Category: Jan. 6 commission

LIVE NOW: Kash Patel on Jan. 6 Timeline: Trump Authorized 20K National Guard Two Days Before

This livestream will begin on Saturday, June 11, at 11 p.m. ET.    Two days before the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump personally authorized the use of up to 20,000 National Guardsmen to support local law enforcement if requested. But no request, as required by law, came from the Capitol police…


LIVE: Kash Patel on Jan. 6 Timeline: Trump Authorized 20K National Guard Two Days Before

Two days before the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump personally authorized the use of up to 20,000 National Guardsmen to support local law enforcement if requested. But no request, as required by law, came from the Capitol police or from Mayor Muriel Bowser, says Kash Patel, who was serving as chief…


LIVE 6/11 at 11pm ET: Kash Patel on Jan. 6 Timeline: Trump Authorized 20K National Guard Two Days Before

This livestream will begin on Saturday, June 11, at 11 p.m. ET.   Two days before the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump personally authorized the use of up to 20,000 National Guardsmen to support local law enforcement if requested. But no request, as required by law, came from the Capitol police or…


House Votes to Hold Navarro and Scavino in Contempt of Congress

Former Trump aides Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino were held in contempt of Congress on Wednesday for refusing to comply with subpoenas from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol building. In a near party-line vote of 220-203, the House voted to refer the charges against Navarro, former White House…


Constitution ‘Tossed by the Side’ in Handling of Jan. 6: Rep. Gohmert

The U.S. Constitution has been disregarded in the handling of the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol building, says Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas). Gohmert condemned the treatment of those accused of participating in the Capitol breach and accused the Department of Justice of becoming a “partisan political tool.” “As a former prosecutor, former judge, if…


Pelosi Says She Won’t Let GOP ‘Antics’ Distract From Jan. 6 Probe

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared late Thursday that a commission to investigate the events that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 will move forward despite what she called “antics” from Republicans. It comes after Pelosi on Wednesday rejected two of the five Republican lawmakers that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had nominated for…


The Commission We Really Need

Commentary Senate Republicans refused to go along with the House and establish a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, which left five people dead, and more than 100 police officers injured. By a vote of 54 to 35, the bill to form the “bipartisan” commission failed. But who really believes that it…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (May 28)

New details out about the San Jose shooting suspect. He was facing disciplinary action at work, and appears to have been “highly disgruntled” for many years. The Republican leader in the U.S. Senate tells his colleagues to vote against the Jan. 6 commission. And the GOP appears poised to block the probe. Border officials discovered…


Sen. Murkowski Says She Will Back Current Jan. 6 Commission Bill

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said on Tuesday that she would back a Democrat-led bill to establish an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. Murkowski became the second Senate Republican to publicly say she would support the bill that has already passed the House. During the House vote, most Republicans voted against the measure,…


Manchin, Sinema Announce Support for Jan. 6 Commission

Two moderate Democratic senators on Tuesday announced their support for a congressionally-appointed commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Calling the events of that day “horrific,” Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said that a bipartisan commission to probe what happened “is a critical step to ensuring our nation never has to…