Quick Glance: Kirschner: Trump is in a "real danger zone" as a result of Mike Pence's testimony.
- Glenn Kirschner, a former federal prosecutor, warned that Pence has "sharply incriminating information" on the former president.
- According to former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, Donald Trump is in a "real danger zone" as a result of former Vice President Mike Pence's testimony in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) investigation into the former president's alleged efforts to tamper with the 2020 presidential election results.
- According to Kirschner, an MSNBC legal analyst, Pence's willingness to testify does not bode well for Trump.
- "Mike Pence has some sharply incriminating information that comes directly from the mouth of Donald Trump."
Quick Glance: Democrats say Tucker Carlson's access to the Jan. 6 video is a "egregious" violation.
- Republicans' access to previously unseen footage of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurgency is a "egregious security breach," according to the House's top Democrat.
- Carlson, who has promoted conspiracy theories surrounding the insurgency by a mob of former President Donald Trump supporters, said his team is reviewing approximately 44,000 hours of footage.
- Tucker Carlson's show has been granted access to 44k hours of footage dating back to January 6th.
- Thompson stated that when his panel obtained access to Capitol Police video, the security of lawmakers, staff, and the Capitol complex were all considered.
Quick Glance: Feds Discover Another Classified Document During Search of Mike Pence's Residence
- Former Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden have also been accused of mishandling sensitive documents after leaving office.
- Vice President Mike Pence of the United States speaks at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on June 26, 2018.
- On Friday, a five-hour search of former Vice President Mike Pence's home in Indiana yielded another document with classified markings, adding to the small cache of documents discovered there last month.
- Pence is far from the only high-profile figure involved in a classified documents scandal.
Quick Glance: Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating Trump.
- Why it matters: This is the most aggressive move yet in the investigation into allegations that Trump and his associates attempted to derail the 2020 election.
- Pence's representatives declined to comment, and the special counsel's office did not respond immediately to Axios' request for comment.
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Quick Glance: Melania Trump claims she was "unaware" of the January 6 insurgency as it occurred.
- Melania Trump, the former first lady, revealed in a new Fox interview that she was "unaware" of the unfolding violence on January 6, 2021, because she was too occupied photographing a rug in the White House.
- Trump stated that it was her "duty" as first lady to archive the White House contents, which is not entirely correct.
- Trump claimed Grisham "failed to provide insight and information" on that particular day.
- Trump did not condemn the violence until five days after it occurred.
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."
Quick Glance: "No Regrets": Pence memoir examines his unexpected alliance with Trump, which ended on January 6, 2018.
- WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence saw that his boss was disheartened.
- "I have no regrets," wrote Pence.
- Pence is still defending Trump.
- In the final days of his presidency, Pence criticizes Trump for taking the counsel of "crazy" outside lawyers, laying the groundwork for "a tragic day in January."
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Quick Glance: Pence's Secret Service Agents Bid Farewell to Family Members on January 6th
- One of the most dramatic parts of Thursday night's committee hearing was evidence from an unidentified witness who described how then-Vice President Mike Pence's Secret Service team was terrified as a crowd descended on the U.S. Capitol.
- "Members of the VP detail at this time were starting to fear for their own lives," the witness claimed.
- I despise talking about it.
- The witness went on to say that "it was just chaos" and that they were "getting nervous" when rioters broke into the Capitol.
Quick Glance: 'Looks... Pretty Bad': Secret Service Erased January 6 Texts After Being Requested
- According to the Secret Service, the messages were deleted as "part of a device-replacement program."
- "What is going on with the Secret Service?"
- "What secrets might they be keeping in order to serve the former president?" he wondered.
- "I'm not getting in the car," Pence is said to have told Secret Service personnel on January 6.
- "People need to understand that if Pence had listened to the Secret Service and fled the Capitol, this could have turned out a whole lot worse," a legislative official who was not authorized to comment publicly told the site.
Quick Glance: Donald Trump accused of a vast "conspiracy": a look back at the first eight Capitol riot hearings
- Mr. Trump's assertion of election fraud was dubbed "the big lie" by one committee member on January 6.
- By January 6, Mr. Trump had falsely stated to a rally outside the White House, "If Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election."
- Before the gathering outside the White House, Donald Trump speaks with Mark Meadows.
- She claimed the valet informed her that Mr Trump was "extremely angry" and threw the plate away.
