What the footnotes reveal that the January 6th Committee could not: a treasure trove of evidence in black and white. Brilliant reporting by Benjamin Wittes (gift article, no paywall): https://wapo.st/3Y4gPeL #Footnotes #TreasureTrove #Jan6 #Jan6th #Jan6thCommittee #Jan6Report #USPol #DOJ #DomesticTerrorism #Extremism #BigLie #Insurrection #SeditiousConspiracy
The Jan. 6 committee report contains a treasure trove in fine print

The 4,286 endnotes, small print that people so often skip, offer a guide to this vast and vital public record — and tell stories the committee couldn't.

The Washington Post
Got my copy right on time for the anniversary. #Jan6Comittee #Jan6Report #politics #books

Looks like chaos in #Congress as GOP try to elect new Speaker may be pushing #Jan6Report out of news cycle.

I hope that DOJ is doing its job.

#Politics
#USPolitics

Trump’s offensive against Ruby Freeman reaches an ugly new level

As Donald Trump renews his offensive against an innocent election worker in Georgia, remember that his own team told him these claims weren't true.

MSNBC

The motherlode!
#Jan6Report

Select January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection | GovInfo
https://www.govinfo.gov/collection/january-6th-committee-final-report

Select January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection

GovInfo
Got mine today!
#jan6 #jan6report

Holy cow how did I miss this? #McEntee was drunk with power. They all were.

This article is full of omfg moments. Like the complaints used to remove #Esper. Crazy.

"Esper’s sins: He “bars the display of the Confederate flag” on military bases; “opposed the President’s direction to utilize American forces to put down riots”; “focused the Department on Russia”; was “actively pushing for ‘diversity and inclusion’”; and so on. "
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/trump-johnny-mcentee-january-6-betrayal/620646/?s=09

#Trump #politics #Jan6Report

Johnny McEntee: The Man Behind the Man Behind January 6

The story of Johnny McEntee—the “deputy president” who rose to power at precisely the moment when democracy was falling apart

The Atlantic
It seems that Rep. Cheney didn't want to use testimony in the #Jan6Report about lax law enforcement response because "liberal biases" would smear the police as racist. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-response-vastly-different-rioters-black-house-sergeant-arms-told-rcna63457
Jan. 6 response would have been 'vastly different' if rioters were Black, House sergeant at arms told investigators

The House sergeant at arms told the Jan. 6 committee that the law enforcement response would have looked much different had the rioters been Black Americans.

NBC News
January 6 Clearinghouse

Welcome to this all-source, public resource for analysts, researchers, investigators, journalists, educators, and the public at large.

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