Jan 6 hearings - live: ‘Dangerous’ Trump can never be anywhere near Oval Office again, says Liz Cheney

January 6 committee vice chair Liz Cheney said on Sunday that “a man as dangerous as [Donald Trump] can never be anywhere near the Oval Office ever again.”

“What kind of man knows a mob is armed and sends the mob to attack the Capitol?” she added.

Meanwhile, a member of the House committee investigating last year’s riot revealed that “more evidence is emerging” that lends support to recent testimonies that established Mr Trump wanted to join an armed mob.

Adam Kinzinger, the panel’s only other Republican, also reiterated that he considered last week’s incendiary hearing reliable. “We certainly would say that Cassidy Hutchinson has testified under oath,” he said, “we find her credible.”

Mr Trump lashed out at Ms Hutchinson on Truth Social and in a Newsmax interview, questioning whether she had in fact told the truth under oath. He also claimed that she asked for a job when he decamped to Florida after leaving office.

The New York Times reported that Mr Trump may announce a 2024 bid for the White House as soon as this month.

Key Points

• More evidence against Donald Trump emerging

• Former federal prosecutor says Trump will be ‘indicted’

• Cassidy Hutchinson stands by explosive testimony

• Furious Trump rants about Cassidy Hutchinson on Truth Social

• ‘Irate’ Trump grabbed steering wheel, attacked Secret Service agent

• New testimony exposes Trump’s political vulnerabilities in 2024 race

Kinzinger dismisses GOP claims committee is “unfair"

11:00 , Andrew Naughtie

Addressing various right-wing attempts to discredit Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony last week, Adam Kinzinger has spelled out in his characteristically blunt style why Republicans’ claims that his committee is biased or unfair are at best wide of the mark and at worst downright false.

And in the process, he calls out house minority leader Kevin McCarthy by his first name.

Former US justice department veteran questions DOJ over Trump indictment

10:15 , Andrew Naughtie

Sarah Isgur, former veteran of the US Justice Department called the testimony by Cassidy Hutchinson last week “bombshell evidence.”

When asked by ABC News what was the strongest evidence against the former president, she said, “this bombshell evidence that we heard this week was about him wanting armed people from his rally to go to the Capitol.”

“The problem is, they have such a high hurdle to clear when it comes to incitement, because of the First Amendment, and because we protect political speech. So, when he says something like fight like hell, we don’t want to criminalise that in our political conversations, candidates around the country.”

She continued: “The incitement level that you need in order to charge anyone with inciting violence is just so high. The Department of Justice doesn’t usually hide the ball on these things. They haven’t taken any of the steps you’d expect to be in moving toward charging a sitting president.”

Rep Zoe Lofgren says 'not surprised' Hutchinson was attacked by Trump and allies

09:30 , Maroosha Muzaffar

Representative Zoe Lofgren said that the attacks on Cassidy Hutchinson were not surprising, especially after her explosive testimony last week.

She told NBC News that she is “not surprised” that Donald Trump and his allies attacked her and tried to undermine her legitimacy.

“We always expected Trump world to try and discredit her, and they are not disappointing us in that regard,” Ms Lofgren said. “I thought her testimony was credible. She has nothing to gain by stepping forward and telling the truth. And Trump world has everything to lose by the truth. So they are doing their best to try and attack her, to discredit her.”

Adam Kinzinger: New Jan 6 witnesses surfacing ‘every day'

09:00 , David Taintor

Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the House January 6 committee, said that new witnesses were coming forward with information after last week’s bombshell hearing.

Last Tuesday, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson revealed that Donald Trump knew some of his supporters were armed at his rally, but wanted the Secret Service to remove metal detectors so the mob could march unencumbered to the US Capitol.

“This happens every day, every day we get new people that come forward and say, ‘Hey, I didn’t think maybe this piece of the story I knew was important, but now that you guys are taking a look I do see how this plays in here,’” Mr Kinzinger told CNN on Sunday.

Read more via John Bowden below:

Kinzinger says more witnesses coming forward after explosive recent testimony

MAGA pastor calls Cassidy Hutchinson a ‘lying witch’

08:30 , Maroosha Muzaffar

Small town Mississippi preacher turned viral video MAGA pastor Shane Vaughn blasted former Trump staffer Cassidy Hutchinson in an unhinged rant after the ex-aide to then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows shared explosive testimony with the House Select Committee investigating the attack on Congress on January 6 2021.

Mr Vaughn called Ms Hitchinson a “little witch,” among other things, during a video posted on FirstHarvest.tv, which has since made the rounds on Twitter.

