Tag: Jan. 6 Coverage

House Jan. 6 Panel Says It Sent a Subpoena to Trump

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol breach announced Friday it sent a subpoena to former President Donald Trump. The committee, in a letter (pdf), wrote that it has ” assembled overwhelming evidence, including from dozens of your former appointees and staff,” that Trump “oversaw a multi-part effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.” Trump…


EXCLUSIVE: J6DELETED Internet Sting Operation Exposes ‘In Real Time’ How Twitter Manipulated Jan. 6 Narrative

The developer of a social media monitoring algorithm explains how his internet sting operation exposed how Twitter manipulated the narrative “in real time” on Jan. 6, 2021. In 2018, Jason Sullivan—a social media and Twitter specialist—was subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the now-debunked theory that Trump was colluding with Russia. Sullivan is now the lead…


EXCLUSIVE: Internet Sting Operation ‘J6 DELETED’ Exposes How Twitter Manipulated Jan. 6 Narrative ‘In Real Time’

The developer of a social media monitoring algorithm explains how his internet sting operation “J6 DELETED” exposed how Twitter manipulated the narrative “in real time” on Jan. 6, 2021. In 2018, Jason Sullivan—a social media and Twitter specialist—was subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the now-debunked theory that Trump was colluding with Russia. Sullivan is now…


New Subpoena Targeting Trump Is Suspiciously Timed Just Ahead of Midterm Elections: Expert

News Analysis The Oct. 13 vote by the House Jan. 6 Committee to subpoena former President Donald Trump is a political ploy intended to help foster the general impression that Trump has too much “baggage” to run for office again, according to an analyst, who said the move also sought to convey that the party…


DOJ Asks Federal Judge to Sentence Steve Bannon to 6 Months in Jail, Pay Hefty Fine

The Department of Justice (DOJ) proposed that former Trump administration adviser Steve Bannon should serve six months in jail and pay $200,000 for defying a subpoena by the House Jan. 6 committee. A jury in July found Bannon guilty on two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to testify and providing documents to the…


DOJ Asks Federal Judge to Sentence Steve Bannon to 6 Months in Jail, Hefty Fine

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has proposed that former Trump administration adviser Steve Bannon should serve six months in jail and pay $200,000 for defying a subpoena by the House Jan. 6 committee. A jury in July found Bannon guilty on two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to testify and provide documents to…


Trump Officially Responds to House Jan. 6 Committee’s Vote to Subpoena Him

Former President Donald Trump on Friday responded to the House Jan. 6 panel’s vote to subpoena him with less than a month to go before the 2022 midterms. In a 15-page letter (pdf) to the panel, the former president did not indicate whether he would testify after members of the panel voted to approve the…


Trump Criticizes Jan. 6 Committee Over Vote to Subpoena Him, Set to Respond Friday

Former President Donald Trump on Oct. 13 denounced the Jan. 6 committee, after the Democrat-dominated panel voted ​unanimously to subpoena him. “Why didn’t the Unselect Committee ask me to testify months ago? Why did they wait until the very end, the final moments of their last meeting?” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account. “Because…


Oath Keeper Witness Says He Went to Capitol to Help If Things Got Out of Control

WASHINGTON—An Oath Keeper member testified under subpoena on Oct. 12 at the federal courthouse for the Oath Keepers’ ongoing seditious conspiracy trial that he went to the Capitol on Jan. 6 to assist if things went out of control. Terry Cummings, 66, who served for 21 years in various classified locations for the Air National…


5 Members of Texas Family, Including Disabled Son, Sentenced for Attending Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Breach

Five members of a Texas family were sentenced to prison time on Wednesday for allegedly breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Parents, Dawn Marie Munn, 57, and Thomas Vincent Munn, 55, from Borger, Texas, brought four of their children, Kristi Marie Munn, 30, Joshua Munn, 25, Kayli Munn, 20 and another minor with them to the U.S. Capitol on Jan….