“How a Bipartisan Senate Group Addressed a Flaw Exposed by Jan. 6”
Carl Hulse NYT tick-tock.
Monthly Archives: December 2022
My Reflections on the Release of the January 6 Committee Report on Trump’s Attempted Election Subversion and the Expected Passage This Week of Electoral Count Act Reform: Gratitude, Awe, and Partial Relief
We are just a few weeks shy of the two-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the United States Capitol, the culmination of a series of events engineered by Donald Trump and his allies to disrupt the peaceful… Continue reading
John Eastman Testified as Expert Witness in Alaska Oath Keepers Trial
ADN:
Arguments in a trial over Wasilla Republican Rep. David Eastman’s eligibility to hold office concluded Wednesday, leaving it up to Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna to determine whether Eastman’s membership in the Oath Keepers precludes him from serving… Continue reading
“The backlash against pro-democracy reporting is coming”
Michael Wagner:
In 2023, I predict that a backlash is coming — we will be increasingly likely to hear that pro-democracy reporting is biased, dangerous, and un-American.
Some of the backlash will come from folks favoring a more traditional journalism… Continue reading
“Cassidy Hutchinson told the January 6 committee she felt pressure from Trump allies not to talk and instead risk ‘contempt”
CNN:
The final straw for former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson with her first attorney, paid through allies of former President Donald Trump, came when he told her to stop cooperating with the January 6 select House committee… Continue reading
“As Republicans inch away from election denialism, one activist digs in”
Patrick Marley for WaPo:
Harry Wait marched into the courthouse, walked through a metal detector and planted himself on a bench in the ornate lobby. His supporters, some wearing bright yellow “Free Harry” T-shirts, chatted amiably as they followed him… Continue reading
“Florida’s effort to charge 20 people with voter fraud has hit some roadblocks”
NPR:
Back in August, Florida officials announced they were charging 20 people with alleged voter fraud. It was the first big set of cases investigated by the state’s new election crimes unit, which was created at the urging of Republican… Continue reading
“No evidence of misconduct in first day of Kari Lake election-challenge trial”
Arizona Republic:
The first day of an evidence trial based on an election-challenge lawsuit by Republican governor candidate Kari Lake raised plentiful suspicions but did not reveal evidence of the misconduct she alleged.
Lake, a Republican endorsed by former President… Continue reading
Jan. 6 Committee Has Released Transcripts of Some Witness Deposition Interviews, Including John Eastman and Jeffrey Clark
List here.
Here’s a snippet of Eastman’s deposition:
“Chief justice in Ohio map flap: Court attacks harm democracy”
AP:
Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor isn’t rattled on a personal level by the political attacks she endured from fellow Republicans during Ohio’s protracted redistricting fight. She’s confident she “did the right thing” in ruling their proposed political maps… Continue reading
“In Testimony, Hannity and Other Fox Employees Said They Doubted Trump’s Fraud Claims”
NYT:
On Nov. 30, 2020, Sean Hannity hosted Sidney Powell on his prime-time Fox News program. As she had in many other interviews around that time — on Fox and elsewhere in right-wing media — Ms. Powell, a former… Continue reading
“Jan. 6 committee postpones release of final report on Capitol attack, Trump”
The report is now expected Thursday.
“Tech companies may have to cough up research data under this bill”
WaPo:
Tech companies including YouTube, TikTok and Facebook could be forced to turn over more data to outside researchers under a major bipartisan proposal set to be formally introduced Wednesday.
The updated Platform Accountability and Transparency Act would require… Continue reading
“What Truly Reckoning With Trump’s Insurrection Would Look Like”
Garrett Graff for Politico:
What’s been notable — and worrisome — about the scandals of the Trump years is how little the appetite for subsequent reform has been. The Jan. 6 Committee, which will surely be regarded by history as… Continue reading