ABC News reports, Jan. 6 committee chairman could seek interview with GOP leader Kevin McCarthy: Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, invited House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Wednesday to sit for an interview with investigators. “If he has information he wants to … Read more
One of the unanswered questions about January 6 is why the National Guard took more than three hours to arrive at the Capitol after D.C. authorities and Capitol Police called for immediate assistance. Ryan Goodman and Justin Hendrix report a disturbing answer at Just Security. Crisis of Command: The Pentagon, The President, and January 6: … Read more
While we were all distracted by the Christmas holiday, some important new developments occurred in the January 6 investigation. The Washington Post reported, Thompson says Jan. 6 committee focused on Trump’s hours of silence during attack, weighing criminal referrals: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is focusing intently on Donald … Read more
Laurence H. Tribe, Donald Ayer and Dennis Aftergut write at the New York Times, Will Donald Trump Get Away With Inciting an Insurrection? In his nine months in office, Attorney General Merrick Garland has done a great deal to restore integrity and evenhanded enforcement of the law to an agency that was badly misused for … Read more
Update to Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Rules Against Trump: No Executive Privilege For Documents Subpoenaed By January 6 Committee. Donald Trump is making a hail Mary appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in a desperate bid to reverse the well reasoned opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, trying … Read more