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Editorial: As Election Day nears, Jan. 6 committee hearing serves as a reminder that democracy is on the ballot

The House select committee’s ninth and likely final hearing involving the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol cemented the case that former President Donald Trump and his supporters plotted a coup.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Bristol mayor likens ACORN renters' protest to deadly Capitol attack

Marvin Rees criticised for calling City Hall demo an “exercise in entitlement and privilege"

Bristol Post

Capitol Police detain three armed suspects near Supreme Court

U.S. Capitol Police shut down streets around the Supreme Court and Library of Congress on Wednesday afternoon while investigating a suspicious vehicle — leading to the arrest of two men and a woman.

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Far-right ex-UCLA student sentenced to 3.5 years in prison over Capitol insurrection

Christian Secor, a follower of white nationalist Nick Fuentes, was among a group of rioters pushing through a doorway into the Capitol.

Axios

GOP chairwoman of Georgia's Taylor County and husband plead guilty to Jan. 6 charge

ATLANTA — The chairwoman of the Taylor County Republican Party has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge related to her participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

Tribune News Service

Ex-UCLA student linked to extremists gets Jan. 6 prison term

A former UCLA student who stormed the U.S. Capitol while waving a flag promoting a far-right extremist movement has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for his role in a mob’s attack on the building

The Independent UK

A former UCLA student was sentenced to over three years in prison for Capitol riot

Christian Secor, a former UCLA student and follower of the far-right racist livestreamer Nick Fuentes, was sentenced on Wednesday for obstructing congress during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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Oath Keeper wanted to stop Biden win ‘one way or the other’

WASHINGTON — A military veteran who stormed the U.S. Capitol with the Oath Keepers testified that members of the far-right militia group were set on stopping the certification of the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021, with violence, if necessary.

Tribune News Service

New January 6 video contradicts Republican’s claims about Nancy Pelosi

Steve Scalise questioned whether Democrats sought help on January 6, but video shows him standing near Pelosi as she called for national guard troops

The Guardian - US

Editorial: The Baltimore comes out in Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi can be a polarizing figure, representing, for some, far-left politics and entrenched Democratic leadership. Her San Francisco district is upscale, urban and liberal. In short, it’s the epicenter of the California left coast. Yet every once in a while, the 82-year-old speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives,…

Tribune News Service

'Pro-Democracy' Journalism's Problem With the Facts

Influential media critic Margaret Sullivan demonstrates the perils of letting narrative get ahead of verification.

Reason

"Most important" elections ever?

Brad Woodhouse of the Defend Democracy Project: These are no ordinary midterms; they'll determine America's future

Salon

Justice Department requests prison sentence for Steve Bannon

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department recommended a sentence of six months in prison and a $200,000 fine for Steve Bannon on charges that he defied a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Tribune News Service

Marjorie Taylor Greene now claims she was a ‘victim’ of Jan 6. Her past comments paint a more complicated picture

Outspoken pro-Trump Georgia congresswoman insists she is a ‘victim’ of the attempted insurrection, in which five people died

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In Wisconsin, voters shrug off GOP candidate’s Jan. 6 tie

Republicans see a chance to pick up a House seat in western Wisconsin where retired Navy SEAL Derrick Van Orden nearly won two years ago against Democratic incumbent Ron Kind

Tribune News Service

Secret Service minimized threats before Jan. 6, documents show

A Secret Service unit responsible for identifying threats repeatedly downplayed advance warnings of potential violence on Jan. 6, 2021, newly released documents show, a lapse that is now part of the House investigation into the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Salon

We get it: He's guilty. Does it matter?

Donald Trump is encircled by multiple investigations. He could end up broke and in jail. His fans do not care

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: Jan. 6 hearings were memorable even without many soundbites

What will we remember from the House hearings investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol?

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Editorial: Grand theft democracy: The maybe-final Jan. 6 hearing makes clear the magnitude of Trump’s crime

In his last tweet of Jan. 6, as order was restored in the Capitol and his mob was cleared out, President Donald Trump extolled the violent ransacking.

The Guardian - US

Could Trump testify? Subpoena sets up prospect of dramatic political spectacle

The former president is considering granting the Capitol attack committee’s demand to appear – but would such a move be wise?

The Independent UK

Email reveals FBI was warned about ‘sympathetic’ agents after Jan 6 as law enforcement comes under scrutiny

A warning in the days after the Capitol riot comes as federal agencies face questions about what officers knew

Daily Mirror

Nancy Pelosi said she would 'punch Trump out' in previous unseen Jan 6 riot footage

As Trump supporters marched in their thousands towards the Capitol, Pelosi can be heard saying: 'I want to punch him out, and I’m going to go to jail, and I’m going to be happy.'

The Independent UK

What we learned from the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial so far

Stewart Rhodes and four others face seditious conspiracy charges for their roles in the Capitol attack

Salon

Secret Service Jan. 6 "inconsistencies"

Lawmakers react to the "bombshell" revelation that Secret Service agents were warned about Jan. 6

Salon

Trump is "losing it on Truth Social"

Trump issued a 14-page statement and a barrage of posts — but won't say whether he'll actually comply

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