After the hearings, the House committee says its investigation will continue. And panel members will ultimately have to make a decision about whether they have found criminal activity.
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Repeatedly told he lost, Trump refused to let go, Capitol panel says
When the committee meets again Monday, it will delve into its findings that Trump and his advisers knew early on that he had lost the election but engaged in a ‘massive effort’ to spread false information to convince the public otherwise.
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Capitol riot panel blames Trump for Jan. 6 ‘attempted coup’
The House panel held its first public hearing on Thursday, featuring a never-before-seen 12-minute video of extremist groups leading the deadly siege and startling testimony from Trump’s most inner circle.
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Jan. 6 committee goes prime time with probe of Capitol insurrection
The Jan. 6 panel’s yearlong investigation will begin to show how America’s tradition of a peaceful transfer of presidential power came close to slipping away.
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Ex-Trump aide Navarro indicted; Mark Meadows won’t be charged
He is the second aide to the former president to be charged for refusing to cooperate with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Clinton campaign lawyer acquitted of lying to the FBI about Trump, Russia ties
The case was the first courtroom test of special counsel John Durham since his appointment 3 years ago to search for government misconduct during the investigation into potential ties between Russia and Trump’s 2016 campaign.
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Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit, allowing New York probe to continue
The ruling comes a day after a New York appeals court ruled that the former president must answer questions under oath in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ probe,
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Mounting losses show limits of Trump’s power
The former president faced a series of setbacks in Tuesday’s primary elections as voters rejected his efforts to unseat two top targets for retribution: Georgia’s Republican governor and secretary of state.
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Jim Fossel: Trump and Obama had much in common
Both led populist campaigns that challenged the ruling elite, and both won long-shot races against Hillary Clinton.
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Trump must pay $110,000 fine, meet conditions to end contempt finding
The New York attorney general had asked a judge to hold the former president in contempt after he failed to produce any documents to satisfy a March 31 deadline to meet the terms of a subpoena in a state civil case.