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News Articles: Jan 6

Clouds roll over the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington on Thursday.

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  • Politics

Here's how to watch the Jan. 6 committee hearings

The hearing on Thursday will be livestreamed on YouTube and on most TV news channels.

June 09, 2022
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By:
  • Rina Torchinsky
Clouds roll over the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington on Thursday.

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  • Politics

Here's how to watch the Jan. 6 committee hearings

The hearing on Thursday will be livestreamed on YouTube and on most TV news channels.

June 09, 2022
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By:
  • Rina Torchinsky
President Trump: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Emails warned fake Trump electors to act in secrecy; Impact of Black voting bloc

Tuesday on Political Rewind: A new set of emails shows false Trump electors were encouraged to operate in complete secrecy in 2020. In a speech, Gov. Brian Kemp said he supports no new additional gun laws in the wake of the Uvalde massacre. Plus, we'll look at highlights from the runoff debates.

June 07, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol announced Monday that its second public hearing will take place on the morning of June 13.

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  • Politics

Second House Jan. 6 hearing scheduled for the morning of June 13

The House select committee investigating the January 6th insurrection has not yet announced witnesses for either Thursday's or next week's hearings.

June 06, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram and
  • Claudia Grisales
Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A Georgia man affiliated with the Oath Keepers militia group became the second Capitol rioter to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy for his actions leading up and through the attack. The sentencing guidelines for Brian Ulrich, who also pleaded guilty to obstructing an official proceeding, were estimated to be 5 ¼ years to 6 ½ years in prison.

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  • Law

Georgia man 2nd rioter convicted of seditious conspiracy

A Georgia man affiliated with the far-right Oath Keepers militia group became the second Capitol rioter to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy for his actions leading up and through the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.

April 29, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said earlier Thursday that reports that he said former President Trump should resign in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol were false. Then the reporters who broke the news played the tapes.

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  • Politics

Republicans face a new reckoning over what GOP House leader McCarthy said about Trump

McCarthy faces a tricky conversation with his conference over what he said, which could come when the House returns from recess next week, but the ultimate judge is likely former President Trump.

April 23, 2022
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By:
  • Claudia Grisales
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Atlanta. Greene is appearing at a hearing Friday in Atlanta in a challenge filed by voters who say she shouldn't be allowed to seek reelection because she helped facilitate the attack on the Capitol that disrupted certification of Joe Biden's presidential victory.

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  • News

Defiant U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘can’t recall’ much in insurrection eligibility challenge

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defiantly deflected most questions about social media posts and comments she made in the leadup to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in a  Friday hearing to determine if she should be struck from the ballot.

April 22, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Trump holds rally in Commerce.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Trump's rally in Commerce; Updates under the Gold Dome; Ginni Thomas' texts

Monday on Political Rewind: Former president Donald Trump held a rally in Commerce, Ga., over the weekend with candidates he is endorsing in GOP primaries. In the state Capitol, the Senate approves a budget with teachers raises. What bills are in the making as the last week of the session approaches? Managing editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Kevin Riley hosts today's show.

March 28, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, moderates a panel discussion titled "When did World War III Begin? Part A: Threats at Home" during the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 23, 2017.

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  • Politics

Supreme Court Justice Thomas' wife Ginni has a long history of conservative activism

The text messages Virginia Thomas sent Trump's chief of staff pushing false claims about the 2020 election are the latest in her often public work to support conservative Republicans.

March 25, 2022
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By:
  • Claudia Grisales
Evan Neumann, who is wanted by the FBI, holds his new Belarusian documents at the department of citizenship and migration office in Brest, Belarus.

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  • World

A Jan. 6 Capitol riot suspect wanted by the FBI was granted refugee status in Belarus

Evan Neumann is under federal indictment in the U.S. for more than a dozen charges linked to last year's Capitol insurrection. Russian ally Belarus has granted him asylum and protection indefinitely.

March 23, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chair of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, and the panel's vice chair, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., testify before the House Rules Committee on Dec. 14, 2021. Their panel is looking into who funded the events that preceded the deadly attack.

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  • Politics

New clues emerge about the money that might have helped fund the Jan. 6 insurrection

Recent legal moves by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol offer some clues on how it's following the money.

March 11, 2022
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By:
  • Claudia Grisales
This sketch depicts Guy Wesley Reffitt (left) and his lawyer, William Welch, in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28. A jury found Reffitt guilty on all counts for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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  • Investigations

In the first Jan. 6 trial, a jury found Capitol riot defendant Guy Reffitt guilty

A jury found Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The case has been widely watched by other defendants as a potential bellwether.

March 09, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
The Justice Department says that as the leader and creator of a special chapter of the Proud Boys known as the Ministry of Self Defense, Enrique Tarrio "led the advance planning and remained in contact with other members of the Proud Boys during their breach of the Capitol."

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  • Law

Enrique Tarrio, who led the Proud Boys, is arrested over the U.S. Capitol attack

Enrique Tarrio may not have physically taken part on the Jan. 6 breach, but the Justice Department has charged him for allegedly leading the advance planning and taking credit for it on social media.

March 08, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
The statement of facts supporting the arrest Tuesday of Eric Gerwatowski, 31, of New Hyde Park, N.Y., on charges stemming from last year's riot at the U.S. Capitol, is shown here.

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  • Law

2 Capitol riot suspects were arrested from online sleuths' info, documents show

The FBI has cited information compiled by online sleuths in many of the more than 730 riot-related cases filed in federal court so far.

February 09, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during an interview at her office, Feb. 24, 2021, in Atlanta. The prosecutor who's investigating whether Donald Trump and others broke the law by trying to pressure Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden's presidential election victory is asking the FBI for security help after the former president railed against prosecutors investigating him.

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  • News

Georgia DA investigating Trump asks FBI for security help

The prosecutor who's investigating whether Donald Trump and others broke the law by trying to pressure Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden's presidential election victory is asking the FBI for security help after the former president railed against prosecutors investigating him.

January 31, 2022
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  • Associated Press
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