Former Trump spokesman says clip Jan. 6 committee aired is incomplete

Former Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller said a clip played by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol during its public hearing Thursday was incomplete.  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) introduced a clip of Miller testifying to the committee at a prior time in which Miller described a call that took place a few days after the election between former President Trump and Matt Oczkowski, a campaign data expert. Oczkowski told Trump on the call he was going to lose the election based on the election returns, Miller testified.  Miller

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Caroline Edwards testifies Jan. 6 chaos was like 'a war scene'

Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards on Thursday equated the riots on Jan. 6, 2021, to a "war scene," describing slipping in other people's blood and being in hand-to-hand combat for hours during testimony to the House select committee investigating the insurrection. "I remember my breath catching in my throat because what I saw was just a war scene. It was something like I'd seen out of the movies," she added. "I couldn't believe my eyes. There were officers on the ground. They were bleeding, they were throwing up... I was slipping in people's blood. I was catching

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Mick Mulvaney: Jan. 6 footage at hearing 'stunning'

Former Trump White House chief of staff-turned CBS contributor Mick Mulvaney called new video shown by the Jan. 6 House select committee at its prime-time hearing Thursday "powerful" and "stunning." "That video was stunning," Mulvaney said after the panel shared the video. "And more powerful than anything Bennie or Liz said," he added, referring to opening statements from the panel's chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and its vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.). During Thursday's hearing, the committee played new

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Sanders wades into Nevada House primary, backing challenger to Dina Titus

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) waded into a Nevada House primary on Thursday, throwing his support behind Amy Vilela, a former Nevada state co-chair to his 2020 presidential bid who is challenging Rep. Dina Titus (D) in the state’s 1st Congressional District, ahead of next week’s primary. “Today, I am proud to endorse @amy4thepeople for U.S. House in Nevada's 1st District. When elected, Amy will be a champion for working families, and will fight for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, housing for all, and progressive foreign policy,” Sa

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Jan 6. panel says Scott Perry among multiple GOP lawmakers who wanted Trump pardon

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