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On the same day DOJ finally appealed Carl Nichols' decision rejecting their application of 18 USC 1512(c)(2) to January 6, Amy Berman Jackson joined 15 of her colleagues in upholding the application.

The shocking and emotional part of the January 6 Committee hearing on Trump's pressure on states was the stories that targets of Trump's bullying told, including Shaye Moss' description of how Rudy Giuliani claimed a ginger mint her mom had handed her was instead a thumb drive used to steal the election. But the details in the hearing go a long way to substantiating a conspiracy to obstruct the vote certification.

This post is dedicated to content and comments related to Day 4 of the House J6 Committee's public hearings.

The January 6 Committee hearings have renewed debates about what it would take to criminally charge Donald Trump, raising questions about what decision-making process Merrick Garland might use before approving such a prosecution. But he may already have taken steps to make such decisions easier.

The January 6 Committee got much closer last night to explaining how the many efforts by Trump to use the mob to pressure his Vice President turned into a real threat to his life from that mob.

This post is dedicated to content and comments related to Day 3 of the House J6 Committee's public hearings.

Forager societies were more sophisticated than we think. Members of those groups prized their personal freedom but we've forgotten that.

The January 6 Committee presented evidence that Trump raised $250 million by lying to his supporters about vote fraud and then used that money to pay off Mark Meadows and Paul Manafort.

Americans can increasingly see their wretchedness out in the open now that hate groups act as if they received a permission slip from Donald Trump.