January 6 insurrection

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• 2021-12-13
  • January 6 panel unveils text messages to Meadows from Don Jr. and Fox hosts as contempt charge advances «Donald Trump Jr., Fox News personalities and lawmakers unsuccessfully implored then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on January 6 to get President Donald Trump to stop the violence unfurling at the US Capitol, according to text messages relayed by the House committee investigating the attack.»
  • Anti-Democracy PowerPoint Circulator Says He Met with Meadows, Briefed Lawmakers: Reports
• 2021-12-11 Inside the 38-page PowerPoint TrumpWorld circulated to justify election subversion
  • A similar version of the PowerPoint has been circulating online: archive.org
• 2021-12-10
  • Jan. 6 PowerPoint: Rep. Schiff says Trump aide demolished his own legal defense (video with summary)
  • Capitol attack panel obtains PowerPoint that set out plan for Trump to stage coup
    • reprint: yahoo!news
  • January 6 committee subpoenas Trump-backed congressional candidate and several others:
    • Max Miller, «former aide to former President Donald Trump and current Ohio congressional candidate»
    • Robert "Bobby" Peede Jr.
    • Brian Jack, Trump's director of political affairs
    • Bryan Lewis, who had a (the?) rally permit for January 6 outside the Capitol
    • Ed Martin, an organizer with the "Stop the Steal" movement
    • Kimberly Fletcher, who is tied to "Moms for America" and helped organize the January 5 rally at Freedom Plaza and the January 6 rally at the Ellipse
• 2021-12-09
  • Facing contempt charges, Meadows sues to block Jan. 6 panel's subpoenas
  • Appeals court rejects Trump's bid to keep January 6 documents from House committee «However, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals paused its ruling for two weeks so that Trump could seek a Supreme Court intervention. [...] Trump spokeswoman Liz Harrington said in a statement following the ruling that "regardless of today's decision by the appeals court, this case was always destined for the Supreme Court."» -- because Trump's best card right now is endless delays, hoping to keep any more shoes from dropping until after the 2022 midterms.
• 2021-12-07 July trial set for Steve Bannon in Jan. 6 Capitol riot contempt of Congress case «A federal judge set a tentative July 18 start date for the trial of former Trump advisor Steve Bannon on charges of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a probe of the Capitol riot.»
  • discussion: Nextdoor
• 2021-12-06
  • 'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6 «Matthews' memo, sent to the Jan. 6 select committee this month and» obtained by POLITICO, «includes detailed recollections of the insurrection response as it calls two Army generals — Gen. Charles Flynn, who served as deputy chief of staff for operations on Jan. 6, and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt, the director of Army staff — “absolute and unmitigated liars” for their characterization of the events of that day.»
  • Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun «January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election.» (long read)
• 2021-12-01 Capitol Rioter Broke Into The FBI, Lost His ID And Backpack, And Had An Armed Standoff With Police: Timothy Desjardins, a barber shop owner from Providence
• 2021-11-30
  • Trump called aides hours before Capitol riot to discuss how to stop Biden victory
  • Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows cooperating with Jan. 6 panel, averts contempt showdown – for now
• 2021-11-24 Jan. 6 Organizers Used Burner Phones to Talk to Trump Family: Report
• 2021-11-23 WATCH: Alex Jones Says His Orders for the January 6th Insurrection Came from Trump
• 2021-11-22
  • Man charged with carrying loaded firearm to the Capitol on Jan. 6 -- just one of multiple murder threats against Nancy Pelosi
  • Fox News commentators resign over Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 series: when you're too far overboard even for Jonah Goldberg, it's time to reconsider.
• 2021-11-20 Remorseless Capitol Rioter Seals His Fate At Sentencing With Rambling Screed Before A Federal Judge: John Lolos pleaded guilty in August to one misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. The Department of Justice asked Mehta to give him 30 days behind bars for his role in the Capitol riot.
• 2021-11-11 Jan. 6 committee to Mark Meadows: Testify Friday or risk contempt charges
• 2021-11-10
  • After tearfully begging for mercy, violent insurrectionist is sentenced to 41 months in prison
  • 'Forrest Gump' defense of 'QAnon Shaman' doesn't play, prosecutors ask for 51 months
  • Online Restaurant Review Leads FBI To Unforgettable Insurrectionist With The Most Gawd Awful Sweater «Hamner allegedly used an image of himself at the Capitol — superimposed with former president Donald Trump — as his profile photo on the right-wing social media app Telegram. FBI agents traced the Telegram account to a phone number associated with both Hamner's wife and a tiling business he runs in Colorado Springs. Additionally, a person who 'has had personal contact with Hamner' confirmed to investigators that he was the man seen in the videos and in an online business review Hamner left for a restaurant, according to court records.»
• 2021-11-08 Capitol rioter flees the FBI to seek asylum in Belarus «The FBI charged Evan Neumann with six crimes, including assaulting officers and violent entry...»
• 2021-11-05 There's no such thing as a bad day in court for Donald Trump when it comes to Jan. 6
• 2021-11-04 Liz Cheney's revelation on Jan. 6 committee interviewing 150-plus witnesses should terrify McCarthy
• 2021-10-29 Capitol Police officer resigns after indictment on obstructing Jan. 6 investigation
• 2021-10-25 Report claims 6 January organisers met with GOP lawmakers and were told of ‘blanket’ White House pardon
• 2021-10-24
  • EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff
    • reprint: Yahoo! News
    • analysis: (DailyKos, 10/25) Two Jan. 6 rally organizers are talking, and congressional Republicans should be nervous
  • Jan. 6 committee chair: 'No question' Capitol riot was a premeditated attack
  • Paul Gosar assured Jan. 6 protest organizers they would get a 'blanket pardon' while they were planning rallies: report
• 2021-10-22 Right wing streamer confirmed as Capitol rioter after deleted footage surfaces: yes, it was more violent than the denialist narrative claims
• 2021-10-10
  • No. 2 House Republican refuses to say election wasn’t stolen «Steve Scalise repeatedly refused to say on Sunday that the 2020 election wasn’t stolen»
  • Fiona Hill says January 6 was a "dress rehearsal"
  • US Capitol Police whistleblower alleges leadership failures on January 6
• 2021-01-05 Election Fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for 6 JAN (via): PowerPoint presentation which came up in an email Mark Meadows gave to the Jan. 6 Commission

denialism

• 2021-09-20 The January 6 Insurrection Hoax by Roger Kimball: «the January 6 protest at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. lasted a few hours, caused minimal damage, and the only person directly killed was an unarmed female Trump supporter who was shot by a Capitol Police officer.»
  • • reprint: 10/8 RealClearPolicy