<p>Attorneys for former President Trump were forced to explain at a Monday court hearing why their client’s actions on Jan. 6 <meta charset=”utf-8″/>did not meet the standard for a conspiracy. </p> <p>And Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), oddly, was forced to explain his own actions on that day. </p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...<p>Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday <a href=”https://twitter.com/bensiegel/status/1478504519621349389/”>announced</a> that he was cancelling a press conference he’d scheduled for the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. </p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...Shortly after taking office as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson recruited a retired finance and strategy expert to become the agency’s chief financial officer. Irving Dennis, appointed by President Donald Trump in late 2017, stepped into the job and quickly discovered the mess he inherited. Dennis spent 37 years at Ernst & Young, a major accounting firm. He would use that private-sector experience to fix HUD. In a new book, “Transforming a Federal Agency: Management Lessons from HUD’s Financial Reconstruction,” Dennis recounts…
Read More...<p>Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS), both of whom chair the Jan. 6 committee, on Sunday said that the panel has heard testimony that offers insight into the communications to former President Trump on the day his supporters breached the Capitol.</p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...When the 2022 midterm elections are appraised less than a year from now, the Washington commentariat will in all likelihood render them to have been a devastating blow to Joe Biden’s presidency. Barring a historic anomaly, Democrats will have lost at least one chamber of Congress, Biden’s remaining legislative goals will be placed on life support, and the growing anguish over the party’s 2024 presidential nominee will transform into a panic. Yet even sooner than that, a slice of the most reliable voters will also deliver a tangible verdict on…
Read More...Former President Donald Trump is banking on a Washington Post interview with the chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to back a key claim in his case before the Supreme Court. In an interview published last week, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Mississippi Democrat, … The Washington Times stories: White House
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