The FBI wouldn’t have broken hundreds of years of precedent over a misplaced memo, one expert said. A look at what the Justice Department may have sought and what it may have found at Trump’s home.
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Previewing Thursday’s prime-time hearing: What really happened during the wait for Trump to quell the Jan. 6 insurrection
In a hearing scheduled for prime time Thursday, the committee investigating the insurrection will focus on what Trump was doing on Jan. 6, 2021. This is the story of what happened without him.
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Jan. 6 committee opens hearings on Trump’s ‘attempted coup’
After over 10 months of working behind closed doors, a House Select Committee began presenting its findings on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and the involvement of former President Donald Trump. “President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack,” committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney said.
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Santa Cruz native among seven Californians charged in $150 million COVID aid fraud scheme
The Justice Department alleges that Jaimi Jansen of Santa Cruz helped to distribute a fake COVID cure and fake vaccination cards; she was charged with making false statements related to health care.
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Trump likely committed felony obstruction, federal judge rules in ordering emails handed to Jan. 6 committee
California lawyer John Eastman, who advised former President Donald Trump on efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, is a central figure in the House committee’s probe.
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Jan. 6 committee says Trump ‘may have engaged in criminal acts’ to overturn election
In a federal court filing, the committee suggested the emails it is trying to obtain will show former President Donald Trump himself violated multiple laws.
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California Democrats urge Biden: Send us Afghan evacuees
Twenty-three representatives tell Biden that California is willing to house fleeing Afghan citizens.
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‘Moron’…’lame duck speaker’: Nancy Pelosi-Kevin McCarthy relationship hits a new low
She called him a moron; he joked about hitting her with a gavel. The relationship between the House leaders has never been great, but it is at a new low.
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Capitol officer at Jan. 6 hearing: ‘I could have lost my life that day … many times’
Officers relived the hourslong fight with rioters in testimony Tuesday to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Dressed in uniforms, the officers struggled at times to deliver the emotional testimony and graphic descriptions.
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Congress provided $28 billion to save restaurants. It’s running out
Congress provided $28.6 billion for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Two weeks after the funds became available, more than $65 billion worth of requests have come in.