NEW: Playbook scoops an important moment on the 1/6 timeline. MELANIA Trump was informed of the violence at the Capitol at least *an hour before* Trump tweeted his 2:24 pm attack on VP Pence.

Further undercuts the paper-thin claim that Trump wasn’t aware Pence faced danger.
The timestamp is from former MELANIA chief of staff and former WH press secretary Stephanie Grisham’s new book, an excerpt obtained by @dlippman.

Rioters had surrounded the building around 1 and breached it just after 2.
Melania Trump’s records — including potentially this text and any others surrounding it — are among those the Jan. 6 committee in the House are likely to attempt to obtain from telecom companies and the National Archives.
It was always unlikely Trump was unaware of the threat Pence faced — the Secret Service knew, as did the Pentagon and top WH aides. But it’s yet another angle for investigators to lay bare what Trump was doing/focused on as the mob began breaching the Capitol.

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11 Sep
BREAKING: The Capitol Police have released results of their internal misconduct probes into officers' behavior on Jan. 6.

Of 38 cases, 6 were sustained including 3 for "conduct unbecoming."
The six violations:

-Conduct unbecoming x3
-Failure to comply with directives
-Improper remarks
-Improper dissemination of information

Story TK
In ALL of the cases, the U.S. attorney's office reviewed and determined no crimes were committed, USCP indicated.
Read 7 tweets
27 Jul
NEW: In court filing, House counsel says it won’t defend Mo BROOKS from Eric Swalwell’s Jan. 6 lawsuit.
The filing included a letter from Chairwoman Lofgren to DOJ in which she notes that Brooks’ 1/6 comments were made at a political rally — and Brooks has defended them as political statements — which would mean they aren’t covered as official House business.
NEWS: DOJ has joined the House in declining to represent BROOKS, saying that the department can't conclude Brooks was acting in his official capacity when he spoke at Trump's 1/6 rally. Story to come...
Read 5 tweets
27 Jul
Officer Hodges watches along as footage of his own mask getting ripped off, while he was wedged in a Capitol door, is shown at 1/6 committee hearing
The four officers are sworn in and will testify under oath
Officer Gonnell says as he lost oxygen amid a crush of rioters he thought to himself “This is how I’m going to die.”
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10 May
NEW: An internal Capitol Police timeline of 1/6 suggests they identified a group of 200 Proud Boys amassing near the Senate shortly before the breach.

Rep. Lofgren says USCP appeared to lose focus on the group after that. Read more from @Ben___Leonard

politico.com/news/2021/05/1…
Lofgren provided details from the non-public timeline during a hearing with the USCP inspector general today. The IG said he shared similar concerns about the focus of Capitol Police threat assessments that day. politico.com/news/2021/05/1…
Per Lofgren, the USCP timeline made no mention of tracking that Proud Boys gathering even though it does mention tracking a group of 3 to 4 anti-Trump counter-protesters a short while later. politico.com/news/2021/05/1…
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30 Apr
NEWS: The Capitol Police leader who told officers to watch for anti-Trump forces in the crowd on Jan. 6 was Deputy Chief Eric Waldow, the highest-ranking official outside the building that day, USCP and congressional sources say.

politico.com/news/2021/04/3…
Rep. LOFGREN cited Waldow's comments, without naming him, last week as she raised concerns that Capitol Police were focused on street vilence when the latest intelligence pointed to a severe danger to Congress. politico.com/news/2021/04/3…
Waldow was the "incident commander" outside the building, meaning he was the lead official in charge of coordinating officers' movements.
politico.com/news/2021/04/3…
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27 Apr
NEW: Donald Trump's renewed attacks on the election are helping prosecutors keep some of his most fanatical supporters, those who stormed the Capitol in his name, in jail pending trial.

w/ @joshgerstein

politico.com/news/2021/04/2…
@joshgerstein Some judges have begun crediting prosecutors 'arguments — part of broader analyses — that Capitol rioters charged with some of the most violent attacks could be spurred to future violence by Trump's continued claim of a rigged election. politico.com/news/2021/04/2…
@joshgerstein Prosecutors most recently lodged that argument in the detention hearing for Nathaniel DeGrave, who called Trump his "idol" on Jan. 24. Here's what they said:

politico.com/news/2021/04/2…
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