Today, fallout continues from Thursday’s late-night release of the full report of the House select committee that recommends barring Donald Trump from ever holding public office again and blames the former president’s conduct following the 2020 election for the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol. The nine-member committee is set to disband within days as Republicans prepare to take control of the House.
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- 9 a.m. Eastern: The House meets to consider the omnibus spending package. Watch live here.
- 5:05 p.m. Eastern: President Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit Children’s National Hospital in Washington. Watch live here.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) made a motion to adjourn the House to delay the vote on the omnibus spending bill with another procedural vote. “Come on Chip,” some of his colleagues called out, as many want to pass the measure and go home as a winter storm rages and Christmas approaches.
Noted: Durham’s probe of Russia investigation has cost taxpayers at least $6.5 million
The special counsel appointed to review the FBI’s investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign has cost taxpayers more than $6.5 million so far, according to a Justice Department report released Friday.
The Post’s Perry Stein relays that in 2019, while Donald Trump was president, Attorney General William P. Barr appointed John Durham to examine how federal law enforcement had investigated possible coordination between Trump’s presidential campaign and the Russian...
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