Category: Jan. 6 panel

Jan. 6 Committee Releases Full Report of Probe into Capitol Breach

The Jan. 6 Committee has released its long-anticipated report of its investigation into the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in which its authors took aim at former President Donald Trump, blaming him for having engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The 845-page full report…


Jan. 6 Committee Releases 1st 34 Transcripts of Witness Testimony from Probe

The House Jan. 6 committee on Wednesday released 34 transcripts of witness testimony, a day prior to the expected release of the panel’s highly-anticipated full report on the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol. The transcripts are the first to be made public from among the 1,000 interviews the panel conducted…


Jan. 6 Committee to Make Criminal Referrals to US Department of Justice

Members of the House Jan. 6 Committee have announced that the panel will make several criminal referrals to the Department of Justice (DOJ) before its dissolution in January. Over the past several months, the panel has attempted to present a criminal case against President Donald Trump, contending that the Jan. 6 Capitol breach was the…


Trump Lawsuit Challenges Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena, Says Cannot Force a Former President to Comply

Former President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a subpoena issued by the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. The Jan. 6 Committee subpoena asks Trump to hand over certain documents, and to testify in a “closed-door deposition” about the events that took place while he was the president, the…


House Jan. 6 Panel Gives New Deadline for Trump to Hand Over Subpoenaed Documents

The House Jan. 6 committee on Friday extended their deadline for former President Donald Trump to hand over documents the panel subpoenaed. “We have received correspondence from the former President and his counsel regarding the committee’s subpoena,” the panel said on Twitter, hours after their original deadline passed. “We have informed Trump’s counsel that he…


Trump Threatens ‘Appropriate Action’ Against Jan. 6 Committee

Former President Donald Trump on Monday said he “may bring appropriate action” against the Jan. 6 Committee. The statement, issued through the Save America political action committee (PAC) and shared on Trump’s Truth Social account, came as part of an announcement about a lawsuit he brought against CNN, alleging defamation. It is unclear whether Trump…


House Republicans Will Be ‘Pushing Back’ Against Jan. 6 Committee: Rep. Stefanik

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) said that House Republicans will be “pushing back” against the Jan. 6 Committee in an effort to tell the American people how the committee’s efforts are “unconstitutional and illegitimate.” She said that Republicans will be countering the messaging from the Jan. 6 panel amid a series of nine primetime public hearings over…


‘Not Valid or Lawful’: McCarthy Responds to Jan. 6 Panel Subpoena in Lengthy Letter

Elliot S. Berke, attorney to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), on May 27 responded to a May 12 subpoena by the controversial Jan. 6 Committee, rejecting the subpoena as being neither “valid” nor “lawful.” McCarthy, along with Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.), and Mo Brooks (R-Ala.)—all of whom have…


Lawmaker Calls on Capitol Police to Release Tapes After ‘False’ Allegation by Jan. 6 Panel

Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), ranking Republican member of the House Administration Committee, is calling on the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) to release security footage tapes from Jan. 5, 2021, after the chamber’s Jan. 6 panel made “demonstrably false” allegations against another House Republican. Davis cited “recent press reports, [that] the partisan January 6th Select Committee…


Lawmaker Demands Capitol Police Release Tapes After ‘False’ Allegation by Jan. 6 Panel

Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), ranking GOP member of the House Administration Committee, is demanding that U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) release security footage tapes from Jan. 5, 2021, after the Jan. 6 panel made “demonstrably false” allegations against another House Republican. Specifically, in a letter to the USCP, Davis cited “recent press reports, [that] the partisan…