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How the Jan 6 hearings became must-watch viewing

With Donald Trump as the villain, and slick presentation, congressional inquiries will never be the same again, writes Andrew Buncombe

The Independent UK

Why Donald Trump can't be prosecuted for 'dereliction of duty' for his inaction on Jan. 6

During the prime-time hearing on July 21, 2022 of the House January 6 committee, the two panel members leading the hearing used the phrase “dereliction of duty” to describe the conduct of then-President Donald Trump.

The Conversation

Jan. 6 takeaways: Trump 'could not be moved' amid violence

The House Jan. 6 committee is closing out its set of summer hearings with its most detailed focus yet on the investigation’s main target: former President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

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Trump should be held accountable for trying to overturn 2020 election: committee

Washington (AFP) - The House committee probing the assault on the US Capitol laid out a searing, prime-time indictment on Thursday of Donald Trump's refusal to halt or condemn the violence and insisted he should be held legally accountable for a gross dereliction of presidential duty.

AFP

Jan 6 committee chairman announces more hearings to come in September

Announcement comes as members indicate more witnesses are coming forward

The Independent UK

Trump used 'lawlessness and corruption' to try to overturn 2020 election: probe chair

Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump "blazed a path of lawlessness and corruption" as he sought to overturn the results of the 2020 US election, the chairman of the House committee investigating last year's attack on the Capitol said Thursday.

AFP

Trump watchdog knew agents deleted texts

DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, a former Republican advisor, previously quashed Secret Service probes

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January 6 hearings return to recount 187 minutes of chaos at the Capitol

Capitol attack committee provides detailed account of insurrection and confirms this will not be final hearing

The Guardian - US

Meet the key players who have defined the January 6 hearings

As the eighth public hearing begins, know the people who helped understand Trump’s efforts to overturn the election

The Guardian - US

Friday could be the final committee hearing into the January 6 Capitol riots for a while. Here's what we're expecting from it

The eighth hearing of the select committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 has been locked in — and it's prime-time viewing again for US audiences.

ABC News

Bannon was ‘thumbing his nose’ at Jan. 6 subpoena, prosecutor says

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon never ignored a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee as its return date was the subject of ongoing negotiation, and politics was behind the panel’s referral for criminal contempt charges, his defense attorney said.

Tribune News Service

Bannon was ‘thumbing his nose’ at Jan. 6 subpoena, prosecutor says

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon “refused to follow the rules” in defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee, a prosecutor said during opening statements in his contempt of Congress trial. But the defense alleged the referral for charges was political.

Tribune News Service

Primetime January 6 hearing to go ahead despite chairman’s positive Covid test

Bennie Thompson to miss hearing as ex-Trump aides Matthew Pottinger and Sarah Matthews expected to give evidence

The Guardian - US

Bannon didn't 'follow the rules' in defying Jan. 6 subpoena, prosecutor says

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon “refused to follow the rules” in defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee and should be held accountable, a prosecutor said during opening arguments in his contempt of Congress trial.

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Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 committee Chairman Bennie Thompson has COVID-19, is likely to miss Thursday hearing

WASHINGTON — Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee, is likely to miss the panel’s Thursday hearing after contracting COVID-19.

WEKU

Jan. 6 panel chair Thompson to miss Thursday's hearing after testing COVID positive

Rep. Bennie Thompson, who is fully vaccinated and boosted, said he is experiencing mild symptoms. He has instructed the Jan. 6 committee to proceed with Thursday evening's hearing without him.

The Independent UK

House Jan. 6 panel chair tests positive for COVID-19

The chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee has tested positive for COVID-19, but the panel will still hold its prime-time hearing on Thursday

The Independent UK

Jan 6 hearing still on despite chairman Bennie Thompson testing positive for Covid

The chairman’s sickness comes the same week that the committee planned to hold a major prime time hearing.

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Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 panel extends inquiry because information keeps coming

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which had planned to finish its inquiry by September, will instead keep operating beyond that because more information keeps coming in, the panel’s chairman said Monday night.

Axios

Jan. 6 panel plans more hearings and multiple reports

Chair Bennie Thompson said there will be a "scaled-back" report before the final one.

Tribune News Service

Steve Bannon’s ‘misdemeanor from hell’ on Jan. 6 charges goes to trial

Steve Bannon’s trial on contempt charges for defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 panel got underway in federal court with jury selection, and a new defense effort to bar evidence unless committee Chair Bennie Thompson testifies.

The Independent UK

Steve Bannon braces for contempt trial as Jan 6 panel to receive deleted Secret Service texts by Tuesday

US Secret Service says text messages were erased as part of a ‘device-replacement programme’

Tribune News Service

House panel subpoenas Secret Service records in Jan. 6 probe

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the assault on the US Capitol has subpoenaed records from the Secret Service after being told by a government inspector general that the agency wasn’t cooperating with the inquiry.

WEKU

What the subpoena for the Secret Service's erased texts means for the Jan. 6 probe

The House committee subpoenaed the Secret Service for text messages agents reportedly deleted, as the panel probes President Donald Trump's actions at the time of the deadly Capitol attack.

Tribune News Service

Secret Service isn’t cooperating with Jan. 6 probe, panel told

WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the assault on the U.S. Capitol met Friday with representatives of the Homeland Security Department’s watchdog who said the Secret Service isn’t cooperating with its investigation.

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