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Public reporting shows Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein had a social and philanthropic connection in the 1990s–2000s: Clinton flew on Epstein’s private jet multiple times in 2002–03 and acknowledged a...
Mainstream outlets reported Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021, Ellipse speech as a mix of explicit calls to action, repeated false claims about the election, and equivocal language about peaceful protest...
Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021, “Save America” speech included a mix of scripted language (“peacefully and patriotically”) and unscripted, more combative lines — notably “We’re going to walk down to t...
Several short passages from Donald Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021 Ellipse speech are repeatedly cited as the most controversial: his call that the crowd would “peacefully and patriotically” march to the Capitol...
did say, on , “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the to peacefully and patically make your voices heard,” a line that is plainly in multiple official transcripts and press report...
The January 6, 2021 "" speech repeatedly framed the result as fraudulent, using short, emotive phrases—both to describe the election and to urge action—such as "stolen," "rigged," "never concede," "se...
Within minutes of Donald Trump’s “Save America” speech at the Ellipse on January 6, 2021, many in the crowd began moving toward the U.S. Capitol and soon a violent breach unfolded, prompting immediate...
President Donald Trump, in his January 6, 2021, Ellipse speech, combined repeated assertions that the 2020 election was "stolen" with explicit language urging supporters to move toward the Capitol — t...
The phrase "fight like hell" appears near the close of former President Donald Trump's January 6, 2021 Ellipse speech and is part of a cluster of exhortations that included urging supporters to march ...
Major 2025 renovation work — notably demolition of large portions of the East Wing to build a new State Ballroom — has disrupted parts of the First Family’s usual private and staff spaces and touches ...
The White House ballroom has long been a focal point for presidential pageantry and diplomacy: historically, presidents have added or modified large entertaining spaces at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to ho...
Official White House and campaign transcripts of Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021 Ellipse speech record him urging supporters to “walk down” to the U.S. Capitol, saying “fight like hell,” and also inclu...
Executive summary: Multiple, overlapping findings establish that the physical violence on January 6 was carried out by thousands of supporters of then-President Donald Trump who breached the Capitol; ...
Executive Summary Courts and congressional bodies repeatedly quoted and cited President Trump’s January 6, 2021 remarks using verbatim phrases—most prominently “fight like hell,” “we will never conced...