Hunter Biden walked out of a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday as Chairman James Comer called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to speak on a resolution to hold the president’s son in contempt of Congress.
Biden made a surprise, in-person appearance at the hearing and offered to address the committee directly. Last month, Biden had flouted a subpoena from the Oversight Committee ordering him to appear before Congress for a closed-door interview. Biden countered that the committee had offered him the option to deliver his testimony in a public hearing,...
Biden made a surprise, in-person appearance at the hearing and offered to address the committee directly. Last month, Biden had flouted a subpoena from the Oversight Committee ordering him to appear before Congress for a closed-door interview. Biden countered that the committee had offered him the option to deliver his testimony in a public hearing,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump seriously believed a fringe conspiracy that suggested the possibility of his reinstatement as president, even after his defeat in the 2020 election and his departure from the White House.
ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl‘s new book, Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Ole Party, provides insight into the origins of Trump’s belief in this theory, which was supported by some of his most loyal allies.
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell was among those who actively promoted the false belief that Trump could return to the White House on August 13, 2021, despite the end of Trump’s first term on Inauguration Day, several months prior.
This groundless theory falsely asserted that President Joe Biden was not the legitimate president and that the military was in control until Trump was reinstated, a scenario that never materialized.
In a 2021 interview, Karl asked Trump about...
ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl‘s new book, Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Ole Party, provides insight into the origins of Trump’s belief in this theory, which was supported by some of his most loyal allies.
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell was among those who actively promoted the false belief that Trump could return to the White House on August 13, 2021, despite the end of Trump’s first term on Inauguration Day, several months prior.
This groundless theory falsely asserted that President Joe Biden was not the legitimate president and that the military was in control until Trump was reinstated, a scenario that never materialized.
In a 2021 interview, Karl asked Trump about...
- 11/23/2023
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
One of the primary criteria for Republicans looking to curry the favor of Donald Trump and his followers in a GOP primary is stating — and stating loudly — that the 2020 election was stolen from the former president.
New Hampshire Senate candidate Don Bolduc filled that criteria. “I signed a letter with 120 other generals and admirals saying Trump won the election, and damnit I stand by my word,” he said during an Aug. 14 GOP debate.
Bolduc won the state’s Republican primary on Tuesday, albeit barely, and will now face incumbent Democrat Sen.
New Hampshire Senate candidate Don Bolduc filled that criteria. “I signed a letter with 120 other generals and admirals saying Trump won the election, and damnit I stand by my word,” he said during an Aug. 14 GOP debate.
Bolduc won the state’s Republican primary on Tuesday, albeit barely, and will now face incumbent Democrat Sen.
- 9/15/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The Jan. 6 committee displayed a bombshell email on Thursday revealing that Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) emailed the White House five days after the attack on the Capitol asking for a pardon for himself and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-fl), as well as “every Congressman and Senator who voted to reject the electoral college vote submissions of Arizona and Pennsylvania.”
The blanket pardon would have preemptively exonerated the 147 Republicans who voted against the certification of President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory in the event that wrongdoing was discovered in subsequent investigations.
The blanket pardon would have preemptively exonerated the 147 Republicans who voted against the certification of President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory in the event that wrongdoing was discovered in subsequent investigations.
- 6/23/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Updated, with latest: A number of lawmakers, including Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fl) and Rep. Mo Brooks (R-al), sought presidential pardons after January 6th, according to testimony before the committee’s hearing on Thursday.
“The only reason I know to ask for a pardon is you think you committed a crime,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-il).
The committee showed text of a January 11 email in which Brooks was seeking pardons to “every congressman and senator who vote to reject the electoral college vote submissions of Arizona and Pennsylvania.” Gaetz was included in Brooks’ request for a pardon.
In videotaped testimony, Cassidy Hutchinson, aide to then-chief of staff Mark Meadows, talked of pardons sought by other lawmakers, including Andy Biggs, Scott Perry and Louie Gohmert. She said that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-oh) “talked about congressional pardons, but he never asked me for one.”
