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Jamie Raskin doesn’t say whether the Jan 6 Committee will get Mike Pence to testify
Videotaped depositions from Ivanka Trump could be presented publicly in the first House January 6 select committee hearing.
According to committee aides, Chairman Bennie Thompson and Vice Chair Liz Cheney will play excerpts of testimony taken from close confidantes of the ex-president at the outset of Thursday’s prime-time televised hearing, consisting of “a small … but meaningful portion” of the evidence in the committee’s possession.
Members of the committee are reportedly also sitting on roughly 14,000 hours of unreleased Capitol Police bodycam footage, which is expected to be released to the public during the first public hearing, getting underway at 8 pm ET Thursday.
Meanwhile, new details have emerged outlining the former president’s actions on the day of the attack. Donald Trump privately asked to be taken to the Capitol Hill building on January 6 last year to join his supporters, a report has revealed.
A former GOP insider tells The Independent that Donald Trump will “lose his mind” when he watches the January 6 committee hearings on the Capitol riot on Thursday evening and realises no one is there to interject on his behalf.
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Show latest update 1654793153 Twitter blocks Jan 6 committee’s request for company’s internal Slack messages
Twitter is fighting back against the January 6 House Select Committee request for the social media company’s internal messages, including Slack messages concerning how they moderated tweets regarding the 2021 insurrection, according to a report.
The company is claiming its First Amendment rights to reject the committee’s request, Rolling Stone reported.
Committee members have grown frustrated at the pushback from Twitter, as they think the messages can help them show how online extremism boosted the violence and chaos on that day.
Twitter said in a statement to the magazine that “since last year, we have had an ongoing, productive engagement with the Select Committee, and have provided appropriate, relevant information to contribute to this important investigation”.
Gustaf Kilander has more on the social media giant digging its heels in against the Jan 6 committee.
Twitter blocks Jan 6 committee’s request for company’s internal Slack messages Twitter is fighting back against the January 6 House Select Committee request for the social media company’s internal messages, including Slack messages concerning how they moderated tweets regarding the 2021 insurrection, according to a report.
Johanna Chisholm 9 June 2022 17:45
1654791121 Republican arrested for role in Capitol riot hours before first Jan 6 hearing
The FBI arrested Republican Ryan Kelley and charged the Michigan gubernatorial candidate on misdemeanor charges related to his involvement in the 6 Jan riot at the US Capitol, according to a criminal complaint filed on Thursday as was reported by The Detroit Free Press.
The Detroit-based news outlet reported that the real estate broker from Allendale, who filed paperwork to launch his committee to run for the state’s governor early in 2021, is expected to appear before a federal court later on Thursday.
Video footage of the Michigan Republican reportedly surfaced where Mr Kelley was visible at the Capitol on the day of the violent January 6 insurrection.
Federal agents raided and searched Mr Kelley’s Michigan home just hours before the first public hearing of the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot was to get underway.
In federal court records, Mr Kelley is described as being an active participant in the chaos that unfolded outside and inside of the Capitol, and that agents from the FBI opened up an investigation into his conduct within days of the riot, The Detroit Free Press reported.
“At approximately 2:20 pm, Kelley continued to gesture to the crowd, consistently indicating that they should move towards the stairs that led to the entrance of the U.S. Capitol interior spaces,” the criminal complaint reads.
Prosecutors have reportedly filed four charges against Mr Kelley, including: knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building; disorderly and disruptive conduct; knowingly engaging in any act of physical violence against person or property in a restricted building or grounds; and willfully injuring or committing depredation against property of the US.
If Mr Kelley is found guilty and is convicted, he could serve a maximum punishment of up to 10 years in federal prison.
Read the full report from Graig Graziosi below:
Michigan Republican candidate Ryan Kelley arrested by FBI for role in January 6 riot Mr Kelley appears in footage of the Capitol riot waving other protesters into the building
Johanna Chisholm 9 June 2022 17:12
1654790467 Rep Raskin: ‘There will be multiple breakthroughs and epiphanies’
While appearing on MSNBC ahead of the January 6 hearings, Rep Jamie Raskin informed Chris Hayes that the televised event will reveal some major “epiphanies” and “breakthroughs” that were otherwise unknown to the general populace.
“One of my Republican colleagues who’s not on our committee told me about 15 minutes ago that he was a little bit jealous that I was on a bipartisan committee where the two sides are actually working together,” said the Maryland congressman while appearing on All in With Chris Hayes on Wednesday night.
“I think there will be multiple breakthroughs and epiphanies for people along the way. And at the end, I think everybody is going to be able to answer for himself or herself — including members of Congress — is this something that we ever want to allow to happen again? And if not, they are going to have to listen to the final act of our committee which is we will be issuing recommendations on what should be done in order to fortify ourselves against coups and insurrections in the future.”
Just days earlier, Rep Raskin, a member of the House select committee, had teased that the panel had uncovered damning evidence during a Q&A with The Washington Post.
“But the Select Committee has found evidence about a lot more than incitement here, and we are going to be laying out the evidence about all of the actors who were pivotal to what took place on January 6th,” the Democratic lawmaker said ahead of the first prime time hearings.
Johanna Chisholm 9 June 2022 17:01
1654789267 Jan 6 committee teases unreleased video footage of Capitol riot
Lawmakers on the January 6 committee are sitting on unreleased on-the-ground footage of the Capitol riot that is expected to be released to the public during its hearings, which begin Thursday evening.
