After the US Congress' committee of inquiry published numerous revelations about the behavior of former President Donald Trump in connection with the storming of the Capitol, the US Department of Justice should now also deal more closely with the circumstances. This is reported by the Washington Post newspaper. The question is whether Attorney General Merrick Garland could take criminal action against Trump. Critics accuse him of being too hesitant to proceed.
The sun sets a suitably dramatic red over Washington, DC as nine members take their seats in a congressional chamber. Traditionally, congressional hearings are held earlier in the morning, but this is no ordinary session -- it's one meant to draw the attention of the entire nation.
For the first time in almost a year, the committee of inquiry into the violent storming of the Capitol met in public to present the results of its work to date. "The whole world is looking at us," said the panel's chairman, Democrat Bennie Thompson, in his opening statement.
Former US Vice President Mike Pence has publicly contradicted ex-President Donald Trump for the first time. "I heard this week that President Trump said I had the right to overturn the election. President Trump is wrong, I had no right to overturn the election," Pence said during an appearance in Florida.
The idea that one person could elect the President of the United States is "un-American". The Bible-believing Republican was loyal to Trump for four years, but has distanced himself since the Capitol attack. He has long been said to have ambitions for a presidential candidacy.
A court has imposed the harshest sentence to date against a supporter of then US President Donald Trump. It's about the participation in the storm on the Capitol just under a year ago. Robert P. was therefore sentenced to a prison term of 63 months, i.e. around five years. This is the longest sentence ever imposed on any of the more than 700 people charged in connection with the attack.
It's easy to forget. To see the US President traditionally pardon turkeys and slowly prepare for Thanksgiving with the family. Undisturbed by politics, injustices and social tensions, which after all are easier to suppress with a Joe Biden instead of a Donald Trump in the White House. But the Kyle Rittenhouse case brings back in the USA what was still the reality on the streets of many American cities last summer and what should not be suppressed.
Jacob Chansley, who became known as the "QAnon Shaman" during the attack on the US Capitol in January, has been sentenced to just under three and a half years in prison. A federal judge in the US capital Washington sentenced the 34-year-old to a 41-month prison term. That equates to three years and five months in prison.
Stephen Bannon, former President Donald Trump's chief strategist, has been charged with disregarding the US Congress. The US Department of Justice said Bannon had defied a subpoena from a congressional committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
He is also accused of failing to provide the panel with requested documents. If convicted, Bannon could face a prison sentence of at least 30 days and up to a year per charge.
In the dispute over the surrender of the files for the storming of the Capitol, the former US President Donald Trump achieved a success. An appeals court in Washington granted an urgent application by Trump, suspending the planned handover of the documents to Congress at the last minute for the time being. The court scheduled a hearing on November 30th. The step was "in no way to be understood as a decision in the matter," said the three judges.
A US federal court approved the release of the files on the storming of the Washington Capitol earlier this year. As indicated in court documents, the documents may be submitted to a parliamentary committee of inquiry of Congress. Former US President Donald Trump, whose supporters stormed the Capitol in January, has filed a lawsuit against the release of the documents.
The committee of inquiry to come to terms with the attack on the US Capitol wants to bring former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to justice. The committee unanimously adopted a report finding Bannon's disregard for Congress.
In a next step, the House of Representatives, dominated by US President Joe Biden's Democrats, has to vote on it before the case goes to court. Bannon was former President Donald Trump's chief strategist for a few months.
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