January 6 – live: Donald Trump could announce 2024 candidacy in September as details emerge from his appeal for witnesses

Liz Cheney on Donald Trump’s behavior on January 6
While even some talking heads at Fox News acknowledge that the Jan. 6 committee’s evidence is ‘stunning’, Donald Trump is reportedly furious with how the hearings went, watching each session live on TV and repeatedly questioning aides when they are. completed.
Mr. Trump at first all but ignored the work of the committee, but has increasingly opposed it on his bespoke Truth Social platform, and the impact of the hearings would push him to announce a candidacy for the presidential election of 2024 – perhaps as early as September, according to the Washington Post.
The latest televised session, held this week, featured an explosive revelation from Liz Cheney, who revealed that the select committee reported Donald Trump to the Justice Department for alleged witness tampering.
Ms Cheney explained that Mr Trump had tried to call a witness who has so far not appeared in public. “This person declined to answer or respond to President Trump’s call,” she said, “and instead alerted his attorney to the call. Their attorney alerted us and this committee provided that information. at the Ministry of Justice.
How Trump allies can be pressured into testifying in Georgia
As a Georgia investigation into potential criminal interference in the 2020 election heats up, prosecutors are trying to force former President Donald Trump’s allies and advisers to come to Atlanta to testify before a special grand jury.
EXPLAINER: How Trump allies can be pressured into testifying in Ga.
Georgia probe into potential criminal interference in 2020 election heats up
Andrew NaughtyJuly 14, 2022 1:30 p.m.
Who is the January 6 witness that Donald Trump tried to call?
Liz Cheney’s shocking revelation that her committee reported Donald Trump to the Justice Department for trying to contact a witness has sparked a slew of speculation about who the person might be – and if or when the panel might call them to appear in public.
So far, all we know is what two sources told CNN: that the person who was contacted was believed to be a “support staff member” who had no routine communication with Mr. Trump and was “concerned” about the alleged contact attempt.
Shweta Sharma to the story.
More details emerge on Jan. 6 witness at center of Trump tampering allegations
The witness is able to confirm part of Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony
Andrew NaughtyJuly 14, 2022 1:00 p.m.
US intelligence report says Iran may try to assassinate Trump and others
As Joe Biden reiterates ‘the only thing worse than Iran that exists now is Iran with nuclear weapons’, shocking Yahoo News story relays US intelligence report warning of assassination threats Iran’s potential attacks against senior Trump administration officials, including the former president himself.
“The Iranian regime is waging a multi-pronged campaign – including threats of lethal action, international legal maneuvers, and the issuance of Iranian arrest warrants and sanctions – against some U.S. officials to avenge the death of [Iranian Revolutionary Guard] Commander Soleimani in January 2020, raising the threat at home and abroad to those Iran considers responsible for the killing.
Alongside Mr. Trump are specifically singled out his former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and former CENTCOM commander, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie.
Read the full report here.
Andrew NaughtyJuly 14, 2022 12:26 p.m.
Draft tweet and secret messages reveal Trump’s ‘deliberate strategy’ for January 6 crowd
President Donald Trump had secretly planned a few days before January 6 to drive his supporters from the Ellipse outside the White House to the US Capitol, where he hoped to deliver a speech outside the building.
Mr Trump’s plans were first revealed on Tuesday by the January 6 committee, whose members obtained private text messages between White House officials and far-right figures, including the CEO of MyPillow , Mike Lindell, as well as a draft tweet that Mr. Trump apparently planned. send a few days before his supporters arrive at the Capitol.
Together, the posts describe what Representative Stephanie Murphy called a “deliberate strategy” to concentrate Mr. Trump’s supporters on Capitol Hill as the Electoral College results were being certified.
John Bowden watched Tuesday’s hearing.
Secret messages reveal Trump had a ‘deliberate strategy’ to drive the Jan. 6 crowd to the Capitol
The National Archives received a draft although it was never sent
Olivier O’ConnellJuly 14, 2022 12:00
Trump reported to Justice Department for contacting January 6 committee witness
Jan. 6 Committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney revealed an effort by former President Donald Trump to contact one of the panel’s witnesses.
