11:00 AM EST
Lawmakers and Others Hold Press Conference on 3-Year Anniversary of January 6 Attack
Representatives from the Not Above the Law Coalition (NALC), including Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Del. Eleanor Norton Holmes (D-DC), hold a press conference to mark the three-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?532679-1/lawmakers-hold-press-conference-3-year-anniversary-january-6-attack
Can anyone hear what the protesters are shouting?
11:15 AM
Attorney General Delivers Remarks on Violent Crime
Attorney General Merrick Garland participates in a meeting at the Justice Department on efforts to combat violent crime. He also speaks about the January 6 attack on the Capitol and notes an uptick in threats to public figures.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?532691-1/attorney-general-delivers-remarks-violent-crime
'You ought to stand on this side and see what it's like': Moment Prince Andrew is filmed in bizarre exchange asking Sandringham crowds 'why they have their cameras out to video him'
PUBLISHED: 11:32 EST, 5 January 2024
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12930859/You-ought-stand-like-Moment-Prince-Andrew-filmed-bizarre-exchange-asking-Sandringham-crowds-cameras-video-him.html
Sexual Assault Now Tried Outside Military Chain of Command
Dec. 28, 2023
Beginning today, the decision to prosecute sexual assault and several other serious crimes has moved from an accused service member's chain of command to new Offices of Special Trial Counsel, which have general or flag officer leaders who report directly to the secretaries of the military departments.
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3627107/sexual-assault-now-tried-outside-military-chain-of-command/
Anyone see a list of Davos attendees yet? TY
Miami Herald fights for transparency in the Jeffrey Epstein case — and wins
BY THE MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD JANUARY 05, 2024 12:18 PM
At long last this week, the public learned more about the sprawling sex network of Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, when a court file in a now-settled case involving the rich and powerful was finally unsealed. The records — containing perhaps 150 names of associates, some of whom may have looked the other way, plus details from a deposition — revealed more about the sordid world of sexual abuse of underage girls and a justice system gone horribly awry. Many influential people were in Epstein’s orbit but so far only he and Maxwell have been prosecuted. This release of documents may shed more light on those who participated in his sex-trafficking network. If more people are culpable, we want to see them held accountable, even at this late date.
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article283849968.html#storylink=cpy
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article283849968.html