A time-honored Washington axiom holds that one should never attribute to scandal what could be explained by garden-variety incompetence. In the case of the Secret Service’s mysteriously missing text messages, […]
Tag: Jan. 6 committee hearings
The Jan. 6 hearings hit the bull’s-eye
by Jonathan Bernstein What was once billed as six hearings over two-plus weeks by the House Select Committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol of Jan. 6, 2021, has […]
Trump ‘fell under malignant influence’?
“Donald was enabled from the beginning …” — Mary L. Trump, “Too Much and Never Enough” Liz Cheney sure called that one. Last Tuesday afternoon, in her opening statement at […]
Even Republicans are tiring of Trump
by Julianna Goldman Democrats are worried that President Joe Biden is old, but the Jan. 6 hearings are showing that former president Donald Trump is stale. And in a sea […]
Parents should talk to their kids about Jan. 6
by Paul Thornton “Nuclear war.” In the early 1990s, it was my honest answer to a teacher’s question to the whole class: What is your greatest fear? Most of the […]
GOP’s committee boycott backfires
by Jonathan Bernstein Tuesday’s hearing of the House committee investigating the assault on the U.S. Capitol of Jan. 6, 2021, provided a stark reminder of how the boycott by all […]
The stain on the wall
by Steven Roberts Donald Trump’s chief of staff’s young aide Cassidy Hutchinson describes this White House scene: It’s December 2020. The president’s former attorney general, Bill Barr, has just given […]
Liz Cheney’s principles were showing
by Nicholas Goldberg I’m not a Republican and I don’t get misty-eyed at the memory of the GOP’s glorious achievements. So when I first arrived at the Ronald Reagan Presidential […]
We mustn’t be afraid to prosecute Trump
by John M. Crisp In the face of growing evidence that former President Donald Trump violated laws and the Constitution in his effort to stay in office after the 2020 […]
Hutchinson is the witness we’ve been waiting for
by Robin Abcarian We have our Jan. 6 hero. Her name is Cassidy Hutchinson. She is the 25-year-old former executive assistant to President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, […]