News of the unreleased footage was first reported by Good Morning America on Thursday morning, just hours before the committee’s first public hearing on Capitol Hill.
According to ABC News, the footage obtained by the panel includes the moments during which a crowd of previously peaceful Trump supporters turned into a violent mob who attacked the Capitol resulting in the deaths of several members of law enforcement.
In addition to the more than 1,000 people who were interviewed by the committee who were either directly or indirectly involved in the US Capitol insurrection, the pandel has reportedly also obtained roughly 14,000 hours of Capitol Police bodycam video.
The Independent’s John Bowden has more below:
Jan 6 committee teases unreleased video footage of Capitol riot Panel will have first primetime hearing Thursday evening
Johanna Chisholm 9 June 2022 16:41
1654787673 Navarro complains about legal fees in letter to judge: ‘I’ll be eating dog food if I stay out of jail’
Peter Navarro, the former economic adviser to Donald Trump, told a federal judge on Wednesday that he is “at a severe disadvantage” and is facing trouble putting together a team of legal experts.
In a letter to judge Amit Mehta of the DC district court, Mr Navarro argued that although he remained without legal representation, the prosecution has begun filing motions to push for a speedy trial.
The justice department last Friday indicted Mr Navarro for contempt of Congress after he refused to comply with a congressional subpoena from the select committee investigating the 6 January riot at the US Capitol. He was arrested on Friday morning as he was boarding a plane to Nashville.
Mr Navarro said in his letter that he is “very actively seeking a legal team” but facing “a number of hurdles”. Earlier, he had hinted at defending himself to avoid paying a large sum in legal fees.
Continue reading the full story from The Independent’s Alisha Rahaman Sarkar below.
Peter Navarro complains about legal fees in letter to judge He has in past hinted at defending himself to avoid paying large sum in legal fees
Johanna Chisholm 9 June 2022 16:14
1654785933 Trump lands in New Jersey ahead of counterprogramming effort
Donald Trump arrived in New Jersey Thursday, hours before the first January 6 public hearing was scheduled to air.
The former US president was seen in a video meeting with House Republican Conference Chair and Trump ally Elise Stefanik, who has accused the January 6 select committee’s public hearings of being performative by scheduling the televised proceedings during prime time rather than being focused on uncovering the truth.
Johanna Chisholm 9 June 2022 15:45
1654784747 Four key questions for the January 6 committee hearings to answer
Over the year and a half since a mob of former president Donald Trump supporters assaulted police officers and overran the seat of America’s legislative branch in hopes of stopping certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, the nine-member panel has amassed a staff of more than 40 personnel — including many investigators and former prosecutors — working in teams to untangle multiple lines of inquiry regarding the facts and circumstances which led to the worst attack on the Capitol since Major General Robert Ross ordered British troops to set it ablaze in 1814.
Here are some questions the panel will need to answer over the course of its’ public hearings, as reported by Andrew Feinberg here:
Four key questions for the January 6 committee hearings to answer The select committee will unveil its findings over a series a public hearings which will begin Thursday at 8pm
Johanna Chisholm 9 June 2022 15:25
1654782033 January 6 opening hearing will feature top Trump aides and family members
The House January 6 select committee will have help presenting its findings from the members of Donald Trump’s inner circle who have given evidence in videotaped depositions, including Trump family members such as his daughter and former adviser, Ivanka Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner, also a senior advisor.
According to committee aides, Chairman Bennie Thompson and Vice Chair Liz Cheney will play excerpts of testimony taken from close confidantes to the ex-president at the outset of Thursday’s prime-time televised hearing, consisting of “a small … but meaningful portion” of the evidence in the committee’s possession.
Confirmed for the first of six public hearings is British filmmaker Nick Quested, who recorded members of the far-right Proud Boys as they stormed the building, and Caroline Edwards, a US Capitol Police officer who was seriously injured in last year’s attack.
Greg Jacob, chief counsel for then-Vice President Mike Pence, is also expected to provide live testimony to the commitee, according to the Wall Street Journal’s reporting.
Keep reading the full story from The Independent’s Andrew Feinberg.
Testimony from Ivanka Trump could be shown at January 6 committee opening hearing A committee staffer says the panel’s opening presentation will ‘include senior Trump White House officials, senior Trump administration officials, Trump campaign officials, and indeed, Trump family members’
Johanna Chisholm 9 June 2022 14:40
1654779647 Capitol riot: What happened on 6 January 2021?
Botched assault on cradle of American democracy by misguided Donald Trump supporters remembered as deeply shameful climax to his chaotic and divisive reign, Joe Sommerlad writes:
What happened at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021? Botched assault on cradle of American democracy by misguided Donald Trump supporters remembered as deeply shameful climax to his chaotic and divisive reign
Maroosha Muzaffar 9 June 2022 14:00
1654776045 Hearings guide: What to know as the January 6 panel goes public
The House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol will hold the first in a series of hearings laying out its findings on Thursday night.
With the televised hearings, the seven Democrats and two Republicans on the nine-member panel hope to grab the attention of the American public and drive home the sheer violence of that day in 2021, as some have attempted to downplay the attack. And they plan to use the more than 1,000 interviews they have conducted to spotlight people who played pivotal roles in the siege — and to show that it was a deliberate, unprecedented attempt to block the certification of Joe Biden’s victory.
Read the full piece by Associated Press here:
Hearings guide: What to know as the Jan. 6 panel goes public The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will hold the first in a series of hearings laying out its findings on Thursday night
Maroosha Muzaffar 9 June 2022 13:00
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