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January 6 investigations

Investigations into the January 6 Capitol attack, including the discovery of collateral charges and the prosecution of individuals involved.

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Jan 25, 2026
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What evidence did special counsel Jack Smith cite to support the conspiracy charges in the January 6 indictment?

anchored the conspiracy counts in the indictment on a mosaic of evidentiary threads: a chronology of false public statements and social-media activity from , internal communications and contacts with ...

Jan 7, 2026
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What legal findings did the committee make about Trump's intent and coordination regarding the riot?

The House Select Committee concluded that former President Donald Trump engaged in premeditated efforts to overturn the 2020 election and that those actions formed part of a “multi‑part conspiracy” ti...

Jan 27, 2026

What were the findings of the January 6 committee regarding the riot's organization?

concluded that the was not a spontaneous crowd surge but the culmination of a months‑long, multi‑threaded effort to —one that included coordinated legal and political pressure campaigns, a fake‑electo...

Jan 16, 2026

Did Trump comply with subpoenas from the Mueller investigation in 2017–2019?

The short answer is no: Robert Mueller’s team did not subpoena President Trump to compel testimony during the special counsel investigation, and therefore there was no subpoena from that investigation...

Jan 14, 2026

How did presidential pardons and commutations issued in 2025 change sentencing outcomes for January 6 defendants?

The January 20, 2025 clemency actions erased remaining punishments for roughly 1,500 people charged in the January 6 Capitol attack by issuing blanket full pardons to most defendants and commuting the...

Jan 11, 2026

Did Julie Kelly's reporting influence DOJ or congressional subpoenas related to January 6?

Julie Kelly repeatedly reported on and publicized subpoenas, DOJ actions, and the January 6 prosecutions across her Substack, podcasts and broadcast appearances , but the available reporting contains ...