Jan 6 hearings – live: Trump ‘criminal activity’ established, Democrats say, as new session targets ‘big lie’
Liz Cheney tells Republicans defending rioters: ‘When Trump is gone, your dishonour will remain’
The January 6 House select committee’s held its first prime-time hearing on Thursday, featuring bombshell revelations introduced by Reps Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney.
Now the panel is scheduled to hold its next hearing at 10am ET on Monday 13 June, including testimony from Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, Bill Stepien, among others.
Mr Trump expressed his rage after the committee played excerpts of interviews with his former Attorney General Bill Barr, daughter Ivanka Trump, and son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Mr Trump called Mr Barr “weak” and a “coward” after he told the House panel that Mr Trump’s false claims of a stolen election was “bulls***”.
Ms Trump, one of her father’s most trusted advisors, also said she didn’t think the 2020 election was stolen and respects Barr. Her father countered she had “checked out” before the 2020 election and was being deferential to Barr.
Meanwhile, the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post published a harsh editorial accusing Mr Trump of being a “prisoner of his own ego”.
In her opening statement, GOP lawmaker Ms Cheney, noted a number of her party sought pardons from Mr Trump for their part in trying to overturn the election: “Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonour will remain.”
Some 20 million Americans tuned in to watch, ratings show — equivalent to the audience for Sunday Night Football. That figure does not include streaming services.
Schiff says January 6 committee has ‘credible evidence’ against Trump DOJ should investigate
Members of the January 6 committee on Sunday indicated that they believed their panel had gathered evidence sufficient enough to warrant a criminal indictment of Donald Trump for charges or a charge related to his role in the attack on Congress.
Reps Adam Schiff and Jamie Raskin, two Democrats on the panel, made the comments in separate interviews this weekend on CBS’s Face the Nation and CNN’s State of the Union.
John Bowden has the story.
Graeme Massie12 June 2022 23:32
What’s next for the January 6 panel?
ICYMI: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has laid out a roadmap for the hearings this month as it examines President Donald Trump‘s responsibility for the melee and the damage that resulted for law enforcement officers, members of Congress and others in attendance that day.
The next round of hearings won’t take place in prime time like the debut on Thursday, but lawmakers will go into greater detail about specific aspects of the insurrection.
Here’s a snapshot of what the committee says is ahead:
Graeme Massie12 June 2022 23:01
GOP lawmaker confronted Lauren Boebert for tweeting Pelosi’s movement during riot
A far-right congresswoman who has been blamed by critics on the left for supposedly coordinating with rioters during the January 6 attack was confronted just days after the riot for some of her actions during the siege.
John Bowden has the story.
Graeme Massie12 June 2022 22:05
AOC dodges on backing Biden in 2024: ‘We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it’
New York’s firebrand progressive congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, wouldn’t say on Sunday whether she would endorse Joe Biden for reelection in 2024 amid questions over whether Mr Biden will even run all.
She was interviewed on CNN’s State of the Union by the network’s Dana Bash, who asked the congresswoman whether “you would support him”, given statements from the president indicating that he plans to run for reelection despite already being the oldest person to ever take office in the White House.
Graeme Massie12 June 2022 21:05
Committee releases witness list for Monday’s hearing
The House January 6 committee has released a list of witnesses set to testify before the panel on Monday, including former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien. Here’s the full list of witnesses:
David Taintor12 June 2022 20:47
Hannity wildly claims Jan 6 hearing makes Trump ‘look good’
ICYMI: Sean Hannity had a surprising analysis of Thursday’s primetime hearing hosted by the select committee investigating January 6 after it ended.
The longtime ally of Donald Trump declared during his show that the former president came out of the event, which showcased never-before-seen gripping footage of rioters viciously assaulting members of law enforcement and bashing through windows, looking “good”.
That’s despite lawmakers on the panel stating clearly that the ex-president had done nothing during the attack to deploy law enforcement backup to the Hill.
Graeme Massie12 June 2022 20:06
CYMI: Nearly 20 million people watched prime time Jan 6 committee hearing, ratings show
Nearly 20 million people watched the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot’s first prime time hearing , according to preliminary ratings from Nielsen.
Every major network played the hearing, which started at 8 pm EST to 10 pm EST. ABC won the most winners, with 4.8m viewers turning into its broadcast. James Goldston, a former president of ABC News helped the committee. NBC came in second place with 3.5m viewers and CBS received 3.3m viewers.
Read the full story here:
Graeme Massie12 June 2022 19:05
What to expect from the second Jan 6 hearing
Monday’s hearing is expected to focus on the former president’s efforts to sow distrust in the US election system and the overall result of the 2020 election among a wide swath of the US population; Donald Trump and his team spent months spreading false claims about voter fraud, election fraud, foreign interference and a wide range of conspiracies to explain how the GOP president who swamped Hillary Clinton in 2016 had turned around in four years and lost Georgia, Arizona and Michigan to now-President Joe Biden.
John Bowden12 June 2022 15:19
ICYMI: Trump furiously denies saying ‘Hang Mike Pence’
Former president Donald Trump responded to a revelation from the House select committee investigating the riot at the US Capitol on January that he agreed with rioters that his vice president Mike Pence should be hung.
“I NEVER said, or even thought of saying, ‘Hang Mike Pence,’”Mr Trump said on his own social media platform Truth Social. “This is either a made up story by somebody looking to become a star, or FAKE NEWS!”
Read the full story by Eric Garcia here:
Maroosha Muzaffar12 June 2022 07:00
GOP candidate: ‘Hitler is the kind of leader we need today’
ICYMI: A Republican House candidate has come under fire for supposedly lauding Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s ability to fire up “the crowds” and saying that he was “the kind of leader we need today”.
Businessman Carl Paladino was speaking to Buffalo, New York radio station WBEN in February last year when he made the controversial comments.
Graeme Massie12 June 2022 04:57
