American politician (born 1948)
Bennie Thompson says Jan. 6 hearings helped ‘pressure’ DOJ to bring case against Trump
thehill.com/homenews/house/4127211-bennie-thompson-says-jan-6-hearings-helped-pressure-doj/
Jan. 6 panel plans to release criminal referrals alongside final report: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will release ...
thehill.com/policy/national-security/3767554-jan-6-panel-plans-to-release-criminal-referrals-alongside-final-report/
Jan 6. panel expected to issue criminal referrals, chairman says: Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee ...
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Quick Glance: January 6, Committee Will Refer Criminal Cases to DOJ
- Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) delivers opening remarks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol holds a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Thursday, October 13, 2022.
- As a consequence of their investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, the House Jan. 6 committee has decided to submit criminal referrals to the Justice Department.
- Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) informed reporters on Tuesday that the committee will issue criminal recommendations, but he did not specify who the referrals would be for or what criteria would be used.
Trump Faces New Danger as Jan. 6 Committee Announces Criminal Referrals: The committee's decision ramps up pressure on the Justice Department to either prosecute ...
newsweek.com/trump-faces-new-danger-jan-6-committee-announces-criminal-referrals-1765124
Quick Glance: House panel will propose criminal prosecutions on January 6, chairman says
- A House subcommittee will provide evidence to the Justice Department alleging certain individuals, maybe including former President Donald Trump, committed federal crimes in an attempt to alter the results of the 2020 election.
- He refused to name the charges or subjects on which the panel would recommend prosecution.
- Criminal contempt of Congress, obstruction of justice, obstruction of an official government proceeding, and conspiracy are among the other possible charges.
- Last week, a jury found two leaders of the right-wing Oath Keepers group guilty of seditious conspiracy, as well as three other members on lesser charges.
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department as it wraps up its probe and ... Show more to.pbs.org/3hc6Cge
Jan. 6 panel reaches ‘general agreement’ on criminal referrals to DOJ: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has come to a ...
thehill.com/homenews/house/3763755-jan-6-panel-reaches-general-agreement-on-criminal-referrals-to-doj/
Jan. 6 chair ‘convinced’ DOJ will charge Trump: House Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said Monday he expects the Justice Department will ...
thehill.com/policy/national-security/3781024-jan-6-chair-convinced-doj-will-charge-trump/
Trump lawyer says Jan. 6 criminal referrals are ‘pretty much worthless’: A lawyer for former President Trump on Saturday dismissed the Jan. 6 committee’s ...
thehill.com/homenews/house/3787747-trump-lawyer-says-jan-6-criminal-referrals-are-pretty-much-worthless/
Jan. 6 committee will issue criminal referrals, chairman says as DOJ probe heats up
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Quick Glance: United States Department of Justice subpoenas Wisconsin county election officials for Trump communications
- McDonell served as clerk during the 2020 election and related recounts in Dane and Milwaukee counties, where Troupis attempted to throw out hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots in order to overturn Trump's loss in Wisconsin.
- The Trump campaign characterized Garland's choice of Smith as "a totally expected political stunt by a feckless, politicized, weaponized Biden Department of Justice."
- Troupis, a former Dane County circuit judge recruited by Trump's campaign to monitor recounts, got a document outlining the strategy on November 18, 2020.
- Troupis also supervised Trump's legal team, which was appointed in 2020 to oversee the county recounts.
Jan. 6 panel eyes new beginning with DOJ as partner in Trump probe: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is increasingly ...
thehill.com/homenews/house/3769061-jan-6-panels-eyes-new-beginning-with-doj-as-partner-in-trump-probe/
Jan. 6 committee’s referrals may ‘stiffen the spine’ of prosecutors: Plans from the House Jan. 6 committee to imminently release its list of criminal referrals ...
thehill.com/homenews/house/3765971-jan-6-committees-referrals-may-stiffen-the-spine-of-prosecutors/
Jan. 6 panel unveils criminal referral against Donald Trump and associates: While a criminal referral is mostly symbolic, it is a decisive end to a probe that ...
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Quick Glance: On January 6, a panel recommends criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.