In her closing statement following the final House select committee hearing on Tuesday, Cheney said the former president called a witness who had not yet been made public. This witness alerted their attorney to the call, who in turn notified the Congressional committee.
Trump reported to Justice Department for contacting January 6 committee witness
The former president’s phone call was revealed in the closing statement of the latest hearing
Olivier O’ConnellJuly 14, 2022 11:15 a.m.
Brad Parscale blamed Jan. 6 death on Trump, text messages reveal
Donald Trump’s former senior campaign adviser has blamed the death of a woman during the US Capitol riot on the former president’s impassioned rhetoric, text messages have revealed.
Brad Parscale appeared to reference the death of Ashli Babbit, who was fatally shot by law enforcement during the deadly uprising, in messages to fellow Trump adviser Katrina Pierson, which have were shared at the last hearing on January 6.
In messages the day of the riot, Mr Parscale told Ms Pierson he “felt guilty” for helping Mr Trump win the White House and described him as “a sitting president asking civil war”.
Brad Parscale blamed Jan. 6 death on Trump, text messages reveal
Brad Parscale also said he ‘felt guilty’ for helping the ex-president win the White House
Olivier O’ConnellJuly 14, 2022 10:30 a.m.
When bewildered lawyers battled conspiracy theorists to get Trump’s attention
A White House meeting repeatedly described as “crazy,” “controversial,” “unbalanced” and “hot-blooded” took center stage during the committee’s final Jan. 6 hearing on Tuesday.
The committee heard from key participants in the meeting, which took place just four days after the Electoral College meeting to certify Joe Biden’s election. It was described by the committee as “crucially important” to understanding Mr Trump’s actions in the days leading up to January 6.
Richard Hall reports on what happened the night of December 18, 2020 at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Inside Trump’s ‘crazy’ meeting where baffled lawyers battled conspiracy theorists
A team of lawyers assembled by Donald Trump to challenge the 2020 election results have arrived at the White House with a binder full of conspiracy theories and a draft executive order to seize voting machines, writes Richard Hall
Olivier O’ConnellJuly 14, 2022 9:45 a.m.
Capitol officer says he’s not sure if he’ll accept rioter’s apology
One of the officers, former oath keeper Stephen Ayres, hugged and apologized after the final hearing on January 6, said he was not sure he was ready to accept his apology.
Capitol officer says he’s not sure if he’ll accept rioter’s apology
‘It’s hard to express sympathy to an individual like that,’ Officer Harry Dunn told The Independent
Olivier O’ConnellJuly 14, 2022 09:00
ICYMI: Trump improvised violent lines in Ellipse’s speech
Donald Trump altered his Jan. 6 rally remarks and improvised violent lines to add pressure on then-Vice President Mike Pence in his efforts to get Mr. Pence to try to overturn the election, said the House Select Committee investigating the insurrection.
Gustaf Kilander has the story.
Trump added violent lines to Ellipse’s speech and reinserted references to Pence
“A single scripted reference in the speech to Mike Pence became eight. A single scripted reference to rally goers marching to the Capitol became four’
Olivier O’ConnellJuly 14, 2022 8:15 a.m.
ICYMI: Ex-Oath Keeper Gives Grim Warning If Trump Wins Re-Election
Former Oath Keepers spokesman Jason Van Tatenhove has raised concerns about Donald Trump’s re-term in the White House, as he testified before the January 6 Committee.
“We were extremely lucky there was no further bloodshed because the potential was there from the start,” he said on Tuesday.
Mr Tatenhove then expressed his fears for the future.
Ex-Oathkeeper Gives Grim Warning to Jan. 6 Committee if Trump Wins Re-Election
“If he is re-elected, all bets are off then.” And that’s a scary notion’
Olivier O’ConnellJuly 14, 2022 07:15