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DOJ Argues Trump Not Immune From Jan. 6 Liability Claims
Litigation
DOJ Argues Trump Not Immune From Jan. 6 Liability Claims
2023-03-02 22:17:56
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump should not be able to claim executive immunity from liability claims arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, siege on the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said in a court filing on Thursday. The filing... Read More

Congress
Jan. 6 Panel Urges Trump Prosecution on Four Criminal Counts
2022-12-19 22:44:25
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, siege on the U.S. Capitol sent Justice Department prosecutors a recommendation that former President Donald Trump be charged with four crimes. Those alleged crimes are inciting or assisting an... Read More

Supreme Court
Justices Rule Against Arizona GOP Leader in Jan. 6 Records Fight
2022-11-14 18:07:49
by TWN Staff

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol to access phone records belonging to the Arizona Republican Party’s chairwoman. As is their long-standing... Read More

Law
Oath Keepers Founder Denies Planning Jan. 6 Riot at Capitol
2022-11-07 21:53:32
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes denied that he planned an attack on the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, as he testified during his own trial Monday in Washington, D.C. He said his earlier suggestion to then-President Donald Trump... Read More

Congress
Trump Misses Deadline to Deliver Documents Congress Subpoenaed
2022-11-05 00:01:39
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — The deadline came and went Friday for Donald Trump to deliver documents that answer the subpoena from the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. Lawmakers warned him he would suffer... Read More

Congress
Congress Subpoenas Trump to Explain His Attempts to Hold On to Presidency
2022-10-13 20:03:31
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — The House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol voted Tuesday to subpoena Donald Trump to testify about his attempt to hang on to the presidency after losing the election. Committee members said... Read More

Jan. 6
Congress Implicates Trump in Inciting Mob Violence at Capitol
2022-07-13 16:48:38
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Witnesses to a congressional committee on Tuesday implicated former President Donald Trump in knowingly inciting extremists to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Part of the incitement came from his huge social media following, which he used... Read More

Congress
Justice Dept. Suspects Trump Supporter of Influencing Jan. 6 Riot Prosecutions
2022-06-24 21:45:04
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to investigate whether former Trump attorney Sidney Powell is contributing funds to the legal defense of the right ring extremist Oath Keepers accused of raiding the U.S. Capitol on Jan.... Read More

Litigation
Contempt Case to Continue as Mark Meadows Sues Jan. 6 Panel
2021-12-09 16:06:33
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sued the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol Wednesday after its chairman vowed to pursue contempt charges against the former Trump advisor. The long running conflict... Read More

Law Enforcement
Capitol Defenders Honored With Congressional Gold Medals
2021-08-06 16:18:16
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a bill that honors the Capitol Police, Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department and other law enforcement agencies with Congressional Gold Medals for protecting lawmakers from the pro-Trump insurrectionists who stormed the... Read More

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