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President Joe Biden's nominees for the D.C. and Sixth Circuits appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, touting their diverse experience and qualifications in a relatively low-key hearing that featured limited questioning from senators on the panel.
Former Vice President Mike Pence faced relentless pressure from Donald Trump and an attorney advising the then-president to block the electoral count in Congress and overturn the 2020 election results, according to testimony Thursday at a hearing of the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol may seek an interview with Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, amid new revelations about her contact with a lawyer at the center of the panel's investigation, according to multiple reports Thursday.
An attempt by two Democratic senators to pass legislation to protect judges' personal information online failed Thursday as Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., objected to the bill if it did not include his proposed amendment adding similar protections for those in Congress.
Former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and other U.S. Department of Justice officials from the Trump administration agreed to testify before the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a letter sent to the committee Friday.