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Evidence gathered in the events surrounding the storming of the US Capitol last Jan. 6 will receive its first public presentation today, with the House Select Committee holding an initial televised hearing this evening (8 pm ET).
In the culmination of a nearly yearlong probe, roughly 1,000 witnesses provided testimony and more than 100,000 pages of documents were examined. The Democrat-led panel—Reps. Liz Cheney (WY-At large) and Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) are the only GOP members—has implied new evidence may be unveiled during the hearings.
Five subsequent hearings are expected to provide findings beyond what unfolded during the day itself. Areas include law enforcement and intelligence failures, premeditated efforts by extremist groups, and the degree of involvement of former President Donald Trump and his allies. Critics have framed the panel as politically motivated.
The fallout from the day has led to one of the largest criminal cases in Justice Department history. More than 860 people have been arrested, with charges ranging from entering a restricted building to seditious conspiracy. The select committee itself has no criminal prosecution authority.
See our write-up from the day after, and livestream tonight's hearings here. |
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Eleven-year-old Miah Cerrillo, who survived the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, recounted her experience yesterday via prerecorded testimony played at a House hearing on gun violence. Cerrillo, who covered herself in her friend’s blood and pretended to be dead, was one of nine people testifying before the House Oversight and Reform Committee about the massacres in Uvalde and Buffalo, New York.
In related news the Justice Department has selected a team of nine people to help examine the local police response during the Uvalde mass shooting. The department conducted similar reviews after the 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, and the 2016 mass shooting at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub.
The hearing comes as a bipartisan group of senators continues to negotiate a deal reportedly focused on background checks, mental health, school security, and red flag laws. Sources say an agreement may be reached by the end of this week.
Meanwhile, the House passed its own reform package in a largely party-line vote. The bills are unlikely to pass the Senate. |
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Roughly 90 women are collectively filing lawsuits against the FBI for $1B over its handling of the allegations against convicted sex criminal Larry Nassar. The group, including former Team USA gymnasts Simone Biles and McKayla Maroney, claims the FBI failed to act after the organization informed the FBI of the sexual assault allegations in Indianapolis in July 2015 and again in Los Angeles in May 2016. Neither office informed Michigan authorities of the charges and Nassar was not arrested until late 2016, after a separate investigation by Michigan State University. In that timeframe, the report alleges Nassar victimized nearly 70 women and girls.
The news comes two weeks after the FBI announced the agents who allegedly mishandled the case would not be charged. The Justice Department found in July 2021 that the FBI made numerous errors when it failed to respond to the allegations.
The group joins 13 other gymnasts who filed $130M in claims against the FBI in April. Multiple settlements have already been secured concerning Nassar. See our previous write-up here. |
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