Trump compares January 6th riot to Black Lives Matter protests
It has emerged that the Trump Organization lost a previously secret trial in 2021, resulting in the company being held in contempt of court.
As first reported by The New York Times, the trial was held after prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office requested that the company be punished for “willfully disobeying” four grand jury subpoenas and three court orders.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump’s latest effort to thwart the Department of Justice investigation into his retention of the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago has failed, with a judge he himself appointed dismissing a lawsuit brought by his team.
The House oversight committee has now asked the National Archives to investigate a storage unit where more classified items were found, as well as other Trump properties.
January 6 select committee Chair Bennie Thompson told reporters the panel’s final meeting will take place early next week and the release of its final report will be on 21 December.
Mr Trump is ramping up his efforts to delegitimise its findings, falsely claiming once again that Nancy Pelosi was responsible for the Capitol’s vulnerability on the day and even suggesting in an interview Democrats “wanted” the violent insurrection to happen.
