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At least a dozen January 6 defendants attributed their decision to go to the Capitol -- and in at least one case, to get angry enough to join the attack in the Tunnel -- to Trump's claim he would join his supporters walking to the Capitol. As Stephanie Murphy explained, that line was ad-libbed.

Yet another post noting that Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony is incredible valuable -- but for a prosecution of Donald Trump, its use thus far would be in securing the cooperation of witnesses who more directly interacted with Trump.

Steve Bannon needed to have more than thirty seconds of press coverage associated with the January 6 Committee in a bid to delay his trial. And multiple outlets obliged him by covering his stunt.

Some anonymous sources close to Donald Trump got the WaPo to repeat a bunch of false claims so as to float something that has not happened as news.

As the jury starts to deliberate in Josh Schulte's second trial today, here's a review of what they'll be considering.

It turns out two guys from South Carolina who shared a hotel room on January 6 -- George Tenney and Robbie Norwood -- both played roles in opening the East door of the Capitol on January 6, then went on to share a hotel room that night.

This is an open thread. Talk about your beach reads, or barbeque, or what not.

Secret Service loyalists to Donald Trump are pushing back against Cassidy Hutchinson's second-hand report of Trump lunging in the SUV when told he could not go to the Capitol. They're not pushing back against far more damning details: including that when they made plans to take Trump to the Capitol, they knew of plans to occupy buildings.

This is an open thread focused on Supreme Court orders and decisions expected to be released the final week of the court's term (last week of June 2022).