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☆ Nancy Pelosi said Donald Trump isn't 'man enough to show up' to a Jan. 6 committee deposition
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Speaker Pelosi said she doesn't think Donald Trump is "man enough" to testify before the January 6 panel. Trump could be held in contempt of Congress if he doesn't comply, or he may drag out the process. "I don't think he's man enough to show up," Pelosi told Jonathan Capehart on "The Sunday Show" on MSNBC. When the committee voted unanimously earlier this month to subpoena Trump, he sent a letter repeating his false claims about the 2020 election. The speaker added that if Trump doesn't comply with the subpoena, then citizens can conclude "that he thinks he is above the law."

☆ Trump may try to delay the January 6 committee subpoena until well after the midterms — in which the GOP might win back the House and make the whole thing moot
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The January 6 committee formally issued a subpoena to Trump on Friday. If Trump refuses to comply, he could be held in contempt of Congress and potentially prosecuted. Failing to cooperate with the subpoena could result in Trump being held in contempt of Congress and referred to the Justice Department for prosecution. However, if Republicans take back the House in November — as they appear likely to do — the committee itself could be over. Should Republicans win the House and take over in January, McCarthy is the most likely candidate to become House speaker.

☆ Adam Kinzinger said Kevin McCarthy was giving 'aid and comfort to the enemy' and fodder to Russian media by suggesting GOP may not send more aid to Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said if the GOP wins the House they may not be as forthcoming with Ukraine aid. His comments suggested bipartisan support for aiding Ukraine could be waning. "I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they're not going to write a blank check to Ukraine," McCarthy told Punchbowl News. Some saw the comments as a sign that the broad bipartisan support for aiding Ukraine could be waning. Kinzinger said he thought McCarthy's comments were intended to appeal to the extreme members of the Republican party.

☆ Kinzinger reacts to McCarthy's plan on Ukraine if GOP wins the House
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) talks to CNN's John Berman about House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) suggestion that Ukrainian aid may not be as forthcoming if republicans take control of Congress.

☆ January 6 panel member doesn't rule out holding Trump in contempt if he doesn't comply with its subpoena
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jan. 6 committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger discussed its subpoena to ex-President Donald Trump. He didn't rule out seeking to hold Trump in criminal contempt if he dodges the subpoena. The Jan. 6 panel claims Trump was at the center of a plot to overturn the 2020 election. Trump in response to the subpoena last week reportedly told aides he'd be willing to testify, as long as it was on live TV. But there are complications, with many analysts expecting Trump to launch a legal challenge to the subpoena.

☆ Jan. 6 committee will figure out what comes next if Trump refuses to testify, members say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Summer Concepcion | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Two House Jan. 6 committee members said Sunday that the panel has not yet determined next steps if former President Donald Trump refuses to comply with its subpoena that was issued during its latest public hearing. The committee’s ninth hearing Thursday, its last hearing before the midterm elections, concluded with the panel voting unanimously to subpoena Trump. “I won’t engage in any hypotheticals at this moment, as the subpoena hasn’t yet even been served. Although the former president did not indicate whether he would comply with the panel’s subpoena to testify, he is expected to challenge it. He’s required to answer to those police officers who put their lives and bodies on the line to defend our democracy.

☆ ‘SNL’ takes on the January 6 Committee and Trump
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Frank Pallotta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Kenan Thompson, who played Rep. Bennie Thompson, opened the NBC variety show by introducing the crowd to the committee’s ninth and final hearing. 'SNL' opened its show this week with a recap of a January 6 committee hearing. NBCAfter this introduction, Rep, Liz Cheney, played by Heidi Gardner, took the floor. “I’ll go to jail, but I’ll be happy.”Thompson’s Bennie Thompson then asked Gardner’s Cheney for any final thoughts. “Alright, I can already see that this is a complete zero,” Thompson’s Bennie Thompson said.

☆ Rep. Adam Kinzinger says Trump is 'required by law' to testify before January 6 committee: 'He can ramble and push back all he wants'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Donald Trump is required to testify before the Jan. 6 panel after it subpoenaed him. In a letter responding to the subpoena, Trump did not say whether he would testify. Trump has told some aides that he would speak before the panel if his testimony is broadcast live. He is required by law to come in, and he can ramble and push back all he wants. Asked if the Justice Department should hold Trump in criminal contempt if he refuses to testify, Kinzinger said that is "a bridge we cross if we have to get there."

