UNCOVERED: 21 | History Defined

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz wanted preemptive pardon in sex trafficking probe, report says

Aware that he was the target of a federal sex trafficking investigation, Rep. Matt Gaetz told a White House aide he’d asked former Trump administration chief of staff Mark Meadows about a preemptive pardon, according to The Washington Post.

Tribune News Service · Sep 17, 2022

Stephen Colbert: DeSantis ‘was human trafficking these families as a political stunt’

Late-night hosts discuss the Florida governor’s sending two planes full of asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard

The Guardian - US · Sep 16, 2022

The Divider review: riveting narrative of Trump’s plot against America

Peter Baker and Susan Glasser offer a beautifully written, utterly dispiriting history of the man who attacked democracy

The Guardian - US · Sep 16, 2022

Mark Meadows turns over new batch of texts, emails after FBI Mar-a-Lago raid

A new report suggests Mr Meadows initially withheld some of the documentation that the National Archives asked him to turn over when he left the White House

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2022

Jan. 6 panel is asking former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for information

The Jan. 6 investigatory panel is seeking information from Newt Gingrich about his communications with senior advisers to then-President Trump in the days leading up to the 2021 attack on the Capitol.

WEKU · Sep 2, 2022

House select panel asks Newt Gingrich to testify in effort to overturn election

The former Republican House speaker is believed to have repeatedly contacted White House aides about fake electors

The Guardian - US · Sep 2, 2022

Jan. 6 panel asks former Speaker Gingrich for information

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is seeking information from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich about his communications with senior advisers to then-President Donald Trump in the days leading up to the 2021 attack on the Capitol

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Jan. 6 panel seeks interview with former House speaker Newt Gingrich

The committee cited emails he sent about electors and ads pushing 2020 fraud claims.

Axios · Sep 1, 2022

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, reportedly urged lawmakers to overturn Biden’s win in Wisconsin

The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas worked behind the scenes to overturn the results of the 2020 election in at least two states, according to The Washington Post, which reported Thursday it had seen emails from Ginni Thomas to Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin she hoped to influence.

Tribune News Service · Sep 1, 2022

Ginni tried to overturn Wis. election

It wasn't just Arizona — messages show Thomas leaning on Wisconsin lawmakers to block Biden's win

Salon · Sep 1, 2022