by Noah Feldman The Jan. 6 committee that concluded its work Monday represents the third and likely final chance for Congress to establish a historical record with regard to Donald Trump’s wrongdoing while president. The first two opportunities were the first and second ...
It comes at the end. After his supporters march on the U.S. Capitol chanting “Whose streets? Our streets!” after they breach police barricades, after they smash windows and climb through, after they chant “Hang Mike Pence” and erect a gallows for that purpose, after one of them ...
Jan. 6, 2021 is a day seared in the minds of most Americans, but as time passes and memories fade, not everyone will recall just how horrific it actually was. Last Thursday evening, we got a sobering reminder. The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection held its first ...
by Jonathan Bernstein At long last, the House Jan. 6 committee held its first hearing, and made it a pretty good one. Right at the top, Chairman Bennie Thompson gave us the right wording: Former President Donald Trump’s actions and those of his associates were an effort to ...
by Randy Vealey No, I don’t remember it like it was yesterday, but I never forgot the most compelling television programming in my life. In May 1973, I was a freshly minted 19-year-old, who already knew it all as I basked in a lazy year off from schooling while readying to pursue ...
It has become clear in recent days that former President Donald Trump mishandled official presidential documents to an astonishing and possibly illegal extent while in office. Multiple sources now indicate that after winning the presidency with a campaign in which he savaged Hillary Clinton ...