Trump news today: Iran supreme leader shares violent video of Donald as Jan 6
Fox News host says Trump must ‘learn to lose’
The House select committee investigating the 6 January insurrection has requested “voluntary cooperation” from House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy to provide information about his conversations with former president Donald Trump during the worst attack on the Capitol since 1814.
However, McCarthy has refused to cooperate with the committee, citing the “illegitimate” investigation by the panel, in a statement hours after the request.
Liz Cheney, one of the panel’s only two Republicans, said her party’s House leader is attempting to “cover up” what happened on 6 January 2021 and that the committee would evaluate other options for obtaining his testimony. “I wish that he were a brave and honorable man,” she told CNN.
This came after Trump grabbed headlines for hanging up on an NPR journalist who challenged him with questions about the Capitol insurrection and his fixation on non-existent election fraud in 2020. He also drew attention with an interview in which he poured scorn on Republicans who refuse to say whether or not they have been vaccinated against Covid-19.
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Jan 6 committee subpoenas four biggest tech giants
The House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection on the Capitol issued subpoenas on Thursday to four major tech giants – Alphabet, Meta, Reddit and Twitter after the companies failed to provide documents requested by the panel.
The committee chairman, Bennie Thompson, in the letter criticised the platforms for“contributed to the violent attack on our democracy, and what steps — if any — social media companies took to prevent their platforms from being breeding grounds for radicalizing people to violence.”
“It’s disappointing that after months of engagement, we still do not have the documents and information necessary to answer those basic questions,” said Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi.
Read Andrew Feinberg’s full report here
Shweta Sharma14 January 2022 04:50
Oath Keepers leader arrested and charged for role in Jan 6 riot
Elmer Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, was arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy for his role in the 6 January attack on the US Capitol, according to the Department of Justice.
He was indicted with 10 other members of the group with forming a conspiracy “to oppose the lawful transfer of power by force, by preventing, hinder, or delaying by force the execution of the laws governing the transfer of power” that was set to take place at the expiration of former president Donald Trump’s term in office on 20 January.
Shweta Sharma14 January 2022 04:34
‘America First’ candidate dodges question of Trump’s stolen election claim
David McCormick, a Republican hedge fund executive, appeared to dodge questions when he was asked about Donald Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.
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