- The committee also agreed to charge conservative lawyer John Eastman, who designed dubious legal procedures to keep Trump in power, with conspiracy to defraud the United States and impeding an official action, under the same charges as Trump.
- According to Hicks, Trump told her, "The only thing that matters is winning."
- Thompson stated after the hearing that the seditious conspiracy accusation is "something that the committee didn't come to agreement on."
- Kevin McCarthy of California, a Trump ally, opted not to participate after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected some of his appointments.
Biden officials must probe DeSantis' migrant abuse: House Democrat: Rep. Bennie Thompson urges Justice Department and Homeland Security officials to stop Gov ...
businessinsider.com/biden-officials-must-probe-ron-desantis-migrant-abuse-2022-9
Quick Glance: Florida migrant flight funds went to a company affiliated with a DeSantis adviser
- So far, Keefe's connections to Vertol Systems provide the strongest explanation for why the state selected the firm.
- Matt Gaetz, who Keefe hired, previously represented Vertol Systems in two complaints filed in 2010.
- The contractor was ordered to pay $2,500 and to refrain from competing with Vertol Systems Company.)Keefe and Vertol Systems Company sued Dogwood Services, a Niceville lawn care company, in 2012.
- The judge ruled in favor of Vertol Systems.
Garland reiterates DOJ's demand for all transcripts, evidence in House Jan. 6 probe
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Jan. 6 report concludes Trump provoked insurrectionists: The report by the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol provides a road ...
latimes.com/politics/story/2022-12-22/jan-6-committee-final-report-explained
The Jan. 6 Committee Is Asking The Department Of Justice To Prosecute Donald Trump For His Role In The Insurrection
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Quick Glance: A committee on January 6 proposes criminal charges against Donald Trump.
- The proposal is mostly symbolic, with the US Justice Department determining whether or not to charge Mr Trump.
- Democrat Bennie Thompson, chair of the committee, said, "We have every confidence that the work of this committee will help provide the road map to justice."
- Ms Cheney noted that prosecutors are now assessing the ramifications of the behaviour highlighted in the committee's findings.
- According to Mr. Trump's lawyer, John Eastman, "A criminal 'referral' from a congressional committee is not binding on the Department of Justice and carries no more legal weight than a 'referral' from any American citizen."
Jan. 6 panel agrees to turn over 20 depositions to DOJ: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol expects to turn over 20 ...
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A sigh of relief, then an odd sorrow about Jan. 6: Donald Trump may pay for his actions, but it won’t quickly erase the horrors he has unleashed.
bostonglobe.com/2022/12/20/opinion/sigh-relief-then-an-odd-sorrow-about-jan-6/
Jan. 6 Panel Lays Out Donald Trump's Secret Plan to Stay in Power: The Jan. 6 Committee is showing how Donald Trump was uniquely situated to stop the ...
thedailybeast.com/jan-6-panel-lays-out-final-case-that-central-cause-of-insurrection-was-one-man-donald-trump
Former head of Trump security detail meets with Jan. 6 committee: Bobby Engel, the head of former President Trump’s security detail on Jan. 6, 2021 ...
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January 6 committee intends to share 20 transcripts with the Justice Department: The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US ...
cnn.com/2022/07/28/politics/janaury-6-committee-justice-department-share-20-transcripts/
Capitol riot hearings to stretch into July, chairman says: WASHINGTON (AP) — The House's Jan. 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as ...
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Jan. 6 Panel Issues Subpoena to Secret Service in Hunt for Text Messages: The House committee is seeking messages that an inspector general for the Department of ...
nytimes.com/2022/07/16/us/secret-service-subpoena-jan-6-committee.html
The Jan. 6 committee won't rule out more hearings this summer: Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson isn’t ruling out holding more public hearings this ...
