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Peter Zay / Anadolu Agency / Getty The Bad and Good News About Trump’s Violent Supporters
The FBI search at Mar-a-Lago prompts sincere talk of violence. But some threats remain mere threats.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty; Drew Angerer / Getty; … Conservatives Believe Trump Is Above the Law
Republicans’ reflexive insistence that the Mar-a-Lago raid is politically motivated is unmoored from the available evidence.
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Alex Wong / Getty Well, the Cover-Up Sure Isn’t Making January 6 Look Any Better
Why have so many messages from top government officials disappeared?
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C-Span / The Atlantic An Ode to Trump’s Outtakes
His post-insurrection-speech rehearsals are even more revealing—and disturbing—than the final version.
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Al Drago-Pool / Getty The Criminal Case Against Trump Is Getting Stronger
Trump might clear the bar for incitement on January 6, and that’s far from his only legal risk.
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Mandel Ngan / Getty The Inescapable Conclusion From the January 6 Hearings
Former President Donald Trump could not be compelled to call off the mob that nearly destroyed democracy.
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Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty The Secret Service Texting Scandal Makes No Sense
At best, it’s a tale of shocking incompetence. At worst, the parade of errors is indicative of darker motivations.
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Tasos Katopodis / Getty The Shame of the Secret Service
Allegations that the agency deleted texts from January 6, 2021, add to serious existing concerns about its independence and competence.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty The DOJ Must Prosecute Trump
The January 6 committee has provided overwhelming evidence that the former president was not some bit player along for the ride, but the central driver of a nefarious plot.
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Tasos Katopodis / Getty Trump Terrified Even His Truest Believers
The January 6 committee has shown that the people closest and most loyal to Donald Trump were as aghast as anyone else at his coup attempt.
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Brandon Bell / Getty Why They Still Support Trump
What began as a reluctant willingness to defend the former president soon became an ingrained habit.
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Al Drago / Bloomberg / Getty The Incitement Paper Trail
Today’s January 6 committee hearing contained significant evidence suggesting that the former president knew how the storming of the Capitol would unfold.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Trump Enablers Truly in Contempt of Congress
Unlike those involved in the January 6 coup attempt who refuse to testify, my communist grandfather respected democracy and had the courage to turn up, say his piece, and take the consequences.
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Mark Peterson / Redux What Happened to Michael Flynn?
In military intelligence, he was renowned for his skill connecting the dots and finding terrorists. But somewhere along the way, his dot detector began spinning out of control.
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Getty; The Atlantic Take Away the President’s Immunity
No legal doctrine should shield anyone—including Donald Trump, if reelected—from prosecution for criminal wrongdoing.
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Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post / Getty The January 6 Committee Is Going to Have the Final Word
By establishing an official record of the insurrection, the members are creating clarity in a political moment fogged with lies.
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Drew Angerer / Getty The Summer of Our Discontent
Washington summers are always miserable, but this one will be worse.
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Mark Peterson / Redux The Reason Liz Cheney Is Narrating the January 6 Story
The committee is laying out the facts in a way optimally designed to cultivate trust.
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty The Dumbest Coup Attempt
America was saved by pure indolence.
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Eric Lee / Bloomberg / Getty A Withering Indictment of the Entire GOP
Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony was damning. If anyone was surprised, they shouldn’t have been.