Trump cultist MAGA pastor calls Cassidy Hutchinson a ‘lying witch’

Liz Cheney calls Hutchinson's testimony 'chilling'

08:00 , Maroosha Muzaffar

In the aftermath of Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony last week, and the fallout thereafter, Liz Cheney has said that it is “very chilling” and assured that “we will continue to present to the American people what we found.”

She also said that “I have greater concern about what it would mean if people weren’t held accountable for what’s happened here.”

The January 6 committee vice-chairwoman also said that “a man as dangerous as [Donald Trump] can never be anywhere near the Oval Office ever again.”

“What kind of man knows a mob is armed and sends the mob to attack the Capitol?”

Ms Cheney said. “His own vice-president [was] under threat … Congress [was] under threat. It’s just very chilling.”

Cassidy’s testimony ‘inspiring for a lot of people’

07:30 , Maroosha Muzaffar

Adam Kinzinger, the Republican Illinois representative — serving on the January 6 committee — said on Sunday that Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony had “been inspiring for a lot of people,” and that more witnesses have come forward since her explosive revelations last week.

He added that “there will be way more information -- and stay tuned.” He also said that he didn’t want to “get into who or any of those details” about the potential new witnesses, but said that “every day we get new people that come forward” to the committee.

Last week, Ms Hutchinson testified in front of the committee and exposed some damning information about Donald Trump on 6 January last year. Her testimony has been questioned by some Trump allies and by the former president too.

But Mr Kinzinger has said that “we certainly would say that Cassidy Hutchinson has testified under oath, we find her credible.”

Adam Schiff says that not charging Trump would be ‘dangerous’ to the constitution

07:12 , Maroosha Muzaffar

Rep Adam Schiff said in an interview that to “not charge an individual due to their political status or influence is far more dangerous thing to our Constitution than following the evidence wherever it leads, including when it leads to a former president.”

He added: “For four years, the Justice Department took the position you can’t prosecute a sitting president. If they were to now take the position they can’t prosecute a former president, it would permanently endanger the rule of law.”

He added that it would be “antithetical to what our Founders intended.”

Bennie Thompson attacks Trump, says ‘no love or respect for what makes America great’

07:00 , Maroosha Muzaffar

Bennie G Thompson, chair of the committee investigating the Capitol riots of 6 Jan, said that “there are those in this country who thirst for power but have no love or respect for what makes America great: devotion to the Constitution, allegiance to the rule of law, our shared journey to build a more perfect Union.”

His remarks come after Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony last week that exposed how Donald Trump attempted to hold on to power.

Meanwhile, Adam Schiff said on Sunday that the next Jan 6 hearing will focus on Mr Trump’s efforts to lure thousands of his supporters to the US Capitol.

Liz Cheney says committee can make multiple criminal referrals including Trump

06:30 , Maroosha Muzaffar

Liz Cheney said that the House select committee investigating the 6 Jan riots could make multiple criminal referrals, including former president Donald Trump.

The vice-chair of the committee said in an interview with ABC News on Sunday: “We’ll make a decision as a committee about it.”

The Wyoming Republican said that “the Justice Department doesn’t have to wait for the committee to make a criminal referral, and there could be more than one criminal referral.”

Ms Cheney told ABC News that “we may well as a committee have a view on that. If you just think about it from the perspective of: What kind of man knows that a mob is armed and sends the mob to attack the Capitol and further incites that mob when his own vice president is under threat?”

Is Hutchinson’s testimony the ‘smoking gun’ that will lead to Trump facing criminal charges?

06:00 , Maroosha Muzaffar

New testimony before the January 6 committee revealed bombshell after bombshell about what Donald Trump and his closest aides were saying and doing before the violent riot.

Read the full story by Andrew Feinberg here:

Will Cassidy Hutchinson testimony lead to criminal charges for Donald Trump?

Cassidy Hutchinson stands by explosive testimony

05:38 , David Taintor

Amid anonymously sourced efforts to dispute her testimony, Cassidy Hutchinson is standing by the explosive claims she made before the House January 6 committee.

In a statement released Wednesday, Ms Hutchinson’s attorneys Jody Hunt and William Jordan said the former White House aide “stands by all of the testimony she provided yesterday, under oath, to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol”.

Read more via Andrew Feinberg below:

Former Trump White House aide is standing by testimony amid denials

Jan 6 committee member says next hearing will focus on ‘efforts to assemble’ pro-Trump mob

05:25 , Maroosha Muzaffar

A member of the January 6 committee revealed the subject of the committee’s next hearing on Sunday, telling CBS News that he and his colleagues will examine the effort by Donald Trump to lure thousands of his supporters to the US Capitol.

