An elected commission concludes the first public hearing, visualizes the others
US Representative Benny Thompson (D-MS) speaks to US Vice President Liz Cheney (R-WY) during the inaugural public hearing of the US House of Representatives Election Commission to investigate the Capitol attack. United States of America on January 6, Capitol Hill in Washington, USA, June 9, 2022.
Jonathan Ernst Reuters
The elected committee concluded its first public hearing on the initial findings of the Capitol riot investigation, setting out a dramatic account of a plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election and hinting at many other things ahead.
Vice President Liz Cheney, R-Wyo, reviewed all seven hearings the committee plans to hold, promising to provide evidence of a “complex seven-part plan to repeal the presidential election” being monitored by former President Donald. Trump.
In a statement on social media after the hearing, Trump criticized the commission for not showing “many positive witnesses and statements” and for releasing “only negative footage.”
The hearings should take place over the next few weeks. Four have been officially announced so far.
Here is the schedule of hearings so far:
- Thursday, June 9, from 8:00 p.m. ET
- Monday, June 13, at 10 a.m. ET
- Wednesday, June 15, at 10 a.m. ET
- Thursday, June 16, from 1 p.m. ET
“Kevin Brewinger.”
Trump’s PAC drops $ 500,000 for ads critical of Biden investigation, Jan. 6
Former President Donald Trump’s Political Action Committee is spending $ 500,000 on ads for attacks that criticize the House of Representatives election committee and President Joe Biden, an aide to Trump, told CNBC.
Save America PAC is buying TV and digital advertising space for four days, starting on Thursday, with a focus on “key programming on weekends and Sunday mornings,” the aide said.
The 30-second video, which will be televised nationally, includes a voice behind it accusing Biden of “failing badly” on many important political issues, including inflation, illegal immigration and a shortage of baby formula. He then said that the “Congress of Democrats” “spends millions on another guerrilla witch hunt.”
The ad includes grainy photos of Biden and Democrat lawmakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, along with committee members, all backed by sinister music. It ends with a video of Trump congratulating.
– Brian Schwartz and Kevin Brewinger
Correction: Chuck Schumer is the leader of the Senate majority. In an earlier version, its title was wrong.
Proud Boys membership increased “exponentially” after Trump told them to “step back and stay away.”
Membership of the far-right extremist group Proud Boys has risen after former President Donald Trump told the organization to “back down and stay away” during a debate with then-rival Joe Biden in September 2020, a member of the Proud Boys election commission said.
The number of the group has increased “exponentially” after the comment, said Proud Boy Jeremy Bertino in a recorded testimony before the selected committee.
“I would say tripled, probably,” Bertino said in a video of the interview, “with the potential for much more in the end.”
After Trump refused to condemn the group during the debate, then-Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tario responded on social media: “Ready, sir.”
L-Cheney’s deputy chairman, R-Wyo, said in his opening remarks that the Proud Boys “ultimately led the Capitol invasion and violence that day.”
“Kevin Brewinger.”
How Republicans oppose the hearings
President Donald Trump congratulates House of Representatives majority leader Kevin McCarthy of California when he arrives at an event to announce that Broadcom is relocating its global headquarters to the United States, to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC on Thursday, Thursday. November 2017
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Unlike Trump’s two impeachment trials, when prosecutors’ accusations against the then president were opposed in real time by his defense team, the committee’s hearings will be interrupted by its critics.
Instead, Republicans seeking to undermine the commission’s plan make their case known directly to the media.
“This is the most political and least legitimate committee in American history,” House Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, said of the January 6 press conference at a news conference on January 6.
“And let’s be honest, this is a smokescreen for Democrats to push through their radical agenda,” McCarthy added, accusing his opponents of using the investigation to try to overthrow the Electoral College. He also criticized Democrats for ignoring a number of hot political issues, including what he called “left-wing mob violence” at some protests in 2020.
Other senior Republicans are also working to stop the hearings. “I work closely with President Trump, leader Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan and my colleagues to help Republicans in the House of Representatives repel President Pelosi’s fictitious political witch hunt,” said Republican Representative Elise Stefanick, a Republican. The house told Fox News this week.
