jan. 6 committee

Jan. 6 panel interviews former Trump aide Hope Hicks

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Jan. 6 committee is interviewing Hope Hicks, a longtime aide to former President Donald Trump. That's according to a person familiar with the meeting. Tuesday’s interview comes as the investigation is winding down and as…

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump, shows startling new video

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Jan. 6 committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump for his testimony about the 2021 Capitol attack. The panel voted unanimously Thursday to compel the former president to appear. Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, the panel's vice-chair, says,…

Jan. 6: Trump spurned aides' pleas to call off Capitol mob

WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite desperate pleas from aides, allies, members of Congress and even his family, Donald Trump refused on Jan. 6 to call off the mob attack at the Capitol. Instead the defeated president told supporters in a video…

Steve Bannon's defense seeks acquittal then rests case

WASHINGTON (AP) - Steve Bannon’s lawyer has opened his defense by asking the judge to rule that prosecutors had not proven their contempt-of-Congress case against the former adviser to then-President Donald Trump. Then the defense moved for acquittal on Thursday…

What to watch as Jan. 6 panel returns to prime time

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Jan. 6 committee is headed back to prime time for its eighth hearing. It might be the final time this summer that lawmakers lay out evidence about the U.S. Capitol insurrection and President Donald Trump’s…

Luria, Kinzinger put careers on line in Jan. 6 investigation

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Elaine Luria of Virginia and Republican Adam Kinzinger of Illinois will lead questioning in the closing summer hearing of the House's Jan. 6 committee on Thursday night. Luria and Kinzinger are from different parties but agree…

Former White House aides to testify at next Jan. 6 hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two former White House aides are expected to testify at the House Jan. 6 committee’s hearing Thursday as the panel examines what Donald Trump was doing as his supporters broke into the Capitol, according to a person…

Deposition of Trump, 2 children delayed after Ivana's death

NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Donald Trump and two of his children have gotten their questioning postponed in a New York civil investigation into their business dealings. The delay follows the death of Trump’s ex-wife Ivana. The ex-president, son…

Capitol riot hearings raise questions of presidential power

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Jan. 6 committee's investigation of the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election and the events leading up to the U.S. Capitol insurrection is raising questions about former President Donald Trump’s role and whether he committed…

Jan. 6 probe: Trump sets rally after 'unhinged' WH meeting

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a heated, “unhinged” dispute, Donald Trump fought objections from his White House lawyers to a plan, eventually discarded, to seize states' voting machines, the House Jan. 6 committee has revealed. Then, in a last-ditch effort to…

Jan. 6 panel probes Trump's 'siren call' to extremists

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Jan. 6 committee is expected to highlight how violent far-right extremist groups answered what one lawmaker says was Donald Trump’s “siren call” to come to Washington. The panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the…