CNN anchor Phil Mattingly on Friday dedicated a biting segment to the reality of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Tomorrow will mark three years since thousands of Americans, lied to by the president of the United States and their elected representatives, perpetrated an assault on the building that has come to … Read more
Three years after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the man who prompted it remains the unquestioned leader of the Republican Party, while the riot itself has become a rallying cry for his supporters. Despite the Justice Department pressing charges against more than 1,000 people linked to the insurrection, former President Donald … Read more
Former D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone believes the 2024 election will be the most consequential of his lifetime. “The future of our democracy is at stake,” he told HuffPost this week, when asked what he’d like to say to voters. “Ultimately, you, the American voter, will be the last line of defense when it … Read more
A federal judge dismissed two out of five counts in a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and two other men over the death of a Capitol Police officer during the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. In a split decision on Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta dismissed the wrongful death and negligence … Read more
WASHINGTON ― With voting now just 26 days away, the non-Donald Trump candidates are again opting not to exploit his greatest vulnerability: The continuing legal consequences of his Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt. After Tuesday’s decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that Trump had, in fact, engaged in an insurrection and was therefore ineligible under … Read more
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