Howell, a longtime aide to Sen. Patrick Leahy on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has channeled the outrage felt by many on Capitol Hill. And she’s encouraged convicted Jan. 6 rioters to cooperate with House investigators.
Chutkan’s biggest moment comes today, when she hears Donald Trump’s lawsuit to stop Congress from accessing his White House records. Her ruling there could help unlock reams of sensitive new evidence. politico.com/news/2021/11/0…
Both Chutkan and Howell have used their courtrooms to underscore the gravity of the Capitol attack and push back against efforts to minimize it. politico.com/news/2021/11/0…
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UPDATE: Jan. 6 committee Chairman Bennie Thompson tells me contempt is “on the table” after former Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark declined to answer questions during a brief deposition.
Clark claimed a mix of executive/attorney privileges.
Detained Jan. 6 rioter and Proud Boy Christopher Worrell has told judges, interviewers and his own lawyers he never confronted/threatened Capitol Police.
Prosecutors reviewed new videos and now say he has repeatedly lied to them all.
Prosecutors also say they have new indications Worrell deleted evidence from his phone before his arrest. And they say since his pretrial incarceration he’s repeatedly misrepresented his access to medical care.
WOW: Judge LAMBERTH is going to release Worrell to home confinement, saying the conditions at DC jails are so horrific he can't ensure Worrell will be "safe" as he prepares to undergo chemotherapy for cancer.
Lamberth will move Worrell to Alexandria jail temporarily today.
NEW: Donald Trump has responded to the Jan. 6 committee in court, urging a court to slow down investigators’ effort to obtain his White House records. He wants a document-by-document review that could take months.
In his filing, Trump claims the FBI and Senate have concluded there was no overarching conspiracy behind Jan. 6 attack. This is not true in either case. politico.com/news/2021/11/0…