Commission to investigate January 6 Capitol riot

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And Donald Trump's only comment was "Thanks for the support, sucker!"

Jury finds first US Capitol riot defendant to go on trial guilty on all counts

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/polit...ict/index.html

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"The mob takes the Fifth. If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" – Donald Trump, September 28, 2016. Yeah, Donald, about that.......

Michael Flynn pleads the Fifth in closed-door testimony with January 6 committee
The panel wanted to question Flynn about an Oval Office meeting where attendees reportedly discussed ways to overturn the election.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/micha...b02961583ae525

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The indictment says Tarrio "continued to direct and encourage the Proud Boys prior to and during the events of 6 January 2021" and later "claimed credit for what had happened on social media and in an encrypted chat room during and after the attack." More than 770 blindly loyal Trump supporters have been charged in connection with the deadly, Trump-incited Capitol riot. At least 30 are members of the far-right, neo-fascist group The Proud Boys.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio held without bond on January 6 charges

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pr...ges/ar-AAV611W

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The Retrumplican National Committee claims to want to protect "internal political strategies" and "private, personal information regarding its supporters." In truth, they want to protect Donald Trump and his Big Lie of "widespread voter fraud" and a "rigged, stolen election."

RNC tries to stop 2020 email communications data from going to January 6 committee in latest court effort

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/polit...ons/index.html

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Trump, of course, would never denounce any of his blindly loyal supporters who believe his Big Lie of "widespread voter fraud" and a "rigged, stolen election" and who are willing to fight for him, to kill for him and to die for him.

Lindsey Graham threatened to have Trump removed from Presidency on January 6
Graham told the White House counsel he'd press for the 25th Amendment if Trump didn't denounce the Capitol rioters, according tro a new book.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/linds...b009ab92f3fb89

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The Department of Justice has filed criminal charges against more than 800 Capitol rioters but still has not indicted Donald Trump, who incited the deadly riot. In response to those who criticize the Attorney General's inaction and call him "Merrick the Mild" or "Merrick the Meek," the Washington Post wrote, "The notion that Attorney General Merrick Garland is slow-walking charges against Trump or has decided to not go after him is inconsistent with the department’s actions to date. Garland might just be warming up to take on the man whose refusal to accept defeat resulted in the most lethal armed insurrection since the Civil War."

Liz Cheney says January 6 committee exploring 'enhanced criminal penalties' for Trump
The Wyoming Republican who co-chairs the House panel also said the probe's findings will reveal new information about the insurrection on the Capitol.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/liz-c...b046c938dd37f8

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In December, Mark Meadows filed a lawsuit against Nancy Pelosi and all nine members of the January 6 Select Committee because they subpoenaed him to testify about the deadly, Trump-incited riot and they subpoenaed his telephone records. Meadows does not want to testify and he says his calls include “intensely personal” and potentially “privileged” communications. We now know why he doesn't want to testify or provide his phone records. He helped Trump plan the riot!

Exclusive: Witness claims Trump’s Chief of Staff was on phone call planning January 6 March on Capitol
Trump’s team agreed it would encourage supporters to march but would try to "make it look like they went down there on their own," Scott Johnston tells Rolling Stone.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politic...icans-1324218/

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Griffin, not surprisingly, is a conspiracy theorist. After a federal judge found him guilty of trespassing, he told reporters the Capitol insurrection was a set-up by the US government. Griffin will be sentenced on June 17. He faces a fine and/or probation and/or up to one year in prison.

'Cowboys For Trump' founder guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds on January 6
Couy Griffin was also acquitted of engaging in disorderly conduct during the riot.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/couy-...b019fd81338a62

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During yesterday's confirmation hearing, Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson was wrongfully accused by Retrumplicans of being "soft on crime." Jimmy Kimmel's response: "It’s funny listening to the same people who let the President get away with trying to overthrow the government call anyone soft on crime.”

Trump, Giuliani are 'unindicted co-conspirators,' Capitol riot defendant argues
The attorney for Dustin Thompson plans to appeal a judge's decision to prevent him from calling Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani as witnesses.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/n...b-22ef3cae3a1e

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In his ruling, the judge noted that Trump and Eastman "launched a campaign to overturn a democratic election, an action unprecedented in American history. Their campaign spurred violent attacks on the seat of our nation's government, led to the deaths of several law enforcement officers and deepened public distrust in our political process." If the January 6 committee recommends criminal charges be filed against Trump, it will be up to the Department of Justice to do so.

Federal judge finds Trump 'more likely than not' committed felony obstruction in effort to overturn election
The judge said Trump's former lawyer John Eastman must turn over documents.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-find...y?id=83721530|