Representative Adam Schiff made the comments on Face the Nation, explaining that “[o]ur very next hearing will be focused on the efforts to assemble that mob” that attacked Congress while the Senate was meeting to certify the results of the 2020 election.

Read the full story by John Bowden here:

Schiff says next Jan 6 hearing will focus on Trump’s ‘efforts to assemble’ mob

Former federal prosecutor says Trump will be ‘indicted’

04:44 , Maroosha Muzaffar

After Cassidy Hutchinson’s explosive testimony, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner believes that the former president will be “indicted” for his role in 6 Jan riots at the Capitol last year.“Guns have been smoking all around Donald Trump for years,” Mr Kirschner said in a video posted on Youtube.

“And for whatever reason, there have been no criminal charges yet brought against Donald Trump. That will change. It has to change if we care about the survival of our democracy. He will be indicted.”

His remarks come after Ms Hutchinson’s testimony in front of the House select committee last week.

Meanwhile, Mr Trump has railed against her and called her a “total phony” and has even denied many of her claims.

More evidence against Donald Trump emerging

04:25 , Maroosha Muzaffar

A member of the House committee investigating the 6 January riots of last year at the capitol building has revealed that “more evidence is emerging” that lends support to recent testimonies that established Mr Trump wanted to join an armed mob.

“There will be way more information and stay tuned,” said Adam Kinzinger.

“There’s information I can’t say yet. We certainly would say that Cassidy Hutchinson has testified under oath, we find her credible, and anybody that wants to cast disparagements on that, who were firsthand present, should also testify under oath and not through anonymous sources,” he said.

In another interview, another committee member, Democrat Adam Schiff said: “We are following additional leads. I think those leads will lead to new testimony.”

Trump lashes out at Cassidy Hutchinson again

03:12 , David Taintor

On Truth Social early Sunday, the former president once again lashed out against Cassidy Hutchinson, the January 6 committee witness who revealed a number of bomshells in her recent testimony before the panel.

Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social: “So Cassidy Hutchinson was all set and ready to go to Florida with the Trump Team long after January 6th. She knew I did nothing wrong. She was a big Trump fan - but my people didn’t want her. What happened? Why did she so dramatically change? All lies. I guess even she didn’t believe her own bull.…!”

Read more:

Trump calls Cassidy Hutchinson testimony ‘all lies’ in latest rant

Filmmaker who upended Jan 6 probe talks Trump ‘aggression’, what he saw, and how the spotlight has led to death threats

01:12 , Andrew Feinberg

Alex Holder, the British filmmaker who recently provided the House January 6 select committee with a trove of footage shot in the months leading up to the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, says members of former president Donald Trump’s family appeared largely unconcerned about the possibility that his repeated lies about a “stolen” election could lead to violence.

Last week, the select committee received hours of video from Mr Holder after he was issued a subpoena calling for “raw footage” taken by him and his colleagues on the day of the Capitol attack. The subpoena also requested footage of interviews with Mr Trump, Mr Pence, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, or Jared Kushner and “any footage pertaining to discussions of election fraud or election integrity surrounding the November 2020 presidential election”.

Filmmaker who upended Jan 6 probe talks Trump ‘aggression’, what he saw

Jan 6 committee member claims more evidence coming in next hearings

Sunday 3 July 2022 23:12 , David Taintor

Adam Kinzinger, one of the Republican members of the House January 6 committee, said that the panel’s additional hearings scheduled for July will reveal new information.

“There will be way more information and stay tuned,” Mr Kinzinger said.

Read more below:

Jan. 6 committee: More evidence will come in July hearings

Kristi Noem pressed on restrictive abortion law in South Dakota

Sunday 3 July 2022 21:19 , David Taintor

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, a potential 2024 Republican presidential contender, was pressed on Sunday on whether child rape victims should be forced to carry a pregnancy to term. Reports of a 10-year-old girl from Ohio being forced to travel out of state to access abortion care sparked outrage over the weekend.

Read more here:

GOP gov Kristi Noem pressed over whether child rape victims should endure pregnancy

Liz Cheney says not prosecuting Trump would lead to ‘graver’ threat

Sunday 3 July 2022 19:15 , John Bowden

The Republican vice-chair of the January 6 committee has rejected the idea that prosecuting a former president would inflame political tensions in America.

Speaking in a wide-ranging interview with ABC News correspondent Jon Karl broadcast on Sunday, Rep Liz Cheney insisted instead that the danger lay in letting Donald Trump get off scot-free for the events leading up to the attack on Congress.

