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UPDATE: The January 6th Committee recommended that the Justice Department pursue four criminal charges against former President Donald Trump along with others they claim helped orchestrate an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The charges include obstruction of an official…

Police officers and family members declined to shake the hands of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Tuesday to honor those who defended the Capitol amid the January 6th attack. Video of the…

Jay Johnston, who voiced Bob Belcher’s (H. Jon Benjamin) business rival Jimmy Pesto in 43 episodes of Bob’s Burgers, has been sidelined from the Fox animated series due to his alleged involvement in the January 6 Capitol Riot. The Daily Beast reported Friday about Johnston’s indefinite hiatus from the series. While…

Jonathan Karl’s Betrayal focuses on the final year of Donald Trump’s presidency, and while it’s hardly the first book out this year to capture the tumult of 2020, it is an indication that the bombshells and revelations from that White House will continue well into the future. Following Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s P…

Stephen Hayes and Jonah Goldberg, two longtime conservative commentators on Fox News, said that they are quitting the network, concluding that “the voices of the responsible are being drowned out by the irresponsible.” They specifically cited Tucker Carlson’s three-part documentary Patriot Purge, which ran on Fox…

Steve Bannon, the longtime ally of President Donald Trump, was mobbed by members of the media on Monday as he surrendered to federal authorities to face charges of contempt of Congress. Bannon’s appearance at an FBI field office was expected, and he briefly stopped to make a statement before entering the building. He…

U.S. Capitol police are warning of some threats of violence at a pro-Donald Trump rally planned for Saturday, in which demonstrators plan to express their support for defendants arrested and charged in the January 6 siege on the complex. The Justice for J6 rally is expected to draw far-right demonstrators, but Capitol…

Jacob Chansley, the horned and face-painted “QAnon shaman” who instantly became one of the most visible and recognizable figures storming the Capitol and the Senate chamber in the January 6 riot, entered a guilty plea for his role in the siege. Chansley, also known as Jacob Angeli, entered a guilty plea of obstruction…

One of the standout moments from the first meeting of the January 6 Select Committee came when Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) fought back tears as he addressed the four witnesses, police officers who defended the Capitol from pro-Donald Trump rioters. But hours after the moment, he was mocked — along with questioning the…

The four police officers who testified before the first hearing of the January 6 select committee Tuesday gave House lawmakers harrowing, dramatic and unnerving accounts of what happened that day. Even when video clips were not being shown of the Capitol riot, their testimony made for riveting TV, showing that more…

UPDATE, 10:01 AM PT: Capitol police officers concluded their testimony to a select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot by calling on members to investigate the source of what happened — including the role that President Donald Trump and his allies played. Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges said…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said that a select committee will be formed to investigate the Jan. 6 riot and attack on the Capitol, after a proposal to create an independent bipartisan commission was blocked by Senate Republicans. “The timeline will be as long as it takes for them, the time they need for the…