• CNN

    Dem Rep. reacts to Trump calling Jan 6 rioters ‘hostages’

    Rep. Jason Crow joins The Lead

  • Donald Trump endorses challenger of Republican who voted to impeach him

    Donald Trump is backing the Republican vying to replace Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of two remaining GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach the ex-president.

  • Democrats introduce bill to name Florida prison after Trump

    “I cannot think of a more fitting tribute to our former president, Donald J. Trump, than renaming the closest federal prison to Mar-a-Lago in his honor.”

  • Democrats introduce bill to name Florida prison after Trump

    “I cannot think of a more fitting tribute to our former president, Donald J. Trump, than renaming the closest federal prison to Mar-a-Lago in his honor.”

  • Whistleblowers To Further Dismantle Jan. 6 National Guard Narrative About Trump

    Whistleblowers To Further Dismantle Jan. 6 National Guard Narrative About Trump On Wednesday, whistleblowers from the Washington DC National Guard are expected to tell Congressional investigators that former President Donald Trump wanted them deployed, but an Army Secretary, Ryan McCarthy, delayed relaying this to DC National Guard Commander William Walker by at least two hours. According to the Daily Mail, at least three whistleblowers will also testify that their stories were...

  • Trump endorses GOP challenger to House Republican who voted to impeach him

    Donald Trump on Friday endorsed a primary challenger to Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington, one of two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach the former president over his role in the Jan. 6 riot. In a Truth Social post, Trump threw his support behind Jerrod Sessler, a former petty-officer in the Navy who has gone after Newhouse for his impeachment vote. "Jerrod Sessler is a fantastic candidate and will be a GREAT Congressman for Washington State’s 4th Congressional District," Trump...

    • MSNBC

    Discarding his own warnings, Bill Barr backs Trump-led GOP ticket

    After Donald Trump’s defeat in 2020, former Attorney General Bill Barr seemed eager to put some distance between himself and the president he went to radical lengths to serve. In early 2021, for example, the Republican lawyer accused Trump of “inexcusable” behavior on Jan. 6. “The president’s conduct yesterday was a betrayal of his office,” Barr said the day after the insurrectionist attack on the Capitol. A few months later, Barr sat down with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl and went a little further....

  • High Court questions charges brought against Jan. 6 rioters, Trump

    WASHINGTON >> The Supreme Court today questioned whether federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. But it wasn’t clear how the justices would rule in a case that also could affect the prosecution of former President Donald Trump, who faces the same charge for his efforts to overturn his election loss in 2020.

  • Trump likely won't have the power to pardon convicted Jan. 6 rioters: study

    Donald Trump has made numerous statements suggesting that he plans to pardon his supporters who've been convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. In one interview from 2022, he said he's considering "full pardons with an apology to many" if he's elected president. But a new report suggests that may be wishful thinking. An analysis from the anti-authoritarianism group Protect Democracy says that even if Trump becomes president, he'll likely lack the power for such pardons since they...

  • House Democrats introduce bill to rename Miami federal prison after Trump

    A group of House Democrats are proposing a bill to rename a federal prison in Miami after former President Donald Trump.

  • Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he faces criminal trial

    Despite the fact that Donald Trump is currently being tried in a criminal case involving the January 6 riot and the attempt to overturn the 2020 election result, lawsuits filed by lawmakers and police officers against Trump over his actions on the day move forward, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.Trump's effort to have the lawsuits paused until his election interference charges, brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, are resolved was rejected by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, Politico...