capitol siege

Published
March 28, 2022

Jan. 6 committee votes to hold 2 former Trump advisers in contempt

The recommendation of criminal charges now goes to the full House, and if approved there, would go to the Justice Department, which has the final say on prosecution.
Published
March 28, 2022

Judge: Trump ‘more likely than not’ committed crimes in trying to block Biden win

His opinion will raise pressure on the Justice Department to intensify its probe of the Jan. 6 riot, and potentially examine the conduct of the then-president.
Published
March 24, 2022

Wife of Supreme Court justice pressed White House chief to help overturn 2020 election, texts show

In messages to Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in the weeks after Election Day, Virginia Thomas, wife of Clarence Thomas, called Biden’s victory 'the greatest Heist of our History' and told him that President Trump should not concede.
Published
March 21, 2022

Capitol riot trial opens for elected official who founded Cowboys for Trump

New Mexico county commissioner Couy Griffin is the second among the hundreds of people charged with federal crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, siege.
Published
March 14, 2022

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, says she attended Jan. 6 rally before Capitol attack

Thomas said she was part of the crowd that gathered at the Ellipse that morning to support President Donald Trump.
Published
March 8, 2022

Proud Boys leader charged with conspiracy in Capitol riot

He was arrested two days before the riot and was ordered to stay out of D.C., but the indictment says he met with the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers in an area parking garage.
Published
March 5, 2022

Maine Voices: Weighing the future of the unspoken civil contract of democracy

Over 50 years ago, as a U.S. Senate press secretary for a Democrat, I had warm ties with my Republican peers. Is it too late to return to those days?
Published
March 3, 2022

New evidence shows Trump was told many times there was no voter fraud. He kept saying it anyway.

The House Jan. 6 panel aims to prove that Trump was acting corruptly by continuing to spread misinformation about the election long after he had reason to know he had legitimately lost.
Published
February 25, 2022

House oversight panel asks for more information about Trump’s handling of White House records

The Archives confirms reporting that classified materials were found within the boxes and that torn-up records had been transferred to the Archives but not reconstructed by the Trump White House.
Published
February 22, 2022

Supreme Court shuts down Trump’s bid to shield records from Jan. 6 investigation

Trump sued to prevent the dissemination of the records after President Biden determined last year that they could be released.