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An interesting inversion of the traditional roles played by lawyers and judges happened at the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday in Blassingame v. Trump.
If an appellate panel affirms the dismissals of the charges in the trilogy of cases involving Jan. 6 rioters on Dec. 12, it would needlessly annihilate hundreds of Capitol siege charges aimed at exceedingly serious conduct.
Though other courts have referred to the Capitol riot in passing as an “insurrection,” Judge Francis Mathew is the first to apply that term to the riot in a formal, rigorous way in a case against a New Mexico county official, Couy Griffin.
The 127-page report provides the most comprehensive account to date of the intelligence, security and communications failures that precipitated the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.
On Thursday, April 15 at 1:00 p.m., the Committee on House Administration will hold a hearing on the oversight of the U.S. Capitol Police and preparations for and response to the Jan. 6 attack.
Hours of questioning and testimony enriched the factual record and offered insight into how lawmakers and security officials hope to fix the vulnerabilities that enabled the Jan. 6 attack.
On Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Rules and Administration Committee will hold a second oversight hearing in their ongoing investigation on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
On Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., the House Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the fiscal 2022 Capitol Police budget request. The subcommittee will hear testimony from Yogananda Pittman, the acting Capitol Police chief.
You can watch the livestream here or below:
Testimony last week from former Capitol security officials raises important questions about the FBI’s performance of its own function.
Law enforcement agencies consistently underestimate threats from white supremacists and other right-wing extremists, but there are steps they can take to be better prepared.