4 Takeaways from Todays Hearing on Antisemitism at Columbia University The New York Times

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• Republican Rep. Ralph Norman discusses negotiations to avoid a government shutdown
• Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigns
• Jan. 6 hearings live updates: Panel witness remembers 'carnage' and 'chaos' at the Capitol
• Penn president, board of trustees chair resign after antisemitism hearing
• Documentarian says Proud Boys were marching toward the Capitol before Trump's speech even began

Vice Chairwoman Rep. Liz Cheney said one of her fellow Republicans, Rep. Scott Perry, sought a pardon from Trump after Jan. 6, 2021. In recorded video testimony, Marc Short, Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, said Pence was ultimately more loyal to the Constitution than he was to President Trump amid pressure to overturn the Electoral College vote. Michael Luttig, a former federal judge who advised Pence's team, will testify that Eastman "was wrong at every turn." Since then, McCarthy has downplayed Jan. 6, and said "everybody in the country" bears some responsibility for what happened that day.

Republican Rep. Ralph Norman discusses negotiations to avoid a government shutdown

"You are right," Columbia trustee Claire Shipman responded to one lawmaker, "we have a moral crisis on our campus." When Suzanne Bonamici, a Democrat from Oregon, asked whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated Columbia's code of conduct, all four Columbia representatives provided a clear "Yes it does." “Legislators who are genuinely concerned about social media platforms’ practices have better options at their disposal, and we continue to urge lawmakers to lean in to those rather than undermining the First Amendment rights of millions of Americans,” Johnson said. Since lawmakers introduced their latest proposal targeting the app last month, the company has launched a major counteroffensive against the effort, enlisting scores of users through pop-up notifications to bombard lawmakers with calls voicing opposition to the legislation.

Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigns

Trump’s alleged gag order violations continued to lurk in the background of the trial. Judge Juan Merchan held a hearing Tuesday on some of those alleged violations, with another hearing scheduled for next week based on other statements. But heading into the weekend, Merchan still hasn’t ruled on the matter, so the defendant hasn’t faced even minimal consequences for his apparent serial violations of a court order. In the trial that’s happening, Manhattan prosecutors gave their opening statement and called their first witness, David Pecker. The former National Enquirer publisher testified that he agreed with then-candidate Trump and fixer Michael Cohen to look out for negative stories impacting the 2016 campaign. Pecker is an important first witness, setting the stage for the Stormy Daniels hush money payoff at the center of the case.

Jan. 6 hearings live updates: Panel witness remembers 'carnage' and 'chaos' at the Capitol

Whatever precise form that immunity takes remains to be seen in the court’s decision. The ruling might not theoretically save Trump from a trial in the federal election interference case, because at least some of the acts described in the indictment couldn't possibly be deemed "official." But the delay might help Trump anyway. Further litigation over applying the justices’ new immunity test to Trump’s case could add even more delay to the already-delayed case.

Here's what is next for the Jan. 6 committee, according to the panel's chair

This was largely due to tough questioning from Stefanik, who refused to accept the presidents' vague, prepared answers. "I hope that we continue to center the experiences of Jewish students on these other campuses and continue to work to fight antisemitism all across the country." They said dozens of students have been disciplined and students who participated in unauthorized events have been suspended.

Miller said he believed the Trump's speech earlier in the day did have a "cause and effect" impact on those who listened and later stormed the Capitol when asked if he thinks Trump was responsible for the riot. "I think I'd like to modify my original assessment, based on-," Miller said in today's hearing. The case — the only one addressing the attack of Sicknick, who later died — has taken on new meaning in recent weeks after the prosecutors characterized it as a key moment where protesters coordinated to overcome police in a way that allowed the Capitol to fall.

