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The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024
4 months ago

The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024

CNN  

CNN — If there was one sign this week of Vice President Kamala Harris’ place atop the Democratic ticket having improved the party’s brand, it was the presence of so many Senate candidates taking the stage at its convention in Chicago. Another features a Republican sheriff vouching for Brown’s efforts to fight fentanyl coming across the border — a frequent …

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TikTok accuses federal agency of ’political demagoguery’ in legal challenge against potential U.S. ban
6 months ago

TikTok accuses federal agency of ’political demagoguery’ in legal challenge against potential U.S. ban

The Hindu  

TikTok disclosed a letter Thursday that accused the Biden administration of engaging in “political demagoguery” during high-stakes negotiations between the government and the company as it sought to relieve concerns about its presence in the U.S. “This threat is compounded when those autocratic nations require companies under their control to turn over sensitive data to the government in secret.” The …

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TikTok accuses federal agency of ‘political demagoguery’ in legal challenge against potential US ban
6 months ago

TikTok accuses federal agency of ‘political demagoguery’ in legal challenge against potential US ban

Associated Press  

TikTok disclosed a letter Thursday that accused the Biden administration of engaging in “political demagoguery” during high-stakes negotiations between the government and the company as it sought to relieve concerns about its presence in the U.S. “This threat is compounded when those autocratic nations require companies under their control to turn over sensitive data to the government in secret.” The …

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Trump ally Jeffrey Clark disciplinary hearing begins over role trying to overturn 2020 election
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump ally Jeffrey Clark disciplinary hearing begins over role trying to overturn 2020 election

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark’s efforts to help then-President Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election were characterized Tuesday as a coup attempt by Washington, D.C., Office of Disciplinary Counsel at a hearing to determine if Clark should be sanctioned. Clark suggested the letter be sent to Georgia indicating that the Justice Department was investigating irregularities in the …

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Neighbor shoots Black Airbnb renter who was walking to the grocery store in 'unprovoked attack'
2 years ago

Neighbor shoots Black Airbnb renter who was walking to the grocery store in 'unprovoked attack'

Raw Story  

A California man who allegedly shot a Black man who was walking to the grocery store in what prosecutors called an "unprovoked attack" has been charged with felony assault, NBC News reports. Mark Waters, 66, was charged felony assault with a semi-automatic firearm resulting in great bodily injury and personal use of a firearm. The Santa Clara County District Attorney's …

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What really happened during the wait for Trump to quell the Jan. 6 insurrection
2 years, 5 months ago

What really happened during the wait for Trump to quell the Jan. 6 insurrection

LA Times  

Insurrectionists loyal to then-President Trump scale the west wall of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Evidence shows there were multiple remote meetings from the White House Situation Room; huddles to coordinate the law enforcement response; and emotional phone calls and messages among national security officials, a handful of senior White House aides, and — as they hid in …

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Capitol Riot hearing: Donald Trump hounded the Justice Department to pursue false election fraud claims
2 years, 6 months ago

Capitol Riot hearing: Donald Trump hounded the Justice Department to pursue false election fraud claims

Firstpost  

Three Trump-era Justice Department officials recounted persistent badgering from the president, including day after day of directives to chase baseless allegations that the election won by Democrat Joe Biden had been stolen Washington: Donald Trump hounded the Justice Department to pursue his false election fraud claims, striving in vain to enlist top law enforcement officials in his desperate bid to …

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Hearing: Trump told Justice Dept. to call election ‘corrupt’
2 years, 6 months ago

Hearing: Trump told Justice Dept. to call election ‘corrupt’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump hounded the Justice Department to pursue his false election fraud claims, striving in vain to enlist top law enforcement officials in his desperate bid to stay in power and relenting only when warned in the Oval Office of mass resignations, according to testimony Thursday to the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. “So …

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Takeaways: Trump risked provoking ‘constitutional crisis’
2 years, 6 months ago

Takeaways: Trump risked provoking ‘constitutional crisis’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee used Thursday’s hearing to show how Donald Trump tried to install a loyalist atop the Justice Department who would pursue his false claims of voter fraud and stop the certification of the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., led the hearing, saying it would show “how close we …

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US justice officials outline Trump's 'brazen' takeover bid
2 years, 6 months ago

US justice officials outline Trump's 'brazen' takeover bid

Raw Story  

Former assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel Steven Engel, former acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen and former acting deputy attorney general Richard Donoghue are sworn in by committee chairman Bennie. Washington - Lawmakers investigating the attack on the US Capitol on Thursday detailed Donald Trump's efforts to recruit the Justice Department into his scheme to overturn his …

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The January 6 hearings delve into Donald Trump's alleged scheme to force the US Justice Department to help him steal the election
2 years, 6 months ago

The January 6 hearings delve into Donald Trump's alleged scheme to force the US Justice Department to help him steal the election

ABC  

The words "pressure campaign" have been used repeatedly in the first public hearings of the US House committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021. Multiple witnesses testified Mr Trump leaned on Department of Justice leadership to publicly back him by falsely declaring the election was "corrupt". "Between December 23 and January 3, the president either called me or met …

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Jan. 6 Committee To Hear Of Trump's Pressure On Justice Department
2 years, 6 months ago

Jan. 6 Committee To Hear Of Trump's Pressure On Justice Department

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Jan. 6 committee will hear from former Justice Department officials who faced down a relentless pressure campaign from Donald Trump over the 2020 presidential election results while suppressing a bizarre challenge from within their own ranks. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images In a written statement prepared for the committee and obtained by …

