Jan 6 hearing today: Trump’s WH counsel Pat Cipollone subpoenaed as Liz Cheney

Perhaps not Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Her attortney said the conservative activist has “serious concerns” about testifying before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol.

Mark Paoletta sent an eight-page letter, obtained by The Daily Caller, to the committee as it has sought her testimony. Mr Paoletta specifically cited how Supreme Court Justices have been subjected to threats after a draft opinion of the court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade.

“I would also note that this has been a particularly stressful time as the Thomases have been subjected to an avalanche of death threats and other abuse by the unprecedented assault on the conservative Supreme Court Justices and their families”, the letter said.

Eric Garcia had this report.

Justice Stephen Breyer will retire this week from the Supreme Court, he told Joe Biden in a letter on Wedesday.

Taking his place will be Ketanji Brown Jackson, who will be the first Black woman on the high court.

Will the Biden appointment change the direction of the conservative court full of Trump nominees? Probably not so much.

After hearing a string of controversial public testimonies before the Jan 6 panel, Liz Cheney will return to Wyoming to debate Republican primary challengers.

Ms Cheney will face Donald Trump-endorsed opponent Harriet Hageman among others where she is likely to draw criticism for the explosive testimonies detailing Mr Trump’s irate and violent behaviour.

The primaries debate on Thursday will be hosted by Wyoming PBS in Sheridan and it will be closed to the public for security reasons. It is to also prevent people from disrupting the event, the station’s general manager Terry Dugas said in a statement. “There are regular reports in the media of political figures and public servants being assaulted. Even in Wyoming, political figures receive death threats,” Mr Dugas said.

Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon has requested that his trial over contempt of Congress charges should be delayed by several months, arguing that publicity from the House select committee’s hearing into 6 January may influence jurors’ opinions.

“Public impact is not limited to the hearings themselves, but to the media coverage that magnified the hearings. In Washington, DC, where trial will take place – and where the acts alleged in the Indictment took place – every major media outlet treated the hearings as a top news story,” the attorneys wrote in the court filing on Wednesday.

It said “every person accused of a crime is guaranteed a fair trial”, requesting his trial to be moved from 18 July to 25 October.

“Those broadcasts have been repackaged and re-broadcast in countless forms, creating a saturation of the information sources available to Washington, DC residents,” the filing said.

“Under the circumstances, a continuance is warranted – to allow the effects of the Select Committee hearing coverage a chance to subside.”

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