Republicans cannot be loyal to both Trump and constitution, says Liz Cheney
Republican US representative Liz Cheney delivered a fiery speech to call out Donald Trump and GOP leaders at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Wednesday night, receiving thunderous applause from the audience.
Ms Cheney, who is the vice-chair of the House committee investigating the 6 January riots, said Mr Trump’s efforts have turned out to be “more chilling and more threatening” than first imagined as the full picture is emerging.
“Republicans cannot both be loyal to Donald Trump and loyal to the Constitution,” she said, to a round of applause.
She said Americans are confronting a “domestic threat” like never before and Mr Trump attempted to unravel the foundations of the constitutional Republic.
She praised former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson and others who are testifying against Mr Trump for their “bravery and her patriotism”.
In the first action since Ms Hutchinson’s explosive testimony, the panel subpoenaed Trump’s White House counsel Pat Cipollone, whose resistance to Mr Trump’s false claims has made him a long-sought witness.
Trump adviser Bannon requests trial to be delayed
Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon has requested that his trial over contempt of Congress charges should be delayed by several months, arguing that publicity from the House select committee’s hearing into 6 January may influence jurors’ opinions.
“Public impact is not limited to the hearings themselves, but to the media coverage that magnified the hearings. In Washington, DC, where trial will take place – and where the acts alleged in the Indictment took place – every major media outlet treated the hearings as a top news story,” the attorneys wrote in the court filing on Wednesday.
It said “every person accused of a crime is guaranteed a fair trial”, requesting his trial to be moved from 18 July to 25 October.
“Those broadcasts have been repackaged and re-broadcast in countless forms, creating a saturation of the information sources available to Washington, DC residents,” the filing said.
“Under the circumstances, a continuance is warranted – to allow the effects of the Select Committee hearing coverage a chance to subside.”
Shweta Sharma30 June 2022 07:45
DeSantis supporters say explosive January 6 hearing was ‘good for them’
Gustaf Kilander30 June 2022 07:30
48% of Americans say Trump should be criminally charged, poll says
Almost half of Americans believe that the former president Donald Trump should be criminally charged for his role in the attack on the US capitol last year on 6 January.
According to the survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 48 per cent of adults polled to say that the former president should be held accountable and face charges while 32 per cent said he should not be charged.
Other 20 per cent did not have an opinion on the topic.
The poll was conducted before the five public hearings by the House committee but before Tuesday’s surprise hearing featuring former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson.
Shweta Sharma30 June 2022 07:13
Capitol Police Sergeant calls on Mike Pence to testify: ‘Your boss tried to have you killed’
US Capitol Police Sgt Aquilino Gonell told HuffPost that Donald Trump is responsible for the injuries he sustained during the attack on Congress.
“Our own president set us up,” he told the outlet. “I just feel betrayed. The president should be doing everything possible to help us and he didn’t do it. He wanted to lead the mob and wanted to lead the crowd himself … he wanted to be a tyrant.”
Speaking about the events on January 6, Sgt Gonell tweeted on Tuesday: “When [Trump] tweeted about Pence, the fighting in the tunnel intensified. We held the line hoping the President would be on our side and send us help. Mike Pence is lucky to be alive,…