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Jan. 6 committee, racing year-end clock, expects final hearing next week

WASHINGTON — A House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol attack is seeking to reclaim some of the spotlight lost to other blockbuster legal developments around Donald Trump with what could be its final hearing next week.

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Rep. Nanette Barragan seeks to lead the Congressional Hispanic Caucus

WASHINGTON — Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragan, D-Calif., has been privately talking to members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus about becoming its next chair.

Los Angeles Times

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, will speak with the House Jan. 6 panel

The committee asked to interview Thomas on her communications with a lawyer pushing for then-Vice President Pence to block the count of the 2020 election results.

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The Jan. 6 committee isn't done. Expect more hearings, revelations and reports

With Republicans set to take control of the House of Representatives in November, the Democrat-led committee has a lot to pack into the next five months.

WEKU

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

Tuesday's Jan. 6 hearing put spotlight on power of Trump’s words over his supporters

WASHINGTON — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot showed Tuesday the pull Donald Trump’s words had on his supporters, using the vivid personal account of Stephen Ayres, who illegally breached the building that day, to drive home its point.

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'Changed his life': Rep. Aguilar says Capitol rioter's testimony shows pull of Trump's words - Roll Call

Tuesday’s House Jan. 6 committee’s hearing examined the pull Donald Trump’s words had on those who breached the Capitol.

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Explosive testimony piles pressure on Trump – how likely are criminal charges?

The January 6 committee cannot charge Trump, but it can make criminal referrals. Here are the key legal issues at stake

The Guardian - US

Jonathan Bernstein: The plot darkens in the latest episode of Jan. 6 hearings

The most important comments from the third public hearing this month of the House Jan. 6 committee came right at the end. After the panel heard testimony detailing the efforts to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to illegally try to overturn the election, former Judge J. Michael Luttig pointed out…

Tribune News Service

‘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

Judge: Trump's theory about Pence's election powers has 'no basis'

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump's theory that Vice President Mike Pence could have effectively deemed Trump the winner of the 2020 election is legally baseless and amounts to "constitutional mischief," retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig told the Jan. 6 committee Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

Legal concerns swirled in Trump's inner circle over Jan. 6 plans

In the hearing Thursday, the committee linked Trump's pressure campaign against Pence to Jan. 6 violence.

Axios

Five key takeaways from third January 6 US Capitol riot hearing

Panel says rioters came within close proximity to Mike Pence at US Capitol as Trump turned ‘mob’ on his vice president.

Al Jazeera

Jan. 6 panel makes case that Trump put Pence's life in danger

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump knew 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 life…

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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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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.

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

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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."

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Ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman sought pardon after Jan. 6

"I've decided that I should be on the pardon list, if that is still in the works," Eastman wrote.

Los Angeles Times

Trump’s pressure campaign on Pence is focus of third hearing on Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON — The pressure on Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally overturn the 2020 presidential election and the danger he was in during the riot itself will be the focus of Thursday’s hearing on the House investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Los Angeles Times

'They probably would have killed him': Jan. 6 hearing to show Trump put Pence in danger

WASHINGTON — When the House committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, meets Thursday, the highest-ranking member of House leadership serving on the panel will be in an unusual position: praising a leader of the opposing party.

Roll Call

Capitol Police chief says group of Rep. Barry Loudermilk's constituents was not suspicious - Roll Call

The House Jan. 6 select committee sought information from Loudermilk about a group that visited with him on Jan. 5, 2021.

Roll Call

Jan. 6 panel to begin presenting its findings while House GOP fights to mitigate political damage - Roll Call

Republicans are ramping up their continued efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the Jan. 6 committee's work.

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 committee's members are on diverging political paths

The nine members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection find themselves on diverging political paths as each prepares for a defining moment in their careers as the series of public hearings begins

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