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Liz Cheney says she hasn’t decided whether or not to run for president

The Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury investigating former president Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory has issued subpoenas to South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, Rudy Giuliani, and several other attorneys who played roles in Mr Trump’s scheme.

Meanwhile, Adam Kinzinger, one of only two Republicans on the 6 January select committee, has shared a compilation of threats and abuse phoned into his office by furious Trump supporters angry at his criticism of the former president.

Later on Tuesday, the committee announced its next live in-person public hearing would take place next week with a focus on Mr Trump’s role in assembling the mob that would go on to attack the US Capitol.

Also, a new trailer for a three-part documentary shot in the months before the 6 January riot shows Mr Trump and his children discussing their views on the 2020 election and features previously unseen footage from the Capitol attack itself.

Released by Politico today, the two-minute trailer is just a glimpse of the hours of raw footage subpoenaed by the committee investigating the worst attack on Congress since the early 19th century.

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Joe Rogan claims he’s turned down Trump’s requests to appear on his show

Spotify podcast host Joe Rogan told the Lex Fridman Podcast that he has turned down multiple entreaties from former president Donald Trump to appear on his show.

“I’m not a Trump supporter in any way, shape or form,” Mr Rogan said. “I’ve had the opportunity to have him on my show more than once. I’ve said no, every time. I don’t want to help him. I’m not interested in helping him.”

Abe Asher reports.

Joe Rogan claims he’s turned down Trump’s requests to appear on his show

The podcast host said that he will never welcome the former president onto his show

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Nikki Haley mocked for getting her numbers wrong in inflation attack on Biden

Ex-UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has deleted a tweet that attacked Joe Biden for rising consumer prices using incomprehensible math that was embarrassingly wrong.

John Bowden reports on how the possible 2024 contender, who has a degree in accounting, tripped up.

Nikki Haley mocked after getting her numbers wrong in attack on Biden

Former governor is considered potential 2024 contender

Oliver O'Connell6 July 2022 01:00
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Marjorie Taylor Greene baselessly claims Highland Park shooting was caused by antidepressants

Despite the lack of publicly available evidence indicating alleged Highland Park, Illinois mass shooter Robert Crimo III to be a drug user of any sort, Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is claiming the rooftop shooting rampage in which he is a person of interest could be blamed on illicit drug abuse or the side effects of commonly-used antidepressants.

Ms Greene, a first-term congresswoman who is known for promoting outlandish conspiracy theories, took to Twitter late on Monday to suggest anyone not buying into her claims was part of a coverup on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry.

Andrew Feinberg reports:

Marjorie Taylor Greene shares photoshopped image of Robert Crimo

No evidence has emerged to suggest alleged shooter Robert Crimo III was mentally ill or an abuser of drugs

Oliver O'Connell6 July 2022 00:15
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Hours after parade shooting, Trump-backed Illinois candidate says ‘let’s move on’

Hours after a mass shooting at a 4 July parade in Illinois left six people dead and dozens of others injured, state senator Darren Bailey asked Americans to move on and celebrate.

The Republican lawmaker said in a statement: “Let’s move on and celebrate the independence of this nation,” reported The Daily Beast.

“We have got to get corruption and evil out of our government.”

Mr Bailey is being backed by former president Donald Trump in the race for Illinois governor.

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Trump-backed Illinois candidate says ‘let’s move on’ just hours after parade shooting

Republican senator Darren Bailey is being backed by ex-president Donald Trump

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TrumpCam: Ivanka and Eric in fighting spirit in new documentary trailer

The new trailer for Unprecedented is just a fragment of the full 3-part documentary following the Trumps in the lead-up to 6 January – but the glimpse it offers is fascinating in itself.

In the trailer, Ivanka Trump can be seen joking about using a dog to cover her wrinkled dress and her brother Eric is also seen taking a mysterious call. It also features Ivanka’s husband Jared Kushner and older brother Don Jr.

Director Alex Holder appeared in front of the Jan 6 committee in private on 23 June.

Clips from the sit-downs with Eric Trump and Ms Trump have previously been reported on, as have outtakes from Mr Holder’s conversations with Mr Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence.

Gustaf Kilander has more.

Ivanka jokes about dress and Eric vows to ‘get these guys’ in new Jan 6 film clip

‘Can I borrow your dog?’ Ivanka asks as she worries about line in her dress showing on camera

Oliver O'Connell5 July 2022 23:00
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Next Jan 6 hearing date revealed as focus turns to Trump’s role in gathering Capitol mob

The Jan 6 committee will meet for its next public hearing a week from Tuesday, lawmakers have announced.

A short notice was posted on Twitter by the panel’s members late Tuesday afternoon. The news comes a week exactly since the last hearing of the riot committee featured the explosive testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson, a high-ranking White House staffer.

The next hearing will focus on Donald Trump and his allies’ role in luring thousands of Mr Trump’s supporter to the nation’s capital for the day of the riot itself, members revealed in interviews over the weekend.

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Oliver O'Connell5 July 2022 22:45
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Kinzinger shares threats directed at his office

Jan 6 committee member Adam Kinzinger has shared a harrowing compilation of the threats his office routinely receives because of his criticism of Donald Trump and condemnation of the Capitol riot. At just over three minutes, the clip includes people threatening the congressman and his family with lethal violence, as well as one wishing for him to be punished by “the wrath of almighty God”.

The clip is below. Listener discretion advised.

Andrew Feinberg has the story.

Adam Kinzinger posts video detailing vulgar death threats

Republican routinely receives death threats from former president Donald Trump’s supporters

Oliver O'Connell5 July 2022 22:30
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Next January 6 committee hearing announced

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ICYMI: Cheney keeps powder dry on presidential run

Liz Cheney, the vice chair of the House January 6 select committee, said during her first sit-down interview since the public hearings kicked off last month that she hasn’t ruled out making a bid for president in 2024.

“I’ll make a decision about ’24 down the road,” the Wyoming Republican said during a pre-recorded interview on ABC’s This Week on Sunday.

“I’m obviously very focused on my reelection,” added Ms Cheney, who’s facing an uphill reelection campaign after she was censured by her home state’s GOP for accepting a role on the congressional committee investigating the violent insurrection on the US Capitol and for continuing to be a thorn in Donald Trump’s side.

“I’m very focused on the January 6 committee. I’m very focused on my obligations to do the job that I have now.”

Johanna Chisholm has more.

Liz Cheney refuses to rule out presidential run against ‘dangerous’ Trump in 2024

‘A man as dangerous as Donald Trump can absolutely never be anywhere near the Oval Office ever again,’ the Republican congresswoman said to ABC News

Oliver O'Connell5 July 2022 22:00
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Kinzinger pokes McCarthy on condemnation of Capitol rioters

Adam Kinzinger, who remains the 6 January committee’s most combative tweeter, has re-shared a message from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy dated 8 January 2021 in which Mr McCarthy calls for the rioters to be brought to justice.

Since then, Mr McCarthy has sought to delegitimise the committee on which Mr Kinzinger sits, minimised Donald Trump’s role in the attack, and repeatedly attempted to shift attention away from the riot itself and towards alleged security failures at the Capitol that preceded it.

Oliver O'Connell5 July 2022 21:30

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