Congress Investigates the Capitol Insurrection
Several congressional committees, including the specially-designated House select committee, are undertaking massive investigations into what happened on Jan. 6 when thousands of former President Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol during the congressional certification of now-President Biden’s electoral victory.
Here you can find our recent coverage of the congressional response and investigations. Use the buttons below to navigate to pages compiling hearings and significant documents of the House select committee or other congressional committees.
Recent Lawfare Coverage
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Cassidy Hutchinson’s Take on Her Trump-World Lawyer—and Why It Still Matters
Her memoir reveals the troubling dynamics of a common phenomenon in the Trump probes: a witness represented by an attorney paid for by Trump-aligned sources. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Congress Investigates January 6 ... Again
Why didn't the government see the Jan. 6 attack coming? -
A New Senate Report Undermines FBI Excuses About Jan. 6
The report pulls no punches in describing the failures of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security in advance of the insurrection. -
The Aftermath, Season 1: Binge the Whole Thing
Season 1 is now complete. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Inside the Capitol Police’s Intelligence Dysfunction
The House’s select committee on Jan. 6 may have wound down its work at the end of December 2022, but questions about why law enforcement, including the U.S. Capitol Police, were unprepared for the possib... -
The Lawfare Podcast: What We've Learned About Security and Intelligence Failures on Jan. 6
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The Lawfare Podcast: A Jan. 6 Committee Staffer on Far-Right Extremism
The Jan. 6 committee’s final report on the insurrection is over 800 pages, including the footnotes. But there’s still new information coming out about the committee’s findings and its work. -
Notes on the Jan. 6 Committee’s Notes
The Jan. 6 select committee showed its work—enabling marginal comments, reality checks, and tantalizing hints at what the committee couldn’t prove. -
The Lawfare Podcast: A January 6 Anniversary
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