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Trump Sought to Contact Committee Witness, Cheney Reveals

WASHINGTON —The most startling revelations from Tuesday’s hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection arrived in its final moments: In recent days, the committee said, former President Donald Trump phoned a committee witness in what they believe was likely an attempt to influence the individual’s testimony.

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Liz Cheney’s Crusade: Personal or Constitutional?

It was a Wednesday in late June, and Liz Cheney was in California.

The morning before, the Wyoming Republican member of Congress was in Washington, D.C. There, in her role as vice chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, she presided over a surprise blockbuster hearing.

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The Prime Time of Harriet Hageman

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. – On a recent Saturday night, Harriet Hageman, rocking her signature gothic cowgirl outfit—black dress, black boots and bold silver and turquoise jewelry—ambled around the training room at the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office in Rock Springs, appearing at ease as she conversed with the small crowd gathered for her town hall.

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Former White House Aide Testifies Trump Sought to Join Protestors Marching to Capitol on Jan. 6

WASHINGTON — In a surprise hearing before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, a top aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows testified that former President Donald Trump knew of the possibility for violence when he urged his supporters to “fight like hell” in remarks that morning, and then became irate when his security detail would not let him to go to the Capitol.

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Witnesses Testify Top Trump Allies Ignored Warnings of Violence Leading Up to Jan. 6 Attack

WASHINGTON—In the days leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, when then-Vice President Mike Pence was set to certify President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, officials supporting former President Donald Trump’s unverified claims of widespread election fraud were warned repeatedly that their plans to deny the outcome of the election had the potential to unleash violence and yet they proceeded with those designs anyway, officials testified Thursday.

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Lawmakers Paint Picture of Trump as Defiant, Delusional and Duplicitous as He Pressed Claims that the Presidential Election was Stolen

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection detailed Monday their findings into the origins of what they called the “big lie,” the unsubstantiated allegation by former President Donald Trump and others in his orbit that the 2020 presidential election was plagued by voter fraud and that Trump, not President Joe Biden, was the legitimate winner.

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