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Ex-Justice official threatened with contempt faces Jan. 6 panel

WASHINGTON — Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, who faced the threat of being held in contempt of Congress, appeared Wednesday for closed-door questioning before a House panel investigating last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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House poised for party-line vote on China package

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Former Kansas Senator Bob Dole laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery

ARLINGTON, Va. — Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, on a hill that overlooks the U.S. Capitol.

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Judge’s son who dressed as caveman to storm the US Capitol pleads guilty

Mostofsky donned abandoned Capitol Police riot gear over caveman costume

The Independent UK

Oath Keepers leader talks to Jan. 6 panel from federal jail

Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, has appeared remotely before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection

The Independent UK

Brooklyn judge's son pleads guilty to Capitol riot charges

A New York City judge's son who referred to himself as a “caveman” eager to protest Donald Trump’s presidential election loss has pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol during the January 2021 insurrection

The Independent UK

Trump considered mass pardons for Capitol rioters before leaving office, report says

Former president reportedly mulled blanket pardons for pro-Trump mob in final days of presidency

The Independent UK

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New York judge’s son pleads guilty to role in Capitol riot

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn judge’s son pleaded guilty to felony charges Wednesday for storming the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot while dressed as a caveman, the Department of Justice announced.

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Trump considered blanket pardon for Capitol insurrectionists – report

Politico reports that former president asked two key advisers if he had power to issue blanket pardon before leaving office

The Guardian - US

Trump ‘absolutely’ tampering with witnesses by dangling pardons, Capitol riot committee member says

‘I think the question is more for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle – where are they? Do they support this? When is enough enough?’

The Independent UK

‘He’s a RINO’: Trump turns on Lindsey Graham after senator suggests Capitol rioters should be punished

Trump is hitting back after the South Carolina senator said he hopes members of the mob that sacked the Capitol will ‘go to jail’

The Independent UK

Trump and his enablers unwittingly offer Democrats their best hope in the midterms

The former president and his allies may doom the Republicans by reminding the public of their attempted coup

The Guardian - US

Jonathan Bernstein: Don’t ever get used to Trump’s contempt for the law

The strongest case for the work of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and for that committee to move quickly to public hearings, is that former President Donald Trump continues to make it clear that he set out to undermine democracy, that he…

Tribune News Service

Trump attacks spur Congress to bolster electoral count law

Donald Trump’s relentless, false claims about the 2020 presidential election have sparked fresh urgency in Congress for changing the Electoral Count Act

The Independent UK

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Seth Meyers on Trump rally: ‘At some point you just have to admit this is a pro-insurrection movement’

Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s weekend admission that he wanted Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election and Tom Brady’s NFL retirement

Salon

Are Black people real "Americans"?

McConnell's "gaffe" was nothing of the kind — it reflected a core belief driving the Republican attack on democracy

The Independent UK

Trump calls for 'biggest protest ever in DC' if prosecutors investigating him do 'anything illegal'

‘For years, they’ve been going after my company, many years, using every trick in the book in an attempt to literally, if they can, put me in jail’

Salon

Jan. 6 panel seizes on Trump "admission"

After Trump's remarkable "overturn" statement, Liz Cheney warns: "He’d do it all again if given the chance"

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The Independent UK

Kamala Harris drove within yards of undiscovered DNC pipe bomb before Capitol riot

Pipe bombs close to Democratic and Republican headquarters credited by law enforcement as drawing attention away from Capitol

The Guardian - US

Kamala Harris drove within yards of pipe bomb on January 6 – report

Then vice-president elect remained inside DNC for nearly two hours before bomb was found, new details by CNN reveal

Salon

Trump pardon offer may affect 1/6 pleas

Many Capitol attackers grumble that the former president never helped them. Will his new admission change that?

Tribune News Service

GOP lawmakers call out Trump on pardons for Jan. 6 rioters

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham forcefully disagreed with former President Donald Trump for saying he might pardon people convicted in the U.S. Capitol riot if reelected, saying they should be jailed “and get the book thrown at them.”

The Guardian - US

Trump pardon promise for Capitol rioters ‘stuff of dictators’ – Nixon aide

Trump makes promise at Texas rally on Saturday as John Dean says ‘failure to confront a tyrant only encourages bad behavior’

The Independent UK

Trump vows Republicans will retaliate over Capitol riot probe, investigate Biden if they retake Congress

Former president says there will be revenge for investigation

The Independent UK

Trump dangles prospect of pardons for Jan. 6 defendants

Former President Donald Trump is dangling the prospect of pardons for supporters who participated in the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol if he returns to the White House

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