Greg Sargent of the Washington Post writes, Kevin McCarthy’s coverup for Trump just got much more alarming: Let’s stipulate this upfront: A top lawmaker who is actively working to scuttle a full accounting into a violent insurrection has no business playing a potentially decisive role in the process by which the next presidential election is … Read more
The New York Times reports, Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas 5 Republican Representatives: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued subpoenas on Thursday to five Republican members of Congress, including Representative Kevin McCarthy, the minority leader, who had refused to meet with the panel voluntarily. If they did nothing wrong, why won’t … Read more
The New York Times reports, Trump Allies Continue Legal Drive to Erase His Loss, Stoking Election Doubts: A group of President Donald J. Trump’s allies and associates spent months trying to overturn the 2020 election based on his lie that he was the true winner. Now, some of the same confidants who tried and failed … Read more
The Week reports, 63 Republicans vote against House resolution affirming support for NATO and its ‘democratic principles’: The House on Thursday evening passed a nonbinding resolution reaffirming its “unequivocal support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as an alliance founded on democratic principles,” and calling on President Biden “to use the voice and vote … Read more
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol released a report Sunday night recommending former Trump aides Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino face contempt of Congress proceedings for failing to cooperate with its subpoenas. On Monday, the Jan. 6 committee backs contempt charges for two former Trump aides: The … Read more