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Key takeaways from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot hearing

WASHINGTON — Here are the key takeaways from Thursday’s committee hearing on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot:

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Ivanka Trump says she does not believe father’s claim 2020 election was stolen

Ex-president’s daughter tells House January 6 panel she accepted William Barr’s view that voter fraud claims had ‘zero basis’

The Guardian - US

Fox News trashes hearing it didn't air

Tucker Carlson cut away from video of the violence inside the Capitol while bragging about telling "the truth"

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Jan. 6 attack on Capitol the ‘culmination of an attempted coup,’ chairman says

WASHINGTON — Americans watching the first Jan. 6 Select Committee hearing Thursday night were jolted back to the horror of the Capitol attack in early 2021, with the panel deploying never-before-seen footage of violence and graphic, emotional testimony from an officer wounded in the melee to place then-President Donald Trump…

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 attack on Capitol the ‘culmination of an attempted coup,’ chairman says

WASHINGTON — As rioters battered police and stormed inside the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump grew angry with advisers pleading with him to do something, Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney said Thursday in the first hearing by the House select committee investigating the attack.

Los Angeles Times

Jared Kushner: Counsel's threat just "whining"

"The team were always saying, ‘Oh we’re going to resign, we’re not going to be here if this happens," Kushner said

Salon

Trump spurred ‘attempted coup’ at US Capitol, January 6 panel tells hearing

The House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump Thursday night, saying the assault was hardly spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.

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Takeaways: Jan. 6 panel says Trump led 'brazen' conspiracy

House investigators are making the case to the American public that the violent insurrection by President Donald Trump’s supporters should not be forgotten

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Ivanka: I trusted Barr over Dad on fraud

"I respect Attorney General Barr. So, I accepted what he said and what he was saying,” Ivanka told the panel.

Salon

Liz Cheney reveals footage of Ivanka Trump testifying she accepted election wasn’t stolen (OLD)

Committee to lean heavily on words, testimony of Trump insiders

The Independent UK

"It was bullsh*t": Jan 6 committee airs closed door video of Bill Barr deposition

"I told the president it was bullsh*t," Barr said.

Axios

Jan. 6 panel's 1,000 witnesses: From Trump aides to rioters

The House Jan. 6 panel has interviewed more than 1,000 people who were directly or indirectly involved in the U.S. Capitol insurrection as it's probed the violent attack and former President Donald Trump’s unprecedented efforts to overturn his election defeat

The Independent UK

'Seditious Conspiracy' Charges for Proud Boys Taint January 6 Prosecutions

Normal criminal law covers the alleged acts without politicizing proceedings.

Reason

Barr brags Durham boosted Hillary smears

Barr declares it was "far more important" to boost Trump's revenge campaign against Hillary than win in court.

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Clinton lawyer mocks failed Durham probe

The court loss is only the "latest in a long string of failures" by Bill Barr-appointed special counsel

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Trump's Durham investigation is a flop

Fox News and MAGAworld dealt an embarrassing failure

Chicago Sun-Times

Memorial Day memories from Pat Quinn — and me

The former governor will attend an exhibition at the Clearing library of 300 portraits of Illinois soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. I’ll be remembering my dad, a decorated World War II soldier.

The Independent UK

Trump responds to claim Clinton approved leak of Russia allegations: ‘Where do I get my reputation back?’

‘One of the greatest scandals in political history’, former president says

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The Guardian - US

Trump pays $110,000 in fines after being held in contempt of court – as it happened

Trump must submit additional paperwork to have contempt order lifted, while Biden poll rating dips to new low

The Independent UK

Bill Barr in talks to cooperate with Capitol riot committee, according to reports

In recent memoir, former attorney general condemns ‘absurd lengths’ to which Trump took his baseless ‘stolen election’ claims

Axios

Scoop: Bill Barr in discussions to cooperate with Jan. 6 committee

Tim Mulvey, a spokesman for the Jan. 6 committee, declined to comment.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pennsylvania Republicans tried to stop Doug Mastriano. But first they followed him

Doug Mastriano first burst onto the national scene on Nov. 25, 2020, when he led a hearing in Gettysburg during which aggrieved Republican voters, Rudy Giuliani, and former President Donald Trump himself aired baseless allegations of fraud in the presidential election.

Salon

Kelly pushes back on Barr's SCOTUS take

“That’s a stretch, though, no?”

Tribune News Service

John M. Crisp: Sanders vs. Trump in 2024? Unlikely, but it keeps coming up

A contest for the presidency between Sen. Bernie Sanders and former President Donald Trump seems highly improbable.

The Independent UK

Trump says he wanted Barr to get himself impeached by pursuing bogus election fraud claims

The former president told his attorney general it would help his approval rating

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