Category: Jan. 6 Coverage

Jan. 6 Panel’s Decision to Refer Trump for Criminal Charges May Work in Trump’s Favor: Expert

News Analysis The unanimous vote of the House select committee on the events of Jan. 6 to refer former President Donald Trump to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal prosecution may have met with an enthusiastic response from the former president’s many antagonists, but it places the DOJ in the position of facing intense…


Alan Dershowitz: Jan. 6 Panel’s Criminal Referral of Trump ‘Clearly Unconstitutional’

The House Jan. 6 committee’s referral of former President Donald J. Trump to the Justice Department for prosecution violates the U.S. Constitution, according to Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz. The committee, comprised of seven Democrats and two Republicans, voted unanimously to refer Trump for four criminal charges during its last hearing on Dec. 19,…


Jan. 6 Criminal Case is ‘Persecution by Our Political Enemies,’ Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Testifies in Alaska Civil Trial

Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III testified on Dec. 19 in an Alaska civil trial that he never ordered anyone into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and that the nearly yearlong federal prosecution of him amounts to “persecution by our political enemies.” Speaking from the Alexandria City Jail in Virginia, Rhodes told…


Oath Keepers Founder Testifies in Alaska Civil Trial, Says He Was ‘Wrongly Accused and Wrongly Convicted’

Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III testified on Dec. 19 in an Alaska civil trial that he never ordered anyone into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and that the nearly yearlong federal prosecution of him amounts to “persecution by our political enemies.” Speaking from the Alexandria City Jail in Virginia, Rhodes told…


Trump Says Jan. 6 Committee’s Charges Are ‘Fake’ but Make Him ‘Stronger’

Former President Donald Trump on Dec. 19 dismissed the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referrals, saying that the panel has leveled “fake charges” against him and they only make him “stronger.” “These folks don’t get it that when they come after me, people who love freedom rally around me. It strengthens me. What doesn’t kill me…


Trump Responds to Jan. 6 Committee Charges, Says They are ‘Fake’

Former President Donald Trump on Dec. 19 dismissed the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referrals, saying that the panel has leveled “fake charges” against him and they only make him “stronger.” “These folks don’t get it that when they come after me, people who love freedom rally around me. It strengthens me. What doesn’t kill me…


Trump Responds to Jan. 6 Committee’s Criminal Referrals, Says They Are ‘Fake’

Former President Donald Trump on Dec. 19 dismissed the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referrals, saying that the panel has leveled “fake charges” against him and they only make him “stronger.” “These folks don’t get it that when they come after me, people who love freedom rally around me. It strengthens me. What doesn’t kill me…


Jan. 6 Committee Proposes Charges Against 4 Lawmakers

Jan. 6 committee panel proposed charges on Dec. 19 in Washington against four U.S. Representatives related to the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Besides the suggested charges on then-President Donald Trump and his former advisor John Eastman, the Jan. 6 committee referred charges on House Minority Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), and Rep. Andy…


Jan. 6 Panel Refers Four Republicans to Ethics Committee

The January 6 committee referred four Republican lawmakers to the House Ethics Committee on Dec. 19 for defying subpoenas earlier this year. The referrals names House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), and Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) During the same session, the committee recommended criminal charges against former President Donald Trump related…


Tennessee Men Allegedly Planned Attack on Jan. 6 Investigators, FBI Field Office

Two Tennessee men were arrested after allegedly planning to kill law enforcement personnel and attack the FBI’s field office in Knoxville, Tennessee, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee. In a criminal complaint filed on Friday, Edward Kelley, 33, and Austin Carter, 26, were charged with conspiracy, retaliating against a federal…