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January 6 hearing takeaways: Trump knew he lost and now faces subpoena

Committee wraps up its likely last hearing with a bang when it voted to subpoena Trump to give evidence

The Guardian - US

House panel votes to subpoena Trump over Jan. 6 attack

The unanimous vote came at the close of the hearing where members laid out evidence of Trump’s actions to contest the 2020 election results.

Roll Call

Jan. 6 panel is back to present evidence in a final investigative hearing

A House panel investigating the attack on the Capitol holds its ninth public hearing, potentially the final one ahead of the release of its wrap-up report.

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Criminal referrals in Jan. 6 attack probe weighed: Rep. Schiff

U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, a Democratic member of the special panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, on Sunday said he likely would support approving criminal referrals against those involved in the violence, but that it would take a unanimous decision by its nine members.

Reuters

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

Tribune News Service

'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.

Roll Call

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

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Los Angeles Times

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.

Axios

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

Los Angeles Times

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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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…

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.

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."

Axios

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.

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