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5 key takeaways from fifth January 6 Capitol riot hearing
2 years, 6 months ago

5 key takeaways from fifth January 6 Capitol riot hearing

Al Jazeera  

The latest hearing focuses on Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure US Justice Department to ‘say the election was corrupt’. Here is a look at five key takeaways from the fifth public hearing this month: ‘Just say the election was corrupt,’ former US official says Trump told him The panel featured a handwritten note by former US Deputy Attorney General Richard …

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Jan 6 panel lays out Trump pressure on Justice Dept – A timeline
2 years, 6 months ago

Jan 6 panel lays out Trump pressure on Justice Dept – A timeline

Al Jazeera  

In fifth hearing this month, ex-Justice Department officials tell January 6 panel about Trump efforts to overturn vote. Here are some of the hearing’s highlights: Justice Department officials laid out campaign of pressure to legitimise false claims of fraud Several GOP lawmakers, including Congressman Matt Gaetz, asked for pardons: Official Ex-Justice Department official said Trump told him: “Just say the …

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Here's every word from the fifth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation
2 years, 6 months ago

Here's every word from the fifth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

NPR  

Here's every word from the fifth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation Enlarge this image toggle caption Doug Mills/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Doug Mills/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Below, read the full transcript from the June 23 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. On the same day Acting Attorney General Rosen told Mr. Clark …

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‘Murder-suicide pact’: Ex-Justice Dept. officials describe Trump’s campaign of coercion
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Murder-suicide pact’: Ex-Justice Dept. officials describe Trump’s campaign of coercion

LA Times  

Then-President Trump nearly replaced the head of the Department of Justice with a supporter of his fraud theories after the acting attorney general refused to comply with his persistent demands to falsely claim there was evidence of malfeasance in the 2020 election, the House panel investigating the Capitol insurrection detailed in its hearing Thursday. Testimony on Thursday also detailed Trump’s …

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DOJ officials pushed back on Trump's baseless election fraud claims
2 years, 6 months ago

DOJ officials pushed back on Trump's baseless election fraud claims

NPR  

DOJ officials pushed back on Trump's baseless election fraud claims Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images About a week before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, there was an "escalation" of then-President Donald Trump's earlier demands about election fraud allegations, a former top official in the Justice Department testified Thursday, including an "arsenal of …

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Opinion: America was lucky Trump didn’t seize control of the DOJ
2 years, 6 months ago

Opinion: America was lucky Trump didn’t seize control of the DOJ

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Elliot Williams is a CNN legal analyst. Elliot Williams Courtesy Elliot Williams Thursday’s hearing of the select congressional committee investigating the January 6 attack featured testimony from three men who are not household names but held jobs of indescribable importance in the American legal system: Jeffrey A. Rosen, former acting attorney general; Richard Donoghue, former acting deputy attorney …

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1/6 panel postpones hearing with ex-Justice Dept. officials
2 years, 6 months ago

1/6 panel postpones hearing with ex-Justice Dept. officials

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol has postponed a hearing that was to feature dramatic testimony from former Justice Department officials who were pressured by then-President Donald Trump to pursue his false election fraud theories. A spokesman for the panel attributed the postponement to “a number of scheduling factors, including production …

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New report zeroes in on a 'puzzle piece' in the story of Jan. 6 that critics have 'largely overlooked'
3 years ago

New report zeroes in on a 'puzzle piece' in the story of Jan. 6 that critics have 'largely overlooked'

Raw Story  

As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s January 6 select committee continues to probe the events that followed the 2020 election, much is being uncovered about former President Donald Trump’s unsuccessful efforts to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence into refusing to certify now-President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory. “But what remains unknown is just how involved Trump was in Gohmert’s legal …

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Ex-US official declines to testify about election advice to Trump
3 years, 1 month ago

Ex-US official declines to testify about election advice to Trump

Al Jazeera  

A former top United States Justice Department official who aligned himself with Donald Trump after the 2020 presidential election has declined to testify before a House of Representatives panel investigating the deadly Capitol riot. In a letter to the US House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, the lawyer for Jeffrey Clark said his client’s conversations with …

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Trump's coup plot was worse than anyone knew
3 years, 2 months ago

Trump's coup plot was worse than anyone knew

Salon  

It seemed odd last December when then-Attorney General Bill Barr resigned before the end of President Trump's term. There was earlier reporting about how Trump had called Acting Attorney General Rosen to instruct him to "just say the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. And we knew that an obscure Justice Department lawyer in …

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Report details Trump’s all-out bid to undo election results
3 years, 2 months ago

Report details Trump’s all-out bid to undo election results

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat brought the Justice Department to the brink of chaos, and prompted top officials there and at the White House to threaten to resign, a Senate Judiciary Committee report found. Trump’s actions led to a near-revolt at department headquarters that receded only after senior officials warned of a mass …

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Senate report details Trump's efforts to use DOJ to overturn election results
3 years, 2 months ago

Senate report details Trump's efforts to use DOJ to overturn election results

NPR  

Senate report details Trump's efforts to use DOJ to overturn election results Enlarge this image toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Spencer Platt/Getty Images An interim report from the Senate Judiciary Committee provides the most detailed look yet at former President Donald Trump's attempts to enlist the Justice Department in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Sponsor …

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