“The lie is not gone”: January 6 committee chairman says Trump’s election threat continues
Cassidy Hutchinson, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified before the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol in a surprise hearing Tuesday.
He told the committee the president said, “I don’t care if they have guns,” when he was warned that his supporters were heavily armed at times before he encouraged them to march to the Capitol.
Once the president finished speaking to crowds of supporters on Jan. 6, he got “angry” when his security staff didn’t want him to make an unplanned visit to the Capitol, so much so that he tried to get behind the wheel of the presidency. limousine and allegedly attacked a Secret Service agent, according to Ms Hutchinson.
Finally, according to Mrs. Hutchinson’s testimony, when the mutineers broke into the Capitol, the president said indifferently that Vice President Mike Pence “deserves” the extremists to shout that he should be hanged for refusing to overturn the 2020 elections.
The former president attacked the witness, claiming he barely knew Hutchinson’s “illness”.
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Ginni Thomas has “serious concerns” to testify before the Jan. 6 committee, his lawyer says
Virginia’s attorney “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas, said the Conservative activist has “grave concerns” to testify before the House Select Committee investigating the March 6 riot. January at the United States Capitol.
Mark Paoletta sent an eight-page letter, obtained by The Daily Caller, to the committee because he had asked for his testimony. Paoletta specifically cited how Supreme Court judges have been subjected to threats following a draft opinion on the court’s decision to annul Roe v. Wade.
“I would also note that this has been a particularly stressful time, as the Thomases have been subjected to an avalanche of death threats and other abuses for unprecedented assault on Conservative Supreme Court judges and their families.” , said the letter.
Eric Garcia June 29, 2022 9:30 p.m.
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What happened to Roe v Wade’s “Night of Rage”?
Matilda is one of the youngest so-called “violent radicals” and “political terrorists” who take a position outside the U.S. Supreme Court.
At just a few months old, he looks with open eyes from his stroller at the people carrying brightly colored banners and signs under the June sun.
While her mother Zoe chats with The Independent, the girl falls asleep softly and begins to sleep.
“It was important for us to be here to be a visual representation that this affects mothers,” Zoe says, holding up a sign that says “Here for Her” in a protective way about her daughter.
“It simply came to our notice then. This affects normal people. Whatever the cooked image that pro-life people have in their minds, most people who have abortions already have children.
Rachel Sharp June 29, 2022 9:00 p.m.
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Cheney is asking Trump’s White House attorney to testify after the bombing hearing
Ms. Cheney, who serves as vice chair of the committee, cited the testimony of former Trump administration employee Cassidy Hutchinson.
Ms. Hutchinson told the committee Tuesday that Cipollone feared a line in a draft of former President Donald Trump’s statements to the White House Ellipse to “fight for me, fight for what we’re doing, fight for movement.” and Trump’s desire. going to the Capitol would leave them open to being charged with “every crime imaginable.”
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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis helped turn his state red. This is how it also helped pass bipartisan gun control
In the midst of the celebration after the US Senate passed the first major gun law in nearly 30 years, after a series of terrible mass shootings in recent weeks, Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona praised her cabbage · Republican League Thom Tillis.
“Oh, Thom is wonderful,” Ms Sinema told The Independent, a rare comment in the press for the legislator. “So pragmatic, so focused on solutions. Also a great vote counter. Great whip. “
Their friendship is mutual. For last year’s Halloween, Mr. Tillis dressed his dog Theo, named in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, as Mrs. Sinema, full of a wig and sweater that said “Dangerous Creature,” while wearing the his other dog Mitch as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. .
But Ms. Sinema, who often values her relationships down the aisle, often to the frustration of her Democratic colleagues, was not the only Democrat to praise the two-term North Carolina Republican, who help change the two chambers of his state legislature for the first time. in a century and has narrowly escaped twice the defeat of well-funded Democratic challengers.
Eric Garcia June 29, 2022 8:30 p.m.
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“The bottom line” is that Trump knew the mob marching on the Capitol “was armed,” Morning host Joe says.
Gustaf Kilander June 29, 2022 8:00 p.m.
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January 6 panel member criticizes fellow Republican for acting as “Taliban”
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The Jan. 6 committee will likely cite Trump White House attorney Pat Cipollone
The Jan. 6 committee looks likely to summon Trump White House attorney Pat Cipollone in the coming weeks unless he agrees to testify or participate in a statement, Punchbowl News reported.
Gustaf Kilander29 June 2022 19:11
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The former January 6 researcher says “the best is yet to come”
Former Jan. 6 investigator and Virginia representative Denver Riggleman said “the best is yet to come” when CBS News asked him about the committee’s revelations so far.
Gustaf Kilander June 29, 2022 7:00 p.m.
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The Texas Attorney General wants to prosecute companies that help women access abortion
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he plans to prosecute corporations that pay for employees to travel between states to access abortion care.
“It’s actually a new concept for us: these corporations decide to pay for people to go have abortions,” Paxton said in an interview with NewsNation.
He said the penalties for companies that support their employees by aborting could exceed $ 100,000.
“We’re literally looking at it as we talk,” he said.
Dozens of U.S. companies, including Disney, Apple, JP Morgan Chase, Adidas and Airbnb, are guaranteeing abortion benefits for their employees after the U.S. Supreme Court vote to overturn Roe v Wade.
Bevan Hurley June 29, 2022 6:30 p.m.
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Lev Parnas: A Giuliani partner linked to Trump’s Ukraine scandal jailed for fraud charges and campaign funding
Lev Parnas, who witnessed Rudy Giuliani’s attempts to find harmful information about Joe Biden in Ukraine, has been sentenced to just under two years in prison for fraud and violations of campaign funding during the 2018 election.
Parnas, a U.S.-based Soviet businessman, was convicted in October of seeking funds from Russian businessman Andrey Muraviev to give them candidates he thought were useful for opening a recreational marijuana business in the U.S. He will serve one year and eight months in prison.
It was also found that Giuliani’s former ally, along with former partner Igor Fruman, hid that they were the source of a donation to a pro-Trump group.
Josh Marcus June 29, 2022 6:28 PM