Washington — President Trump claimed late Sunday that preemptive pardons former President Joe Biden granted to members of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol are “void” and “vacant” because they were allegedly signed with an autopen. However, the Justice Department two decades ago said the president…
Trump makes rare visit to Justice Department headquarters – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump visited the headquarters of the Justice Department Friday, where he addressed employees in a campaign-style speech. The address comes amid a purge that’s accelerated inside the Justice Department, in which prosecutors who handled Jan. 6 cases and Trump investigations…
Victim of Jan. 6 defendant’s past crime fears for her safety after pardons – CBS News Watch CBS News Before he took office last month, President Trump said there could be “some exceptions” to his campaign promise to grant clemency to Jan. 6 rioters. In the end, Trump pardoned everyone, including more than 150 convicted…
When President Trump issued sweeping pardons to some 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants on his first day in office, his action did not distinguish between those who peacefully wandered the Capitol grounds four years earlier and those who engaged in violence against police. Now, critics of the move are raising concerns about the dangers posed by…
FBI agent involved in Jan. 6 probes says Trump review is “demoralizing” – CBS News Watch CBS News Another federal judge has blocked the Justice Department from releasing a list of FBI agents involved in investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Scott MacFarlane spoke to one of those agents, who says many at the bureau…
A decision by the acting leadership at the U.S. Justice Department to delete its public webpages and case summaries of the Jan. 6 siege at the Capitol prosecution has triggered a legal challenge from a watchdog group and blowback from a federal judge who oversaw some of the cases. The controversial decision has also drawn…
CBS News Chicago Live CHICAGO (CBS) — Governor JB Pritzker is calling on the Department of Central Management Services to reject those pardoned by President Trump for their involvement in the Jan. 6 attacks at the U.S. Capitol for consideration for state jobs. In a letter addressed to director Raven DeVaughn, Pritzker says those who…
A Texas man released from prison under President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons over the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is wanted by authorities on a 2016 charge of soliciting a minor online, prosecutors say. Andrew Taake, 36, was accused of attacking police officers with bear spray and a metal whip during the Capitol…
Concern, criticism grows over pardon of Jan. 6 defendants – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s pardon of about 1,500 defendants convicted in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack has been lambasted by several police organizations and prompted fears that the move could lead to more violence. Scott MacFarlane reports. Be the first to know…
Jan. 6 defendants freed, one wants retribution – CBS News Watch CBS News As more Jan. 6 defendants are freed following President Trump’s blanket pardons, supporters cheer outside the D.C. Jail. Among those released are key figures from right-wing groups, including Oath Keepers’ Stewart Rhodes and Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio, who is calling for payback….