John McEntee, a Trump aide, said in a...
“The only reason I know to ask for a pardon is you think you committed a crime,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-il).
The committee showed text of a January 11 email in which Brooks was seeking pardons to “every congressman and senator who vote to reject the electoral college vote submissions of Arizona and Pennsylvania.” Gaetz was included in Brooks’ request for a pardon.
In videotaped testimony, Cassidy Hutchinson, aide to then-chief of staff Mark Meadows, talked of pardons sought by other lawmakers, including Andy Biggs, Scott Perry and Louie Gohmert. She said that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-oh) “talked about congressional pardons, but he never asked me for one.”
John McEntee, a Trump aide, said in a...
- 6/23/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The power of the Trump endorsement is waning and nowhere was it more apparent than last night’s Georgia Republican primary runoffs. The former president has struggled to translate his endorsements into victories for a GOP seeking electoral gains in the 2022 midterm elections. Trump’s endorsement has been a boon for some primary candidates — most notably J.D. Vance in Ohio — but it’s far from a golden ticket as the party works to find common ground between factions bitterly divided over the future of American conservatism.
In Georgia, Trump-backed candidates floundered in their runoff elections.
In Georgia, Trump-backed candidates floundered in their runoff elections.
- 6/22/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
In the weeks after the 2020 election, then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows met with Rep. Scott Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican who was trying to get the election results overturned. Afterwards, Meadows burned documents in his office, his former aide Cassidy Hutchinson told the Jan. 6 committee, Politico reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with her testimony.
It’s unclear which papers Meadows may have burned, but the issue is a “key focus” of the committee, which grilled Hutchinson over the incident for around 90 minutes, according to Politico.
Lawyers for...
It’s unclear which papers Meadows may have burned, but the issue is a “key focus” of the committee, which grilled Hutchinson over the incident for around 90 minutes, according to Politico.
Lawyers for...
- 5/26/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
The January 6th Committee has subpoenaed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-ca) and four other GOP lawmakers for their testimony about the siege on the Capitol.
Also issued subpoenas were Scott Perry, Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs and Mo Brooks.
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-ms), the chairman of the committee, said that the five congressman have so far refused to voluntarily testify.
“We urge our colleagues to comply with the law, do their patriotic duty, and cooperate with our investigation as hundreds of other witnesses have done,” he said. The letter to McCarthy is here.
McCarthy was in communication with then-President Donald Trump before, during and after the siege, the committee noted. McCarthy also “claimed to have had a discussion with the President in the immediate aftermath of the attack during which President Trump admitted some culpability for the attack.”
The committee is planning to start a series of public hearings on...
Also issued subpoenas were Scott Perry, Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs and Mo Brooks.
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-ms), the chairman of the committee, said that the five congressman have so far refused to voluntarily testify.
“We urge our colleagues to comply with the law, do their patriotic duty, and cooperate with our investigation as hundreds of other witnesses have done,” he said. The letter to McCarthy is here.
McCarthy was in communication with then-President Donald Trump before, during and after the siege, the committee noted. McCarthy also “claimed to have had a discussion with the President in the immediate aftermath of the attack during which President Trump admitted some culpability for the attack.”
The committee is planning to start a series of public hearings on...
- 5/12/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Jan. 6 committee on Thursday issued subpoenas to several high-profile Republican members of Congress, signaling an escalation of the probe into the attack on the Capitol last Jan. 6.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was one of the Republicans to receive a subpoena, along with Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) and Scott Perry (R-Pa.). All five member had previously rejected committee requests to comply voluntarily.
“The Select Committee has learned that several of our colleagues have information relevant to our investigation into the attack on...
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was one of the Republicans to receive a subpoena, along with Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) and Scott Perry (R-Pa.). All five member had previously rejected committee requests to comply voluntarily.
“The Select Committee has learned that several of our colleagues have information relevant to our investigation into the attack on...
