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, Judge Holds Trump in Contempt Over Documents in New York A.G.’s Inquiry: A New York judge on Monday held Donald J. Trump in contempt of court for failing to turn over documents to the state’s attorney general, an extraordinary rebuke of the former president. The judge, Arthur F. Engoron, ordered … 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 Washington Post reports, National Archives had to retrieve Trump White House records from Mar-a-Lago: President Donald Trump improperly removed multiple boxes from the White House that were retrieved by the National Archives and Records Administration last month from his Mar-a-Lago residence because they contained documents and other items that should have been turned over … Read more