Jan. 6th
Trump pleads not guilty to charges he sought to subvert 2020 election
This story was last updated at 5:37 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, with additional details from the courtroom. WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to four felony charges Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., after a federal grand jury handed up an indictment against the former chief executive. Trump, […]
How the fake electors in seven states are central to the Trump Jan. 6 indictment
Correction: An earlier version of this report misstated the date of a phone call from Trump to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. WASHINGTON — The federal indictment accusing Donald Trump of trying to stay in power after losing the 2020 presidential election includes detailed accusations of Trump and his alleged co-conspirators’ pressure on individual […]
Trump says he has been told he is a target of the special counsel’s Jan. 6 investigation
Donald Trump says he has received a target letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith. The letter indicates another indictment of the former president is likely over his role in encouraging the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump posted to his social media site, Truth Social, on Tuesday, announcing that he’d received the […]
Senate committee report details intelligence failures leading up to Jan. 6 insurrection
Significant intelligence failures left law enforcement unprepared to respond effectively to the pro-Trump Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol. That was the conclusion of a report released Tuesday by Democratic U.S. Senator Gary Peters of Michigan, who, in his role as chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led […]
What the criminal referral of Trump means
After 18 months investigating, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol held its final public meeting on Dec. 19, 2022. The panel recommended that the U.S. Department of Justice bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. […]
U.S. Supreme Court denies attempt by Arizona GOP chair to block Jan. 6 panel subpoena
The U.S. Supreme Court sided Monday with the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, denying a request from Arizona Republican Chairwoman Kelli Ward and her husband to block the panel from obtaining their cellphone records. The court’s two-paragraph order ends Kelli and Michael Ward’s federal suit to block the […]