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Feds Looking at Communications Between Insurrectionists and Lawmakers Feds Looking at Communications Between Insurrectionists and Lawmakers Investigators have gathered data that includes "indications of contact" between "alleged rioters discussing their associations with members of Congress" Peter Wade, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Federal law enforcement officials are examining communications between insurrectionists and members of Congress to determine whether lawmakers aided members of the mob who attacked the Capitol on January 6th, according to CNN. Investigators want to know “whe...

Corporate Lawyers Line Up for Justice Department Top Slots Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland defended hiring lawyers with Big Tech experience at yesterday’s confirmation hearing. Drew Angerer/Pool via AP Attorney general nominee Merrick Garland testifies at Monday’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. This piece has been co-published with Ryan Grim contributed reporting. The first day of Senate Judiciary hearings for Merrick Garland, Joe Biden’s appointee for attorney general, was surprisingly uneventful. Garland faced little meaningful pushback...

When the Senate ultimately voted to allow witnesses to be called, Grim said the House managers "became sort of like the dog who caught the car. They're like, 'Well, now what do we do? Because now Republicans are threatening that they're going to call 200 different witnesses.'" Grim notes that it is not unusual for a political party that is within the minority to threaten procedural actions that would "gum up" sessions. "And so they just decided 'You know what, we don't actually know what we're going to do next,' and they just rested their case without, without pulling any of the ... kind of ...

Journalist Glenn Greenwald, a co-founder of The Intercept, argued on Monday that media censorship had overstepped a line in its attempts to prevent domestic terrorism.

Hawley led the GOP push for stimulus checks and may have eyes on higher office Mike DeBonis, The Washington Post Dec. 30, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 14, 2020.Washington Post photo by Demetrius Freeman WASHINGTON - Soon after President Donald Trump left his Dec. 5 rally in Georgia and boarded Air Force One, he called Sen. Josh Hawley. After spending more than 90 minutes onstage, railing about a rigged election and the radical left, Trump interrogated the 40-year-old ...