- 5/12/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The Jan. 6 committee on Monday requested the voluntary cooperation of three of former President Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress: Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas).
The committee referenced Biggs’ alleged role regarding “various aspects of planning for Jan. 6.” Rolling Stone reported last fall that Biggs was one of several lawmakers who participated in the planning of the rally near the White House that preceded the riot at the Capitol. It noted how Brooks recently said that Trump asked him to “rescind” the 2020 election and...
The committee referenced Biggs’ alleged role regarding “various aspects of planning for Jan. 6.” Rolling Stone reported last fall that Biggs was one of several lawmakers who participated in the planning of the rally near the White House that preceded the riot at the Capitol. It noted how Brooks recently said that Trump asked him to “rescind” the 2020 election and...
- 5/2/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
There may not be a candidate for Congress in America who prized Trump’s endorsement more than Mo Brooks. The Alabama representative now vying for Senate splashed “Endorsed by Donald Trump” across his campaign logo, worked it into his Twitter name, and is such a fanboy of the former president that he spoke at the “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the riot at the Capitol last Jan. 6. He’s also one of the representatives Rolling Stone reported were in contact with the rally’s organizers ahead of the protest.
- 3/23/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Less than 24 hours after a report indicated that Donald Trump has soured on Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), the Senate candidate whom he endorsed last year, Brooks released a campaign ad that doubles as a pledge of fealty to the former president and his lies about the 2020 election.
The ex-president is considering pulling his endorsement, the Washington Examiner reported Wednesday. “Mo Brooks is disappointing,” Trump told the publication during a phone interview earlier this week. “I’m determining right now, has Mo Brooks — has he changed?”
Trump suggested that if Brooks...
The ex-president is considering pulling his endorsement, the Washington Examiner reported Wednesday. “Mo Brooks is disappointing,” Trump told the publication during a phone interview earlier this week. “I’m determining right now, has Mo Brooks — has he changed?”
Trump suggested that if Brooks...
- 3/17/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
The surface-level facts of what happened on Jan. 6, 2021 are not very complicated. Trump hosted a well-attended rally in Washington, D.C. to stoke anger over Congress certifying the results of the previous November’s election. After weeks of telling his supporters that the election had been stolen, he gave a speech near the White House where he told his supporters to “fight like hell” and said he expected them to head to the Capitol. Some of them did, and some of them were already there, and together the two groups...
- 1/5/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Reps. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) all interacted with Ali Alexander, the founder of the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” movement, in the lead up to Jan. 6, Alexander’s attorney said in a suit filed late Friday.
Alexander shared this information with the House select committee investigating Jan. 6, his attorney wrote in the filing, which was reported by Politico. According to the suit, Alexander told the committee he participated in “a few phone conversations” with Gosar and spoke with Biggs in person “and never by phone,...
Alexander shared this information with the House select committee investigating Jan. 6, his attorney wrote in the filing, which was reported by Politico. According to the suit, Alexander told the committee he participated in “a few phone conversations” with Gosar and spoke with Biggs in person “and never by phone,...
- 12/18/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Attendees of Trump’s rally were less than pleased when Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), whose remarks immediately preceded the former president’s, brought up the 2020 election and told the crowd to “put that behind you.”
“There are some people who are despondent about the voter fraud and election theft in 2020,” Brooks said at the Saturday night event in Cullman, Ala. “Folks, put that behind you, put that behind you.”
The crowd immediately broke into boos and chants of “no!” in response. It’s clear what Brooks is trying to do here.
“There are some people who are despondent about the voter fraud and election theft in 2020,” Brooks said at the Saturday night event in Cullman, Ala. “Folks, put that behind you, put that behind you.”
The crowd immediately broke into boos and chants of “no!” in response. It’s clear what Brooks is trying to do here.
