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Trump sat in dining room for hours on Jan. 6: ‘The president didn’t want anything done’

WASHINGTON — Then-President Donald Trump sat in the West Wing’s dining room for more than 21/2 hours after being informed of the violence raging at the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to evidence presented at Thursday’s congressional hearing on the insurrection.

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 testimony confirms Trump's attack

"We were all in a state of shock," security official testifies during Jan. 6 hearing

Salon

Jan. 6 takeaways: Trump 'could not be moved' amid violence

The House Jan. 6 committee is closing out its set of summer hearings with its most detailed focus yet on the investigation’s main target: former President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

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New witnesses confirm ‘heated’ discussion between Trump and Secret Service agent

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating Jan. 6 announced Thursday that it has interviewed multiple witnesses who corroborated elements of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s explosive testimony on June 28 .

Los Angeles Times

A Pa. Capitol rioter who said she wanted to shoot Pelosi just won an election. Now, she’s headed to prison

The former owner of a Bucks County CrossFit gym who recorded herself during the storming of the Capitol saying she was looking for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “to shoot her in the friggin’ brain” was sentenced to 60 days incarceration on Thursday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Amid "hang Mike Pence" chants, Secret Service feared vice president would lose ability to leave the Capitol

An anonymous security official said Pence's security detail "started to fear for their own lives."

Axios

Trump watched supporters attack Capitol on television as aides begged him to act, committee says

January 6 committee says evidence will show Trump failed to act as his supporters attacked Capitol

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Ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows refuses to answer multiple questions about Capitol riot

Mr Meadows was confronted by reporters while walking in Washington DC

The Independent UK

DHS watchdog launches criminal investigation into deleted Secret Service texts

The messages may have contained evidence about key events related to the Capitol insurrection.

Axios

Trump opted against calling off his loyalists during Jan. 6 Capitol riot, former aides tell select panel - Roll Call

Members of Vice President Mike Pence's Secret Service detail feared for their lives during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the select committe was told.

Roll Call

January 6 US Capitol riot hearing: Focus on Donald Trump's movements during riot, two former aides testify — as it happened

In the eighth hearing, the January 6 committee focused on what former US president Donald Trump was doing while rioters stormed the Capitol. Two former aides testified about their decisions to resign on January 6 — as it happened.

ABC News

DHS watchdog takes over inquiry into lost secret service texts from Capitol riot

The Homeland Security Department’s watchdog has opened an investigation into the loss of Secret Service text messages from the days surrounding the attack on the U.S. Capitol last year.

Tribune News Service

Jan 6 hearing: Trump said ‘I don’t want to say the election is over’ in speech outtake one day after riot – as it happened

Hearing reveals former president’s speech outtakes on video, including message from 7 January

The Guardian - US

Live updates | Jan. 6 panel eyes Trump inaction during riot

The Jan. 6 committee returns to prime time on Thursday evening with a hearing focusing on three-plus hours during the insurrection at the Capitol when then-President Donald Trump failed to act to stop the violence

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Roll Call

Capitol Lens | Body language - Roll Call

Rep. Nancy Mace wears the message “My State is Banning Exceptions Protect Contraception” on Thursday at the Capitol.

The Independent UK

Prime-time Jan 6 committee hearing will feature outtakes of Trump’s speech to supporters after riot

The unaired tapes are expected to be entered as part of the evidence for the eighth House select committee hearing investigating the Capitol riot

Los Angeles Times

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

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee's prime-time hearing Thursday is billed as a look at what former President Donald Trump did in the 187 minutes between the start of the insurrection and when he urged his supporters to leave the Capitol.

The Independent UK

When is the next Jan 6 committee hearing?

‘As this may be the last hearing of this nature ... it’ll be potentially more sweeping than some of the other hearings,’ Adam Schiff says

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The Independent UK

‘Trump refused to act’: Prime-time January 6 committee hearing will focus on ex-president’s inaction during riot

The House January 6 committee’s second prime-time session is set to focus on the 187 minutes between the end of former president Donald Trump’s speech that day and when he recorded a video telling rioters to leave the Capitol

The Conversation

Jan. 6 committee set to examine Trump's connection to Capitol rioters – a militia expert explains this complex relationship

It’s not quite clear what, exactly, former President Donald Trump was doing and privately saying inside the White House during the five long, violent hours when more than 2,000 rioters invaded the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.

WEKU

A majority thinks Trump is to blame for Jan. 6 but won't face charges, poll finds

As the Jan. 6 hearings have played out, there has been only some, if any, movement in people's views of what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, but independents' views have changed since a December poll.

The Guardian - US

Trump as tyrant and Cheney’s cliffhangers: key moments from the January 6 hearings

From Trump’s lack of concern about armed rioters to possible witness tampering, the revelations have been startling

The Guardian - US

January 6 panel to show Trump violated law by refusing to stop Capitol attack

The committee will demonstrate the ex-president was ‘derelict in his duty’ to protect the US Congress as supporters mobbed building

The Independent UK

What to watch as Jan. 6 panel returns to prime time

The House Jan. 6 committee is headed back to prime time for its eighth hearing

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 panel probes Trump's 187 minutes as Capitol attacked

The House Jan. 6 committee will hold its final hearing of the summer in prime time

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