I bear witness: Rep. Lauren Boebert bursting out of the House Women's restroom during this afternoon's vote series , complaining to security personnel stationed in the nearby Speakers Lobby of "a guy" inside the bathroom... 1/4. Intrigued, I stuck around to see who would emerge from the bathroom...and saw just 4 other people leave, all women. Within minutes, however, Boebert was storming back from the House floor into the restroom, -- reinforced by Rep. Nancy Mace in tow ...2/4

SF Police Chief Scott says officers at 2:27 "were dispatched to the residence of Speaker Nancy Pelosi regarding am A-priority well-being check." 1/4 When officers arrived, "they encountered an adult male and Mr. Pelosi's husband(sic), Paul."
"Our officers observed Mr. Pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. The suspect pulled the hammer away from Mr. Pelosi and violently assaulted him with it."2/4

Text messages between Secret Service agents on the day of US Capitol assault are included in a substantial tranche of additional material newly obtained through subpoena by the House committee investigating the insurrection, says the panel's chairman. 1/5 “It’s a combination of a number of text messages, radio traffic, that kind of thing. Thousands of exhibits,” Representative Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, said Wednesday. 2/5

Maxine Waters writes Democratic colleagues thanking them for their votes on motion "to table Kevin McCarthy’s measure to censure me and distort my support for young, peaceful activists who had been protesting over the weekend in anticipation of the Derek Chauvin verdict." 1/7 "The Republican Leader knows my words were non-violent, but he’s been overpowered by the palpable toxicity emanating from every corner of his conference," whose members she writes sought to overturn the 2020 election and encouraged a violent attack on the Capitol... 2/7..

House Oversight, Judiciary, Homeland Security and Intelligences panels announce they are seeking documents and briefings from FBI and other intelligence as part of a review of the events and intelligence surrounding the insurrection on January 6th....1/4 The committees plan to review what the Intelligence Community and federal law enforcement knew about the threats of violence, whether that information was shared or not, and whether the threats had any nexus to foreign influence or misinformation efforts...2/4

It's official: Even rank and file members of Congress will not be permitted in the Capitol on Wednesday, hours before and after the inauguration, according to "Dear Colleague" letter from the Joint Inaugural Committee...1/5 The letter states: “Due to pandemic protocols, access to the Member and guest seating area is drastically different than past ceremonies. Members should not expect to enter the Capitol Building, nor to be seated on the Platform...2/5

What is happening with that much-anticipated Senate impeachment trial of President Trump? When does it start?? Pelosi says at a news conference the House impeachment managers are "solemnly and prayerfully preparing for the trial, which they will take to the Senate..."1/5 OK, that's good, maybe. What else? Pelosi reminds that, "In terms of timing, one week ago, on January 6, there was and act --act of insurrection - perpetrated on the Capitol of the United States incentivized by the president of the United States...." 2/5

Pelosi told fellow House Democrats in a private call Friday that President Donald Trump is a dangerous man and that moving forward with impeachment could encourage his advisers to get him to resign. 1/5

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Pelosi said Trump is a dangerous man and that he chose to be an insurrectionist. By doing so, she told colleages Trump made clear that he is unhinged and unfit. Impeachment is an option that may encourages the people in the White House to consider resignation, she said. 2/5

OK -- a bit of a rant here; Breathless tweets and news reports that the House has set "next week" as when they will pursue impeachment strikes me as ... well, stating the obvious. I mean, this is Friday, members aren't in town .... and the guy isn't president after Jan. 20 ...1/5 ... Also, forget about all the talk of President Trump being so dangerous the House needs to take action now -- if no one triggers the 25th....otherwise, they'd be back here, this weekend, right?...2/5

Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson swipes at what he sees as the uneven treatment by police yesterday of Capitol protestors, with "the treatment of migrant families at the border and peaceful Black Lives Matters protestors." 1/4 “Never in my life did I ever expect to see a sitting President incite violent extremists at a rally and, after they stormed both the House and Senate chambers, raised the Confederate flag, and erected a noose, tell them in a video that he loved them." 2/4

One highly redacted section of the Senate Intelligence report addresses alleged compromising info of Trump with women during trips to Russia before his presidential campaign, and whether the Russian government was using that or other information to blackmail candidate Trump.... Apart from Christopher Steele's dossier, the committee said it looked into three general sets of allegations, including whether a supposed sex tape of Trump with two women at a Russian hotel actually existed....

Johnson's Senate Homeland committee approves authorization for 36 subpoenas -- 3 to FBI, State and DNI -- and 33 individuals -- tied investigating FBI's Russia investigation. Johnson insists panel is also focused on other issues, like coronavirus and unrest throughout country.... Johnson's committee authorized subpoenas to such notable individuals as John Brennan, James Clapper, Susan Rice, James Comey, Lisa Page, Peter Strzok, and Denis McDonough...

Nadler on Senate floor raises specter of of Trump declaring that he cannot be removed from office, calling it 'terrifying." "Prior president's would be shocked to the core by such conduct, and rightly so," says Nadler. "Now, because President Trump has largely failed to convince the country that his conduct was remotely acceptable, he has adopted a fall-back position."