant Confederate flag through the US Capitol during the January 6 riots, will appear in court today when the trial against him begins. He faces federal charges of entering a restricted building without legal authority, as well as forcing and hooliganism into the Capitol.
Among those testifying in the trial against him will be Capitol police officers, including Eugene Goodman, whom Mr Seefried admitted to threatening during the attack.
Andrew Naughtie13 June 2022 12:05
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The Democrat in the Senate used January 6 in an advertisement for the election campaign
Senator Patti Murray, whose state of Washington is usually a staunch Democrat, came up with a new negative ad against the Republican primary candidate in the primary – and in a bold move she put the events of January 6, 2021 at the forefront of the ad, including a photo of the famous gallows erected in front of the Capitol.
Andrew Naughtie13 June 2022 11:28
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Catching up: January 6, the panel shares a super cut from the first hearing
Catching up: January 6, the panel shares a super cut from the first hearing
Ahead of today’s session, the committee compiled a super excerpt of key moments from its hearing last week on January 6th. Among those featured are Bill Bar, Ivanka Trump and Jason Miller, along with Officer Caroline Edwards, as well as excerpts from shocking footage of the riot.
Watch the video below.
Andrew Naughtie13 June 2022 10:50
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The head of Trump’s campaign to testify
Among the witnesses who will appear at the committee’s hearing on January 6 today will be Bill Stipen, who was the last chairman of Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign.
Mr Stepien, who was described in the letter of summons of 8 November by the chairman of the committee, Mr Thompson, is said to have circulated a communication which “includes the promotion of certain false allegations concerning voting machines, despite an internal note in which campaign officials determined that such allegations were untrue. “
He will appear alongside Chris Stewworth, a former political editor at Fox News, who was fired in 2021 after allowing the network to call Arizona for Joe Biden on election night, a move that made Mr Trump and his allies to get angry.
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Schiff: The group has “credible evidence” that the Ministry of Justice must follow
Adam Schiff told ABC News yesterday that his committee had gathered enough evidence that the Justice Department should take seriously the opportunity to bring Donald Trump to a jury.
“Once evidence is gathered, the Department of Justice must decide whether it can prove to the jury beyond a reasonable doubt the guilt of the president or someone else,” Mr Schiff told CBS. “But they need to be investigated if there is credible evidence that I think there is.”
He added: “I would like to see the Ministry of Justice investigate any credible allegations of criminal activity by Donald Trump … There are certain actions, parts of these different lines of efforts to cancel the election, which I do not see evidence that The Ministry of Justice is investigating. “
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Representative Don Bacon suggested he could support Trump on criminal charges
Republican Congressman Don Bacon has suggested he will be ready to support a Justice Department referral, urging the agency to prosecute Donald Trump, which could be one of the first signs that the commission’s January 6 evidence is leaking to Republicans.
“I look at it this way: he’s gone, I think we need to look at this more, but we’ll see what the evidence for the president comes out,” Mr Bacon said in an interview with Meet the Press on Sunday. on NBC.
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Trump accuses Ivanka of perjury by rejecting her statement before the commission, says Mary Trump
Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump said the rejection of his daughter Ivanka’s testimony before the commission on January 6 by the former president could be considered an accusation she herself had falsely testified about.
Ms. Trump’s comments came in an interview with MSNBC on Sunday, RawStory reported.
“As we knew it would happen, Donald didn’t throw her completely under the bus. But I think it’s really important to note the fact that he said she unsubscribed, although that’s kind of rude, it’s not really the problem. He accuses her of perjury, really, “she said.
Asked if she expected this from the former president or his daughter, Ms. Trump said: “Exactly what I expected from both of them.” “I think Ivanka is following a very thin line,” she said.
“She didn’t necessarily say anything inflammatory, but as we thought it would happen, she decided she had to side with what the facts support, which, of course, is that the election was not stolen.
FILE – Donald Trump, left, his son Donald Trump Jr., center, and his daughter Ivanka Trump
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Sravasti Dasgupta13 June 2022 08:35
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