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A video of Bill Stepien, former Trump campaign manager (L) speaking is shown on a screen during the second hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on June 13, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

The January 6th Hearings: Criminal Evidence Tracker Second Edition

Tracking two federal crimes and one Georgia state crime with evidence presented by the House Select Committee investigating January 6th.
US Representative Liz Cheney speaks flanked by US Representative Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot.

The January 6th Hearings: A Criminal Evidence Tracker

A new public resource that will be updated with every hearing of the January 6 Select Committee. Two federal crimes and one Georgia state crime.
Members of the National Guard, who carry clear shields, keep away a group of demonstrators from the Capitol building at night.

January 6th Intelligence Failure Timeline

The most comprehensive timeline of the intelligence failure preceding the attack on the US Capitol.

“Witnesses with Baggage” — Anticipating the Jan 6 Hearings and Related Investigations

"The reality is that witnesses are often neither heroes nor villains, or maybe they are a little of both."

Primer on the Hearings of the January 6th Select Committee

Capsule summaries of key facts and findings to date, and what to look for during the public hearings in June .

American Tragedies

Buffalo, Uvalde, Laguna Woods among US communities shattered by mass shootings.
Trump leaves the Manhattan Supreme Court where he serves on jury duty on August 17, 2015 in New York City. Reporters gather around him with cameras and microphones.

Prosecuting Trump for the Insurrection: The Well-Founded Case for Optimism

"As a former federal civil rights prosecutor who investigated and tried police abuse cases under the onerous ‘willfulness’ standard for many years, I am optimistic of the prospects…

Surveying Evidence of How Trump’s Actions Activated Jan. 6 Rioters

A triangulation of evidence that extremists treated then-President Trump's words as instructions for the events on Jan. 6.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 07, 2021: Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., stand after reading the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in the November 2020 presidential election during a joint session of Congress, after working through the night, at the Capitol on January 7, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress reconvened to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump, hours after a pro-Trump mob broke into the U.S. Capitol and disrupted proceedings. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump’s Next Presidential Coup Attempt Could Work

Flawed laws, enacted in 1845 and 1887, create a dangerous opportunity.
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a hearing before Senate Judiciary Committee at Hart Senate Office Building on March 2, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. He speaks into a microphone and gestures with a hand.

Facebook Provided Warning to FBI Before January 6, GAO Report Reveals

The GAO report's findings raise questions about statements by FBI Director Christopher Wray in previous testimony to Congress.
A dark shadow strikes Steve Bannon across his face. An obscure figure stands behind him.

What Kind of Guilty Mind is Needed for the Criminal Contempt of Congress Statute?

An expert backgrounder on the Steve Bannon criminal case and the law of what prosecutors need to prove to get a conviction for contempt of Congress.
Image: An election worker takes ballots from a sorting machine on Election Day at the King County Elections office in Renton, Washington on November 3, 2020. (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Draft Trump Executive Order Shows How False Foreign Interference Claims May Be Used to Undermine U.S. Elections

Among the many efforts to undermine the 2020 election results, the draft EO stands out, offering a strategy that may be used and abused in future elections.
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