Arkansas man accused in Capitol insurrection expected to take the stand
SO, BRANDON, DOMINIQUE JOHNSON TELLS ME THAT BARNETT WAS MUCH QUIETER TODAY THAN HE HAS BEEN IN PREVIOUS DAYS. >> AND SHE SAYS THAT HE KEPT LOOKING TO THE JURY TO SEE THEIR REACTIONS WHEN THINGS WERE BEING SAID. AND SHE SAYS THAT THE DEFENSE IS TRYING TO PAINT BARNETT AS HARMLESS. RICHARD BARNETT IS […]
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson: “Continued chaos” surrounds Trump
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Photo: Worth Sparkman/Axios Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he feels the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection should disqualify former President Trump from being the 2024 Republican nominee. What he’s saying: “Continued chaos” has surrounded Trump since his announcement to run for president, Hutchinson said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “I do not believe […]
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Robin Vos’ testimony about Trump, 2020 election released | #elections | #alabama
article MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told the U.S. House’s committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack that he spoke with former President Donald Trump 10 times after the 2020 election about “all kinds of different matters, but most likely politics, golf and things like that.” “He never specifically said, you know, […]
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Liz Cheney talks about democracy at Crystal Bridges
Caryl Stern, left, asked questions Monday of Rep. Liz Cheney about democracy and growing up as the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. Photo: Worth Sparkman/Axios The same day the Jan. 6 panel voted to refer former President Trump to the Department of Justice on criminal charges, committee member Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) traveled […]
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Jan. 6 Panel Urges Ethics Review for McCarthy, GOP Lawmakers | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Washington — Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and three other GOP lawmakers should face ethics investigations for their refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas, the House January 6 committee said Monday in the culmination of a monthslong standoff over their testimony. The committee had issued subpoenas in May for the testimony of McCarthy — who is […]
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What to watch as Jan. 6 panel cites Trump’s ‘attempted coup’ | #elections | #alabama
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Capitol riot will make its final public presentation Monday about the unprecedented effort by Donald Trump to overturn the results of the presidential election he lost in 2020. The committee has called it an “attempted coup” that warrants criminal prosecution from the Justice Department. That is expected to be the committee’s closing argument as […]
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Trial delayed for Arkansas U.S. Capitol rioter
Richard Barnett of Gravett holds a piece of mail as he sits inside the office of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images A trial date for Richard Barnett of Gravette — photographed in the office of U.S. Speaker of the […]
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson won’t back Donald Trump in 2024
Outgoing Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson vowed Friday that he would not support Donald Trump if the former president decides to make another White House run in 2024 — with Hutchinson saying Trump constituted “a risk to the nation” in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. “As you can see from the testimony on […]
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Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson says Trump “politically, morally responsible” for Jan. 6 insurrection | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Former President Trump is “politically, morally responsible” for the Jan. 6 insurrection, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) said on “Fox News Sunday.” Why it matters: Hutchinson, who’s been among the few elected Republicans to repeatedly criticize Trump, said his party needs to do some “soul-searching” more than a year on after the deadly attack. The […]
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Jan. 6 panel asks GOP lawmaker to testify about Capitol tour | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The congressional committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection is asking a House Republican for more information about a tour of the building the panel says he led the day before the deadly attack. The committee’s letter to Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk on Thursday is the latest attempt by House investigators to obtain cooperation from […]
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