‘President Trump did not fail to act ... He chose not to act,’ Jan. 6 panel says
2 years, 5 months ago

‘President Trump did not fail to act ... He chose not to act,’ Jan. 6 panel says

LA Times  

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing on Thursday. “The mob was accomplishing President Trump’s purpose, so of course he didn’t intervene,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger. “There is no official record of what President Trump did while in the dining room.… The chief White House photographer wanted to take pictures because it was, in her words, ‘Very important for his archives and for history.’ But she was told, quote, ‘No photographs,’” Luria said. “The president didn’t want anything done,” said a former White House employee granted anonymity by the committee. Zero?” Former White House press aide Sarah Matthews and former deputy national security advisor Matthew Pottinger, who were at the White House on Jan. 6 and resigned over Trump’s actions that day, were witnesses at Thursday’s hearing.

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Thirty Years Later, Trump Returns to the White House, But This Time, He's Facing a Different Battle
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Thirty Years Later, Trump Returns to the White House, But This Time, He's Facing a Different Battle

Associated Press  

Kamala Harris will deliver her campaign's closing argument on Tuesday from the same spot in Washington where Donald Trump helped incite a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. She will draw a contrast between her vision for the country and Trump's continued lies about the 2020 election, and the risks she says his return to the …

Jan 6 report: Key findings from the House committee investigation into the Capitol riot
2 years ago

Jan 6 report: Key findings from the House committee investigation into the Capitol riot

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here’s some of the key findings of the …

5 key takeaways from January 6 panel’s report on US Capitol riot
2 years ago

5 key takeaways from January 6 panel’s report on US Capitol riot

Al Jazeera  

Washington, DC – “One man” is ultimately responsible for last year’s attack on the United States Capitol: Former President Donald Trump. Here is a look at five key takeaways from the final report: Trump is ‘central cause’ of the riot The report unambiguously blamed Trump for the attack on the Capitol: “The central cause of January 6th was one man, …

Jan. 6 Witness Recalls What Made Her Quit Trump's White House
2 years, 2 months ago

Jan. 6 Witness Recalls What Made Her Quit Trump's White House

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sarah Matthews, a former White House staffer who testified before the House Jan. 6 committee over the summer, on Wednesday looked back at her decision to resign from President Donald Trump’s administration on the day of the Capitol riot. And he didn’t ever pick up the phone once.” Trump’s continued lies about election fraud, she added, “pose …

Jan. 6: Trump spurned aides’ pleas to call off Capitol mob
2 years, 5 months ago

Jan. 6: Trump spurned aides’ pleas to call off Capitol mob

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Despite desperate pleas from aides, allies, a Republican congressional leader and even his family, Donald Trump refused to call off the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol, instead “pouring gasoline on the fire” by aggressively tweeting his false claims of a stolen election and celebrating his crowd of supporters as “very special,” the House investigating committee showed …

Trump didn't act and didn't want to, plus 4 other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearings
2 years, 5 months ago

Trump didn't act and didn't want to, plus 4 other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearings

NPR  

Trump didn't act and didn't want to, plus 4 other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearings Enlarge this image toggle caption House Select Committee via AP House Select Committee via AP In the early evening of Jan. 6, after former President Donald Trump finally and reluctantly put out a video telling rioters to go home, after hours of staffers urging …

Trump made video condemning Capitol riots because he feared cabinet would use 25th Amendment to remove him: CNN
2 years, 5 months ago

Trump made video condemning Capitol riots because he feared cabinet would use 25th Amendment to remove him: CNN

Raw Story  

Thursday night's House Select Committee hearing is expected to dive into former President Donald Trump's actions during the January 6th Capitol riots -- and also his actions in the immediate aftermath. On January 7th, 2021, Trump made a video in which he condemned the riots at the Capitol as lawless acts of violence. CNN's Kaitlan Collins said on Wednesday that …

