The January Sixth hearings have so far provided compelling and explosive details about efforts from former President Trump and his inner circle to try and circumvent the 2020 election, which was won by President Joe Biden. Yesterday’s hearing also offered a new fact:...
Capitol Insurrection
back to archiveJan. 6 committee investigating Ted Cruz’s role in plot to overturn 2020 election
The House select committee to investigate January 6 is looking into Ted Cruz’s alleged role in the plot to overturn the 2020 election, according to the Washington Post. The Post reports that the committee is interested in Cruz’s contact with Trump lawyer John Eastman,...
Ted Cruz has lost most of his corporate donors thanks to Jan. 6
Sen. Ted Cruz’s corporate donations have plummeted thanks to his role in promoting the Big Lie. According to Yale’s Chief Executive Leadership Institute, corporate contributions to Cruz have dropped from $236,850 in 2019 to just $12,614 in 2021, a whopping 95 percent...
The status of the January 6 investigation one year later
More than one year after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, leaving five dead and 140 police officers injured, the investigation to bring the insurrectionists to justice continues. The FBI and Department of Justice began the effort to arrest and charge those...
A Timeline of Texas Republicans and the Insurrection
Thursday will mark one year since the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob intent on stopping the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral win. Even before he officially lost the electoral college, Trump was talking about a “rigged election.” Several...
Report: Louie Gohmert helped plan Jan. 6
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) was one of several Republican members of Congress who helped plan the January 6 pro-Trump rally that led to an insurrection, according to a bombshell report by Rolling Stone. The report cited two anonymous sources, one of whom was referred...
First day of testimony in the Jan.6 riot committee
On Tuesday, the U.S House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection held their first hearing with four key officers testifying. The committee created by Speaker Nancy Pelosi will focus on the facts and not politics, according to Chair Rep. Bennie...
Majority of Texas Republicans vote against Jan 6th Commission
The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill to create a nonpartisan commission to investigate the attempted insurrection on January 6th of this year, which national and Texas Republicans immediately sought to politicize. The bill, which passed the House...
Op-Ed: Extremists pushed me out of Afghanistan, but they won’t dim my love for America
Last month, when I watched fanatical Trump supporters and white supremacists storm the United States Capitol, I was reminded of Afghanistan and the trauma I experienced at the hands of the Taliban. Like many refugees, I’d come to America to escape political and...