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Giuliani Meets With Jan. 6 Committee for Nine Hours
Rudy Giuliani, one of the most prominent promoters of former President Donald Trump‘s lies about a stolen election, testified Friday before the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 riot, according to two sources familiar with the matter. One source told NBC News that the onetime Trump attorney met with the Democratic-controlled House committee for roughly nine hours, including breaks. CNN first reported on Giuliani’s...
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Ginni Thomas' Emails Deepen Her Involvement in 2020 Election
Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a conservative political activist, urged Republican lawmakers in Arizona after the 2020 presidential election to choose their own slate of electors, arguing that results giving Joe Biden a victory in the state were marred by fraud. The revelations first published by The Washington Post on Friday show that Thomas…
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Trump Pays $110K Fine, Must Submit Paperwork to End Contempt
Former President Donald Trump has paid the $110,000 in fines he racked up after being held in contempt of court for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York’s attorney general.
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Jan. 6 Rioter Whose Bumble Match Notified FBI Is Sentenced to Home Detention
A supporter of former President Donald Trump, who was arrested for storming the U.S. Capitol after he was turned in to authorities by a user of the Bumble dating app, has been sentenced to three months of home detention. Robert Chapman of Carmel, New York, was arrested in April 2021, three months after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. He pleaded guilty in December to...
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Madison Cawthorn Concedes to Chuck Edwards in North Carolina
Buckling under the weight of scandal, Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C. — a favorite of former President Donald Trump — conceded that he had lost his re-nomination bid in western North Carolina’s 11th District Tuesday.
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Trump Friend Sought Millions in UAE Investments While Lobbying for UAE: Prosecutor
The superseding indictment adds two new charges of making false statements to investigators to Barrack’s 2021 indictment.
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DOJ Sends Letter Requesting Jan. 6 Panel Share Interview Transcripts, Source Says
Top Justice Department officials heading up the criminal investigation into the breach of the U.S. Capitol have asked the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack for transcripts of interviews conducted in the congressional probe, NBC News has confirmed. Justice Department Criminal Division chief Kenneth Polite and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves sent a letter...
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Wisconsin Electors Sue Republicans Who Tried to Cast Fake Ballots for Trump
The Republicans who attempted to cast Wisconsin’s electoral ballots for Donald Trump in 2020 are being sued by plaintiffs who allege they engaged in a conspiracy after Joe Biden won the battleground state.
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Feds Seek Prison for Rioter in ‘Camp Auschwitz' Sweatshirt
Federal prosecutors have recommended a prison sentence of more than two months for a Virginia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt. Photographs of Robert Keith Packer wearing the sweatshirt with the antisemitic message went viral after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols is scheduled to sentence Packer on May 23. He...
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Madison Cawthorn Tries to Survive Primary as Slip-Ups Mount
A series of unforced political and personal errors by GOP congressman Madison Cawthorn has brought the forces of big-name Republicans and traditional enemies to bear on his reelection bid in North Carolina. Some of the transgressions have been headline-grabbing, like one that rankled GOP colleagues who believe he insinuated they were holding orgies and snorting cocaine. Some have been salacious,...
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Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas McCarthy, 4 Other Republican Lawmakers
The panel investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol issued subpoenas Thursday to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers, an extraordinary step that has little precedent.
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Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas McCarthy, Other GOP House Members in Capitol Riot Probe
The committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol took the unprecedented step Thursday of issuing subpoenas to five Republican congressmen, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
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Trump Sells Washington Hotel to Miami-Based Investor Group
The lease to the Washington hotel run by Donald Trump’s family company while he was president has been sold to a Miami-based investor fund. The Trump Organization said Wednesday that it has completed the sale of rights to run the Trump International Hotel to CGI Merchant Group of Miami for what it described as a record price per room for...
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Democrats Seek Criminal Charges Against Trump Interior Head
Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee have asked the Justice Department to investigate whether a Trump administration interior secretary engaged in possible criminal conduct while helping an Arizona developer get a crucial permit for a housing project. David Bernhardt, who led the Interior Department from 2019 to 2021, is accused of wrongdoing as he helped developer Michael Ingram, a...
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Judge Says if Trump Pays $110K in Fines, Meets Other Conditions He Will End Contempt Finding
The former president was found to be in contempt on April 25 and fined $10,000 per day for not complying with a subpoena for documents in a NY state civil investigation
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Call Trump Or Pence? It's Decision Time for Jan. 6 Panel
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has interviewed nearly 1,000 people. But the nine-member panel has yet to talk to the two most prominent players in that day’s events — former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence. As the investigation winds down, members of the committee are wrestling over whether to call the two men....
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Jan. 6 Rioters Who Stormed Capitol in Gladiator, Caveman Costumes Sentenced to Prison
Two Donald Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 while wearing costume attire received federal prison sentences Friday, the same day prosecutors secured a string of guilty pleas from other rioters.
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Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit Seeking to Lift Twitter Ban
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by former President Donald Trump seeking to lift his ban from Twitter.
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AP Sources: Donald Trump Jr. Speaks With Jan. 6 Committee
The oldest son of former President Donald Trump has met with the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. That’s according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private session. The interview with Donald Trump Jr. took place Tuesday. He’s one of nearly 1,000 witnesses interviewed...
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DC Reaches $750K Settlement in Trump Inaugural Lawsuit
As part of the agreement, the defendants will pay the District of Columbia a total of $750,000, which will be used to benefit three nonprofit organizations, the settlement paperwork says.