Fox reportedly has no plans to broadcast the hearings live on its main channel and will instead broadcast the coverage to Fox Business, which typically attracts far fewer viewers.
From the outset, senior Republicans have characterized the House of Representatives’ investigation into the Capitol Rebellion as a guerrilla tool for Democrats to denigrate Trump and his supporters.
The nine-member committee includes two Republicans, Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinsinger of Illinois, both of whom voted to impeach Trump. Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy withdrew all five of the panel’s elections after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two.
McCarthy and Republicans Jim Jordan, one of two Republicans rejected by Pelosi for the group, said in a recent Wall Street Journal article that the elected committee “is arming the government to attack Republicans.”
Both McCarthy and Jordan were summoned after refusing to cooperate voluntarily in the investigation.
“Kevin Brewinger.”
Trump tweets that Jan. 6 will be “wild” after meeting with Powell, Giuliani and Flynn at the White House
Sidney Powell, a lawyer later disavowed by Trump’s campaign, attends a press conference with US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani at Capitol Hill Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC, November 19, 2020.
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Former President Donald Trump has released a “major” tweet that “led to the planning” for the January 6 uprising shortly after a meeting with General Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani at the White House, said Liz Cheney, deputy chairman of the committee.
The group discussed “a number of dramatic steps” during the meeting on December 18, 2020, “including the military to seize voting machines and possibly repeat elections,” Cheney said in his introductory statement.
Cheney, who was reviewing information to be presented at an upcoming hearing, said that “just over an hour after the group left the White House, Trump tweeted a call for people to come to Washington on January 6, 2021.” Be there, it will be wild! ” Trump tweeted.
“As you will see, this was a key moment,” Cheney said. “This tweet initiated a chain of events. The tweet led to planning for what happened on January 6, including by the Proud Boys, who ultimately led the Capitol invasion and violence that day.
“Kevin Brewinger.”
Watch new footage of the Capitol riot
The elected committee concluded its introductory statements by broadcasting new footage of the violence that erupted during the Capitol riot.
The video combines videos showing rebels rushing to the Capitol, swarming police officers and attacking them with weapons.
The latest video shows rebels beating police officers with hockey sticks and other objects. At the same time, Trump is heard defending the mafia in an interview with Fox News more than six months after the uprising: “These were peaceful people. They were great people. The crowd was amazing. And I mention the word love, love in the air, I’ve never seen anything like it. “
“Kevin Brewinger.”
Jared Kushner says he believes repeated threats by White House councilors to resign to “just whine”
Former senior White House councilor Jared Kushner was seen on video during a hearing of the US House of Representatives Electoral Commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 9, 2022. .
Elizabeth Franz Reuters
Former senior White House counselor Jared Kushner said he considered repeated threats by White House councilor Pat Chipolon to resign in the weeks before the Capitol uprising for “mere whining.”
The remarks of Kushner, son-in-law of former President Donald Trump, were made during a recorded interview with the elected committee, part of which was released during an introductory statement by Vice President Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
“The White House adviser was so concerned about potentially illegal activities, he threatened to resign many times. This is extremely rare and extremely serious. He requires immediate attention, especially when the whole team is threatening to resign,” Cheney said.
“However, this was not uncommon at the Trump White House and was not taken seriously,” she said.
In the video, Kushner was asked, “Jared, do you know of any cases where Pat Sipilon threatened to resign?”
Kushner replied: “Somehow, as I said, my interest at the time was to try to make as many pardons as possible, and I know that he, he and the team always said, ‘Oh, we’re going to resign. We will not be here if this happens, if this happens.
“So I kind of thought I was just whining to be honest with you,” Kushner said.
“Kevin Brewinger.”
Cheney says Trump and his advisers knew he lost the election
The vice-chairman of the commission, the representative of the USA Liz Cheney (R-WY) made her introductory statement during the public hearing of the selection committee of the US Chamber of Commerce to investigate the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, on …
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