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-committee-wont-rule-hearings-summer-rcna38105
Jan. 6 Committee Will Share 20 Transcripts With Justice Department: The Justice Department has faced criticism over its handling of the plot to overturn the 2020 ...
huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-committee-will-share-20-transcripts-with-justice-department_n_62e54050e4b0d0ea9b7774e7
January 6 committee division on criminal referrals surfaces long-simmering debate behind the scenes
cnn.com/2022/06/15/politics/jan-6-committee-divided-criminal-referrals-trump-justice-department/
Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection, opened Thursday’s hearing, saying: “Jan ... Show more
Jan. 6 House Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson, in closing of today's hearing: "Up to this point, we've shown the inner workings of what was ... Show more https://abcn.ws/3NmwFLH
Jan. 6 committee delays hearing schedule until July: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is pressing pause on its hearings ...
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House 1/6 panel rejects Justice Dept.'s transcript request: WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S ...
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Quick Glance: DOJ Requests Interview Transcripts From a Committee on January 6th
- According to Politico, Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) stated on Tuesday that the committee will not pass over its "work product" to anyone, even the DOJ.
- The committee subpoenaed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who said Trump informed him he was largely responsible for the violence, as well as four other Republican legislators who reportedly participated in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, on Thursday.
- However, Thompson stated that the committee does not intend to call Trump or former Vice President Mike Pence as witnesses, according to Politico reporter Kyle Cheney.
- "January 6 Committee Reportedly Doesn't Plan To Call Trump Or Pence As Witnesses" (Forbes).
WATCH: Rep. Bennie Thompson opens the House Jan. 6 Committee hearing:
"Thanks in part to Mike Pence, our democracy withstood Donald Trump's scheme and ... Show more to.pbs.org/3MZOmAJ
Quick Glance: A committee hearing on January 6 will cast Pence's pressure campaign as key to a drive to reverse the 2020 election.
- The House Judiciary Committee returns to former President Donald Trump's efforts to put pressure on then-Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday.
- "Donald Trump wanted Mike Pence to do something no other vice president has ever done: the former president wanted Pence to reject the votes and either declare Trump the winner or send the votes back to the states to be counted again," said committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. "Mike Pence said no," Thompson went on to say.
- "Mike Pence said no," said Pence.
Trump Criminal Referral Still on Table, Jan. 6 Committee Says: Liz Cheney and others are pushing back on Chairman Bennie Thompson's claim that the committee is ...
rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jan-6-committee-trump-criminal-referral-1367769/
Jan. 6 committee will not make any criminal referrals, chairman says: The chair of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Monday night that the ...
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-committee-will-not-make-criminal-referrals-chairman-says-rcna22325
Jan. 6 panel could start sharing transcripts with Justice Department as soon as July
nytimes.com/2022/06/17/us/politics/jan-6-committee-transcripts.html
Quick Glance: The Justice Department claims that the Jan. 6 Committee's "failure" to share interview transcripts is impeding insurgency investigations.
- According to Justice Department officials, it is therefore "critical" that the committee supply the agency with copies of transcripts of witness interviews.
- The department stated that without access to the transcripts, which only the January 6 committee possesses, it could "not be sure" that all relevant information had been evaluated.
- Bennie Thompson (D-Miss. ), the chair of the January 6 select committee, told reporters in May that the Justice Department had requested transcripts from its probe.
- According to him, the committee may allow department personnel to inspect papers at committee offices.
Jan. 6 panel’s chair sparks pushback with criminal referral remarks: Members of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S ...
thehill.com/policy/national-security/3522587-jan-6-panels-chair-sparks-pushback-with-criminal-referral-remarks/
Bennie Thompson: Jan. 6 committee won't refer Trump to DOJ: Chairman rules out criminal referrals against Trump or anyone else.
salon.com/2022/06/14/drama-jan-6-committee-chairman-says-they-wont-refer-to-doj--and-liz-cheney-is-not-happy/
House committee releases full report on Jan. 6 insurrection: The House select committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 ...
upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/12/22/house-committee-releases-full-report-jan-6-insurrection-investigation/5401671765186/
U.S. Homeland Security watchdog broke ethics rules in previous job, report says: U.S. Homeland Security Department Inspector General Joseph Cuffari ...
reuters.com/world/us/us-homeland-security-watchdog-broke-ethics-rules-previous-job-report-says-2022-08-04/
January 6 committee to issue criminal referrals ahead of final report: The panel is expected to release its final report on the Capitol riot later this month.
metro.co.uk/2022/12/06/january-6-committee-to-issue-criminal-referrals-ahead-of-final-report-17890228/
Jan. 6 panel will turn over evidence on fake electors to the Justice Department: The Justice Department has asked the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 ...
