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January 6 sheet unveils report, describes Trump ‘conspiracy’
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The January 6 House prime committee investigating Donald Trump’s relation successful the 2021 Capitol riot has released different batch of interrogation and deposition transcripts.
Included successful the latest merchandise are immoderate large names from Trumpworld, including Donald Trump Jr, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Stephen Miller.
There are besides White House insiders that turned against Trump including Stephanie Grisham and Alyssa Farah Griffin, arsenic good arsenic different cardinal figures including Washington DC politician Muriel Bowser and Steven Sund of the Capitol Police.
Also published was the interrogation with Ray Epps, a Trump protagonist who marched connected the Capitol and was accused of moving for the FBI by rightwing conspiracists aft helium was filmed trying to calm the crowd.
Upon the caller Congress taking bureau connected 3 January, the committee volition beryllium dissolved. It published its afloat study earlier Christmas.
Tomorrow, Mr Trump’s finances volition beryllium nether the spotlight erstwhile the House Ways and Means Committee is expected to merchandise the erstwhile president’s taxation returns.
Grisham provides penetration into Biden modulation efforts
Stephanie Grisham recalls successful her interrogation that archetypal woman Melania Trump pushed backmost erstwhile it was suggested she invitation Jill Biden to tea.
Ms Trump wanted to stay connected the aforesaid leafage arsenic the West Wing. Ms Grisham says this was unusual arsenic she “never, ever, ever said that” and often went against what the West Wing wanted.
Later, White House main usher Tim Harleth tried to assistance the Biden squad hole for a determination to the enforcement mansion, and connection filtered backmost to Donald Trump and Mark Meadows done the Secret Service. They wanted to occurrence him immediately.
Ms Trump stepped successful and said no, not with conscionable 3 weeks to go.
Oliver O'Connell29 December 2022 17:18
Don Jr asked astir wealth raised aft predetermination and what happened to it
in his January 6 committee transcript, Donald Trump Jr is asked astir the $250m raised by the Trump run aft the predetermination and what happened to each that money.
The erstwhile president’s lad says helium does not know.
Oliver O'Connell29 December 2022 17:10
Don Jr and Kimberly Guilfoyle invoiced $60k for Jan 6 rally appearance
Donald Trump Jr and Kimberly Guilfoyle invoiced Turning Point $60,000 for their quality astatine the January 6 rally astatine the Ellipse according to grounds by the erstwhile president’s eldest son. He is not alert if they were paid.
Oliver O'Connell29 December 2022 17:06
Trump’s recycles accusations successful latest onslaught connected FBI
Donald Trump took to Truth Social connected Thursday greeting to motorboat a caller onslaught against the FBI - citing galore of his favourite baseless claims.
He wrote: “So, if the FBI illegally suppressed each of the truly atrocious accusation connected the Biden household (laptop!) astatine a level ne'er seen before, (“it was Russian disinformation,” they said), portion astatine the aforesaid clip not letting the galore affirmative things accomplished by “Trump” get retired to the public, but would alternatively enactment retired “bad stuff,” that would beryllium the precise explanation of the Government’s RIGGING of an Election. Pollsters projected this Scam made a quality of Millions of votes. What are the CONSEQUENCES?”
Oliver O'Connell29 December 2022 17:01
How bash you interaction a president? What astir during an emergency?
Even successful the property of smartphones, apparently, you inactive telephone the operator, adjacent if the president is your father.
Failing that oregon successful an exigency specified arsenic a convulsive battle connected Congress, you substance the main of unit arsenic Donald Trump Jr told the January 6 committee — successful this case, Mark Meadows.
Mr Trump told the sheet that helium texted Mr Meadows telling him that his begetter request to “condemn this s***” arsenic the Capitol was attacked.
Oliver O'Connell29 December 2022 16:53
Jan 6: Stephanie Grisham reveals wherefore Melania ‘didn’t trust’ Mark Meadows
Former First Lady Melania Trump did not spot her husband’s last main of unit and was angered by the mode he’d let “harmful” radical entree to him and the White House’s backstage household quarters, her long-serving ex-spokesperson and erstwhile apical White House adjutant has said.
Andrew Feinberg has the latest from Washington, DC.
Oliver O'Connell29 December 2022 16:50
White House tells GOP to clasp their horses connected oversight requests
The White House has warned apical Republicans who volition seat the House Oversight and Judiciary committees that they volition person to renew immoderate requests for documents oregon different oversight requests erstwhile the GOP formally takes power of the enclosure astatine the commencement of the 118th Congress adjacent week.
The Independent obtained letters to Representatives James Comer and Jim Jordan — the incoming chairmen of some committees — from Special Counsel to the President Richard Sauber, successful which the White House lawyer said the flurry of demands for documents made by the GOP during the 117th Congress transportation nary ineligible oregon law value due to the fact that of longstanding enforcement subdivision argumentation which requires specified requests to travel from the House majority.
Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, DC.
Oliver O'Connell29 December 2022 16:37
‘Stop the steal’ organiser pushes blasted onto far-right allies during Jan 6 testimony, transcript reveals
The organizer of the rally that preceded the Capitol riot reportedly threw his MAGA-world adjacent Charlie Kirk to the wolves during a gathering with the House Select Committee investigating the Capitol riot.
Ali Alexander, who organised “Stop the Steal,” told the House Select Committee during a closed-door deposition past twelvemonth that right-wing media fig and Turning Point USA laminitis Charlie Kirk was among those astatine responsibility for the riot.
Read much astir the infighting and backstabbing taking spot connected the acold close successful The Independent:
Oliver O'Connell29 December 2022 16:32
Ray Epps told committee astir interaction of conspiracy mentation connected his family
Ray Epps, a Trump protagonist and retired US Marine who recovered himself astatine the centre of a conspiracy mentation that helium was an undercover national cause astatine the Capitol connected January 6 to incite a mendacious emblem operation, told the committee astir the interaction of those accusations connected his family.
He said helium was saddened that leaders helium respected tried to thrust the baseless accusations for their ain summation and that his household has been the taxable of decease threats and his concern has suffered.
Oliver O'Connell29 December 2022 16:27
Melania Trump ‘didn’t spot Meadows’
In her deposition to the Januayr 6 committee, Stephanie Grisham said erstwhile archetypal woman Melania Trump “didn't spot Mark Meadows” among different Trumpworld figures, and expressed vexation that the random radical helium fto up to the White House residence would brushwood her successful a bathrobe.
Oliver O'Connell29 December 2022 16:22
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