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Capitol Police Office of Inspector General is opening an investigation into the department that will examine the events surrounding the Jan. 6 pro-Trump insurrection at the Capitol that resulted in five
The New Jersey Democrat alleged Tuesday night that members of Congress led guests on what she described as “reconnaissance” ahead of the insurrection on Jan. 6.
[As House votes to impeach Trump, Democrats weigh options for Senate trial] The article outlines Trump’s impeachable conduct, describing how for months leading up to the Jan. 6 joint session
A bipartisan group of young lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds has been in the forefront of the congressional response to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and the cadre played a central
Cheney circulated a 21-page memo to the GOP conference before the Jan. 6 votes objecting to Biden’s Electoral College victory, saying the measures set an “exceptionally dangerous precedent.”
(Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) Since the building was breached on Jan. 6, tall riot fencing has been erected around the Capitol perimeter and the guardsmen were called in to ward off further attacks
The Capitol Police department is facing a perilous time with an unsettled leadership, which is leading lawmakers and staffers to fill in the gaps amid the fallout of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on Congress
Many of the same Republican members of Congress who voted to reject the results of the presidential election have reacted to the Jan. 6 violent insurrection in a way that avoids blaming President Donald
But in the wake of the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, some are asking whether certain members of Congress, including Republican leaders of defense
In the days after the Jan. 6 attack by Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol, Facebook and Twitter initially suspended Trump’s accounts.
Cawthorn didn’t adhere to that guidance on Jan. 6, telling Smoky Mountain News that when the violent mob breached the Capitol, he had his firearm with him.
Capitol Police officers related to the pro-Trump mob insurrection that left five dead on Jan. 6, a House aide familiar with the investigations told CQ Roll Call.
But the mob attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, egged on by Trump, has proved otherwise.
Last week, before the Jan. 6 riot, Roll Call asked what these accountability measures would look like in practice.
“Without a change at the top, we may see more events unfold like those we saw on Jan. 6,” he said.
But Jan. 6 was the day members of Congress had to vote.
Tim Ryan has vented frustration at the top brass of the Capitol Police but praised rank-and-file officers who were at the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection, saying they “did everything they could.
The Senate rejected the Arizona objection by a vote of 6-93, and the Pennsylvania objection, 7-92.
Security barricades the door of the House chamber as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Wednesday, January 6, 2021.
Shortly before 6 p.m., the House Sergeant-at-Arms informed a group of more than 100 people that had evacuated from the House side that the Capitol had been cleared.