Stories tagged: "Jan 6"
Evidence presented during Tuesday's House committee hearing on the Jan. 6 Capitol attack contradicts Team Trump’s argument that the insurrection was spontaneous and that Trump cannot be blamed for his supporters’ actions.
“The president wanted the top Justice Department officials to declare that the election was corrupt, even though he knew there was no evidence of that statement,” said Republican Congressman and committee member Adam Kinzinger.
The Trump campaign used the Big Lie to ask supporters for money that wasn’t even used to contest the 2020 election results.
As the Jan. 6 hearings begin, new polling shows 65% percent of voters support the House investigation, while only 28% oppose it, according to a new Courier Newsroom/Data for Progress poll.
Ross, a North Carolina attorney, says it is “imperative” that the US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas avoid conflicts of interest involving the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Diving into Madison Cawthorn’s support for the Capitol insurrectionists and what it has to do with the 2022 election.
The polarizing Republican from western North Carolina implored Trump supporters on Jan. 6, and has called the rioters “political prisoners” in the months since.
