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Jamie Raskin doesn’t say whether the Jan 6 Committee will get Mike Pence to testify
Hillary Clinton has laid into Fox News for its decision not to broadcast the 6 January select committee’s upcoming hearings, tweeting that “Fox News won't air the January 6 hearings because they prefer their sedition made fresh on-site”.
The channel has decided to not air the 6 January public hearings live and instead show only “as news warrants” during its prime time show, with full coverage relegated to its less-viewed sister channel Fox Business. This will make Fox News the only major news network in the US to not carry this Thursday’s hearing live.
Fox News will, however, offer live streams of the hearing without authentication on Foxnews.com and Fox Nation.
The Washington Post reports that witness accounts of 6 January given to the committee include the Secret Service rebuffing Donald Trump’s request to walk to the Capitol with supporters for two weeks before he announced it on the day to the crowd, leaving them scrambling, but ultimately scuttling the idea.
Senior members of the far-right Proud Boys group are facing a new indictment on multiple charges stemming from the 6 January attack on the US Capitol, including counts of seditious conspiracy against the US government.
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Show latest update 1654668900 The big campaign question for Democrats heading into the midterms
With Democrats defending narrow majorities in Congress, the divergent paths of focusing on the January 6 probe or not reflect a challenge facing the party as the House committee investigating the insurrection begins prime-time public hearings on Thursday.
Some lawmakers and fresh candidates view this as an invaluable moment to refocus the public’s attention on the violence that day — and what they consider persistent threats to democracy. But polling shows voters are more interested in personal issues like surging grocery and gas prices.
Big campaign question for Democrats: Focus on Jan. 6 or not? The public hearings of the House committee investigating the insurrection pose a challenge to Democrats seeking to maintain narrow control of Congress
Oliver O'Connell 8 June 2022 07:15
1654667100 Report: House Democrats investigating if foreign gifts to Trump are missing
CNN reports that House Democrats are investigating if gifts from foreign governments and officials to former President Donald Trump have gone missing — potentially amounting to thousands of dollars worth of items.
Lawmakers on the House Oversight and Reform Committee have sent a letter to the National Archives after receiving information from the State Department indicating “the Trump administration ‘did not prioritize this obligation’ and failed to comply with the law that governs foreign gift reporting during President Trump’s final year in office”.
“As a result, the foreign sources and monetary value of gifts President Trump received remain unknown,” it adds. “The Department of State also stated that it was unable to determine the identities of some government officials who received foreign gifts during the Trump Administration, as well as the sources of those foreign gifts.”
The committee wants the National Archives to provide details about all the gifts received during the Trump administration.
Oliver O'Connell 8 June 2022 06:45
1654665300 Matthew McConaughey pounds White House lectern in anger over Uvalde massacre
An emotional Matthew McConaughey pounded the White House lectern in anger as he called for change in the wake of the Uvalde elementary school massacre.
The Oscar-winner choked up as he described how victim Maite Yuleana Rodriguez could only be identified by her favorite green Converse shoes after she was shot and killed.
Graeme Massie reports:
Matthew McConaughey pounds White House lectern in anger over gun deaths Oscar winner was born in Texas town where 19 students and two teachers were murdered
Oliver O'Connell 8 June 2022 06:15
1654663500 Matthew McConaughey holds up artwork of children killed in Uvalde in White House briefing
An emotional Matthew McConaughey took to the White House briefing room on Tuesday to plead for stronger gun laws in the wake of the mass shooting that claimed the lives of 19 students and 2 teachers in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.
The veteran actor became emotional as he held up artwork and photos of children slain by the 18-year-old gunman and described the severity of wounds inflicted by the AR-15-style rifle used in that massacre.
“Make these lives matter,” he said.
Andrew Feinberg reports:
Matthew McConaughey shows Uvalde victims’ drawings in emotional White House briefing The Uvalde, Texas native became emotional as he described his encounters with families of children who died in last month’s mass shooting
Oliver O'Connell 8 June 2022 05:45
1654661700 Hillary Clinton launches damning attack on Fox News
Hillary Clinton launched a damning attack on Fox News over the network’s refusal to show the 6 January hearings.