- 8/22/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The city hosting Trump’s rally on Saturday has declared a Covid-related state of emergency due to the surge of new cases that have overwhelmed Alabama’s hospitals. The declaration will provide additional resources, equipment, and medical first responders to the city of Cullman as it readies itself for the potential superspreader event hosted by the former president.
According to Al.com, the Alabama Hospital Association reported this Wednesday that there were no available ICU beds in Alabama out of the 1,562 units in the state. But that hasn’t stopped Trump or Alabama Republicans,...
According to Al.com, the Alabama Hospital Association reported this Wednesday that there were no available ICU beds in Alabama out of the 1,562 units in the state. But that hasn’t stopped Trump or Alabama Republicans,...
- 8/20/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Update: Rep. Jim Jordan confirmed to Spectrum News on Wednesday that he spoke with Trump on January 6th.
“I spoke with the president last week, I speak with the president all the time, I spoke with him on January 6th,” Jordan said.
He couldn’t seem to recall, however, if he spoke with Trump before, during, or after the insurrection. “Uhh, I’d have to go— I spoke with him that day after … I think after?” he stammered. “I don’t know if I spoke with him in the morning or not.
“I spoke with the president last week, I speak with the president all the time, I spoke with him on January 6th,” Jordan said.
He couldn’t seem to recall, however, if he spoke with Trump before, during, or after the insurrection. “Uhh, I’d have to go— I spoke with him that day after … I think after?” he stammered. “I don’t know if I spoke with him in the morning or not.
- 7/28/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Washington — Brace yourself: Donald Trump plans to run for president again.
At least that’s what the former president is telling his dinner buddies.
Trump has told at least three people he’s dined with in recent months that he plans to run in 2024, a former senior official at the Republican National Committee tells Rolling Stone. “I have three friends who’ve had dinner with him in the last couple of months. All three reported that his current plans are to run for president in 2024,” the former R.N.C.
At least that’s what the former president is telling his dinner buddies.
Trump has told at least three people he’s dined with in recent months that he plans to run in 2024, a former senior official at the Republican National Committee tells Rolling Stone. “I have three friends who’ve had dinner with him in the last couple of months. All three reported that his current plans are to run for president in 2024,” the former R.N.C.
- 7/19/2021
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) only wants to face the good kind of consequences for his comments the morning of the January 6th riot at the Capitol.
The Maga-friendly representative is basing his campaign for Senate in Alabama around his unequivocal support of Trump, including the false idea that he won the election last November, but he’s had to temper his devotion to the former president in the face of a lawsuit filed by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) alleging that Brooks’ speech at the “Save America Rally” on January 6th helped incite the insurrection.
The Maga-friendly representative is basing his campaign for Senate in Alabama around his unequivocal support of Trump, including the false idea that he won the election last November, but he’s had to temper his devotion to the former president in the face of a lawsuit filed by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) alleging that Brooks’ speech at the “Save America Rally” on January 6th helped incite the insurrection.
- 7/6/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump may be out of the limelight (and off of Twitter) for the moment, but the Maga foot soldiers who stoked his racist fantasies, encouraged his worst impulses, and looked the other way for four years of chaos and cruelty haven’t left us. The leading villains of the Trump presidency have scattered to Fox News and the 2024 campaign trail, defending their former boss’s tumultuous years in office and doing their damnedest to elect future waves of Trump-loving Republicans.
Trump’s cohort may have been blacklisted by polite society,...
Trump’s cohort may have been blacklisted by polite society,...
- 3/30/2021
- by Andy Kroll and Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The carnival-like atmosphere conveyed by images and video from the attack on the Capitol this week was deceptive. Not only did the mayhem lead to five deaths, including a police officer, but according to MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, “There was something way, way darker, more violent, more sinister, and more organized happening in that Capitol on Wednesday.”
Hayes, drawing on new video, told his Friday night audience that what they saw on television the day of the riots, “were largely not the most horrifying [images] of the day.”
“Much of what we saw — silly costumes,...
Hayes, drawing on new video, told his Friday night audience that what they saw on television the day of the riots, “were largely not the most horrifying [images] of the day.”
