Today marks two years since a mob burst into the U.S. Capitol in a desperate attempt to overturn the 2020 election and keep former President Donald Trump in power. The attack resulted in nine deaths and hundreds of injuries. According…
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Johns Hopkins Experts Available to Discuss Jan. 6 Attack Anniversary
This week marks the two-year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol building. Johns Hopkins University experts are available to discuss the long-term implications of the attack, particularly on democracy. Available experts include: Benjamin Ginsberg, David Bernstein Professor of…
GW Experts Available to Discuss Final Jan. 6 Committee Meeting and Report
The U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol will convene for the final time today. The committee is expected to make criminal and civil referrals implicating key players in the attempt to…
Scholars: Insurrection hearings supply epic storytelling, no clear ending
The Jan. 6 hearings investigating the facts and causes of the domestic terrorism attack on the U.S. Capitol are a colossal storytelling feat with a myriad of possible outcomes, according to communications and constitutional law specialists at the University of Miami.
Virginia Tech experts: Jan. 6 hearings will continue with substance and stunts
Substantive or stunt? Productive or pandering? Two Virginia Tech experts say the proceedings this month of the House committee investigating the January 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are shaping up to include moments of import as well as moments…
Johns Hopkins Experts Available to Discuss Jan. 6 Committee Hearings
Tonight, the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack will hold the first of a series of public hearings to present its findings. Johns Hopkins University faculty are available to offer insight and perspective on the hearings. Available…
George Washington University faculty experts are available to provide insight, context, and commentary before and after the Jan. 6 Committee hearings. To schedule an interview with a GW expert, contact GW Media Relations at [email protected].
To schedule an interview with a GW expert, contact GW Media Relations at [email protected]. Lara Brown, director of the GW Graduate School of Political Management, is an expert on the presidency. She can discuss the implications of the Trump White…
GW Law Experts Available to Comment on House Jan 6. Committee Hearings
WASHINGTON (June 6, 2022)— On Thursday night at 8 p.m. the House Select Committee will hold a series of televised hearings to present a broad overview of the panel’s 11-month investigation of the events at the United States Capitol on…
New Report Offers Detailed Analysis of Capitol Hill Siege
A report released today by the George Washington University Program on Extremism reveals new information about the 257 people charged in federal court for playing a role in the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol.