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The panel’s chairman said on January 6 that Trump had broken the faith of the US elections in the last session
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The House committee investigating the January 6 riots at the US Capitol will release its final report today, outlining why it recommended Donald Trump and others face criminal charges over the insurrection.
Ahead of the release, the panel released a trove of transcripts from 34 Trump supporters and allies including Roger Stone, Alex Jones, and the leaders of far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers who pleaded with the Fifth to all or at least part of their interviews.
The full report was due to be released on Wednesday but was delayed until Thursday due to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise visit to Washington DC.
As news spread that Mr Zelensky was heading to the US, Donald Trump Jr was criticized on Twitter for branding the Ukrainian leader an international welfare queen.
Meanwhile, as well as the January 6 report, Mr Trump’s tax returns were also released after the House Ways and Means Committee voted on Tuesday to publish six years’ worth of records. It emerged that the Internal Revenue Service had failed to audit Mr Trump during his first two years in the White House.
Key pointsShow latest update 1671709239The 34 interview transcripts released by the committee on January 6:
On Wednesday, the House select committee released transcripts from 34 interviews gathered during its January 6 investigation.
These are the 34 witnesses:
Rachel Sharp22 December 2022 11:40
1671708039Jan 6 committee releases transcripts from 34 Trump supporters who pleaded to the Fifth
The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol has released several transcripts of interviews from several supporters and allies of Donald Trump.
On Wednesday, the panel published testimony from 34 witnesses called to testify as part of a months-long investigation into the violent rampage that led to five deaths and injured dozens of law enforcement officers.
All 34 of the witnesses pleaded the Fifth in all or at least part of their interviews with the House panel.
Among them are Roger Stone, the right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and the leaders of the far-right groups Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys.
The transcripts are the first of hundreds of interviews gathered during the month-long investigation to be made public, ahead of the release of the full report on Thursday.
The report was due to be released on Wednesday but was delayed by a day due to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise visit to Washington DC.
The panel held its final public hearing last week, where it announced it was making criminal referrals to the DOJ.
Among the referrals, the committee said Donald Trump could potentially face four criminal charges for his alleged role in the insurrection.
The report will detail the reasons behind the recommendations.
Rachel Sharp22 December 2022 11:20
1671706839Jan 6 committee report to be released today
The final report from the House select committee’s investigation into the January 6 attack on the US Capitol will be released today.
The report was due to be released on Wednesday but was delayed by a day due to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise visit to Washington DC.
The panel held its final public hearing last week, where it announced it was making criminal referrals to the DOJ.
Among the referrals, the committee said Donald Trump could potentially face four criminal charges for his alleged role in the insurrection.
The report will detail the reasons behind the recommendations.
Rachel Sharp22 December 2022 11:00
1671705639Donald Trump Jr and MTG are under fire for the stupidest statements about Zelensky’s visit to the US
Donald Trump Jr. and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene are under fire for making the dumbest statements about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise trip to the US.
The Ukrainian leader visited Washington DC on Wednesday, to meet with President Joe Biden and give a personal address to Congress.
Mr Trump Jr has complained on Twitter about Republican support for the Ukrainian defense effort and about Mr Zelensky, whom he has labeled an international welfare queen.
Read the full story here:
Rachel Sharp22 December 2022 10:40
1671704424’Democracy Lives’: GOP’s Joe Kent concedes in Washington state Congressional race
Republican Joe Kent has officially entered the race to represent Washington state’s 3rd Congressional District after his November defeat by Representative-elect Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.
Mr Kent said on Wednesday he called his Democrat opponent to accept and offer his congratulations on his victory, The Columbian reported.
The recognition came after counties in the south-west district completed individual machine recounts, as requested by Mr Kent.
“I promised during the campaign that I would accept the outcome of the election, which is now definitively determined as the recount is completed,” Mr Kent wrote in a statement. “This morning, I called my opponent to accept and offer my congratulations on his victory.”
Mr Kent also said that the Republican party cannot continue to lose the battle with voters, that it must adapt and that he hopes to “help lead this change”.
Ms Gluesenkamp Perez said on Twitter that she was glad Mr Kent had accepted his loss.
“Democracy is alive and well in our corner of the country,” she wrote.
Rachel Sharp22 December 2022 10:20
1671703200 According to the report, the former White House counsel on January 6 advised the witness to give false testimony
The House Select Committee investigating the mess at the Capitol on Jan. 6 said a former Trump White House ethics lawyer told a witness to give misleading testimony, advising him to say he did not remember the something he could, indeed, remember.
While the panel did not name the attorney and witness, CNN reported that Trump White House ethics attorney Stefan Passantino told witness Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as an aide to former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, to avoid telling the panel everything he knows. Mr Passantino denied that allegation.
Stuti Mishra22 December 2022 10:00
1671699600New book claims Trump wrote shockingly friendly note on giving to Biden
Donald Trump followed the presidential tradition carried out by his predecessors and wrote a letter to his successor before leaving the Oval Office, said excerpts from the book The Fight of His Life obtained by Politicos West Wing Playbook and focused on the Biden presidency.
Mr Biden reacted to the note by saying: That was very gracious and generous… Shockingly gracious.
Stuti Mishra22 December 2022 09:00
1671696000Jan 6 committee that is already working with the Justice Department
A House select committee on January 6 was reported to be cooperating extensively with the Department of Justice in its investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election, including by providing documents and data pertaining to Mr Trump’s former White House chief of staff and the conservative law professor who pushed for the plan.
According to Punchbowl News, the panel has begun sending documents to the office of special counsel Jack Smith, the prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to oversee investigations into Mr Trump’s conduct.
Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, DC.
Stuti Mishra22 December 2022 08:00
1671692455Trump seeks reinstatement ahead of January 6 report
Donald Trump demanded that he be reinstated as president and doubled down on lies about the results of the 2020 election, ahead of the release of the committee’s report on January 6 today.
The former president began with a quote from conservative commentator Jesse Watters: The FBI and Twitter TOLED to elect Joe Biden.
It all started a long time ago, they SPIED my campaign, and tried to RIGG the 2016 Election, but failed. Remember, our government does, he wrote in a long post on his Truth social account, after the release of files on Twitter by reporters working with Elon Musk.
What should be done about such a terrible thing, or should we let someone elected by fraud and deceit stay in office and continue to destroy our Country? he added.
Stuti Mishra22 December 2022 07:00
1671690600 Trump’s fate is in the hands of the Justice Department after the last meeting on January 6
A House committee may have outlined a potential criminal case against Donald Trump Jan. 6, but that doesn’t actually bring the former president any closer to prosecution.
The Justice Department is already conducting its own extensive investigation into the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol and efforts by Trump and his allies to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Oliver O’Connell22 December 2022 06:30
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