Judge criticizes Justice Dept over plea deals in Jan. 6 prosecutions
Judge Beryl Howell says allowing those who stormed the Capitol to admit to petty crimes risks minimizing the attack.
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Judge Beryl Howell says allowing those who stormed the Capitol to admit to petty crimes risks minimizing the attack.
The report said that on January 6, 2021, as the Capitol complex was overrun with rioters, Capitol Police struggled to secure outside backup due to obscure bureaucratic procedures.
"The president has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests of the United States," White House counsel Dana Remus wrote in a letter to David Ferriero, archivist of the United States.
The panel's chair Bennie Thompson said the committee has found the plan was directed at least in part from the former president's campaign.
Eastman has turned over more than 8,400 pages of documents to the January 6 select committee, according to his lawyers.
The committee asked Giuliani to turn over documents by February 1 and testify February 8.
In the weeks leading up to January 6, Navarro, a top Trump adviser, promoted what he called the "Navarro Report," which contained baseless claims of election fraud.
Rhodes, who is being held in a federal prison facility in Oklahoma, is seeking to remain closer to his Texas-based attorneys, even if he is to remain in pretrial detention.
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The Republican National Committee claimed the January 6 select committee is a "Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse."
Pence said last week that former President Donald Trump is "wrong" that he had the authority to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Rhodes has been charged with seditious conspiracy and other crimes stemming from his alleged involvement in the Capitol breach.
Greg Jacob, who reportedly was with the former vice president on January 6, is the latest member of Pence's team to speak with the committee.
Raskin said on "Red & Blue" that he expected Ivanka Trump to speak to the committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
CNN and the Washington Post reported some documents the Archives turned over to the January 6 select committee had been torn up and reassembled.
Attorneys for Stewart Rhodes say they expect their client to invoke 5th Amendment right when interviewed by investigators.
Marc Short, who was with former Vice President Mike Pence on January 6, met with the panel last week.
The Justice Department and defense attorneys have revealed they are in plea negotiations in a growing series of January 6 cases, including cases involving high-level defendants.
"If I run and if I win, we will treat those people from January 6th fairly," Trump said Saturday night during a rally.
With hundreds of trials still yet to begin, defense lawyers believe some of the January 6 criminal prosecutions will be underway in 2024.
The panel is demanding testimony and documents from individuals who met and later submitted illegitimate Electoral College certificates in seven states.
Stewart Rhodes faces seditious conspiracy charges in Washington, D.C. and his attorney said they would appeal his detention.
Nicholas Languerand, an avowed follower of the QAnon conspiracy, pleaded guilty in November to assaulting law enforcement officers at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Stewart Rhodes and nine co-defendants officially entered not-guilty pleas on multiple counts and will stand trial in July.
"We've had conversations with the former attorney general already. We have talked to Department of Defense individuals," Thompson said.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked George to step down and take immediate retirement, CBS News exclusively reported earlier this week.
The changes were likely to affect Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, the No. 3 official at the Justice Department and Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division.
The war shows no signs of slowing as Iran responds to airstrikes with attacks across the region.
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A federal judge on Friday rejected efforts by the Justice Department to revive two subpoenas it served to the Federal Reserve.
The search for the second crew member, a weapons system officer, is continuing, two U.S. officials said.
President Trump's new budget proposal asks Congress for $1.5 trillion in defense spending — a 42% increase — while cutting nondefense spending by $73 billion, or 10%.
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