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The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack revealed text messages sent by Brad Parscale, who served as a campaign manager for former President Donald Trump, indicating he thought Trump was responsible for the death of a rioter. The messages were sent to former Trump campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson. “This is about Trump pushing for uncertainty in our country. A sitting president asking for civil war,” the texts, revealed at Tuesday’s public hearing, read. “This week, I feel guilty for helping him win.” “You did what you felt was right at the time and there...
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The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack revealed a draft tweet they claim shows former President Donald Trump‘s intent to call on his supporters to march on the Capitol even though he made it seem like it was unplanned. “I will be making a big speech at 10:00 AM on January 6th at the Ellipse, south of the White House. Please arrive early. Massive crowds expected. March to the Capitol after. Stop the steal,” the draft tweet read, stamped with the words “President has seen.” The draft, left undated, was obtained by the committee from the National Archives. It...
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The far-right Proud Boys group is now making an effort to change policies from the inside as five current and former members have successfully secured seats on the Miami-Dade Republican Executive Committee. The members are Chris Barcenas, Pedro Barrios, Gilbert Fonticoba, Gabriel Garcia and Nowell Salgueiro. Barcenas was present at the riot outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, but he did not enter the building. He was not charged and voluntarily testified before the House select committee that has been investigating the events of that day for the past 11 months and told them what he kn...
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The far-right Proud Boys group would have killed Mike Pence if they had had the chance, according to an FBI informant’s testimony that was read at Thursday’s January 6 public hearings. Pence was hurried to safety within the Capitol Complex after it was breached as rioters made efforts to interrupt the certification of PresidentJoe Biden‘s 2020 electoral college win. “Make no mistake that the vice president’s life was in danger,” said Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-California), adding that a confidential informant from the Proud Boys told the FBI that “anyone they got their hands on they would’ve killed,...
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Roger Stone, a longtime ally and adviser of former President Donald Trump, sued to keep his personal phone records from being turned over to the House select committee investigating last year’s January 6 Capitol attack. The committee subpoenaed AT&T for Stone’s phone records from November 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021, which would include metadata such as his cell phone number, contacts and incoming and outgoing call times. It would not include the content of the actual communications. The phone company alerted Stone to the subpoena and allowed him time to challenge the order in court. In Stone’...
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North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R) filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina State Board of Elections after voters filed a lawsuit to block him from running for reelection. They cited a violation of the 14th Amendment as the reason for the lawsuit. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment states that “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office … who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress … shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies there...
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Former President Donald Trump hinted that he would pardon those involved in last year’s January 6 Capitol attack if he were to win a second term in the White House. He spoke at a rally in Conway, Texas. “Another thing we’ll do — and so many people have been asking me about it — if I run and if I win, we will treat those people from January 6 fairly. We will treat them fairly,” he said on Saturday. “And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons. Because they are being treated so unfairly.” Some Republicans responded to Trump’s comment on Sunday. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) to...
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During hearings for three civil lawsuits linked to last year’s Capitol riot, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta considered whether or not Donald Trump‘s silence on the day can be equated with approval of the attack. Trump’s lawyers seek full immunity for the former president. The lawsuits were filed by two Democratic members of Congress and two Capitol police officers who were injured in the attack. “What do I do about the fact the president didn’t denounce the conduct immediately?” Mehta said. “Isn’t that, from a plausibility standpoint, enough to at least plausibly infer that the president agree...
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) was trying to count the ballots on the Senate Floor for the 2020 presidential election when he was grabbed by the collar by an officer and told “Senator, you’re in danger. We got to get out of here.” Schumer sat down with USA Today in a video interview to discuss his perspective of the moment rioters broke into the Capitol building around 2 p.m. on Jan 6, 2021. He says as he was being evacuated he was “within 20 feet” of the violent protestors. “Had one of them had a gun. Had two of them blocked off the door, who knows what would have happened,...
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Andrew Taake, a January 6 suspect from Huston who allegedly whipped and pepper-sprayed police officer during the riot, was arrested Friday. Prosecutors revealed that Taake was caught thanks to the dating app Bumble. A match asked Taake if he was near the Capitol area on Jan. 6 during their conversation. Taake replied by bragging that he was there “from the very beginning.” The suspect also sent several images to the match to prove his participation in the Capitol riot. The match eventually contacted the FBI, according to the court filings released Friday. Even though Taake told the match durin...
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