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Arizona House speaker, who resisted Trump pressure campaign, testifying at January 6 hearing Tuesday

By Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent Rusty Bowers, a Republican and Arizona state House speaker, will testify at a Tuesday hearing focusing on former President Donald Trump’s pressure on state officials to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in 2020, a source familiar with the matter told CNN earlier Saturday. Bowers will join Georgia’s election officials —

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Mental health groups express concern about readiness of new suicide prevention hotline

By Veronica Stracqualursi and Jacqueline Howard, CNN Leading mental health and suicide prevention groups are expressing concern that the new, shorter number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline — 988 — will not be ready to handle an anticipated influx of calls when it’s available nationwide next month. Starting July 16, people seeking mental health

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Pennsylvania Democrat keeps focus on January 6 in campaign for governor against an election denier

By Dan Merica, CNN Efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the subsequent January 6 insurrection have become a through line for Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro‘s rise to national prominence. In the wake of the election, Shapiro used his perch as Pennsylvania attorney general to fight efforts in the commonwealth to overturn the

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January 6 committee says it ‘won’t be an obstacle’ to Justice Department prosecution

By Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House January 6 committee “won’t be an obstacle” to Department of Justice prosecutions, the committee spokesman said in a statement Friday. The comment was in response to Department of Justice concerns raised in court that the committee had not shared transcripts and was jeopardizing the department’s ability

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New Mexico county commissioner who refuses to certify recent election results sentenced for role in January 6 attack

By Holmes Lybrand, Fredreka Schouten and Andrew Millman, CNN Couy Griffin, a New Mexico county commissioner, ardent election-fraud conspiracy theorist and founder of Cowboys for Trump, avoided more jail time on Friday for his role in the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack. He was sentenced to 14 days with time served, fined $3,000 and

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