☆ Kinzinger says it's on voters to prevent another insurrection: 'The torch has been passed—yes to DOJ—but also to the American people.'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Sarah Al-Arshani | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Rep. Adam Kinzinger said it's now up to the American people to stop another insurrection. In an interview with ABC, 'This Week' Kinzinger added that Trump is required by law to testify. "The torch has been passed—yes to DOJ—but also to the American people," Kinzinger told ABC 'This Week' host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. Kinzinger, one of just two Republican lawmakers on the committee, said the panel is gathering facts and putting forth recommendations. During the same interview, Kinzinger emphasized that former President Donald Trump is required by law to testify after the committee subpoenaed him last week.

☆ Kevin McCarthy made a 'huge tactical' mistake by not putting Republicans on the Jan. 6 panel, politics expert says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In an unprecedented move, the Jan. 6 House panel on Thursday subpoenaed Donald Trump to testify. The nine-member panel only has two Republicans — neither of whom were appointed by Rep. Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy's decision not to participate in the probe was ultimately a "mistake," a politics expert said. The nine-member House Select Committee investigating the 2021 insurrection includes seven Democrats and two Republicans, all of whom were appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. His decision ensured that the bipartisan panel was staffed only by Trump critics and nary a sensitive vote for the former president.

Share this -Link copiedCommittee votes to subpoena Trump The committee voted on Thursday unanimously to subpoena Trump. Trump would not be the first president to be subpoenaed, nor would he be the first former president subpoenaed by Congress. "Even before the networks called the race for President Biden on Nov. 7th, his chances of pulling out a victory were virtually nonexistent, and President Trump knew it," Kinzinger said. “At times, President Trump acknowledged the reality of his loss. “What did President Trump know?

That's based on a Secret Service email from 9:09 a.m. "The head of the President’s Secret Service protective detail, Robert Engel, was specifically aware of the large crowds outside the magnetometers," Schiff said. A Secret Service report at 7:58 a.m. said, "Some members of the crowd are wearing ballistic helmets, body armor carrying radio equipment and military grade backpacks." On Dec. 26, a Secret Service field office relayed a tip that had been received by the FBI, Schiff said. Trump would not be the first president to be subpoenaed, nor would he be the first former president subpoenaed by Congress.

“I don’t f---ing care that they have weapons,” Trump railed, according to Hutchinson’s testimony. She said Ornato told her Trump reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel and then lunged toward Engel. Giuliani was “definitely intoxicated, but I did not know his level of intoxication when he talked” with Trump, Miller said. (Giuliani at the time denied that he was intoxicated through his attorney.) GOP lawmakers sought Trump pardons after Jan. 6The Jan. 6 committee revealed that multiple Republican lawmakers had asked Trump for pardons for their roles in the effort to overturn the 2020 election.

☆ Trump intended to 'ignore the rule of law and stay in power' -Jan 6. Committee
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PoliticsTrump intended to 'ignore the rule of law and stay in power' -Jan 6. CommitteePostedIn a public hearing of the U.S. Congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters, Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger said the former president had been repeatedly told by close advisers that his claims of election fraud were false, but he continued to share them in an effort to stay in power.

☆ Cassidy Hutchinson testified that Trump told Mark Meadows 'I don't want people to know that we lost' 2020 election court case
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Donald Trump was "fired up" after the Supreme Court rejected a case aiming to overturn the 2020 election. He told his former chief of staff that he didn't want others to know he had lost, Cassidy Hutchinson testified. "The president was just raging about the decision and how it's wrong," she told the January 6 committee. "He had said something to the effect of, 'I don't want people to know we lost, Mark. Trump had pinned his hopes on the Supreme Court siding with him in the case that sought to toss out election results in four battleground states that he lost to President Joe Biden.

Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who is retiring this cycle after voting to impeach former President Donald Trump, is endorsing a slate of high-profile Democrats (and a few Republicans) in key midterm races. Kinzinger is also backing Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski and independent Senate candidate Evan McMullin in Utah, House Republican hopeful Larry Lazor in Connecticut and a state House candidate in Minnesota. Shapiro, Hobbs, Fontes, Benson and Murkowski are all running against Republican nominees backed by the former president and who have all at least questioned the legitimacy of President Joe Biden’s election. While not backed by Trump, Nevada Republican secretary of state nominee Jim Marchant and Minnesota Republican secretary of state nominee Kim Crockett have also cast doubt on the 2020 election. While Lee subsequently voted to certify the 2020 election, opponents have used those texts to argue he lent a hand to those who sought to discredit the election.

☆ Rep. Nancy Mace, who voted against impeaching Trump, says there's 'a lot of pressure' on Republicans to impeach Biden: 'I think that is something that some folks are considering'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Nancy Mace says there's "a lot of pressure" on Republicans to impeach President Biden. On NBC's Meet The Press, Mace said impeachment is being considered by some in the GOP. She told host Chuck Todd that if the party chooses to hold a vote, she believes it will be divisive. The South Carolina congresswoman answered, "there's a lot of pressure on Republicans to have that vote, to put that legislation forward. Kinzinger was referring to Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has made impeaching Biden part of her official platform.

☆ Biden says the election is a battle against 'MAGA Republicans.' He’s been silent about Democrats elevating them.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Peter Nicholas | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Carol-Lee-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Democrats had been spending millions of dollars in Republican primaries elevating extreme candidates who falsely insist Donald Trump won the 2020 election, in hopes of facing weaker opponents in the general election. The raw political calculus that underpins the Democrats’ midterm election strategy is at odds with President Joe Biden’s core political message that democracy is in peril. Biden appears to have accepted the tradeoff involved: If boosting election-denying candidates saves even a few Democratic congressional seats, it’s worth the risk. NBC News asked the White House what Biden thinks of the practice and whether he’s ever voiced qualms about it. During the 2016 presidential campaign, many Democrats saw Trump as the weakest and, hence, most desirable opponent in the general election.

☆ Fights over political lines have fueled the aging of America's government. But that may be changing.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Grace Panetta | Walt Hickey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Redistricting and fights over political lines have fueled the aging of America's government. Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois outside a January 6 committee hearing on June 13, 2022. Partisan gerrymandering, the redrawing of political district lines to favor one political party over the other, has gotten increasingly tactical. In all, 14 House incumbents lost renomination in 2022, the highest number in a single cycle since 1992. If you're a Democrat in a Republican district, your days are probably numbered."

☆ Adam Kinzinger warns that a GOP-led House could try to impeach Biden every week
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Adam Kinzinger said a GOP-majority Congress might try to impeach the president every week. "That's going to look like child's play in terms of what Marjorie Taylor Greene is going to demand of Kevin McCarthy," Kinzinger said, referring to the House Minority leader. "They're going to demand an impeachment vote on President Biden every week," he quipped. Kinzinger appeared to be referring to how Greene, a right-wing lawmaker from Georgia, has made impeaching Biden part of her official platform. "I think it'll be a very difficult majority for him to govern unless he just chooses to go absolutely crazy with them," said Kinzinger, referring to his far-right GOP colleagues.

☆ Visa's PAC gave politicians $139,000 in March after vowing to pause contributions because of the Capitol insurrection
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-07 | by ( Kayla Epstein | Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Visa's PAC has resumed political donations after announcing a pause following the January 6 Capitol attack. On March 24, Visa gave a total of $139,000 to candidate and political committees on both sides of the aisle. None of the lawmakers voted to object to the certification of the 2020 election results. Visa also filled coffers of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, giving each one $15,000. On January 12, less than a week after the attack, Visa's PAC "temporarily suspended all political donations as we review our candidate contribution guidelines," the company told the Washington Post.

Vicepreşedintele Statelor Unite Mike Pence a refuzat să invoce cel de-al 25-lea amendament al Constituţiei americane pentru a-l înlocui pe preşedinte. Donald Trump va fi pus sub acuzare pentru a doua oară în mandatul său. Președintele a provocat toate acestea. În prima sa apariție publică după violenţele de săptămâna trecută, Donald Trump a făcut un apel la calm, dar nu și-a asumat nicio clipă responsabilitate pentru atacul asupra Congresului. Donald Trump: „Nu vrem violență, niciodată nu vrem violență, nu vrem absolut nici o violență.

