Six months ago, I took this photograph at 5:04pm. pic.twitter.com/AJQ387yKjn
— Leah Millis (@LeahMillis) July 6, 2021
Six months ago today, insurrectionists carried out a violent and deadly assault on our Capitol. It was a test of whether our democracy could survive. Half a year later we can declare unequivocally that democracy did prevail.
Now, it falls on all of us to protect and preserve it.
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 6, 2021
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the Jan. 6 select committee chair, says he may subpoena former President Trump and other Republicans to testify under oath about the U.S. Capitol insurrection. @ashtonpittman https://t.co/TDa2monYEi pic.twitter.com/ey26FJaaCH
— Mississippi Free Press (@MSFreePress) July 2, 2021
… “January 6th was one of the darkest days in our nation’s history, with five people killed, 140 members of law enforcement physically harmed and countless more seriously traumatized,” she said in a statement today. “It is clear that January 6th was not simply an attack on a building, but an attack on our very democracy—an attack on the peaceful transfer of power.”
Thompson, who also chairs the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, told CNN today that he would consider calling former President Donald Trump and Republicans who communicated with him at the time of the insurrection to testify.
“I think we need to have access to all available information. Part of what we plan to do is hire some of the best people who can help us get access to that kind of information,” the Mississippi congressman told CNN. “… If we need to get it by request or by subpoena, I’m not reluctant to do that either.”…
Six months after the Capitol insurrection, the Justice Department is still seeking scores of rioters. Among those sought: people accused of attacking law enforcers and threatening journalists and the person who put pipe bombs outside RNC and DNC offices. https://t.co/a1jUeBrUeR
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) July 6, 2021