House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is supposed to work for the American people first and his party second. Fox News conspiracy-monger Tucker Carlson isn’t supposed to be anywhere […]
Tag: Jan. 6
How Pence’s flawed argument against a subpoena might get him what he wants
by Harry Litman Vice President Mike Pence has reportedly hit on a clever and novel strategy for resisting a subpoena from special counsel Jack Smith in the […]
George Tanios sentenced to community service, no more jail time
A federal judge sentenced Morgantown resident George Tanios to the time he has already served in jail for his role in carrying the chemical irritant that was […]
Tanios pleads guilty, set to be sentenced today
Federal prosecutors are asking only for the five months of jail time already served by George Tanios, a Morgantown resident accused of transporting and handing off a […]
History doesn’t repeat — it rhymes
As the idiom goes, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat. But history never really repeats — it rhymes. The players change, as […]
Morgantown man, Trump sued in officer’s death
Morgantown resident George Tanios, who is pleading guilty to his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, has been named in a civil […]
Sidney Powell is trying to save her law license
As the House Jan. 6 committee wrapped up its final report, Sidney Powell, onetime lawyer for former President Donald Trump, doubled down on her claims of election […]
‘There’s this very toxic energy circulating’
Alexandra Pelosi on her mom, dad and a new documentary by Mark Z. Barabak Alexandra Pelosi was having one of those days. She’s still raw from the […]
Germany averted its own Jan. 6
And maybe the Fourth Reich by Andreas Kluth The police raid was apparently the largest in postwar German history. Early on Wednesday morning, some 3,000 officers from […]
Good turn of events, made possible by a still sturdy judicial branch
by Laurence H. Tribe and Dennis Aftergut Last week was a good week for the rule of law, the courts and the Constitution. Last Thursday, Dec. 1, […]
