Articles by Joseph Clark
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol voted Monday to hold former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he twice failed to appear for scheduled depositions.
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December 13, 2021
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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is demanding documents and testimony from six more rally organizers in a new round of subpoenas issued Friday.
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December 10, 2021
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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol heard from two witnesses Thursday in separate closed-door depositions as the panel shows no signs of relenting its pressure on former President Donald Trump's confidants.
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December 9, 2021
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Former Trump Department of Defense official Kashyap "Kash" Patel on Thursday met with representatives from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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December 9, 2021
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Conservative activist and rally organizer Ali Alexander appeared Thursday morning for a closed-door deposition before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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December 9, 2021
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The House passed a bill Wednesday to crack down on imports from China's Xinjiang region following a Senate dustup last week that exposed Biden administration pressure on lawmakers to rein in the bill's language.
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December 8, 2021
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Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Wednesday sued House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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December 8, 2021
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The compromise version of the annual defense policy bill that passed the House stripped out scores of hot-button measures from it such as including women in the military draft to revoking the 2002 authorization for the Iraq War.
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December 8, 2021
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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol encountered dual setbacks on Tuesday in its attempts to corral key witnesses.
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December 7, 2021
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A federal judge on Tuesday set a mid-July start date for the trial of former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon for criminal contempt of Congress after he stonewalled the House probe into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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December 7, 2021
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Leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees agreed Tuesday to strike from the annual defense authorization bill language that would require women to register for the draft.
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December 7, 2021
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Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is no longer cooperating with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, his lawyer announced Tuesday.
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December 7, 2021
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Senate Republicans have introduced legislation aimed at cracking down on foreign banks that knowingly facilitate "martyr payments" by the Palestinian Authority to families of terrorists.
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December 6, 2021
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Former Trump Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark has postponed his scheduled deposition before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol due to a medical condition, the committee announced Friday.
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December 3, 2021
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Nikki Haley, who served in the Trump administration as ambassador to the United Nations, said Thursday the Biden presidency has been "the greatest gift to America's enemies since Jimmy Carter." She advised Republicans to "hunker down, and focus on what matters" as the GOP looks to 2024.
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December 2, 2021
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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot announced on Wednesday that it is extending a final opportunity for former Trump Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark to comply with its probe, before sending its recommendation for contempt of Congress to the full House.
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December 1, 2021
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Lawmakers on Capitol Hill demanded hearings into fraud in the government's coronavirus unemployment benefit program after hearing that crime syndicates in China, Russia and other adversary nations pocketed tens of billions of dollars.
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November 30, 2021
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Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows struck a deal to cooperate with the congressional probe into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and plans appear for a deposition, the House select committee announced Tuesday.
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November 30, 2021
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Senate Republicans on Monday blocked forward progress on the long-stalled defense policy bill as the chamber careens toward the end of the year with no sign of an agreement on the must-pass legislation in sight.
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November 29, 2021
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The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to vote Wednesday on recommending criminal contempt of Congress charges against former Trump Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark.
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November 29, 2021
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