A comprehensive review of the Justice Department’s actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, as well as the Trump administration’s involvement leading up to the event, is unlikely to be released before the upcoming November election, according to the department’s top internal watchdog.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that federal prosecutors overreached when using an obstruction law to charge hundreds of rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Former President Trump on Wednesday admitted he asked Secret Service agents to take him to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but denied that he lunged at security detail for refusing to let him go.
Among the lingering questions of the Jan. 6 probe is whether Donald Trump temporarily empowered Jeffrey Clark – a key ally in his campaign to overturn the 2020 election – to oversee the entire Justice Department.
A judge appointed by former President Ronald Reagan slammed prominent Republicans for making “preposterous” claims about how Jan. 6 cases have been handled by the courts and warned that such rhetoric “could presage further danger to our country.”
Former Vice President Mike Pence rejected the baseless conspiracy theory that the FBI orchestrated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is “likely the largest single day mass assault of law enforcement officers in our nation’s history,” said Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
A quarter of Americans have fallen for the baseless conspiracy theory that the FBI “probably” or “definitely” orchestrated the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
