Author: Jacqueline Alemany

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In an 11-page response from his counsel, the House minority leader questioned the committee’s authority and claimed that lawmakers on the panel are “not exercising a valid or lawful use of Congress’ subpoena power.”

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Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) contacted five gun-makers on Thursday, requesting information regarding the manufacturing, sale, and marketing of deadly weapons used in mass shootings.

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The committee is not expected to contact the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

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The account of Meadows’s comment characterizing Trump’s reaction to his vice president was provided to the committee by at least one witness, according to people familiar with the investigation — but those people did not describe the tone with which the comment was made.

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Reps. Cheney and Thompson requested a meeting with Loudermilk next week — just weeks ahead of public hearings scheduled to start on June 9

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The committee is reckoning with how closely to focus on former president Donald Trump.

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The president has authorized the National Archives and Records Administration to hand over an eighth tranche of presidential records from the Trump White House to the House committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol

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A draft proposal calls for more disclosure, a Supreme Court code of conduct and a new judicial recusal process.

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The survey finds 52 percent saying Trump should be charged and 42 percent saying he should not.