Trump didn’t stick to script asking supporters to leave Capitol, Jan. 6 panel says
2 years, 5 months ago

Trump didn’t stick to script asking supporters to leave Capitol, Jan. 6 panel says

LA Times  

Footage of President Trump addressing rioters in a video from the Rose Garden on Jan. 6, 2021, plays above members of the House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol. Then-President Trump did not stick to a video script laid out for him after he was urged by officials to ask supporters to peacefully leave the Capitol on Jan. 6, …

Next Jan. 6 Hearing Will Examine 187 Minutes When Trump Did Nothing To Quell Capitol Riot
2 years, 5 months ago

Next Jan. 6 Hearing Will Examine 187 Minutes When Trump Did Nothing To Quell Capitol Riot

Huff Post  

After telling his supporters at a rally earlier that day to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell,” Trump “gleefully” watched the violence unfold on TV from the White House dining room, his former press secretary Stephanie Grisham told CNN. Trump “hit rewind” for some sections of the riot on a recorded TV program to watch them again, said …

Donald Trump accused of a sprawling 'conspiracy': recapping the first eight Capitol riot hearings
2 years, 5 months ago

Donald Trump accused of a sprawling 'conspiracy': recapping the first eight Capitol riot hearings

ABC  

Graphic video showing police being attacked; bombshell testimony from inside the White House; first-hand accounts of Donald Trump's tactics: so far, the public Capitol riot hearings have produced stunning testimony. In Ivanka Trump's video testimony, she said she had "accepted" Mr Barr's point on this video testimony, she said she had "accepted" Mr Barr's point on this Mr Trump took …

Jan 6 panel pushes to link Trump to Capitol violence – a timeline
2 years, 5 months ago

Jan 6 panel pushes to link Trump to Capitol violence – a timeline

Al Jazeera  

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Laying bare Trump’s coup attempt, Jan. 6 hearings demanded we not look away
2 years, 6 months ago

Laying bare Trump’s coup attempt, Jan. 6 hearings demanded we not look away

LA Times  

Viewers who tuned in Thursday to the first night of public hearings by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection were not given Washington political theater as usual. Cheney said that Trump had a seven-part plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election and promised the American public watching at home that “you will see evidence of each element …

Donald Trump's missing seven hours of phone logs during the January 6 insurrection echo Nixon's missing 18 minutes
2 years, 8 months ago

Donald Trump's missing seven hours of phone logs during the January 6 insurrection echo Nixon's missing 18 minutes

ABC  

During his 2016 election campaign, Donald Trump famously declared he could shoot somebody in the middle of New York's Fifth Avenue and not lose any voters. Last week, the Washington Post revealed seven hours and 37 minutes of White House phone logs from January 6, 2021 — the day Mr Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol — are missing. "Trump's potentially …

Jan. 6 committee has one crucial piece of evidence that hasn't been revealed yet: report
2 years, 11 months ago

Jan. 6 committee has one crucial piece of evidence that hasn't been revealed yet: report

Raw Story  

The House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection is sitting on potentially explosive details about former President Donald Trump's actions in the 187 minutes before he finally told rioters to "go home" on Jan. 6, 2021. The public also doesn't know the exact timing of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's call to Trump, in which he pleaded with the former president …

January 6th committee seeks potentially damning Trump video made during 'hours of silence' during riot
3 years ago

January 6th committee seeks potentially damning Trump video made during 'hours of silence' during riot

Raw Story  

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6th riots at the United States Capitol wants to know more about what former President Donald Trump was doing during what the Washington Post describes as "hours of silence" during the insurrection. Rep. Bennie Thompson tells the Post that the committee is particularly interested in what Trump did right before he publicly broke …

Donald Trump Justifies Capitol Riot, Says Election Was The 'Real Insurrection'
3 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump Justifies Capitol Riot, Says Election Was The 'Real Insurrection'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday justified the Jan. 6 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol, calling it a legitimate protest against a rigged election. In a statement, Trump targeted Congress’ bipartisan select committee investigating the attack, which involved a horde of his supporters storming the Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 …

