Thirty Five Republicans voted in favor of forming the January 6 commission. Now it goes to the Senate. House sends bill creating January 6 commission to the Senate - CNNPolitics
House approves Jan. 6 commission bill excerpt: "The bill passed 252-175, with 35 Republicans voting with Democrats. There was applause in the chamber as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the totals and closed the vote. the measure now heads to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain."
McConnell would need to eat his own words again to follow Trump's orders. McConnell announces opposition to bill that would create Jan. 6 commission excerpt: "In January, in the wake of the attack on the Capitol, McConnell placed blame squarely on President Donald Trump for the assault, saying he had "provoked" the violent mob of the president's supporters. "The mob was fed lies," McConnell said on the Senate floor. "They were provoked by the president and other powerful people, and they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government which they did not like.""
Trump said he heard the news from leaked reports by the mainstream media, seemingly implying that they did something wrong. The AG office of NY issued a public statement. Nothing needed to be leaked.
AZ election 'deleted' data located. Trump was quick to jump on the bandwagon that someone fraudulently deleted the data (the old deleted Hillary's emails ploy). Arizona election auditors found the voting data that Trump claimed had been destroyed as part of a plot to deprive him of victory excerpt: ""The entire Database of Maricopa County in Arizona has been DELETED!" Trump said, claiming that journalists were too afraid to cover the story. Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, a Republican, called the statement "unhinged." Ben Cotton, one of the auditing officials, told state senators on Tuesday that the data had been found, The Associated Press reported. Cotton described Trump's claim as a "moot point." In a tweet on Tuesday, Maricopa County officials criticized the auditors for making the baseless accusation about deleted data in the first place. "Just want to underscore that AZ Senate's @ArizonaAudit account accused Maricopa County of deleting files- which would be a crime- then a day after our technical letter explained they were just looking in the wrong place," the tweet said. "All of a sudden 'auditors' have recovered the files.""
Trump is ten steps ahead of everyone when it comes to making rash statements that later turn out to be wrong.
Trump rioter who wanted to hang Pelosi arrested. 2 McKean County residents arrested for U.S. Capitol riot excerpt: "Two McKean County residents — one of them a woman who could be heard shouting “Bring Nancy Pelosi out” to be hanged — have been charged for entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. Pauline Bauer of Kane and William Blauser Jr. of Ludlow made their way into the east Rotunda door of the Capitol while officers were trying to stop the crowd from entering, according to the statement of facts provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Pennsylvania. Bauer and Blauser are charged with entering any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in restricted building or grounds and two counts each of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. Additionally, Bauer is charged with obstruction of justice/Congress."
FBI releases more videos of officers being beaten be Trump's rioters (what Trump refers to as hugging and kissing). FBI releases new video footage of officers being assaulted at the US Capitol excerpt: "Many of the 10 clips released Thursday are extremely disturbing. One shows a protestor grabbing an officer by the helmet and smashing his head repeatedly against a door jamb. In one 22-second clip, a man with a patterned blue mask covering his mouth is seen shoving the face of an officer at one of the entrances of the Capitol. In a 38-second video, a man with a yellow face covering and a red backpack is seen repeatedly striking officers with what appears to be a stick. And in a 56-second clip, a man is seen using what appears to be a tree branch to strike at officers that are preventing the crowd from entering the Capitol. The longest video released on Thursday shows three minutes of body camera footage of a man wearing a black, red and white jacket attacking officers while another rioter was on the ground. An officer used a stun gun to fend the man off. Another video shows a man in an aqua blue windbreaker jacket with a navy blue hood walking up stairs that overlooked an area with several identifiable law enforcement officers. The unidentified man is seen spraying a cloud of smoke onto the officers and walking away."
FBI releases videos of 'horrifying assaults' on officers during Jan. 6 riot excerpt: "The FBI on Wednesday released videos of “horrifying assaults” on law enforcement during the Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill as Congress debates the formation of a commission to investigate the insurrection. In two new videos, the FBI showed one suspect trying to tear off an officer’s gas mask before picking up a baton and striking officers with it, and another suspect punching officers with gloves with metal knuckles."
I was watching McConnell on the news and he looks and sounds every bit the 79 years old man he is and yet, he just won't retire. It's clear his mind is going and yet, he refuses to let go the reigns of power
Man charged in Capitol riot after allegedly showing video in his dentist's office Doha Madani Wed, May 19, 2021, 2:17 PM Man charged in Capitol riot after allegedly showing video in his dentist's office excerpt: "The FBI received a tip about Warmus’ involvement from an unidentified person who overheard Warmus discussing his experience at his dentist’s office, the complaint against him said. Warmus allegedly played a video he took inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot and said he had smoked marijuana while he was there. A subsequent investigation identified Warmus on security footage inside the Capitol and as having entered the federal building through the Senate Wing Doors at about 2:17 p.m., the complaint said. Warmus allegedly wore a sweatshirt that read “CNN is fake news,” a hat that said “Trump 2020” and carried a “F--- Antifa” flag."
Another Trump rioter arrested. Texas tops the list of Capitol rioters. Denton County man charged in Capitol intrusion; suspect seen in video images, FBI says excerpt: "A person whose relationship to Persick is not described in an affidavit supporting a criminal complaint submitted online on the day of the demonstration a tip about Persick to the FBI. The person sent an image that the FBI said showed Persick wearing sunglasses and a red baseball cap with a Make America Great Again logo. The image appears to show him outdoors in a crowd. In March, FBI special agents interviewed the person, who indicated that he or she has known Persick for about 20 years. An agent showed the person images taken from video inside the Capitol on Jan. 6. The person identified Persick in the images, according to the affidavit."
This is what I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND ............... If ANY foreign country actively engages in cyber espionage / attacks on any U.S. entity / business / infrastructure - or harbors groups/entities that DO - the U.S should immediately cyber - F*ck them up so badly they'll be back in the stone age. WHY do we just take this sh*t????????? It's happened with both Republican and Democratic Presidents. Someone needs to step up and cave those basta*ds in so they'll be in fetal positions whimpering.
Just picture, if you will, what a different reaction we would see from the spineless, gutless, ethics & integrity barren REPUBLICANS if it were Biden supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol !!!!!!! They'd have ordered "shoot to kill" to any & all law enforcement present. There would be investigations stacked up like a deck of cards, and ALL identified rioters would be in prison. But because it was REPUBLICANS committing treasonous insurrection and rioting IN the Capitol, in support of a 100% LIAR & FRAUD, and TRAMPLING on the U.S. Constitution .................. well .................. "it was much like a tourist group sightseeing, peacefully." How rotten, decayed, AND CRIMINAL are the minds that those actions were ANYTHING but insurrection and sedition?? I say ......... let's rekindle that chant we heard so often a while back ............ how did it go .............. "LOCK THEM UP!! LOCK THEM UP!! LOCK THEM UP!! LOCKTHEM UP!! LOCK THEM UP!! LOCK THEM UP!! LOCKTHEM UP!!