Donald Trump vs. Scotch tape—a true tale of transparency

Now that Donald Trump has fought, and lost, and fought, and lost, and fought, and lost his attempts to block the release of White House documents, tranches of documents have started to arrive at the …

McCarthy refuses to testify. 'I wish that he were a brave and honorable man,' says Cheney

Reinforcing the degree to which Republicans do not want the truth about events on Jan. 6 to reach the public, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has announced he will not cooperate with a request to …

Jan. 6 committee wants Mike Pence to testify, but the odds of his appearing are only getting worse

The U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the United States Capitol has gone through a months-long effort to gain testimony and documents from top advisers to Donald Trump, …

Jan. 6 committee now investigating Trump's role in a criminal conspiracy to overturn election

The House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Attack is now investigating whether or not Donald Trump can be charged as the head of a criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the presidential …

Trump makes last-minute appeal to Supreme Court in effort to hide documents from Jan. 6 committee

Two weeks ago, Donald Trump was denied in his attempt to keep documents related to Jan. 6 from being released to the House select committee when a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in …

Jim Jordan isn't happy about being called before the Jan. 6 Select Committee, but it could be worse

On Wednesday, Rep. Jim Jordan received a letter from the House Select Committee on Jan. 6, inviting him to voluntarily appear before the committee and discuss “in detail” his communications with …

House Select Committee considering recommending charges of wire fraud and obstruction of Congress

The House Select Committee on Jan. 6 has so far requested the Department of Justice bring a charge of criminal contempt against former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon and former Chief of Staff Mark …

House Select Committee on Jan. 6 issues subpoena to PowerPoint presenter Phil Waldron

The House Select Committee on Jan. 6 has issued a subpoena to retired Army Col. James “Phil” Waldron, directing him to appear before the committee and testify to his role in creating a presentation on …

Media outlets claim indicting Mark Meadows would be a political act. Media outlets are wrong

Before the indictment of Trump adviser and former Campaign Chair Steve Bannon, a flurry of articles warned that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had not issued a criminal indictment in such a case in …

What killed Trump's coup inside the Capitol may have been Trump's insurgency outside the Capitol

The texts released by the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 show that the White House, Republicans in Congress, and Donald Trump Jr. were all terrified about the insurgents breaching the Capitol. Some …

Three-judge panel shoots down Trump's claims to former-executive privilege. Next stop: Supreme Court

On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. issued a ruling that reaffirms what a district court said last month: Donald Trump has no right to prevent the House Select Committee on Jan. …

Ali Alexander is going to lie to the House Select Committee about his role in Jan. 6 violence

Ali Alexander, a far right conspiracy theorist and organizer of the “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, is scheduled to lie to the House Select Committee on …

House investigator indicates WH helped Clark draft incriminating letter to Georgia officials

The chief investigative counsel for the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack wants to ask Jeffrey Clark about White House involvement in the drafting of an incriminating …

Coup-plotter John Eastman informs House Select Committee on Jan. 6 that he is taking the Fifth

Coup-plotter John Eastman will join fellow Trump attorney Jeffrey Clark as the second witness called by the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 to seek the protection of the Fifth Amendment.

In a letter …

Cheney promises that 2022 will bring 'weeks of public hearings' on events leading to Jan. 6

In recent weeks, the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 has issued flurries of subpoenas, targeting both well-known names directly connected to Donald Trump and more publicly obscure figures involved in …

Mark Meadows cooperating with Jan. 6 committee is not a signal that Trump's team is turning on him

On Sep. 24, the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 issued the first of what would eventually become more than a dozen subpoenas—so far. That first cluster went out to four men: former Trump Chief of …

Mark Meadows makes it clear he only takes orders from Trump, not Biden, not Congress, not the law

Among the first set of subpoenas issued by the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 back in September, the one issued to Trump advisor and professional fascist Steve Bannon has gotten the most attention. …

In a sea of hostile witnesses, Mike Pence's staff may give House committee an island of information

There are definitely some members of Trump’s circle who would not dare talk to the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 without the permission of Donald Trump. There are some who, like John Eastman, …

House Select Committee on Jan. 6 issues subpoenas, but it's not clear they'll ever get testimony

On Monday afternoon, the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 issued a new round of subpoenas. Included in the net this time were:

Trump Campaign Manager Bill Stepien, best known for his <a …

'Scholar' who pressured Pence to overturn election will get a chance to explain to Jan. 6 committee

There are few people who better define the modern Republican Party than John Eastman. After beginning his legal career as a clerk to Clarence Thomas, Eastman moved on to become a regular “legal …