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Exclusive: Retired Republican judge says January 6 was ‘well-developed plan’ by Trump to cling to power

By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig, a Republican who is testifying at Thursday’s January 6 committee hearing, will provide a sharp condemnation of former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, saying Trump and his allies “instigated” a war on democracy “so that he

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January 6 committee has emails between Ginni Thomas and John Eastman

By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer, Katelyn Polantz and Chandelis Duster, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack is in possession of email correspondence between conservative attorney John Eastman and Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, a conservative activist who’s the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a source familiar

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January 6 hearing will show Trump pressure campaign on Pence ‘directly contributed’ to Capitol attack, committee says

By Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House January 6 committee will use its third June hearing to make the case that then-President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on his vice president to overturn the 2020 presidential election “directly contributed” to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, which

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Latvian foreign minister says European leaders should not fear provoking Putin and must not push Ukraine to make concessions

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs on Wednesday said European leaders must not be deterred by a fear of provoking Russian President Vladimir Putin and the international community must not pressure Ukraine into making concessions to end the war. In an exclusive interview with CNN in Washington, DC, Rinkēvičs also outlined Latvia’s

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Latvian foreign minister says European leaders should not fear provoking Putin and must not push Ukraine to make concessions

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs on Wednesday said European leaders must not be deterred by a fear of provoking Russian President Vladimir Putin and the international community must not pressure Ukraine into making concessions to end the war. In an exclusive interview with CNN in Washington, DC, Rinkēvičs also outlined Latvia’s

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January 6 hearing will show Trump pressure campaign on Pence ‘directly contributed’ to Capitol attack, committee says

By Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House January 6 committee will use its third June hearing to make the case that then-President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on his vice president to overturn the 2020 presidential election “directly contributed” to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, which

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Election deniers are winning political nominations across the country

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Republican voters this week picked Nevada businessman Jim Marchant as their nominee for secretary of state, bringing yet another 2020 election denier closer to overseeing elections in 2024 in a presidential battleground state. Last month, Pennsylvania Republicans chose as their gubernatorial nominee a staunch defender of former President Donald Trump and

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John Hinckley Jr. freed from all court oversight decades after Reagan assassination attempt

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Shawna Mizelle, CNN John Hinckley Jr. has been freed from all court restrictions, marking the end of years of government oversight nearly four decades after he shot and wounded then-President Ronald Reagan. “After 41 years 2 months and 15 days, FREEDOM AT LAST!!!” Hinckley tweeted Wednesday afternoon. Earlier this month, US

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Mayra Flores will win Texas special election, helping Republicans flip Democratic House seat, CNN projects

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Republican Mayra Flores will win the special election for Texas’ 34th Congressional District, CNN projects, giving Republicans an additional seat in the House. Flores will best a field of four candidates — two Republicans and two Democrats — in the all-party contest to succeed former Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela, who vacated

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