Category: Jan. 6 committee

Bannon Loses Bid to Delay Contempt of Congress Trial

A federal judge on July 11 declined Steve Bannon’s request to delay his contempt of Congress trial, dismissing the former Trump adviser’s reasoning that publicity around the closely-watched trial would make it difficult for a jury to be impartial. “I see no reason for extending this case any longer,” said U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols,…


Ideological Exile: Musician Cancelled for Going to Jan. 6 Rally Closes Book on Former Life to Begin New Chapter

For over 20 years, Ariel Rosenberg, also known by his stage name Ariel Pink, has been embraced in the independent music industry as an enigmatic, imaginative musician who thinks for himself and makes his own way. But when it was discovered that Rosenberg had been at the rally outside of the White House on Jan….


YouTube Removes Jan. 6 Panel Video of Trump Claiming Election Fraud

YouTube on Friday deleted a video uploaded by the Democrat-led Jan. 6 House panel that included a clip of former President Donald Trump saying the 2020 general elections were “stolen.” “Our election integrity policy prohibits content advancing false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, if…


Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Pushes Back on Questions About Potential Criminal Referrals

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the Jan. 6 Committee, said that making criminal referrals is not why the panel has been doing its investigations. As he was leaving the House chamber after the second day of the committee’s public hearings, Thompson was asked by a reporter whether he believed that former President Donald…


Jan. 6 Committee Is Used to ‘Abolish Electoral College’ and as a ‘Cover Up’ for Pelosi: House Republicans

House Republicans on Wednesday spoke out against the Jan. 6 Committee, accusing the entire effort of being a “partisan witch hunt” used by Democrats to abolish the Electoral College as well as to help cover up what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) does not want the public to know about matters surrounding the events of…


Jan. 6 Committee Being Used to ‘Abolish Electoral College,’ ‘Cover Up’ for Pelosi: House Republicans

House Republicans on Wednesday spoke out against the Jan. 6 Committee, accusing the entire effort of being a “partisan witch hunt” used by Democrats to abolish the Electoral College as well as to help cover up what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) does not want the public to know about matters surrounding the events of…


Jan. 6 Committee’s Alleged Hiring of Former ABC News President May Violate Rules: House GOP

A group of House Republicans on Wednesday requested confirmation that the former president of ABC News, James Goldston, is working for the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol, and questioned whether his alleged hiring violated House rules. In a letter (pdf) to the Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Committee on…


GOP Presser Kick-Starts Counter-Programming to Jan. 6 Committee Hearings

House GOP lawmakers are scheduled to hold a press conference in the morning on June 8, as part of several counter-programming events for the Jan. 6 Committee’s public hearings. The presser, to be held at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, is led by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), according to Fox News. Other House Republicans scheduled to…


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…


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…