In fact, Cheney said there were Republican members of Congress who sought pardons for their actions on Jan. 6. Former Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller told House lawmakers during his public testimony on Capitol Hill that there were several factors that influenced his reluctance to deploy military forces to the Capitol on Jan. 6. Rosen also told lawmakers he did not speak with Trump that day, also citing the fact he did not need any authority to respond with federal resources. In a GOP news conference Tuesday morning designed to push back against the House Select Committee hearing on the Jan. 6 riot, Republicans criticized Speaker Nancy Pelosi for rejecting two of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s five picks to serve on the committee. Thompson told reporters the select committee could have another hearing in August while the House is scheduled to be in a seven-week recess. The only other Republican lawmaker on the committee, GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois called out other members of his party, saying "we need to reject those that promote" conspiracies about the insurrection.

Months later, she was removed from her leadership position in retaliation for her sustained criticism of Trump's election falsehoods and role in the riot. The testimony was played as part of a video featuring Marcus Childress, one of the lawyers for the panel. Membership for the Proud Boys increased "exponentially" after former President Donald Trump told the far-right group to "stand back and standby," according to video testimony from a Proud Boy displayed at the hearing. "I couldn't believe my eyes," she recalled of the scene, which she compared to a war zone. "There were officers on the ground. They were bleeding, they were throwing up ... I saw friends with blood all over their faces, I was slipping in people's blood. I was catching people as they fell. It was carnage, it was chaos. I can't even describe what I saw."

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Also, federal courts have repeatedly upheld the power and legislative purpose of the select committee, despite repeated Republican and Trump White House attempts to suggest it is illegitimate and lacks congressional standing. "That time when I talked about falling behind MPD's line, I remember because I had been kind of shielded away because I was holding those stairs — so I wasn't able to see what was really going on over here," she said. The deadly attack injured more than 100 police officers, halted Congress' counting of the Electoral College votes for more than five hours and forced lawmakers into lockdown when pro-Trump rioters overran the US Capitol Police. U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards, who the committee says was the first law enforcement officer injured by rioters storming the Capitol grounds, and Nick Quested, a filmmaker who documented the Capitol that morning, will serve as witnesses during the prime-time hearing that begins at 8 p.m.

The White House has dismissed the impeachment inquiry as baseless and worked to focus the conversation on policy instead. Hunter Biden’s legal team, on the other hand, has gone on the offensive against GOP critics, most recently filing suit against the Internal Revenue Service after two of its agents raised whistleblower claims to Congress about the handling of the investigation. Garland then said repeatedly that he purposely kept the details of the investigation at arms length, to keep a promise not to interfere. The central line of questioning in Republicans’ arsenal surrounded allegations that the Justice Department interfered in the yearslong case into Hunter Biden and that the prosecutor in charge of that case did not have the full authority he needed to bring the necessary charges to the younger Biden. She is currently based out of Austin, Texas, and writes and edits about local, state and national politics. In 1800, our country almost came unglued following the election that eventually elevated Jefferson to the presidency, which ended Federalist rule.

Republicans have also focused a large part of their investigation on whistleblower allegations that there has been political interference in the long-running Justice Department investigation into Hunter Biden. “Our job is not to take orders from the president, from Congress, or from anyone else, about who or what to criminally investigate,” the attorney general said. Republicans on the committee — led by Rep. Jim Jordan, the chairman — set the tone with accusations that the Justice Department is favoring the Biden family, while targeting his opponent, Trump. WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans clashed with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, accusing him and the Justice Department of the “weaponization” of the department’s work in favor of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter. Advocates for reforming the Electoral Count Act of 1887 argue that it's outdated and doesn't provide clear guidance about the role that Congress plays in certifying election results.

The congressional hearing on Columbia University's response to antisemitism has now been adjourned. His lawyer has accused David Weiss, the special counsel overseeing the yearslong case, of “bowing to Republican pressure” by bringing the charges. “There is no evidence to support the allegations that my father was financially involved in my business because it did not happen,” the president’s son said in those remarks. Further angering Republicans, Hunter Biden did come to the Capitol on the day specified by the subpoena — but not to testify. Capitol complex — a couple hundred feet away from the awaiting GOP investigators — and delivered a rare public statement defending his business affairs and castigating the yearslong investigations into him and his family. Hunter Biden’s only remarks to reporters were when asked why he had his father on speaker phone several times during business meetings.