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5 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
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.

politico.com/news/2021/11/0…
The Jan. 6 committee will discuss the matter later today and decide on a course of action, he said. politico.com/news/2021/11/0…
MORE details on Clark’s letter to the committee (and a link to the 12-page document) here: politico.com/news/2021/11/0…
JUST IN: Strong words from Chairman Thompson about Clark’s refusal to testify. But no set plan to initiate a contempt referral … yet.

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4 Nov
It’s been a day.

We started with a look at how two key federal judges could deliver reams of Jan. 6 evidence to Congress within weeks. w/ @joshgerstein

politico.com/news/2021/11/0…
Then we reported on how a months-long DOJ error highlighted an enduring Jan. 6 mystery: Where was Kamala Harris during the attack? w/ @joshgerstein @ccadelago politico.com/news/2021/11/0…
We scooped that the Jan. 6 committee had interviewed 150 witnesses, a far greater number than previously known. w/ @Olivia_Beavers politico.com/minutes/congre…
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4 Nov
HAPPENING NOW: Trump lawyers are arguing in court to block Congress' access to information about his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

More on Chutkan's important role in the Jan. 6 investigation>>>

politico.com/news/2021/11/0…
CHUTKAN is incredulous that Trump is saying there's no legitiamte legisaltive purpose behind the Jan. 6 committee's probe.

The attack, she says, occurred in "literally Congress' house."
CHUTKAN also says Biden's decision to waive privilege carries more weight than Trump, a former president's, attempt to assert it.

"The person best able to determine whether there’s an executive privilege is the current executive," she says.
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4 Nov
NEW: Two federal judges are poised to help Congress access troves of crucial Jan. 6 evidence.

A look at how Beryl Howell and Tanya Chutkan have used their courtroom to shape the public’s understanding of the insurrection.

politico.com/news/2021/11/0…
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.

Several already have. politico.com/news/2021/11/0…
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…
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3 Nov
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.
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2 Nov
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.

politico.com/news/2021/11/0…
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…
Trump’s 33-page filing. politico.com/f/?id=0000017c…
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30 Oct
EXPLOSIVE late-night court filing fomr National Archives details what Trump is trying to block the Jan. 6 committee from obtaining.

They include "daily presidential diaries, schedules, appointments showing White House visitors, activity logs" and records of calls to Trump/Pence.
The records include files drawn from Mark MEADOWS, Stephen MILLER, and hunreds of pages from binders of Kayleigh McAneny.

They also include a draft proclamation marking the deaths of Capitol Police officers. Brian Sicknick and Howard Liebengood.
The first tranche: Meadows, Miller, Philbin, White House logs, call records >>> Image
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