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Jan. 6 hearing recap Trump White House aides say multiple GOP members of Congress asked for pardons

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection held its fifth hearing of the month Thursday, with a focus on President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure the Justice Department to help overturn the 2020 presidential election, which was won by Joe Biden.  
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the committee’s vice chair, said in her opening remarks that the panel will reveal which Republican lawmakers sought presidential pardons from Trump after the Jan. 6 attack.
Federal agents conducted a search Wednesday at the home of former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, who played a key role in Trump’s efforts to get law enforcement officials to challenge Biden’s victory.
A Justice Department official who was working from the inside to help push Trump’s false claims that the election was stolen was working directly with John Eastman, a key Trump legal adviser, the committee revealed.
Thursday’s hearing will be the final hearing this month by the Jan. 6 committee, but the panel is planning hearings in July as it weighs what members have said is voluminous evidence still coming in.
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the committee’s vice chair, said in her opening remarks that the panel will reveal which Republican lawmakers sought presidential pardons from Trump after the Jan. 6 attack.
Federal agents conducted a search Wednesday at the home of former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, who played a key role in Trump’s efforts to get law enforcement officials to challenge Biden’s victory.
A Justice Department official who was working from the inside to help push Trump’s false claims that the election was stolen was working directly with John Eastman, a key Trump legal adviser, the committee revealed.
Thursday’s hearing will be the final hearing this month by the Jan. 6 committee, but the panel is planning hearings in July as it weighs what members have said is voluminous evidence still coming in.
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The Jan. 6 insurrection

The report: The Jan. 6 committee released its final report, marking the culmination of an 18-month investigation into the violent insurrection. Read The Post’s analysis about the committee’s new findings and conclusions.

The final hearing: The House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol held its final public meeting where members referred four criminal charges against former president Donald Trump and others to the Justice Department. Here’s what the criminal referrals mean.

The riot: On Jan. 6, 2021, a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election results. Five people died on that day or in the immediate aftermath, and 140 police officers were assaulted.

Inside the siege: During the rampage, rioters came perilously close to penetrating the inner sanctums of the building while lawmakers were still there, including former vice president Mike Pence. The Washington Post examined text messages, photos and videos to create a video timeline of what happened on Jan. 6. Here’s what we know about what Trump did on Jan. 6.