The longest-serving member of the panel on “The View” isn’t going anywhere soon.
17.06.2022 - 23:47 / deadline.com
The 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in is today, the “third rate burglary” that ultimately brought down a presidency, and all this week Washington, D.C. has been in a bit of nostalgic mode.
At the DC/DOX Festival, producer Debra McClutchy and director Anne Alvergue screened their new Netflix documentary The Martha Mitchell Effect, focusing on the life of the celebrity Nixon-era figure whose importance in blowing the whistle on the scandal has only recently gotten its due. At the National Portrait Gallery, there’s an exhibition of key portraiture and illustration from the scandal.
But it’s nearly impossible to flashback without comparing the scandal to what’s going on now, via the January 6th Committee hearings, and what may be ahead, as a conservative judge warned on Thursday of the ongoing “clear and present danger” to democracy.
On Friday, The Washington Post gathered Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, immortalized in the movie All the President’s Men, based on their book, for a Post Live session with chief correspondent Dan Balz.
Not surprisingly, the attention turned to the January 6th Committee hearings and whether they have shown evidence of a crime.
Woodward said that the material that the committee has presented has been “amazing.”
“It is a crime to subvert a legitimate function of government,” he said. “According to 18 USC 371, Supreme Court decisions going back 100 years, this is a clear lay down case of obstructing an essential and necessary function of government. And what’s more necessary than certifying who is the next president? The diabolical genius of Trump and his associates in this, they found the weak point in the system. January 6th, the votes are presented and counted and then a thousand people
The longest-serving member of the panel on “The View” isn’t going anywhere soon.
UPDATED: Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone was subpoenaed last week to testify before the Congressional committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The date listed on the subpoena for Cipollone’s deposition is July 6. In other words, tomorrow.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe CEO of TikTok tried to reassure U.S. lawmakers — who have renewed concerns over its sharing of U.S. user data with employees in China — that the video app company is taking steps to restrict that access to only a “narrow” slice of data.TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew sent a letter dated June 30 to nine GOP senators in response to their inquiry this week “demanding answers on TikTok’s backdoor data access for Beijing,” a reference to China’s communist regime.
said in a motion to the court Wednesday that the publicity surrounding the congressional hearings investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021, would make it impossible to seat an impartial jury for a trial set to start July 18. Bannon is seeking an October trial date.“Select Committee members have made inflammatory remarks about the culpability of President Trump and his closest advisers, including Mr.
Hot off explosive testimony yesterday from Cassidy Hutchinson, the top aide to President Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, the Congressional Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack has subpoenaed former White House Counsel Pasquale “Pat” Cipollone for deposition testimony as a part of the committee’s investigation into the assault on the U.S. Capitol.
What was a dark day for Democracy turned out to be a shining night for late night TV.
Adams said during a press conference in East Harlem when asked if he would look into reducing the charges against Gill. He added, “From what [Giuliani] stated about being punched in the head, [that it] felt like a bullet, what he stated, there was a lot of creativity.
amid a Twitter ban and a two-year Facebook suspension, Trump attempted to blast former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson as she testified in front of the special committee. “I hardly know who this person, Cassidy Hutchinson, is, other than I heard very negative things about her (a total phony and ‘leaker’),” Trump wrote, about the former top aide to his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, whose office was several doors down from Trump’s Oval Office, as the Jan.
What’s her background? Hutchinson was an executive assistant to Mark Meadows, Trump's chief of staff at the time of the , and she had contact with Meadows on January 6. She started in the position in March 2020. Previously, she'd interned for Senator Ted Cruz and for Representative Steve Scalise, and then entered the White House summer internship program, .
Jan. 6, 2021, where they stormed the building and interrupted the electoral count, a former aide testified to Congress on Tuesday.Trump also demanded to go to the Capitol himself, according to the aide, Cassidy Hutchinson. When the Secret Service drove him back to the White House instead, he became angry and tried to grab the steering wheel, she testified, using his free hand to try to grab a Secret Service agent by the neck.“I’m the effing president,” he said, according to her account.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDonald Trump’s media and technology venture is part of a new federal grand jury investigation, which is seeking information about the financial dealings of the shell company Trump Media & Technology Group intends to merge with, according to a new regulatory filing.Last year, Trump Media & Technology Group announced plans to combine with Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), to become a publicly traded company.
Refresh for updates Hollywood and the Beltway were quick to respond to today’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe V. Wade.
Sean Penn was among those in attendance on the fifth day of the U.S. Congress’ January 6 committee hearings, surprising onlookers.
Seth Meyers is among the many who don’t believe Donald Trump is even a little undecided about running for president again in 2024. In fact, on Monday night’s show, the host likened Trump’s attempts to play coy to a drunk college kid.During his “A Closer Look” segment, Meyers honed in on Trump’s plan to pardon people involved with the January 6 insurrection, as revealed in the January 6 committee hearings, and his continued intent to do so if he were to get reelected. “Most people should not be treated the way they’re being treated.
Joy Behar is looking at the history of “The View” as the show celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Thursday testimony focused on Eastman’s role in pushing the notion that Pence had the power to reject certain electors, which would have thrown the issue back to “contested” states. Several witnesses, including well-respected conservative legal advisers close to Trump, stated emphatically from the stand that the idea wasn’t just legally ludicrous – but that Eastman knew it was illegal.Scarborough’s guest, former U.S.
tweeted. “Going to be on there calling out Republican lies. This could get…interesting.”The politician also linked his first Truth post — a video of him discussing America’s red state murder problem — which several studies have shown are actually significantly worse than in blue states, despite Republican assertions to the contrary.I just joined Trump’s Truth Social.Going to be on there calling out Republican lies.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, long a target of conservative activists, has decided to jump into the lion’s den, joining the Donald Trump-owned Truth Social yesterday. Newsom made the announcement on Twitter this afternoon writing, “I just joined Trump’s Truth Social. Going to be on there calling out Republican lies. This could get…interesting.”
“I’m just curious how you even know when Rudy Giuliani is drunk,” said Trevor Noah on The Daily Show last night of the president’s former personal lawyer, whom he likened to a “drunk vampire.”