Morning Briefing: U.S. House Select Committee Members Discussing 'Rewriting the Insurrection Act'
Morning Briefing: U.S. House Select Committee Members Discussing 'Rewriting the Insurrection Act'
Members of the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack that have “quietly begun discussions about rewriting the Insurrection Act."
Morning Briefing: InfoWars, and two other companies owned by the right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, have “Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in the face of multiple defamation lawsuits.” Jones is also reportedly “in discussions with the Justice Department about an agreement to detail his role in the rally near the White House last Jan. 6 that preceded the attack on the Capitol.”
Cindy Graham and Sarah Schafer, members of the Becker ISD school board in Becker, Minnesota, reportedly resigned last month following a presentation by Child Protection League, an anti-LGBTQ group that has claimed that antibullying efforts are the "pied piper of perversion.”
Eric Rome, a follower of the right-wing gang the Proud Boys, has been “indicted by a federal grand jury for threatening the lives of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and two South Carolina federal judges.”
There are reportedly members of the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack that have “quietly begun discussions about rewriting the Insurrection Act, the 1807 law that gives presidents wide authority to deploy the military within the United States to respond to a rebellion.”
John Eastman “has asserted attorney-client privilege on 37,000 pages of emails related to his work for then-President Donald Trump in the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.”
Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly met again with the Select Committee.
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Jessica Pishko writes that “conservative adherents to the constitutional sheriff movement were among the first to fully embrace the myth of the Big Lie, and many other Trump-aligned sheriffs have followed suit in deploying their powers. Unlike lawyers, judges, and legislators, county sheriffs have extensive powers to investigate any allegations, seize documents and voting machines and, if they deem necessary, use force or threats of force to gain compliance.” [Bolts]
Jeff Stein writes that “successful grappling with the threat of white nationalist violence is going to require a virtual body transplant in American political institutions, from Congress and the courts down through federal law enforcement agencies to local cops.” [Spy Talk]
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