Trump's impeachment trial opens with dramatic video of how Capitol riots unfolded
3 years, 10 months ago

Trump's impeachment trial opens with dramatic video of how Capitol riots unfolded

ABC  

Democrats opened Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial by showing a graphic video of the deadly attack on the United States Congress that came soon after the then-president told his supporters to "fight like hell" against his election defeat. Key points: Donald Trump is the first US president to be impeached twice He is accused of inciting his supporters to …

In First Public Appearance Since Insurrection, Trump Shirks All Responsibility
3 years, 11 months ago

In First Public Appearance Since Insurrection, Trump Shirks All Responsibility

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In his first public appearance since he incited a seditious mob that violently and illegally attempted to seize power from a coequal branch of government and overturn the results of a free and fair election, President Donald Trump showed no remorse and instead expressed dismay that he’s facing impeachment over it. pic.twitter.com/90Pdt8xFSz — CSPAN January 12, 2021 …

Trump didn't suffer from "paralysis": He failed to stop the Capitol siege because he loved the show
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump didn't suffer from "paralysis": He failed to stop the Capitol siege because he loved the show

Salon  

After four years of nonstop abuse from Donald Trump, it should be beyond a shadow of a doubt that, while Trump is indeed an ignoramus, his ugly behavior is largely motivated by malice, not stupidity. Since Trump sent an unruly mob to ransack the Capitol, however, mainstream journalists have woken up, describing Trump's actions accurately as incitement, instead of using …

Video shows what Donald Trump was doing moments before Capitol seige attempt by his supporters
3 years, 11 months ago

Video shows what Donald Trump was doing moments before Capitol seige attempt by his supporters

India TV News  

The January 6 US capitol seige attempt by Trump supporters, upset with the loss, has been condemned by the world. Through actions such as several arrests, suspension of President Donald Trump's Twitter accounts, others have been taken, the strain on America's Democracy will not be washed away so soon, so easily. While there have been talks of impeaching Donald Trump …

Mob at U.S. Capitol encouraged by online conspiracy theories
3 years, 11 months ago

Mob at U.S. Capitol encouraged by online conspiracy theories

Associated Press  

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Trump's Inciting Of Mob Violence Against Democracy Is Right Out Of The Fascist Playbook
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump's Inciting Of Mob Violence Against Democracy Is Right Out Of The Fascist Playbook

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As thousands of President Donald Trump’s most fanatical supporters smashed windows and stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to overturn the election he lost by 7 million votes, at least one historian was not surprised in the least. “I hate it when I’m right,” said Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a New York University professor and fascism expert who has …

Trump Condemns Capitol Hill Violence, Ignores His Role In Inciting The Mob
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump Condemns Capitol Hill Violence, Ignores His Role In Inciting The Mob

NPR  

Trump Condemns Capitol Hill Violence, Ignores His Role In Inciting The Mob Enlarge this image toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP Patrick Semansky/AP Updated at 12:50 a.m. ET on Friday More than 24 hours after thousands of his supporters stormed the Capitol, President Trump on Thursday night condemned the violence in a video he posted on social media, calling it a "heinous …

Amid Capitol violence, Facebook, YouTube remove Trump video
3 years, 11 months ago

Amid Capitol violence, Facebook, YouTube remove Trump video

The Independent  

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Lawmakers Call To Impeach Trump, Accuse Him Of Inciting Capitol Riot
3 years, 11 months ago

Lawmakers Call To Impeach Trump, Accuse Him Of Inciting Capitol Riot

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Several Democratic lawmakers and one Republican called for President Donald Trump to be impeached for a second time over his efforts to encourage rioters who took over the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the presidential election. “President Trump has orchestrated a campaign to cause an insurrection that overturns the results of a free, fair and …

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