Initially relegated to a fringe theory on the edges of the Republican Party, the revisionist history of Jan. 6, which Trump amplified during the early days of the GOP primary campaign to rouse his most devoted voters, remains a rally centerpiece even as he must appeal more broadly to a general election audience.
Those who study authoritarian regimes say voters should pay attention as Trump vows to pardon Jan. 6 offenders.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White House.At a weekend rally in Ohio, his first as the presumed Republican Party presidential nominee, Trump stood onstage, his hand raised in salute to the brim of his red MAGA hat, as a recorded chorus...
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid
The House Judiciary Committee sued a pair of Justice Department attorneys Thursday in an effort to compel their testimony in the GOP-led panel’s investigation of Hunter Biden. The lawsuit alleges that Mark Daly and Jack Morgan, two of the Justice Department’s tax division attorneys, defied subpoenas to testify in the committee's probe into whether the president's son received "special treatment" from the Justice Department and whether President Joe Biden abused presidential power to "impede,...
President Joe Biden believes that the press plays a “critical” role in protecting democracy, the White House said, when asked for the president’s reaction to NBC News hiring former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel as a political analyst. Journalists’ roles include ensuring the public “knows” the truth and facts about Jan. 6, per White […]
A onetime White House valet for Donald Trump told House investigators that the former president threatened Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, and his way of dealing with documents was to "throw them on the floor," newly released records show. This new perspective inside the Trump Administration appears in the Jan. 6 Select Committee's transcribed interview with a White House staffer who was near the former president on the historic day when rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Barry...
Peter Navarro is now the first senior Trump administration official to serve prison time related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. Former President Donald Trump said his former trade advisor “was treated very unfairly.” Navarro reported to prison on Tuesday to begin serving his four-month sentence after being found in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the House Jan. 6 committee. Navarro was defiant in remarks to reporters near the Miami prison complex and has maintained that he...
Democrats appear to be in panic mode as they scramble to save President Biden's re-election hopes from the threat of independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign, a call hosted by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) revealed Tuesday afternoon. The call with members of the press took place immediately after Kennedy announced tech entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his vice presidential running mate at a rally in Oakland, California, and included Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif.,...
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan: 'There are ways for Israel to prevail in this conflict .. and not smash into Rafah'. Tensions are growing between two nations over war in Gaza. Biden and Netanyahu spoke on Monday for the first time in more than a month
President Joe Biden praised Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's Senate floor speech in which the leader called for elections in Israel to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu .
Scathing letter from White House counsel tells Republican Mike Johnson ‘it is clear the House Republican impeachment is over’The White House’s top lawyer has told House Republicans to give up on their impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, calling the investigation a “charade”.The White House counsel, Ed Siskel, told the House speaker, Mike Johnson that “it is clear the House Republican impeachment is over” in a scathing letter sent on Friday morning. Continue reading