Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing When the FBI Is Asked to Go After the Right, It Inevitably Comes for the Left The FBI was never meant to address right-wing extremists. We can’t look to it to stop the right. By Alex S. Vitale , Truthout December 15, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Court Leak Reveals Evidence of Rep. Scott Perry’s “Complicity” in January 6 Inadvertently unsealed court documents revealed texts between Perry and one of Trump’s unindicted co-conspirators. By Igor Derysh , Salon December 1, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump’s Team Seeks Dismissal of Jack Smith’s Entire January 6 Case Trump's lawyers argue the case criminalizes his "political speech and advocacy," violating his First Amendment rights. By Gabriella Ferrigine , Salon October 24, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Companies That Pledged to Stop Giving to Election Objectors Have Given Them $10M Two years after the January 6 Capitol attack, the flow of corporate money to election objectors is running strong. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 6, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections 2 Years After January 6 Capitol Attack, Trump Still Hasn’t Been Charged Most Americans believe that Trump bears at least some responsibility for the attack on the U.S. Capitol. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 6, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections 2 Years After Jan. 6, Part of Congress Has Been Shut Down Again by the Far Right The people holding Congress hostage now are the same ones who helped foment the insurrection, says author Andy Campbell. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! January 6, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Far Right Extremists Flex Political Muscle Ahead of January 6 Anniversary The House GOP’s failure to choose a speaker shows the power wielded by extremists at the national and local level. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout January 5, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Final Jan. 6 Report Urges Congress to Consider Barring Trump From Officeholding "The central cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump," reads the House committee's report. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams December 23, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Informant Told FBI Trump Tweet Was “Call to Arms” Weeks Before Jan. 6 Attack In December, Trump called for his followers to gather at the Capitol on January 6 for a “wild,” “big protest.” By Sharon Zhang , Truthout December 22, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Jan. 6 Committee Recommends Charges That Could Prevent Trump From Running Again For the first time in history, a committee of Congress recommended to the DOJ that it prosecute a former U.S. president. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout December 21, 2022 Truthout