Thompson: January 6 panel to pursue McCarthy again

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Kevin McCarthy is likely to face new pressure this week to appear before the bipartisan panel investigating the 6 January insurrection, its chairman has said, as the House minority leader faces angry Republican colleagues this morning.

The embattled GOP chief was caught in a lie over the 6 January insurrection by the New York Times, which released audio clips capturing the purported Donald Trump ally saying he would call for Trump’s resignation, which he denied.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...p-leaked-audio-biden-covid-us-politics-latest

 

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Trial Begins for Former N.Y.P.D. Officer on Jan. 6 Charges

Among the many violent scuffles that erupted during the riot at the Capitol, this one stood out.

On one side of the barricade was a lightly armored Washington, D.C., police officer, standing with his colleagues to defend the building against a mob of Trump supporters. Confronting him from the other side, brandishing a flagpole, was not just any assailant, but a retired member of the New York Police Department.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/us/politics/jan-6-trial-thomas-webster.html

 

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McCarthy Feared G.O.P. Lawmakers Put ‘People in Jeopardy’ After Jan. 6

Representative Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, feared in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack that several far-right members of Congress would incite violence against other lawmakers, identifying several by name as security risks in private conversations with party leaders.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/us/politics/mccarthy-republican-lawmakers.html