Persons: Statelor Unite Mike Pence, Trump, Mike, Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump, Adam Kinzinger, Președintele, Mitch McConnell Organizations: Albă, Capitol Locations: Statelor Unite, Nancy, Congres

☆ Republicanii îl acuză pe Trump de lovitură de stat: Ușile din Congres sunt păzite cu arme, congresmenii sunt evacuați
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-06 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

„Oriunde altundeva pe glob, am numi asta o încercare de lovitură de stat. Un alt congresmen, republicanul Mike Gallagher, suporter a lui Donald Trump, îi cere acestuia să pună capăt anarhiei. Clădirea Capitolului a fost închisă oficială, însă în interior sunt, în continuare, suporteri ai președinteului în funcție, Donald Trump. Protestatarii violenți caută congresmenii pentru a-i forța să întoarcă rezultatul alegerilor în favoarea lui Trump, scrie digi24.ro. Aceștia au primit măști speciale de protecție, pentru a putea fi evacuați în siguranță.

Persons: Republicanul Adam Kinzinger, Mike Gallagher, Donald Trump, Gallagher, Donald Trump . Protestatarii, Trump, congresmeni Organizations: CNN Locations: Capitoliu

☆ LIVE // Anarhie la Washington: Susținătorii lui Trump au intrat în forță în capitoliu; Garda Naţională, mobilizată
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-06 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

UPDATE 21:30 // Chuck Schumer și Nancy Pelosi, liderii democrați din cele două camere ale Congresului, au cerut președintelui Trump, în cadrul unui comunicat comun, să le ceară protestatarilor să părăsească imediat Capitoliul și să oprească violențele: „Îi cerem președintelui Trump să le ceară protestatarilor să părăsească domeniul și clădirea Capitoliului imediat”, au transmis cei doi în comunicat. Republicanii îl acuză pe Trump de lovitură de stat. Mai mulți congresmani republicani îl acuză pe Trump de o încercare de lovitură de stat. Printre ei este și un susținător înfocat al președintelui în exercițiu - Mike Gallagher - acesta i-a cerut președintelui să pună capăt haosului care are în loc în aceste momente în DC. Nu am văzut niciodată așa ceva”, a declarat Gallagher.

Persons: Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Trump, Mike Gallagher, Gallagher, Republicanul Adam Kinzinger Organizations: Congresului, Gărzii, Reuters Locations: Nancy, Washington

☆ Scandal în SUA. Înregistrare audio cu Trump care încearcă să-l convingă pe un oficial din Georgia să-i „găsească” voturi
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-04 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +6 min

Cotidianul The Washington Post – același care în urmă cu câteva decenii dezvăluia afacerea Watergate, ce a dus la demisia președintelui Nixon – a intrat acum în posesia acestei înregistrări audio și a publicat inclusiv transcriptul ei. )… Știi că oamenii din Georgia știu că a fost o fraudă. Victoria democratului Joe Biden în Georgia la aproximativ 12.000 de voturi diferenţă a fost confirmată printr-o renumărare a voturilor şi mai multe audituri, reaminteşte AFP, citată de Agerpres. Înregistrarea a fost preluată de mai multe canale media, care dezbat intens acum subiectul. Este o ultimă tentativă de contestare, care ar putea întârzia confirmarea victoriei lui Joe Biden, dar nu o va putea împiedica.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Nixon, Trump, Raffensperger, Victoria democratului Joe Biden, Adam Kinzinger, Adam Schiff, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Congres Donald Trump, senatorilor, Kamala Harris ., Nancy Pelosi Organizations: Albă, Washington Post, Watergate, Agerpres, Washington, Colegiul Electoral, Congres, Congresul SUA, Partidului Republican, Capitol Hill, Congresului, Congresul federal, Camera Locations: Statele Unite, Georgia, republican, federală Washington, Congres, exerciţiu, SUA, Capitol, Senat, Cameră

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