Capitol insurrection
Where Things Stand: Cheney Isn’t Entertaining Newt’s Call For Her (And Others) To Be Jailed
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The only two Republicans on the Jan. 6 Committee have responded to calls made by a member of their own party — Newt Gingrich — suggesting that they, and the rest of the panel, should be jailed for the committee’s investigative work.
At this point, it’s par for the course for Gingrich to traffic in Trumpian outrage, as Josh Marshall outlined here. But it’s also an illustration of the Republican Party’s ongoing divide and the ways in which the party as a whole has responded to the bombastic individual who commandeered it for his own ends.
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Jan. 6 Committee Asks Ivanka Trump To Cooperate With Investigation
The request to the former president’s daughter and adviser also documents new findings by the committee.