Liz Cheney says not prosecuting Trump would lead to ‘graver’ threat

Law professor who taught attorney general Merrick Garland predicts Trump indictment is coming

Sunday 3 July 2022 17:29 , David Taintor

Laurence Tribe, a Harvard law professor who taught US attorney general Merrick Garland, told CNN he believes Donald Trump is likely to face criminal charges for his role in the January 6 attack on Congress.

John Bowden has more:

Harvard law professor predicts indictment of Donald Trump is coming

What Mike Pence has said about the January 6 riot

Sunday 3 July 2022 16:35 , Joe Sommerlad

Since leaving office, former Vice President Mike Pence has kept busy, joining the conservative think tanks the Heritage Foundation and the Young America’s Foundation, travelling abroad, making endorsement speeches on behalf of preferred Republican candidates and working on a pair of books.

What Mike Pence has said about the January 6 riot

Is the Trump team attempting to tamper with witnesses?

Sunday 3 July 2022 15:00 , Josh Marcus

The January 6 committee is alarmed that Donald Trump or his allies may be attempting to tamper with the testimony of witnesses participating in the congressional inquiry.

“Most Americans know that attempting to influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents very serious concerns,” committee vice chairwoman Liz Cheney said on Tuesday.

January 6 committee worried Trump allies are trying to tamper with witness testimony

What we learned from the latest January 6 hearing

Sunday 3 July 2022 14:35 , John Bowden

From Donald Trump attemping to grab the steering wheel of his presidential vehicle to the former president throwing his lunch against the wall, the latest January 6 hearing included many bombshell revelations.

John Bowden has more:

What we learned from an explosive hearing of the January 6 committee

Cassidy Hutchinson stands by testimony

Sunday 3 July 2022 19:38 , David Taintor

Cassidy Hutchinson, the January 6 committee’s blockbuster witness, is standing by her testimony after unnamed sources attempted to dispute some of her more explosive claims.

In a statement released Wednesday, Ms Hutchinson’s attorneys Jody Hunt and William Jordan said the former White House aide “stands by all of the testimony she provided yesterday, under oath, to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol”.

Read more from Andrew Feinberg:

Former Trump White House aide is standing by testimony amid denials

More on the Georgia grand jury investigation

Saturday 2 July 2022 23:30

The Associated press reports on the Georgia grand jury investigation:

Lawyers representing a former state lawmaker and the state’s lieutenant governor had asked the judge to quash subpoenas for them to testify before the panel, citing legislative privilege and immunity. If he wouldn’t agree to that, they said in a motion filed earlier this week, they urged him to set guidelines for the questioning.

Judge mulls rules for lawmaker special grand jury questions

Did Twitter sleuths find proof of Trump lunging at Secret Service?

Saturday 2 July 2022 22:30 , Gustaf Kilander

Some on the social media platform believe so.

Read more here:

Twitter users think they’ve found footage of Trump trying to grab steering wheel

Trump social media firm subpoened by feds, stock regulators

Saturday 2 July 2022 21:23

The Associated Press reports:

Donald Trump‘s social media company and some of its employees received subpoenas from both a federal grand jury and securities regulators, according to a public disclosure Friday, possibly delaying or even killing a deal promising a cash infusion needed to take on Twitter.

Trump social media firm subpoened by feds, stock regulators

Trump blasts Cassidy Hutchinson as ‘social climber’ who is ‘living in fantasy land’

Saturday 2 July 2022 20:00 , Eric Garcia

The former president spoke to Newsmax and disputed the story Cassidy Hutchinson said she heard secondhand – that Mr Trump tried to lunge at a US Secret Service agent in his presidential limousine in an attempt to take him to the US Capitol to join his supporters.

Trump blasts Cassidy Hutchinson as ‘social climber’ who is ‘living in fantasy land’

Is Cassidy Hutchinson testimony a ‘smoking gun’ that will lead to Trump facing criminal charges?

Saturday 2 July 2022 19:00 , Andrew Feinberg

More than 18 months after a mob of his supporters stormed the US Capitol at his urging, Mr Trump’s luck may have run out, after a Tuesday hearing of the House January 6 select committee. During that hearing, a 25-year-old former assistant to one of Mr Trump’s closest White House aides unloaded bombshell after bombshell about what he and his closest aides were saying and doing before the violent riot.

Will Cassidy Hutchinson testimony lead to criminal charges for Donald Trump?

Trump could make surprise 2024 announcement this month, New York Times reports

Saturday 2 July 2022 17:51 , David Taintor

Donald Trump may launch a surprise 2024 bid as early as this month, according to The New York Times, which reports that the former president could use his newly launched campaign to push back against the damaging revealtions from the House January 6 committee.

Trump may launch surprise bid for White House as soon as this month, report says