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Prince William's secret letter to grieving girlfriend after partner's 'dreadful' death

Writing to Sandra Garza, the girlfriend of late police officer Brian Sicknick, Prince William expressed his sorrow over the cop's passing after he was sprayed with a chemical during the Capitol riots and died the next day

Daily Mirror

Ex-Trump aide Navarro pleads not guilty to contempt charges

Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro has pleaded not guilty to contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

The Jan. 6 hearings are tailor-made for social media – that doesn't mean they're reaching a wide audience

On June 16, 2022, the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol used its two-hour hearing to paint a picture of a relentless campaign by former President Donald Trump and his allies to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence into throwing the election to Trump.

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Photos of the week ending June 17, 2022 - Roll Call

As the Jan. 6 committee hearings dominated the news in the Capitol, Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the week's events.

Roll Call

Trump ‘blasted Pence a wimp before mob stormed Capitol’

Ivanka Trump‘s testimony recounts what she heard in the Oval Office

Evening Standard

Prince William sent personal letter to girlfriend of Capitol officer killed on Jan 6 while Trump did nothing

Brian Sicknick, a Capitol officer, died on 7 January 2021 after having two strokes the day after the Jan 6 riot

The Independent UK

The Loop: Anthony Albanese extends COVID funding, praise for Mike Pence at Capitol riots hearing, and Beyonce teases new music

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Anti-vaxx doctor sentenced to jail for role in Capitol riots

Simone Gold pleads guilty to misdemeanour charges of unlawfully entering a restricted area

The Independent UK

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

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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A half a century after Nixon's Watergate shook democracy, Trump has trumped him

Fifty years ago Friday, burglars broke into the Watergate Hotel in Washington, the first chapter of a story that would transform American politics. The anniversary comes as Congress investigates the greatest constitutional crisis since then. Just as Watergate-era leaders instituted important reforms to address the weaknesses of the system that…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Pence prevented a fall into chaos, and 3 other takeaways from Jan. 6 hearing

The committee laid out how Trump and a lawyer advising him pressured Pence even after Trump was aware there was a riot. The question now is whether Trump could face criminal consequences.

WEKU

Trump lawyer John Eastman sought presidential pardon after January 6

Disclosure from Capitol attack committee suggests consciousness of guilt in unlawful scheme to return Trump to White House

The Guardian - US

There was just '40 feet between the vice president and the mob' on Jan. 6, Aguilar says

WASHINGTON — The violent mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, came dangerously close to then-Vice President Mike Pence, posing an immediate threat to his life, according to testimony from Thursday's hearing on the insurrection.

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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.

The Independent UK

Photo shows Pence in secure Capitol location watching Trump’s Jan 6 video praising rioters

Pence refused to get into Secret Service limousine as he worried they would remove him from premises against his wishes

Salon

Eastman sought pardon for the Pence plot

Trump lawyer who pressured Pence to reject electors asked for pardon after Jan. 6

Los Angeles Times

Trump White House staff detail his 'heated' Jan. 6 call with Pence

WASHINGTON — Former White House staffers described a "heated" Jan. 6, 2021, call between President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in footage shown Thursday by the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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The Guardian - US

Pence was 40ft from mob on January 6: ‘Vice-president’s life was in danger’

Committee hearing details how Trump whipped up hostility towards Pence for refusing to overturn election

Axios

Jan. 6 committee releases new photos of Pence during Capitol riot

"[He] did not want to take any chance that the world would see the Vice President ... fleeing the United States Capitol."

Al Jazeera

January 6: How the day unfolded for US Vice President Mike Pence

Latest hearing in US lawmakers’ probe into Capitol riot focuses on Donald Trump pressure on Pence. Here’s what we know.

The Independent UK

Justice Department hits out at January 6 committee for not sharing witness transcripts

The letter is the latest sign of a rift between the Justice Department and the January 6 committee

The Independent UK

Trump ‘coup memo’ author asked for pardon and lobbied Pence to overturn election after the riot

‘Get a great f**king criminal defence lawyer, you’re going to need it,’ said White House lawyer Eric Herschmann to John Eastman

The Independent UK

Ivanka Trump recalls father’s final Jan 6 call with Mike Pence: ‘You are a wimp’

‘It was a different tone than I’d heard him take with the vice president before,’ Ivanka says of Trump

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 takeaways: Pence under pressure, and in danger

In its third hearing this month, the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection is focusing on former President Donald Trump’s pressure on his vice president to delay or reject the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory -- and attempting to show how that pressure incited an angry mob…

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