Jan. 6 committee hearings: Four takeaways from second day of hearings
Top Trump aides, administration officials and election administrators viewed claims of 2020 election fraud as "bogus and silly," "absurd," "fantastical" and unsubstantiated.
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Top Trump aides, administration officials and election administrators viewed claims of 2020 election fraud as "bogus and silly," "absurd," "fantastical" and unsubstantiated.
In video recorded from William Barr's testimony, the former attorney general said that he knew early claims that Trump had won the election were "bogus" and "silly."
"We're not going to make accusations or say things without proof or evidence backing it," Kinzinger told "Face the Nation."
The committee showed clips from video testimony from some of the top officials in the Trump administration – and footage from the insurrection.
The Jan. 6 House select committee made the allegation in a hearing Thursday night.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger said he believes the select committee accomplished its goal of reminding the country "of the truth of what happened."
The committee presented never-before-seen footage from witness interviews.
The footage offered a preview of the committee's plans to unveil the findings of its monthslong investigation over the course of several upcoming hearings.
Senators aim to prevent another Jan. 6 insurrection from happening again.
"There were officers on the ground. They were bleeding. They were throwing up," Caroline Edwards said. "I was slipping in people's blood."
Ryan Kelley and David Kaufman were arrested for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol.
Trump called Raffensperger, a Republican and Georgia's top elections official, on Jan. 2, 2021, and asked him to "find" 11,780 more votes.
The Republicans wrote that they are unaware of whether a required letter requesting approval of James Goldston's hiring has been submitted.
Judge David O. Carter said 10 of the records are "closely tied" to the House select committee's investigation into the Jan. 6 attack.
Nick Quested was present at a meeting of the leaders of two extremist groups on Jan. 5, and followed a group of Proud Boys as they stormed the Capitol.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and his codefendants are the second group indicted on the most serious charge brought in the sprawling investigation of the Jan. 6 riots.
"These witnesses have very relevant testimony to offer in terms of what went into the violence of January 6, the propagation of the big lie," Schiff said.
The Select Committee hearings into the violent attack on Congress by Trump supporters, and about the ongoing struggle between the will of the voters and election deniers, may determine whether forces of democracy or of chaos prevail.
The Wyoming Rep., one of two Republicans on the committee investigating the insurrection and its attempt to overturn Donald Trump's election loss, talks about the GOP's "cult of personality" around Trump, and what the hearings will reveal about the threat to democracy.
Preview: In advance of the House Select Committee's public hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection, the Wyoming Republican talks with "CBS Sunday Morning" about the state of her party today.
The committee said additional details regarding witnesses would be released next week.
A memo sent by a lawyer with ties to the Trump campaign to Rudy Giuliani is now in the hands of the House committee investigating the Capitol attack.
Henry "Enrique" Tarrio poses a danger to the public, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said in an order issued late Friday.
Prosecutors said Hale-Cusanelli openly espoused white supremacist and antisemitic ideology and wore an Adolf Hitler-style mustache to work.
Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, ruled on two separate misdemeanor cases where defendants were found not guilty of most charges.