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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline The House January 6 committee will delay the final hearings of its investigation into the Capitol riot and Trump Administration until next month, multiple news outlets reported Wednesday, as the panel reportedly scours troves of new evidence, including documentary footage of former President Donald Trump’s children and inner circle. Key Facts Lawmakers plan to hold a fifth hearing Thursday, but committee chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told Politico and CNN all subsequent hearings will likely be delayed until after the House’s two-week recess, which is set to begin at the end of this week. Thompson said the committee needs a break to look at evidence unearthed in recent weeks, including tapes from Alex Holder, a British filmmaker who was reportedly subpoenaed by lawmakers after capturing videos of Trump and his family. In a statement Tuesday , Holder said he began filming Trump … [Read more...] about Jan. 6 Panel Delays Hearings Amid New Evidence—Including Tapes Of Trump Family

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline At least six Republican lawmakers asked the White House for pardons after the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to testimony former White House officials gave to the January 6 committee, with many suggesting a blanket pardon for anyone involved with the attack. Key Facts Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) all personally asked for pardons, according to Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Hutchinson said in a video deposition that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) also inquired about a pardon, but did not ask for one personally—she recalled him inquiring about a broad, blanket pardon. Gaetz heavily pushed for "preemptive pardons" starting in early December 2020 for lawmakers involved with the White House about talks to overturn … [Read more...] about Jan. 6 Hearings: 6 Republicans Allegedly Asked Trump For Pardons—Including Marjorie Taylor Greene And Matt Gaetz

A CNN host and guest said Wednesday that the latest revelations from hearings held by the Jan. 6 Select Committee was likely not enough to indict former President Donald Trump. “That does not look good, but I think it’s actually far from a smoking gun,” Laura Jarrett, an attorney and host of CNN’s “Early Start” said on “New Day.” “For the question to be what did Trump say and the answer to be he passed the phone, I think that’s quite attenuated, actually.” (RELATED: ‘What We Need Are Facts’: CNN Legal Analysts Deliver A Reality Check When It Comes To Charging Trump) “This is part of the problem with having this be a congressional investigation instead of a DOJ investigation,” Jarrett said. WATCH: Jarret noted that the Justice Department was pursuing the alleged “fake electors scheme” but had not been able to make a direct link involving Trump. The vast majority of House Republicans boycotted the Jan. 6 committee after Nancy Pelosi blocked Republican Reps. Jim … [Read more...] about CNN Dumps More Cold Water On Chances Jan. 6 Show Will Lead To Trump Indictment

AFP PREMIUM Washington, United States   ● Sun, June 26, 2022 A chilling portrait of a US president who knew he'd lost an election but tried to steal it anyway has emerged in testimony on the Capitol assault, posing a perilous question: should prosecutors indict Donald Trump? In their comments to the congressional committee investigating the deadly violence, White House and Trump campaign staff, lawyers and even family members have drawn the contours of a possible prosecution, outlining potential presidential misconduct culminating in the riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The picture they have painted is that it was part of a broader "coup" attempt led by the defeated president and his lawyer John Eastman. to Read Full Story SUBSCRIBE NOW Starting from IDR 55,500/month Unlimited access to our web and app content e-Post daily digital newspaper No advertisements, no interruptions Privileged access to our events and programs Subscription to … [Read more...] about To charge or not to charge: the Trump dilemma roiling America

Memoirs from former members of the Trump administration have had lackluster sales since former President Donald Trump left office, according to a Politico analysis. The “ Chief’s Chief ” memoir, written by former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, had 21,569 copies sold, according to Bookscan numbers from NPD, a market research firm that tracks book sales. Politico reported on the data Thursday. The chronicle on Trump’s presidency from former Secretary for Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson sold 21,786 copies; former Trump adviser Scott Atlas sold 27,013 copies; former Department of Defense Secretary Mark Esper sold 20,900 copies and former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham sold 38,249 copies, according to Politico’s reporting of the NPD Bookscan numbers. The memoir from former White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx reportedly sold less than 6,000 copies. Kellyanne Conway , former counselor to Trump, … [Read more...] about REPORT: Book Sales For Several Memoirs From Trump Officials Bomb During Post-Trump Era

