Rebecca Kaplan

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

USCP Ofc. Caroline Edwards begins by sharing the names she was calleed on 1/6: "Nancy Pelosi's dog" "incompetent" "hero" "villain" "traitor." "I was an American, standing face to face with other Americans, asking myself...how had we gotten here." — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

A clip from Jared Kushner's interview, asked about threats from WH counsel Pat Cippilone that he would resign over lawlessness, shows Jared saying he interpreted it as "whining" because the WH counsel team was frequently threatening to resign. — PolitiTweet.org

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The final hearing will cover Trump's roles over the hours of the attack. Cheney says he didn't call the Defense Secretary, attorney general, DHS, National Guard, DOJ. In contrast, she said, VP Pence did those things. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@Liz_Cheney says the committee will show that @RepScottPerry and other GOP lawmakers sought pardons for their roles in trying to overturn the election. Perry was subpoenaed to testify before the committee, but has not complied. — PolitiTweet.org

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Now we see the first video from an interview the committee conducted with Ivanka Trump. She says that Barr's insistence that allegations about corruption of Dominion voting machines were false affected her perspective. "I accepted what he was saying," she said. — PolitiTweet.org

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In video of an interview with Trump campaign lawyer Alex Cannon, Cannon says he told Mark Meadows in mid to late November they hadn't find anything that would change the outcome of the election. — PolitiTweet.org

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And a pretty broad claim that the committee will try to prove: "Over multiple months, Donald Trump oversaw a sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power." — PolitiTweet.org

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.@Liz_Cheney makes the case: "There is no room for debate. Those who invaded our Capitol and battled law enforcement for hours were motivated by what President Trump had told them: that the election was stolen, and that he was the rightful President." — PolitiTweet.org

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"January 6th and the lies that led to insurrection have put two and a half centuries of constitutional democracy at risk. The world is watching what we do here," Committee chairman @BennieGThompson says in his opening remarks. — PolitiTweet.org

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The first video we are seeing tonight is video of former Attorney General Bill Barr's deposition. He talks about how he told former President Trump he thought claims of election fraud were "bullshit" and he didn't want to be a part of it. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

The House Committee to investigate the January 6th attacks has officially kicked off its first hearing. We expect to hear an overview of their investigation and testimony from USCP Ofc. Caroline Edwards and documentary filmmaker Nick Quested. https://t.co/wVcDr2wafO — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @costareports: CBS News has learned that @judgeluttig has been invited, and accepted, an invitation from the Jan. 6 committee to testify… — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP prebuttal today of the 1/6 hearings: -The committee is partisan and illegitimate because Pelosi rejected GOP picks for membership -It's a "Trojan horse" for a Dem plan to abolish the electoral college -It's not asking real questions about why the security failure happened — PolitiTweet.org

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.@RepBrianFitz, @RepAGonzalez, @RepKinzinger, @RepJacobs, @RepFredUpton all break with the GOP to vote yes. @RepGolden broke with Dems to vote no. Now onto the Senate, which is negotiating its own version of a red flag bill. — PolitiTweet.org

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The House finishes off a week of gun control bills by passing the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act by a vote of 224-202, which would allow courts to temporarily take guns from those deemed a danger to themselves or others. — PolitiTweet.org

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@seungminkim @AP @washingtonpost Huge get for @AP! Congratulations!! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jackturmanIII: New: Two sources familiar tell me that a bipartisan group of senators have reached a general agreement on the Electoral… — PolitiTweet.org

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Per @MajorCBS, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger will testify in person before the House January 6th Committee on June 21st. — PolitiTweet.org

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2 Democrats voted no (@RepGolden and @RepSchrader). 5 Republicans voted yes (@RepKinzinger @RepAGonzalez @RepBrianFitz @RepJacobs and @RepFredUpton). Onto the Senate now, where lawmakers are negotiating a more modest agreement. — PolitiTweet.org

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The House has passed the Protecting Our Kids Act 223-204, a package of gun control legislation that would raise the age of purchase for semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 and ban the sale of high-capacity magazines and ghost guns, among other things. — PolitiTweet.org

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Beyond thrilled for such a talented and and wonderful friend. Congratulations @jmsummers!!!! — PolitiTweet.org

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Per @mkaplantv, the widows of two law enforcement officers who died by suicide after the 1/6 attacks, Erin Smith (widow of MPD officer Jeffrey Smith) and Serena Liebengood (widow of USCP officer Howie Liebengood), will attend the first 1/6 committee hearing on Thursday. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CHueyBurns Best way to start a Monday!! — PolitiTweet.org

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...and would likely gather dust along with the House's previously-passed legislation to expand background checks and close the Charleston loophole. — PolitiTweet.org

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...ban large-capacity magazines (with a grandfather clause for existing weapons), and ban so-called "ghost guns." The bill is expected to get a vote on the House floor next week. It goes much further than the proposals under consideration in the Senate... — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

As President Biden is speaking, the House Judiciary Committee advanced a package of gun control bills called the "Protecting our Kids Act" by a party-line vote of 25 yeas to 19 nays. The bill would, among other things, raise the age to buy a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21... — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NorahODonnell: BREAKING: President Biden calls to reinstate the assault weapons ban from 1994. "We need to ban assault weapons and hi… — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

The January 6th committee has formally announced its first hearing for June 9th at 8 PM, where they say they'll present "previously unseen material" about the attack. Witness announcements coming next week. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jackturmanIII: Two sources tell me the participants in the bipartisan group that met during lunch today to discuss a path forward on gu… — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

.@MondaireJones will avoid a primary against either @spmaloney or @JamaalBowmanNY by running in the newly drawn 10th district. He will face @BilldeBlasio for the seat —> — PolitiTweet.org