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Enforcing unprecedented subpoenas for GOP lawmakers turns on complex legal precedent going back centuries

An attempt to force five Republican lawmakers into providing information to the House panel probing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is unlikely to end with the subpoenas issued May 12, 2022.

The Conversation

House subpoenas its own, grave new norm after Jan. 6 attack

The Jan. 6 committee’s stunning decision to subpoena GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and four sitting members of Congress over the insurrection at the Capitol is as unprecedented as the deadly riot itself

The Independent UK

Photos of the week ending May 13, 2022 - Roll Call

Photos of the Week: The Supreme Court’s leaked draft of a decision overturning Roe v. Wade continued to dominate the news on Capitol Hill.

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Jan. 6 panel treads risky ground with subpoenas for House peers

The decision by the committee investigating the Jan. 6 US Capitol insurrection to slap House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republican lawmakers with subpoenas threatens to plunge Congress into deeper division.

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Capitol attack panel subpoenas five Republicans in unprecedented step

Chair Bennie Thompson says panel has been ‘forced to take this step’ as Kevin McCarthy complains investigation ‘not legitimate’

The Guardian - US

House January 6 committee subpoenas Kevin McCarthy and four other GOP representatives

‘We urge our colleagues to comply with the law, do their patriotic duty, and cooperate with our investigation as hundreds of other witnesses have done,’ says committee chairman

The Independent UK

Former Kansas State student steps down from white nationalist organization amid rift

A former Kansas State student who left the university and became the “right-hand guy” for the head of a white nationalist organization has stepped down as the treasurer of its foundation as its leader remains under federal investigation in connection with the Capitol insurrection.

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Gene Collier: Jan. 6 committee has delayed delivery long enough

Perhaps with the unrelenting volume from one screaming news cycle after the next, you failed to note this week that after an extensive, exhaustive, meticulously deliberate investigation, the Jan. 6 committee’s public hearings into last year’s Capitol riot have crept within ... a month.

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Capitol riot plea hearing for far-right livestreamer Baked Alaska falls apart as he claims innocence

One of the most serious charges against Gionet stems from his livestream of entering the Capitol

The Independent UK

As abortion protests spread, Sen. Josh Hawley equates them with the Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON — As abortion rights protests have spread across the country, targeting churches, anti-abortion clinics and the homes of senators and Supreme Court justices, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is equating them to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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New audio reveals Lindsey Graham blasting Trump after Jan 6 Capitol riot

‘How mad can you get at Joe Biden?’

The Independent UK

‘Wreak havoc’: Suburban Kansas City man charged in connection with Capitol riot

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Blue Springs, Missouri, man faces five federal misdemeanors related to the Capitol riot after he was allegedly captured on video making threatening remarks to police officers and illegally remaining within the building.

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Elon Musk vows to reverse Donald Trump's Twitter ban if takeover is successful

The former US President was banned from the platform for breaching its 'glorification of violence' policy following the deadly storming of the Capitol.

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Georgia pair sentenced for Jan. 6 actions at Capitol

ATLANTA — When Georgia residents Savannah Danielle McDonald and Nolan Harold Kidd emerged from the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and began giving interviews to journalists and posting on social media, there was little evidence they believed they had done anything wrong.

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The Independent UK

Infowars host Alex Jones claims he tried to stop Capitol riot: ‘I’m not asking for a medal’

More than 800 people have been charged over the attack

Salon

Will Jan. 6 panel call out the traitors?

Hundreds of people who attacked the Capitol have been arrested — but so far, not the leaders who sent them there

France 24

Pulitzer Prizes awarded to Washington Post, New York Times, LA Times

The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in public service journalism Monday for its coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, an attack on democracy that was a shocking start to a tumultuous year that also saw the end of the United States’ longest war, in Afghanistan.

The Guardian - US

Washington Post wins public service Pulitzer for Capitol attack coverage

Paper beat out two other finalists, the New York Times and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Tunnel contractor pokes through Virginia Capitol ceiling

A contractor working on a $25 million tunnel that will connect Virginia’s Capitol to a nearby legislative office building “inadvertently” poked through the ceiling of a subterranean Capitol extension earlier this year, causing debris to fall into the visitors center cafe

Tribune News Service

Inflation and worker shortage fuel push on immigration bills

WASHINGTON — Rep. Dan Newhouse had a message for the grassroots organizers who gathered outside the Capitol to discuss what chances remain for bipartisan immigration legislation, such as his bill to address the labor shortages harming farmers in both red and blue states.

The Conversation

Forgotten insurrection clause of 14th Amendment used to force GOP members of Congress to defend their actions on Jan. 6

Lawyers representing voters in Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina have filed lawsuits alleging that their elected congressional representatives are barred from running for future office based on a little-known provision of the 14th Amendment.

The Guardian - US

Capitol attack panel moves closer to issuing subpoenas to Republicans

Refusal to assist the investigation has caused the sentiment to turn towards taking near-unprecedented action, sources say

The Independent UK

Call Pence or Trump? It's decision time for Jan. 6 panel

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has interviewed nearly 1,000 people

Tribune News Service

Marjorie Taylor Greene will remain on the ballot

ATLANTA — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will remain on the ballot for reelection, Georgia’s secretary of state said Friday after a judge ruled that challengers who had tried to disqualify her because of her support for the unsuccessful insurrection at the U.S. Capitol “failed to prove their case.”

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Marjorie Taylor Greene can remain on ballot, judge says, despite candidacy challenge

A group of voters and a supporting legal group filed a formal challenge to the congresswoman's candidacy, citing her role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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