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![Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/04/2022_0408-merrick-garland-400x300.jpg)
Why Is Merrick Garland Throttling the Trump Investigation?
The January 6 committee has piled evidence outside Garland's door. Why is he moving so slowly?
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is seen in the Capitol Visitor Center on March 16, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/2022_0329-ocasio-cortez-400x300.jpg)
Ocasio-Cortez Calls for Clarence Thomas to Resign Over Wife’s Ties to January 6
She warned that if Democrats don’t act against the Supreme Court justice now, it could come back to bite them.
![Members of the Proud Boys are seen in front of the Oregon state capitol during a far right rally on January 8, 2022, in Salem, Oregon.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/GettyImages-1237612559-400x300.jpg)
The Proud Boys Gained 29 Chapters in the Year Since Capitol Attack
A new report shows some far right groups declining, but organizing is taking new forms -- some hard to quantify.
![President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, is followed by former Alabama Sen. Doug Jones as they exit the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley on Capitol Hill on March 2, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/2022_0308-ketanji-brown-jackson-400x300.jpg)
Dark Money Groups Fighting Biden’s Supreme Court Pick Funded Trump’s Big Lie
Some of the groups also funded rallies preceding the Capitol attack.
![State Representative Mark Finchem speaks with attendees at a Save America rally at Country Thunder Arizona in Florence, Arizona, on January 15, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/2022_0306-mark-finchem-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Pick for AZ Secretary of State Participated in January 6 Capitol Breach
If Trumpists seize control of the electoral system in 2022, they will use that power ruthlessly in 2024.
![Kimberly Guilfoyle speaks before Donald Trump during a rally at the Sarasota Fairgrounds on July 3, 2021, in Sarasota, Florida, United States.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/GettyImages-1233798087-400x300.jpg)
House Committee Issues Subpoena to Top Trump Fundraiser Kimberly Guilfoyle
The subpoena cited a text message from Guilfoyle that claims she raised millions of dollars for the January 6 rally.
![President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House on February 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/2022_0301-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Regardless of What Biden Says, the Real State of the Union Is Perilous
We're a country on the brink. Tonight, Biden has his work cut out for him.
![People walk by a portrait of President Donald Trump that was completed by artist Julian Raven at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on March 1, 2019, in National Harbor, Maryland.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0223-donald-trump-mural-400x300.jpg)
This Year’s CPAC Promises to Be a Festival of Trump Worship
The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is a lurid spectacle that feeds fascist political strategies.
![Former President Donald speaks to a crowd a rally at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds on January 29, 2022, in Conroe, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0218-donald-trump-texas-400x300.jpg)
Just 13 of 143 Texas GOP Candidates Will Admit Trump’s Loss Was “Legitimate”
Only a few of the Texas Republicans running for Congress accept the 2020 election results, according to a Hearst survey.
![White House advisor Ivanka Trump listens to her father President Donald Trump deliver remarks in the East Room of the White House on April 28, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0217-donald-ivanka-trump-400x300.jpg)
January 6 Committee Is Considering Subpoenaing Ivanka Trump
The committee asked for Ivanka Trump’s testimony last month, but she deflected the request.