How lucrative is the swamp? A first-of-its-kind analysis shows 77 officials who served under Obama and Biden boosted their assets by an estimated 270% from 2017 to 2021. M ost people have heard of Washington’s revolving door, which allows politicos to cash in on their government service by roving between the private and public sectors, leveraging their government connections and know-how. Distaste for the revolving door, and the potential conflicts of interest it creates, is one of the few things that can unify Republicans and Democrats. Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden both enacted rules to try to limit those interested in passing through the revolving door. Yet officials on both sides of the aisle have also taken advantage of the revolving door. A first-of-its-kind analysis, conducted by Columbia University’s Brown Institute for Media Innovation, MuckRock and Forbes , identified 151 officials who left the government in the final days of the Obama administration, … [Read more...] about Revolving-Door Riches: How Obama-Biden Officials Cashed In During The Trump Years

President-elect Donald Trump can substantively recast the direction of the federal courts from the earliest days of his administration, after two years of divided government have left vacancies open across the federal bench. Though the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court occasioned by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia is the most prominent of these vacancies, there are 104 total vacancies and 38 judicial emergencies in the federal courts as of this writing. A judicial emergency , as defined by the Judicial Conference of the United States, occurs when action items on a court’s docket exceed 6/700 per judge, or where a vacancy has lasted longer than 18 months and there are between 430-600 action items per judge. Some district court judges around the country are currently contending with dockets 1,200 filings long. Of the 104 current vacancies, one is on the Supreme Court, 13 are on the federal appeals courts, 82 are in U.S. district courts, and eight are in courts of special … [Read more...] about Trump Could Reshape The Federal Courts Dramatically

President Donald Trump granted full pardons Monday to five individuals previously involved in offenses like transporting marijuana and drug-trafficking. The president decided John Richard Bubala, Roy Wayne McKeever, Rodney Takumi, Michael Tedesco and Chalmer Lee Williams were worthy of Executive Grants of Clemency after “a careful review of the files” of each individual, according to an official statement from the Office of the Press Secretary. John Richard Bubala Bubala pleaded guilty to improper use of federal government property in 1990 in an effort to transport automotive equipment from one town to another, according to the White House. Today, he volunteers at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center, teaches classes on the American flag, and is on an honor detail for veteran funerals. (RELATED: A Closer Look At The Case Of A Convicted War Criminal Trump Might Pardon) Roy Wayne McKeever McKeever was arrested in 1989 at age 19 for transporting marijuana from Mexico to … [Read more...] about Trump Grants Full Pardons To 5 People

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) intelligence division distributed a report to other U.S. government agencies in 2020 warning a Trump-era Middle East peace deal would fuel terrorism on U.S. soil, according to The Intercept. In 2020, Trump adviser Jared Kushner negotiated an agreement, the Abraham Accords, between Israel, the U.A.E. and Bahrain, which the administration claimed would normalize relations between formerly hostile Middle Eastern nations and bring peace to the Israeli-Arab conflict. DHS apparently disagreed, according to the report , which the Intercept obtained through a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request. President @realDonaldTrump : Our two great friends, Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco, have agreed to full diplomatic relations – a massive breakthrough for peace in the Middle East! https://t.co/75lrBX3SIv pic.twitter.com/u1ApMH0jKX — Department of State (@StateDept) December 25, 2020 DHS argued in the October 2020 report that … [Read more...] about DHS Releases Report Lambasting Trump Peace Deal Before Biden’s Middle East Trip

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline The Biden administration launched a partnership with 11 state governors Thursday to accelerate offshore wind along the East Coast, a key component of Biden’s larger climate plan, and a departure from former President Donald Trump’s dismissal of renewable energy as “expensive” and bad for birds. Key Facts The partnership announced Thursday between the White House and state governors from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and North Carolina, intends to boost offshore wind energy projects along the East Coast. Offshore wind is a critical component of Biden’s larger climate goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by the end of the decade, estimated to power 10 million homes and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 78 million metric tons. White House officials say the partnership will “accelerate offshore … [Read more...] about Biden Partners With East Coast Governors To Accelerate Offshore Wind—Here’s How It Fits Into His Climate Plan