Five takeaways from the fifth day of Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot hearings

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The House committee is investigating the causes of the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The committee has been trying to make the case that Trump's efforts to reverse his loss resulted in the deadly siege after he sent supporters to the Capitol. The Department of Justice escalated its own investigation,searching Clark's Virginia home.

Five takeaways from the fifth day of Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot hearings

10 days ago·Washington, United States

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Reuters

Five takeaways from the fifth day of Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot hearings

The fifth day of congressional hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters heard how the then-president pressured the Justice Department to help him hold onto power after he lost the 2020 election.

10 days ago·United Kingdom

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CBS Local

Jan. 6 Takeaways: Trump Risked Provoking 'Constitutional Crisis;' At Least 5 Republican Congressmen Sought Pardons

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee used Thursday’s hearing to show Donald Trump pushed to install a loyalist atop the Justice Department who would pursue the then-president’s false claims of voter fraud and stop the certification of the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won.It’s the latest account of how perilously close the United States came to a constitutional crisis if the department leaders had not threatened to resign and the…

10 days ago·United States

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The Independent

Takeaways: Trump risked provoking 'constitutional crisis'

The House Jan. 6 committee is showing how the pressure that Donald Trump put on the Justice Department could have led to a “constitutional crisis” after the 2020 election

10 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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USA Today

Jan. 6 hearing takeaways: 'Just say it was corrupt,' Trump told DOJ officials about 2020 election

Former DOJ officials tell House Jan. 6 panel about former President Donald Trump's pressure to investigate baseless claims of election fraud.

10 days ago·United States

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CNN

5 takeaways from the fifth day of January 6 hearings

The January 6 select committee's latest public hearing on Thursday shed considerable new light on former President Donald Trump's attempts to weaponize the Justice Department in the final months of his term as part of his plot to overturn the 2020 election and stay in power.

10 days ago·Atlanta, United States

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Associated Press News

Takeaways: Trump risked provoking 'constitutional crisis'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee used Thursday's hearing to show how Donald Trump tried to install a loyalist atop the Justice Department who would pursue his false claims of voter fraud and stop the certification of the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won.

10 days ago·United States

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