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On Thursday, the House Jan. 6 committee holds its fifth public hearing investigating the pressure campaign by Trump administration officials to get the Justice Department to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Starting on Friday, the Justice Department will release about 6,000 nonviolent inmates from federal prison.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and New York Magazine's Olivia Nuzzi discuss the politics of voting rights after Thursday's Supreme Court rulings.

The sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spurred debate over whether President Obama should fill the vacancy, but the rest of the event devolved into fighting and character attacks.

New York Times journalist Alan Feuer says some members of Trump's inner circle have close ties to the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, whose leaders have been charged with seditious conspiracy.

The referral does not carry any legal weight or force action by the Department of Justice.

Thursday night's testimony unveiled more information into the 187 minutes Trump went dark during the riot.

At Alito’s home, an upside-down American flag was waving in the days after the Jan. 6 riot. It was widely used as a symbol of the effort to keep Trump in office even after he lost the 2020 election.

House Select Committee Vice-Chair Liz Cheney said the hearing will present former President Donald Trump's "relentless effort" to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to reject Electoral College votes on Jan. 6.

One of the things at stake in a federal election is control of the federal budget. And compared with that, campaign spending is a rounding error.