“Much of what we saw — silly costumes,...
- 1/9/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
A number of Republican congressional elected officials announced their intent to vote against certifying the results of the Electoral College on January 6th. While this will not change the results of the election, it will lengthen the process of certifying them.
The group of Republicans who released a joint statement Saturday includes Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Senators-elect Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.
The group of Republicans who released a joint statement Saturday includes Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Senators-elect Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.
- 1/2/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Update: The Supreme Court rejected the suit, saying in a brief order that Texas “has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another state conducts its elections.”
Original story below.
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One hundred and twenty-six House Republicans, more than half the caucus, have signed onto an amicus brief in a Texas lawsuit that is asking the courts to invalidate millions of votes from four swing states won by President-elect Joe Biden. Despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud, these elected officials joined the Texas attorney...
Original story below.
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One hundred and twenty-six House Republicans, more than half the caucus, have signed onto an amicus brief in a Texas lawsuit that is asking the courts to invalidate millions of votes from four swing states won by President-elect Joe Biden. Despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud, these elected officials joined the Texas attorney...
- 12/11/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The visuals on news channels were of about two dozen members of Congress walking into a nondescript room. In fact, it was part of an unusual House Republican protest, an orchestrated effort to make the case that the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump is unfair.
Led by Rep. Steve Scalise (R-la), the House majority whip, the group first spoke to reporters at the base of a set of spiral stairs at the Capitol Visitor Center that is near a secure room — known as an “Scif” — where the impeachment inquiry is taking place.
Then they paraded into the room, where Deputy Defense Secretary Laura Cooper was scheduled to testify. Some of the members had their personal electronic devices as they entered, even though they are prohibited, according to one Democratic member who was in the room. The hearing was halted, but some of the Gop members continued to...
Led by Rep. Steve Scalise (R-la), the House majority whip, the group first spoke to reporters at the base of a set of spiral stairs at the Capitol Visitor Center that is near a secure room — known as an “Scif” — where the impeachment inquiry is taking place.
Then they paraded into the room, where Deputy Defense Secretary Laura Cooper was scheduled to testify. Some of the members had their personal electronic devices as they entered, even though they are prohibited, according to one Democratic member who was in the room. The hearing was halted, but some of the Gop members continued to...
- 10/23/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
A new poll of Alabama voters finds that Republicans are eager to re-nominate the extremely problematic Roy Moore for a Senate rematch against Democrat Doug Jones.
Moore is a disgraced former state Supreme Court justice — removed from office twice, most recently for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples — who has been accused of past sexual misconduct, including against a 14-year-old girl. Moore denied any wrongdoing, and his 2017 candidacy was backed vigorously by President Trump, who exhorted Alabamians to “Vote Roy Moore!” Moore, who believes homosexuality should be...
Moore is a disgraced former state Supreme Court justice — removed from office twice, most recently for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples — who has been accused of past sexual misconduct, including against a 14-year-old girl. Moore denied any wrongdoing, and his 2017 candidacy was backed vigorously by President Trump, who exhorted Alabamians to “Vote Roy Moore!” Moore, who believes homosexuality should be...
- 4/16/2019
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
On Wednesday, Feb. 14, a 19-year-old gunman walked onto the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, armed with what police say was a military-style semi-automatic rifle and countless magazines — and killed at least 17 people. He was a troubled man who had shown repeated signs of being unstable and yet was able to legally obtain a semi-automatic rifle capaable of causing unimaginable carnage.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott called the attack “pure evil” and vowed to have a real conversation about sensible gun legislation, saying, “The violence has to stop. We cannot lose another child in this country to gun violence in a school.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott called the attack “pure evil” and vowed to have a real conversation about sensible gun legislation, saying, “The violence has to stop. We cannot lose another child in this country to gun violence in a school.
- 2/16/2018
- by People Staff
- PEOPLE.com
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