Tag: Jan. 6 committee

Ivanka Trump Testifies Before Jan. 6 Committee

Former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump testified on April 5 before the U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the origins of the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol. The former senior adviser to the president testified remotely for several hours regarding the incident after declining to plead the Fifth Amendment or invoke executive privilege. “She’s answering questions….


House Jan. 6 Panel Advances Charges Against Peter Navarro, Dan Scavino

The House Jan. 6 committee voted on Monday evening to advance criminal charges against two former aides to President Donald Trump in the commission’s latest bid to bolster its authority amid a raging legal battle over executive privilege. The Jan. 6 committee was formed in June in a mostly party-line vote, and all but two…


Biden Orders Release of Trump White House Visitor Logs to Jan. 6 Committee

President Joe Biden is ordering the release of former President Donald Trump’s White House visitor logs as part of an ongoing Congressional investigation into the events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump has fought to keep these and other records of his presidency in the National Archives private, citing executive privilege. But…


McConnell Decries RNC Censure of Cheney, Kinzinger, Calls Jan. 6 ‘A Violent Insurrection’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday decried the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) decision to censure Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) for their roles on the Democrat-dominated Jan. 6 Committee. In its resolution censuring Cheney and Kinzinger, the RNC said that the Jan. 6 commission on which they serve as the…


National Archives Plans to Turn Over Mike Pence Records to Jan. 6 Panel

The National Archives has said it plans to release the White House records of former Vice President Mike Pence to the House Jan. 6 committee. In a letter (pdf) to former President Donald Trump on Feb. 1, national archivist David Ferriero said he will be delivering the records on March 3, barring any court intervention….


Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas 14 ‘Alternate Electors’

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol announced Friday it issued subpoenas to 14 people in seven swing states who participated in casting alternative slates of Electoral College votes for President Donald Trump in December 2020. A release from the Jan. 6 committee said it is “seeking information from individuals who…


Federal Judge Gives Jan. 6 Committee Green Light to Subpoena Chapman University

A federal judge in California has given the green light to an effort by the Jan. 6 Committee to subpoena Chapman University, a private educational institution in Orange, California, after Trump-ally John Eastman tried to block the subpoena. The Jan. 6 Committee, created in a partisan vote during the summer of 2021, is almost exclusively…


Liz Cheney Faces Long Odds in Primary Battle After Trump, Jan. 6 Comments

News Analysis Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is looking at a tough primary battle later this year after her comments about President Donald Trump and her activities on the Democrat-dominated Jan. 6 committee. Since the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally, Cheney has increasingly distanced herself from the former president. But this is a dangerous move…


Supreme Court Reject Trump’s Request to Withhold Documents From Jan. 6 Committee

The U.S. Supreme Court late Wednesday rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to block documents and records from his administration to the Jan. 6 House Committee. Last month, Trump asked the Supreme Court to block the documents’ release, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected his argument of executive privilege, but…


‘Abuse of Power’: GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy Refuses To Cooperate With Jan. 6 Panel

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday said he won’t cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee probing the breach of the U.S. Capitol, accusing the committee of an “abuse of power.” Hours earlier, the House Select committee asked the California Republican to voluntarily hand over information, including about former President Donald Trump’s mental state during…