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U.S. says 2 Congolese plead guilty to trafficking ivory, rhinoceros horn

Two Congolese, who were earlier arrested in the United States and indicted by a federal grand jury, have pleaded guilty to trafficking elephant ivory and white rhinoceros horn from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Seattle, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Dems call on Garland to do something

"All of it points to the urgent need for DOJ to prosecute Donald Trump," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

Salon

The coup was crazier than it seems

The committee downplayed the infamous Dec. 2020 White House meeting. It was actually much, much crazier

Salon

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The meeting that changed history and 3 other takeaways from the latest Jan. 6 hearing

Trump made a fateful choice in the early morning hours of Dec. 19, 2020, days after the Electoral College voted, to choose a path that led to the insurrection on Jan. 6.

WEKU

Trump attempted to contact witness speaking to January 6 committee

Liz Cheney, Republican vice-chair of committee, says ‘we will take any efforts to influence witness testimony very seriously’

The Guardian - US

Dettelbach becomes head of ATF, 1st confirmed chief in years

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Steve Dettelbach to run the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

The Independent UK

January 6 hearing: Lawmakers say focus will be on the role extremist groups played in Capitol riot

The House January 6 committee upcoming hearing is expected to present evidence about far-right extremist groups and their potential ties to the former US president and the final phase of his multi-pronged effort to halt Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.

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Who was Emmett Till? What to know about his death and legacy

RALEIGH, N.C. — In 1955, a white woman alleged that a Black teenager whistled at, grabbed and said obscene things to her in her grocery store in Mississippi. The result? A brutal kidnapping, beating and murder in the Jim Crow South.

Tribune News Service

Donald Trump accused of a sprawling 'conspiracy': recapping the first eight Capitol riot hearings

There's been chilling testimony from the January 6 public hearings, revealing graphic video and bombshell testimony from inside the White House. Here's every hearing re-capped and what's coming next.

ABC News

Here's what we know about links between extremists and Trump allies

Aides to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol said the next hearing would focus on extremist groups and their possible links to Trump and his allies.

WEKU

Jan. 6 committee to connect Oath Keepers, Proud Boys and QAnon to Trump allies

WASHINGTON — The committee investigating the Capitol insurrection will focus for the first time this week on the relationship between people in former President Donald Trump’s orbit and the extremist groups that planned and orchestrated the violence on Jan. 6, 2021.

Los Angeles Times

Justice Department antitrust division looking into PGA Tour-LIV Golf dispute: report

At issue is the PGA Tour’s policy that members receive a conflicting event release to play tournaments overseas when a tour event is being held that week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bannon fails to push back criminal contempt trial for refusing Jan. 6 subpoena

WASHINGTON — Longtime Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon must go on trial next Monday in his criminal contempt case for refusing to cooperate with the congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot, even after he offered to publicly testify.

Tribune News Service

Connecting Trumpworld to extremist groups could be Jan. 6 committee’s biggest moment

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Report: U.S. Justice Department investigating PGA Tour for antitrust violations against Saudi-backed LIV Golf

“We went through this in 1994, and we are confident in a similar outcome.”

Reason

Government Databases Invite Privacy Abuse in China and the U.S.

The surveillance state’s appetite for sensitive information is dangerous under any flag.

Salon

Alarm over DeSantis' election chief

DeSantis picked Cord Byrd, a Florida legislator who won't acknowledge Biden's 2020 win, to run Florida elections

Los Angeles Times

Doyle McManus: Prosecute Trump? Merrick Garland is investigating aggressively but prosecuting cautiously

The House committee on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurgency, whose hearings resume this week, has produced impressive evidence that could allow prosecutors to argue that former President Donald Trump committed crimes as he tried to overturn the 2020 election.

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The Guardian - US

Bannon initiates talks with January 6 panel on testifying over Capitol attack

Cooperation of former Trump strategist could provide unique insight into inner-workings of Trump’s push to overturn election

The Denver Post

Feds moved cartel member to Colorado’s Supermax in 'torturous' attempt to make him talk about 'El Chapo,' lawsuit alleges

DENVER — A man described in court documents as being in “middle management” of a drug cartel this week sued the U.S. Justice Department, claiming his imprisonment in Colorado’s Supermax prison is a sham, a “torturous” attempt to make him talk about drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and a…

The Independent UK

Trump’s White House counsel ‘did not contradict’ testimony of previous Jan 6 witnesses

Crucial testimony comes ahead of two more public hearings this week

The Independent UK

Oath Keepers leader offers to testify before Jan 6 committee amid claims group had ’death list’

Stewart Rhodes has said he will only testify in person and live

Tribune News Service

Lt. Gov. candidate's involvement in 'fake' GOP electors draws Republican scrutiny

ATLANTA — State Sen. Burt Jones' role on a phony slate of GOP electors in Georgia, designed to help Donald Trump's failed effort to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election, is drawing increased scrutiny as the Republican vies to become the state's next lieutenant governor.

ABC News

Tasmania's state lawyers play a key role in child sexual abuse cases — do they have too much power?

Concerns have been raised at the commission of inquiry about the Tasmanian Office of the Solicitor-General being the sole source of legal advice to most government entities, the power it has in dealing with civil claims of child sexual abuse, and its approach to dealing with civil cases.

The Independent UK

Georgia on Trump’s mind: Why the former president has reason to be worried about an investigation into election interference

A criminal probe in Georgia may represent the “single greatest legal threat” to the former president

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