In all, the FBI included eight images of Todd Tilley outside and inside the Capitol building, along with a video showing “Tilley joining with the crowd in shouting, ‘Stop the steal,'” in an affidavit used to obtain an arrest warrant.
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Jan. 6 panel: Local election ‘heroes’ rebuffed Trump, then faced threats
Trump’s pressure on local election officials, described as potentially illegal, was fueled by the president’s false claims of voter fraud which, the panel says, led directly to the deadly insurrection at the Capitol.
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Trump campaign documents give inside look at fake electors
Internal campaign emails and memos reveal that the convening of the fake electors appeared to be part of a strategy intended to give Vice President Mike Pence a reason to declare the outcome of the election was somehow in doubt.
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Trump advisers tell Jan. 6 panel the plan for Pence to reject electors was ‘nuts’
The pressure Trump put on his vice president, including at a Jan. 6 rally, led directly to the insurrection at the Capitol, the panel said.
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Jan. 6 panel probes Trump’s ‘last-ditch’ effort to pressure Pence to reject 2020 election results
The panel is reconvening for a third hearing, plunging into Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to salvage the 2020 election by pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to reject the electoral count.
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Supreme Court justice’s wife played more extensive role in effort to overturn election, sources say
The emails show that efforts by the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to overturn the election were more extensive than previously known, two of the people said.
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Watch Jan. 6 hearing: Witness says Trump ‘detached from reality’ over election
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is delving deeper into what it calls “the big lie,” Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud
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Video: Watch Thursday night’s Jan. 6 committee hearing
Nearly a year since its inception, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is going public with its findings as lawmakers hope to show the American public how democracy came to the brink of disaster.
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Takeaways: ‘Carnage’ at the Capitol and a case against Trump
The made-for-TV hearings — including video of police officers being brutally beaten and right-wing extremists leading the crowds into the Capitol — come as some have tried to downplay the violence.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate charged in Jan. 6 riot, roiling primary in Michigan
Ryan Kelley, a real estate broker, is accused of disruptive conduct, injuring public property and entering restricted space without permission, according to the criminal complaint.