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Former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark meets with Jan. 6 panel | TheHill: Jeffrey Clark, a central figure in former President Trump’s pressure campaign at the Ju...
thehill.com/policy/national-security/592519-former-doj-official-jeffrey-clark-meets-with-jan-6-panel
For the first time, Jan. 6 committee alleges Trump, others engaged in criminal conspiracy to overturn election
usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/02/jan-6-panel-alleges-trump-engaged-criminal-conspiracy/9353408002/
Jan. 6 Committee Appears Divided on Its Role in Making Criminal Referrals to DOJ: The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United ...
democracynow.org/2022/6/15/headlines/jan_6_committee_appears_divided_on_its_role_in_making_criminal_referrals_to_doj
Jan. 6 panel votes to hold former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark in contempt: The panel voted to pursue contempt charges against Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice ...
latimes.com/politics/story/2021-12-01/jan-6-panel-votes-to-hold-former-doj-official-jeffrey-clark-in-contempt
Jan 6. committee 'obligated' to consider criminal referrals, chairman says: The committee investigating the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol "is ...
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Jan. 6 committee zeroes in on GOP congressmen : Jim Jordan is the latest House Republican to be called by the House Select Committee
salon.com/2021/12/22/jan-6-committee-zeroes-in-on-congressmen/
DOJ will not charge ex-Trump aides with contempt of Congress
theweek.com/mark-meadows/1014123/doj-will-not-press-contempt-of-congress-charges-against-meadows-and-scavino
Thompson on what the Jan. 6 panel has learned in the year since the Capitol attack
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Trump Justice Dept. Official Defies Request by Jan. 6 Panel: Jeffrey Clark, who aided in the former president’s efforts to overturn the election ...
nytimes.com/2021/11/05/us/politics/jeffrey-clark-capitol-riot-committee.html
Jan. 6 panel sets vote on contempt charges against Bannon: WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has set a vote to ...
apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-subpoenas-steve-bannon-cc5991e85781e1caa14188ffa021ec1c
Jan. 6 Panel Reschedules Final Hearing for October 13: The committee, whose work has mostly faded from view since it wrapped up a summertime series of hearings ...
nytimes.com/2022/10/06/us/politics/jan-6-committee-hearing.html
U.S. House committee recommends contempt charge for Trump-era Justice Dept official
reuters.com/world/us/us-house-committee-seeks-contempt-charge-trump-era-justice-dept-official-2021-12-02/
Rep. Scott Perry denies Jan. 6 panel's request for interview: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania on Tuesday rebuffed a request for him ...
apnews.com/article/elections-donald-trump-capitol-siege-bennie-thompson-congress-701aef885cf58fb433e1e04bc85a5b4b
Former Trump aide Mark Meadows fails to appear before Jan. 6 committee: Mark Meadows, who served as President Donald Trump’s final White House chief of staff ...
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/former-trump-aide-mark-meadows-fails-appear-jan-6-committee-n1283815
5 things we learned from the committee investigating January 6 this week: The committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol had a big week.
cnn.com/2021/10/16/politics/january-6-investigation-week-wrap/
Jan. 6 panel votes to hold Bannon in contempt | TheHill: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol voted Tuesday to ref...
thehill.com/policy/national-security/577456-house-panel-probing-jan-6-votes-to-hold-bannon-in-contempt
Ex-Justice Department lawyer won't answer Jan. 6 questions: Jeffrey Clark, who championed Trump’s efforts to overturn the election, presented the committee with ...
latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-11-05/former-justice-dept-lawyer-declines-to-be-fully-interviewed-by-jan-6-panel
Subpoena fight looms over Trump as House committee plots extensive January 6 probe
cnn.com/2021/07/28/politics/subpoena-trump-house-january-6-probe/
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