WATCH: Rep. Liz Cheney says Trump ignored pleas to stop Jan. 6 violence | Jan. 6 hearings
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said in her opening remarks of the first Jan. 6 committee hearing June 9 that former President Donald Trump’s intention as the violence unfolded “was to remain president of the United States, despite the…
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WATCH: Barr, Ivanka Trump tell Jan. 6 committee there’s no evidence of 2020 voter fraud
The first public hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack included video of testimony from former Attorney General Bill Barr and a former Trump campaign lawyer, both of whom detailed conversations with former President Donald Trump in…
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WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee Chair Thompson calls Capitol attack ‘culmination of an attempted coup’
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., called former President Donald Trump the “center of [the] conspiracy” that the 2020 election was not valid, saying the violence on Jan. 6 was “the culmination of an attempted coup” as he opened a series of…
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WATCH: Jan. 6 violence was ‘no accident,’ but part of ‘Trump’s last stand,’ Rep. Thompson says
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., called former President Donald Trump the “center of [the] conspiracy” that the 2020 election was not valid, as he opened a series of hearings from the House committee investigating the attack. The violence on Jan. 6…
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WATCH: Barr says he told Trump there was no evidence of election fraud | Jan. 6 hearings
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said in an interview with members of the House Jan. 6 committee that he told former President Donald Trump that there was no evidence of fraud in the 2020 election, according to video played during…
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Congressional committee lays out findings from investigation into Capitol insurrection
The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is unveiling the first details of its findings in a prime-time televised hearing. It is the culmination of nearly a year of investigation into the events on and…
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Amy Walter and Annie Linskey on primary election season, Tucker Carlson’s role in the GOP
Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Annie Linskey of The Washington Post join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including Tucker Carlson’s role in the Republican Party, a closely watched primary election in…
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Trump pushes Republican candidates in the Ohio Senate primary further to the right
Former President Trump’s influence in this year’s midterm elections gets its first big test in Tuesday’s Ohio Senate Republican primary. As John Yang reports, Trump’s surprise endorsement of a one-time self-proclaimed “never-Trumper” has shaken up the race. Stream your PBS…
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