Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams The House Select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol revealed Thursday that half a dozen Republican lawmakers sought preemptive pardons from then-President Donald Trump after they tried to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. According to the committee, …
Read More »Trump Led Pressure Campaign On State Election Officials, Jan. 6 Committee Says
by Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder Former President Donald Trump was directly involved in efforts to pressure state officials in Georgia, Arizona and elsewhere to overturn the 2020 election results in their states, according to evidence the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack presented Tuesday at the panel’s …
Read More »Georgia, Arizona GOP Officials To Testify Before Jan. 6 Committee
by Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder The fourth Jan. 6 hearing on Tuesday will focus on pressure put by President Donald Trump and his allies on state officials in Georgia, Arizona and elsewhere to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. The U.S. House hearing will include live testimony from Republican officials …
Read More »‘Certifiably Crazy’: Jan. 6 Panel Highlights How Team Trump Pushed Pence to Overturn Election
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Thursday’s public hearing of the House January 6 committee focused largely on former President Donald Trump’s futile attempt to convince Mike Pence, his vice president, to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. “There was no basis in the Constitution or laws of the United …
Read More »Pence Was Within 40 Feet Of Mob Inflamed By Trump, Jan. 6 Committee Reveals
by Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent June 16, 2022 The private and public conflict between Donald Trump and Mike Pence over certifying the 2020 election results put the vice president within steps of the Jan. 6 attackers, the U.S. House committee investigating the insurrection said Thursday. As the mob approached the …
Read More »Trump Spread Claims Of Election Fraud Debunked By His Own Legal Team
by Jacob Fischler, Idaho Capital Sun June 13, 2022 Former President Donald Trump planted the seeds for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by continually promoting theories that he lost the 2020 election through fraud, even though top advisers and officials told him there was no evidence to …
Read More »Jan. 6 Hearing Offers Yet More Proof That ‘Trump Lied’ and ‘He Knew He Lied’
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Donald Trump’s incessant and frequently outlandish lies about the 2020 election were in the spotlight Monday as a special House committee laid out its case that the former president’s falsehoods about widespread voter fraud were pivotal in catalyzing the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on …
Read More »Jan. 6 Panel Says Trump, Far-Right Groups Responsible For Insurrection
by Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent A widely anticipated hearing Thursday by the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol alleged two groups supporting then-President Donald Trump planned the riot to stop the transfer of presidential power — while Trump tacitly endorsed the insurrection and …
Read More »Key Takeaways From The Jan. 6 Committee’s First Public Hearing
The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol began presenting its findings to the public for the first time Thursday night, seeking to convey to the American people the role former President Donald Trump and his allies played in attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential …
Read More »First Jan. 6 Hearing To Reveal New Evidence Of Trump Conspiracy, Panel Aides Say
by Jacob Fischler, Idaho Capital Sun June 9, 2022 The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will use its first public hearing to tie the violent attempt to overturn the election directly to former President Donald Trump, committee aides told reporters Wednesday. In addition …
Read More »Analysis: What Primaries In Pennsylvania And Georgia Have Told Us About Democracy So Far
Originally published by The 19th Errin Haines This month, Pennsylvania, where I now live, and Georgia, my home state, held key primary contests that tested the value of former President Donald Trump’s endorsements and the potency of his Big Lie, raising questions about the power of voter suppression laws spawned …
Read More »Trump Pays $110,000 Fine For Failure To Comply With Subpoena in NY Civil Probe
Former President Donald Trump has paid a $110,000 contempt of court fine stemming from his failure to comply with a subpoena by New York Attorney General Letitia James‘ office, her office said Friday. However, Trump’s payment of the fine on Thursday does not satisfy the underlying contempt charge or “purge” …
Read More »Report: Trump Asked If China Was Shooting ‘Hurricane Gun’ At U.S.
Former President Donald Trump regularly asked White House national security officials if China possessed a “hurricane gun” that could fire damaging artificial storms at the US, according to a report in Rolling Stone. According to three unnamed former officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the one-term president wanted …
Read More »Elon Musk Says He Would Reverse Donald Trump’s Twitter Ban
Elon Musk said on Tuesday that he would reverse Twitter’s ban on former President Donald Trump, confirming what many had expected. Musk said at the Financial Times’ Future of the Car conference that permanent bans lessen users’ trust in Twitter, and banning Trump was a “morally bad decision,” the Wall …
Read More »Grand Jury Selected In Trump Election Interference Investigation In Georgia
ATLANTA — A special grand jury was selected Monday for the investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. It’s looking into whether former president Donald Trump tried to interfere with the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. …
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