by Jackie Calmes Amid all the attention recently to “Trumpty Dumpty’s” do-over presidential candidacy, the midterm elections and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s semi-farewell, one bit of Washington news was overshadowed but […]
Tag: Jan. 6
Jan. 6 hearings were memorable even without many soundbites
What will we remember from the House hearings investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol? Certainly not partisan squabbling, because with just two Republicans opposed to Trump on the […]
Reforming the Electoral Count Act should not
be controversial
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a bill to reform how Congress certifies electors after a presidential election. That bill (or a similar but slightly weaker Senate one) […]
Electoral Count Act up next on Congress’ list
As former President Donald Trump desperately clung to power last year, a number of flaws in the U.S. election system became all too clear. Thankfully, one may soon be fixed. […]
Mar-a-Lago search through a veteran FBI agent’s eyes
by Frank Montoya Jr. Let me start by stating the obvious. The execution of a federal search warrant at the residence of a former U.S. president is more than an […]
Will GOP trigger even more violence?
by Jackie Calmes Wasn’t Jan. 6, 2021, proof enough for Rep. “My Kevin” McCarthy and other Republican officials that words matter? That anti-government rhetoric, echoes of Donald Trump’s grievances and […]
What we thought we knew is wrong
by David M. Shribman We are living a Brock Lovett moment. Brock Lovett? Reel your memory back a quarter century. Summon the most dramatic moment in the 1997 film “Titanic.” […]
Are missing texts hiding the biggest secret of Jan. 6?
by Will Bunch You’ve probably heard the expression that the cover-up is always worse than the crime — a notion that was cemented by the mother of all U.S. political […]
Garland doesn’t lie — the DOJ is targeting Trump
by Harry Litman The report Tuesday from The Washington Post that the Department of Justice’s insurrection investigation is focusing on the conduct of former President Donald Trump was important and […]
Morgantown man pleads guilty to two charges from Jan. 6 riot
Morgantown resident George Tanios will be sentenced in December, following his guilty to two misdemeanor charges related to his participation in an assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, […]
