Bannon will be tried on contempt charges despite telling the House Jan. 6 committee late Saturday that he is now prepared to testify, which he has refused to do for months.
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Jan. 6 committee member Kinzinger reveals threatening calls over Trump investigation
The GOP lawmaker says disturbing messages targeting him, his family and his staff have escalated as the House probe reveals damaging new details about former President Donald Trump’s role in the attempted insurrection.
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Giuliani, Graham subpoenaed by Georgia grand jury investigating Trump election interference
The special grand jury has been investigating whether Trump and others illegally tried to meddle in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia as he desperately tried to cling to power after Joe Biden’s victory.
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Trump’s vulnerabilities for 2024 mount after new testimony on Capitol riot
In Iowa, expected to host the first presidential nominating contest in roughly 18 months, several voters signaled Thursday that they were open to another candidate even if the former president were to run again.
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Supreme Court ruling limits EPA’s power to combat climate change – but not Maine’s
The 6-3 decision Thursday will have few direct effects on Maine’s ambitious climate change efforts.
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Jan. 6 hearings fuel the question: Did Trump commit a crime?
Here is a look at potential crimes related to Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, and at what Congress and the Justice Department might do.
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Jan. 6 panel subpoenas former White House counsel who resisted Trump’s schemes
Pat Cipollone is said to have stridently warned against then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to try to overturn his election loss.
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Cassidy Hutchinson, Trump White House aide, offers revelations about Jan. 6
It was a 25-year-old staffer who perhaps put Donald Trump’s conduct into its sharpest relief during testimony before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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Jan. 6 panel to hear from top aide in Trump’s White House
In brief excerpts of testimony,Cassidy Hutchinson told the committee she was in the room for White House meetings where challenges to the election were discussed, including with Republican lawmakers.
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Jan. 6 panel to hear of Trump’s pressure on Justice Department
The testimony is aimed at showing how Trump not only relied on outside advisers to press his false claims of election fraud but also tried to leverage the powers of federal executive branch agencies.