Fox News announced on Monday that they won’t carry the hearings live on Thursday, but will instead “cover the hearings as news warrants”.
“Fox News won’t air the January 6 hearings because they prefer their sedition made fresh on-site,” Ms Clinton, a former secretary of state, New York senator, and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, tweeted on Tuesday morning.
Gustaf Kilander reports:
Hillary Clinton launches attack on Fox News over refusal to show Jan 6 hearings ‘Fox News won’t air the January 6 hearings because they prefer their sedition made fresh on-site’
Oliver O'Connell 8 June 2022 05:15
1654659958 Fox News could be only major network to not cover Jan 6 hearings
Fox News could become the only major network in the US that will skip covering the first public hearing for the House Select Committee investigating the 6 January Capitol insurrection.
Instead, coverage of the hearings will move to the Fox Business Network and the right-leaning news channel will only cover the hearings “as news warrants”, said a Fox press release cited by Business Insider.
After almost a year-long exhaustive investigation, the select committee will hold its first primetime hearing on Thursday at 8pm ET.
Shweta Sharma reports:
Fox News could become only major network to skip covering Jan 6 hearings Coverage of the hearings will run on the Fox Business Network instead
Oliver O'Connell 8 June 2022 04:45
1654658158 Son of Buffalo shooting victim demands Senate address ‘cancer of white supremacy’
The son of the eldest victim of the Buffalo grocery store massacre has demanded US senators take action against the “cancer of white supremacy”.
Garnell Whitfield Jr, whose 86-year-old mother Ruth Whitfield was killed in the 14 May attack, called on members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to “yield your positions of authority” if they were unwilling to find a solution to the growing domestic terror threat.
Bevan Hurley reports:
Son of Buffalo shooting victim demands Senate address ‘cancer of white supremacy’ ‘Imagine the faces of your mothers, as you look at mine and ask yourself, is there nothing that we can do?’
Oliver O'Connell 8 June 2022 04:15
1654656358 GOP senator caught on phone at opening of emotional hearing into domestic terrorism
A Texas Republican senator was spotted using his phone while witnesses gave their opening statements at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday called in response to the massacre in Buffalo, New York.
John Cornyn was seen looking down and scrolling on his device while a former US district attorney gave his remarks to the panel.
John Bowden reports:
GOP senator caught on his phone at opening of emotional hearing into Buffalo massacre Cornyn is senator leading GOP negotiations on gun reform after twin tragedies in Buffalo and Uvalde
Oliver O'Connell 8 June 2022 03:45
1654654558 Senate votes to advance landmark burn pits bill
The US Senate has voted to advance landmark burn pits bill bringing veterans who are sick and dying from toxic exposure one step closer to getting healthcare access and benefits.
The toxic burn pit exposure bill (Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act of 2022) cleared a Senate cloture vote 86-12 on Tuesday.
Graeme Massie reports:
Senate votes to advance landmark burn pits bill for veterans The bill was named after the late Sgt First Class Heath Robinson who died in May 2020 from a rare cancer
Oliver O'Connell 8 June 2022 03:15
1654652758 Secret Service rebuffed Trump for two weeks over plan to walk to Capitol
The Washington Post reports that former President Donald Trump’s announcement that he was going to walk down to the Capitol with his supporters on 6 January 2021, caused the Secret Service to scramble to try and secure a safe route.
The paper cited two people briefed on witness accounts given to the select committee investigating the events surrounding the storming of the US Capitol building.
This scramble happened after two weeks of pressure from Mr Trump on the Secret Service to prepare for such a trip that had been rebuffed by the agency.
A rush to try to accommodate the president only began after he told the 30,000-strong crowd gathered for his rally at the Ellipse that morning: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol.”
Calls to DC police to help secure streets and block intersections were declined as they were already stretched thin with protests, and later a growing mob outside Congress.
Eventually, the plan was called off by the presidential detail as “untenable and unsafe”.
A DC official confirmed the request to the Post. Mr Trump has previously told the outlet that his desire to go to the Capitol on 6 January 2021 was blocked by the Secret Service.
Oliver O'Connell 8 June 2022 02:45
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