Quick Glance: Trump vs. Pence, Lake vs. Taylor Robson: What you need to know as Republican factions clash in Arizona
- Ducey, a two-term governor who leads the Republican Governors Association, and Pence, who defied Trump's pressure campaign by refusing to certify the 2020 election, are going above and above to assure Taylor Robson's nomination by attending campaign events on her behalf.
- In a weekend appearance on CNN, Ducey slammed Lake, claiming she was "misleading voters with no evidence" in her repeated statements that Trump will win the state in 2020.
- False election claims continue to circulate.
- More on Lake and Taylor Robson can be found here and here.
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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.
Quick Glance: Trump Slams Pence as a "Human Conveyor Belt" for Lacking "Courage" to Steal Election
- Former President Donald Trump blasted Vice President Mike Pence on Friday for lacking the "courage" to topple President Joe Biden's election triumph, only a day after the Jan. 6 committee lauded the ex-veep as a hero for refusing to participate in Trump's failed coup attempt.
- However, Trump repeatedly referred to Pence as a "human conveyer belt" and a "robot" for certifying Biden's electoral votes.
- "One person stood up and said he heard me call Mike Pence a "wimp," Trump explained.
- I never referred to him as a wimp."
Quick Glance: Who is Wandrea ArShaye 'Shaye' Moss, and why is she testifying before the committee on January 6?
- They pointed to a video posted by a conservative political action committee that purported to show election workers, including Moss and her mother, stuffing ballots into "suitcases."
- , stated at the June 21 hearing.
- Moss testified on June 21 that she became an election worker because her family had always underlined the importance of voting, a right that her grandmother frequently pointed out was not available to previous generations.
- When Schiff inquired how many people remained on the job after the 2020 election, Moss replied that no permanent election worker or supervisor remained on the job, including herself.
Quick Glance: Conservative judge warns that Trump is a "clear and present danger to US democracy"
- According to J Michael Luttig, the former US president and his Republican allies are openly planning a "attempt to overturn that 2024 election in the same way that they attempted to overturn the 2020 election, but [to] succeed"
- "Almost two years after that fateful day … Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to American democracy." Luttig stated.
- Except that's what the former president and his allies are telling us... the former president and his allies are carrying out that blueprint for 2024 in broad daylight, right in front of the American people."
Quick Glance: Storming the Capitol: Donald Trump was aware of armed demonstrators, according to a staffer
- According to a White House aide, then-US President Donald Trump and his friends were made aware of the possibility of violence on January 6, 2021.
- Cassidy Hutchinson testified at a public hearing of the Investigative Committee on the Storming of the Capitol that Trump was aware of firearms in the audience before addressing his supporters that day.
- Hutchinson said White House counsel Pat Cipollone had instructed her as early as January 3 to lobby Meadows to avoid a protest.
- Hutchinson said he was furious when his top Secret Service protection told him he couldn't attend the convention due to security concerns.
Quick Glance: A committee hearing on January 6 discloses the scope of Trump's pressure campaign
- The committee also demonstrated the real toll that Trump and his team's fraudulent claims have taken on election officials and poll workers, including death threats and home break-ins.
- The Department of Justice dismissed allegations of electoral fraud.
- Former Trump Justice Department employees claimed in taped depositions that they warned Trump there wasn't widespread fraud in Georgia, but he nevertheless encouraged state officials to discover claims of fraud.
- "I said I would not," Bowers claimed in court.
Quick Glance: Joy Behar Slams Donald Trump's "Recovering Addicts" for Trying to Repent Now: "Where Were You All That Time?"
- The View panel savaged former Vice President Mike Pence during Hot Topics, revealing Wednesday that he never believed Trump could win the election.
- Joy Behar didn't have to think long before launching into her loathing for Pence and those who worked alongside him in the Trump White House.
- "These people who are now all like recovering addicts, recovering addicts in the Trump world that come on, even on this show, they come and they go on all the shows and they suddenly turn on Trump," Behar explained.
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Quick Glance: This is what happened on Saturday night in Ukraine, according to the title.
- The EU has issued a hunger warning for Ukraine.
- If Ukraine's territorial integrity is not restored, Russia would incur "serious losses," Putin warned.
- "It is past time to establish territorial unity and justice for Ukraine," he stated.
- According to the Pentagon, Russia's military is making little progress in Ukraine.