Trump questions linger as DOJ expands Jan. 6 probe
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is facing pressure as the House Jan. 6 select committee’s presentation of damning evidence involving the Trump White House has raised questions about whether federal prosecutors have kept pace with the lawmakers’ inquiry and how long the former president can escape being directly investigated. Select Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told reporters this week the panel was nearing an agreement to share some of its work on Trump’s “alternate elector” scheme that would send faulty certificates to Washington in an attempt to reverse President
Read MoreFive times Joe Manchin has bucked the Democrats
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is the most conservative Democrat in the Senate — and perhaps the most controversial, at least with the rest of his party. On one hand, Manchin’s willingness to buck his party’s orthodoxies has enabled his political survival. He won reelection to a second full Senate term in 2018, just two years after President Trump carried his state by more than 40 points. But Manchin’s actions have left many in his party incandescent about his willingness to derail their agenda. To his internal critics, he has single-handedly ruined their best chance in year
Read MoreJan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service after reports of erased messages
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection issued a subpoena to the U.S. Secret Service on Friday following reports that agency deleted texts messages dated back to Jan. 5 and 6, 2021. Committee Chairman Benny Thompson (D-Miss.) said in a release that the committee is seeking the relevant text messages and any “after action” reports that were issued in any divisions of the Secret Service relating to the Jan. 6 insurrection. Thompson
Read MoreBiden nixes plan to nominate anti-abortion attorney for federal judge: reports
President Biden is dropping his plans to nominate a conservative Kentucky attorney as a federal judge in the state following opposition from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), according to The New York Times and USA Today.
Read MoreTrump campaign operative Roman delivered false elector lists to Capitol Hill on Jan. 6: report
A former Trump campaign operative delivered lists of false electors on Jan. 6, 2021, to Capitol Hill in an effort to get them to former Vice President Mike Pence, who was presiding over the Senate that day, two people familiar with the matter told Politico. The sources told Politico Friday that Mike Roman, who served as Trump’s director of Election Day operations in 2020, delivered fake election certificates to Rep. Mike Kelly’s (R-Pa.) chief of staff at the time. The t
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