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Biggest investigation in FBI history still has Merrick Garland in the hot seat By Evan Perez and Katelyn Polantz CNN January 7, 2022 (CNN)A year after the January 6 insurrection, the Justice Department continues to press forward on the biggest investigation in FBI history, with 700 people already arrested and hundreds more offenders still at large and several more years of prosecutions ahead. But the expansive investigation has yet to shed light on how vigorously the former President and political allies could be investigated for inciting rioters by spreading a lie that the election was stolen and asking…
Ted Cruz walks back Jan. 6 ‘terrorist’ remark in heated exchange with Tucker Carlson By Myah Ward POLITICO January 7, 2022 Ted Cruz on Thursday walked back his use of the word “terrorist” when describing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol during an intense back and forth with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who repeatedly questioned the validity of the Republican senator’s explanation. Cruz was lambasted during Carlson’s Wednesday night show for describing Jan. 6 as “a violent terrorist attack on the Capitol.” During his Thursday night appearance, when Carlson asked him why he used the word…
The immovable Republican Party and ‘ink-blot politics’ NPR.org January 7, 2022 Supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. It was an effort to stop the procedural certification of a presidential election that Joe Biden won and Trump lost. The mob was egged on by conspiracies and Trump’s lies about that 2020 election. Those are facts. One year later, and a day after the commemoration on Capitol Hill of that attack, those facts should be indisputable. And yet millions on the right do dispute them. They’ve been convinced by Trump, reinforced by…
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By Sophia Ankel Business Insider January 6, 2022 A jailed Capitol-riot defendant said he was disappointed in Donald Trump for canceling his January 6 press conference and suggested that the former president had abandoned his supporters. “There should be a hundred thousand people in DC tomorrow at the very minimum,” Edward Jacob Lang, 26, told “The Stew Peters Show” in a Wednesday phone interview from jail. He continued, “I am so disappointed with Trump and with the American people at large that just do not get behind the January 6 political prisoners.” “I feel like I’ve been completely abandoned…
Coach K, Georgia Tech Player Exchange Words During Timeout By Dan Lyons Sports Illustrated January 6, 2022 Legendary Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski has been known to have brush-ups with opposing players from time to time. On Tuesday night, it was Krzyzewski and Georgia Tech guard Michael Devoe exchanging words after Devoe pointed at the Duke bench. Georgia Tech gave Duke a scare midway through the second half of Tuesday’s game. Devoe scored four points of a 6-0 run for the Yellow Jackets to cut Duke’s lead to 55—47 with under six minutes left. Krzyzewski elected to call a…
By Larry Klayman, Chairman and General Counsel Freedom Watch, Inc. January 6, 2022 “The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all.” “No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.” Thomas Jefferson (Quotations of Thomas Jefferson Applewood Books, Carlisle, Mass. 2003) I am writing…
Capitol attack: Biden to stress Trump’s ‘singular responsibility’ on anniversary By David Smith the Guardian January 6, 2022 It was a day that shook America. Joe Biden will lead sombre commemorations on Thursday to mark one year since the US Capitol insurrection that left five people dead and the nation’s democracy wounded, and is expected to lay out the “singular responsibility” that Donald Trump has for the “chaos and carnage” of that day. In a speech, Biden will directly address the former president’s role in the attack and his attempts since to distract from or downplay events, the…
Eva Longoria’s 3-year-old son adorably crashes photo: ‘When you’re trying to have a photo shoot and your kid won’t let you!’ Yahoo News January 6, 2022 Eva Longoria’s son is ready for his close up! On Wednesday, the 46-year-old actress shared several heartwarming photos showing her elegantly posing in a white and black outfit while Santiago, her 3-year-old son whom she shares with husband Jos���� Bast����n, photobombed the mini shoot. “When you’re trying to have a photo shoot and your kid won’t let you!” she captioned the post. Continue Reading…..
Coach K’s farewell tour: Mike Krzyzewski exchanges words with Georgia Tech star in Blue Devils’ victory By David Cobb CBSSports.com January 5, 2022 Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski began the final calendar year of his legendary coaching career with a victory Tuesday night as the No. 2 Blue Devils knocked off Georgia Tech 69-57 in their first game since Dec. 22. But the win came came with a little extracurricular drama involving Coach K and Georgia Tech star guard Michael Devoe. Devoe appeared to point at Krzyzewski after making a layup with 5:51 remaining that cut the Yellow Jackets’…