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Jan. 6 takeaways: Trump's 'playbook' to overturn election

A House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection is turning to former President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on state and local officials to overturn his 2020 election loss

The Independent UK

Jan 6 committee chairman warns Trump threat to elections is ongoing: ‘The lie hasn’t gone away’

Committee cites threats to current and future elections

The Independent UK

'We'll have catastrophe': Jan. 6 committee warns Trump-led threat to elections is ongoing - Roll Call

The Jan. 6 committee chair warned Donald Trump-backed elections threats remain as a top Arizona Republican defied the former president.

Roll Call

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When is the next Jan 6 insurrection committee hearing?

‘The public needs to know what to think. We just have to show clearly what happened on January 6,’ chairman Bennie Thompson says

The Independent UK

When is the next Jan 6 insurrection committee hearing?

‘The public needs to know what to think. We just have to show clearly what happened on January 6,’ chairman Bennie Thompson says

The Independent UK

January 6 hearings make for gripping TV, but are voters paying attention?

The committee’s tightly scripted production has impressed political junkies but Democrats worry many Americans are focused elsewhere

The Guardian - US

When is the next Jan 6 insurrection committee hearing?

‘The public needs to know what to think. We just have to show clearly what happened on January 6,’ chairman Bennie Thompson says

The Independent UK

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Analysis: Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral spat was avoidable — and unnecessary

WASHINGTON — Evidence. The word was uttered 41 times Monday during the Jan. 6 select committee’s second much-anticipated June hearing and over and over by its members during a weeklong cable TV blitz.

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Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral spat was avoidable — and unnecessary - Roll Call

The House Jan. 6 committee had an unnecessary public spat over whether to make criminal referrals to DOJ. It doesn't have to.

Roll Call

Capitol attack prosecutors press January 6 committee for transcripts

Attorneys general say material is needed for criminal cases but congressional inquiry says it must be left to do its work

The Guardian - AU

‘System nearly failed’: US democracy was left hanging by the thread of Pence’s defiance

If the vice-president had acquiesced to Trump’s demand, the country could have plunged into an unprecedented crisis

The Guardian - US

Pence the ‘hero’ who foiled Trump’s plot – could it lead to a 2024 run?

The former VP rejected the plot to overturn the election – the death knell for Trump and Pence’s marriage of convenience

The Guardian - US

Jan. 6 committee wants to talk to Ginni Thomas about her connection with pro-Trump lawyer John Eastman

The Jan. 6 committee plans to ask Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to testify after emails surfaced connecting her to pro-Trump legal guru John Eastman.

Tribune News Service

The 'crazy' plan and praise for Pence: The key moments from the latest hearing into the January 6 US Capitol riots

The committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riots hears Donald Trump’s closest advisers labelled his efforts to pressure vice-president Mike Pence to reject the election result as "nuts" and "crazy".

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Jan. 6 committee will cooperate with Justice Department 'in due time,' chairman says

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol received a formal request by the Department of Justice to share copies of its witness interviews, which the committee will do "in due time," chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said Thursday.

The Guardian - US

Trumpists stitched a legal theory from whole cloth. The hearings tore it apart

Over the course of nearly three hours, the public repeatedly heard that Mike Pence lacked the authority to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election

Los Angeles Times

Trump knew asking Pence to overturn election was illegal, Jan. 6 committee says

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump knew that asking Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally overturn the 2020 presidential election was illegal but pressured him to do it anyway, the House committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, argued at its Thursday hearing, where it also made the case that Trump put Pence’s…

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Trump was told Pence could not overturn US election, but still pressured him, January 6 panel hears

The US House of Representatives select committee is told outgoing president Donald Trump continued his pressure campaign against his vice-president even though he knew a violent mob of his supporters was threatening the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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Jan. 6 committee wants to talk to Ginni Thomas about her connection with pro-Trump lawyer John Eastman

The Jan. 6 committee plans to ask Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to testify after emails surfaced connecting her to pro-Trump lawyer John Eastman.

WEKU

Jan. 6 committee leaders say Trump broke the law by trying to pressure Pence

The former president's campaign to get his vice president to overturn the election "was not just wrong," said Vice Chair Liz Cheney, a Republican, "it was illegal and unconstitutional."

WEKU

Jan. 6 committee asks Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, to testify

Ginni Thomas said she would "look forward" to talking to the committee after reports surfaced that she communicated with a lawyer who pressured Mike Pence to reject the election results.

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 panel wants to hear from Ginni Thomas, chairman says

The chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection says that the panel will ask Virginia Thomas for an interview

The Independent UK

Jan 6 committee to seek testimony from Ginni Thomas

‘We think it’s time that we, at some point, invite her to come talk to the committee,’ Jan 6 committee chairman Bennie Thompson says

Axios

Jan. 6 panel to seek testimony from Ginni Thomas

Committee Chair Bennie Thompson said the invite will go out "soon"

Al Jazeera

US: January 6 panel releases video of Capitol tour by Republican

The video shows Georgia Representative Barry Loudermilk giving a tour the day before a crowd stormed the Capitol.

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