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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 an interview denying that the election had been rigged. Trump is “extremely ...

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 election, should he be prosecuted? This is the wrong question. The right question is: Are we able to justify not ...

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, both of whom should now be very, very afraid. Hutchinson is the one we’ve been waiting for, ...

Plea talks continue in Jan. 6 case for Tanios

Morgantown resident George Tanios is still scheduled for an October trial for his role at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but defense attorneys acknowledged they’ve continued talks with federal prosecutors about a possible plea agreement. In a status hearing Thursday, U.S. District ...

Hearings sorting real heroes from fakes

by Jackie Calmes This was Heroes Week for the House committee investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his election defeat and cling to power. So Mike Pence wasn’t there. Real heroes were. Some analysts have called Pence a hero, and Democrats on the committee ...

GOP wants you to forget, but hearing delivers reminders

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 ...