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Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) told Raw Story on Wednesday morning that he's prepared to lead the Thursday hearing in the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6. His focus will be on the "pressure campaign" targeting former Vice President Mike Pence "both publicly and privately."

The theory emerged after the election that Vice President Mike Pence could somehow stop the official certification on Jan. 6, 2021. Pence reportedly thought about moving forward with the effort and spoke with several legal experts about whether or not it was possible. During this time, former President Donald Trump and his allies pushed the idea with his running mate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) will take the lead in the House Select Committee hearing on Thursday where he will focus on the "pressure campaign" targeting former Vice President Mike Pence "both publicly and privately."

Aguilar spoke to Raw Story on Wednesday, saying that he's ready to "tell this next piece of the puzzle."

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a conversation with Raw Story, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) referenced the video the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack produced Wednesday showing Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) giving a Capitol tour to a large group of individuals. The tour took place the day before the attack.

"The committee is in possession of a video of one of the tourists who also was clearly part of the MAGA crowd on Jan. 6," Raskin explained. "He was calling out the names of Democratic members of Congress: Schumer, Pelosi, Nadler and AOC. And he had a huge reaction, we captured on video, with a fellow MAGA protester, in which that MAGA protester showed off how he converted his American flag into a weapon."

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) gave up his safe House seat to run for Texas attorney general, coming up short and not advancing into the runoff. His final year in office, Gohmert has been pushing for "justice" for those accused of attacking Congress on Jan. 6 in an attempt to overthrow the government and stop the certification of the 2020 election.

Speaking on the House steps on Wednesday, Gohmert told a collection of press members that he was grateful the GOP stopped Merrick Garland from being appointed to the Supreme Court. It's Garland, he claimed, who is allowing the abuse of Jan. 6 defendants in D.C. jails.

In the March indictment of Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, prosecutors cited a plan titled "1776 Returns," but the full document was revealed online Wednesday, showing the details that militia groups allegedly used to plot their attack on Congress on Jan. 6.

The document begins with a Google Map screen capture of the U.S. Capitol and circled entrance points that included the note "read directions carefully."

The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is continuing to be exposed for her pro-Trump activism, but a recent report revealed that she was once part of a cult. After being "deprogrammed," as she described, Thomas became an advocate against such groups.

Associates of Mrs. Thomas are concerned, however, that in the past few years, she has been sucked in once more after she's been linked to QAnon, which some are also describing as a kind of right-wing cult.

Jan. 6 defendant Ryan Samsel appeared before a judge Wednesday where he addressed his demand for medical treatment while he was in prison.

Samsel has been in jail since Jan. 2021 and he requested that prison doctors deal with his many health issues while behind bars. According to him, he suffers from gynecomastia, which is overdevelopment in breast tissue for men. It leads to blood clots that then cause circulation issues in his arms.

A recent report revealed some of the harrowing final days of former President Donald Trump's White House as the president attempted to use the power of the Justice Department to try and stay in office.

According to the report, there were fights among top government lawyers about whether Trump could replace the acting attorney general with a hand-picked choice who would ultimately act on the election. There were threats of resignation and screaming matches in the Oval Office.

The United States has been focused on the imminent overturning of women's medical autonomy and the findings of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Congress. Meanwhile, Ukraine is still at war with Russia after their invasion of the country.

Over the past several months as the bombing has increased there was an idea that if Russia was given eastern Ukraine that somehow they'd leave the rest of the country alone. The U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine told the Daily Beast that it couldn't be further from the truth.

A large majority of Americans don't support the lie that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election and that he was robbed of his rightful position. Yet, the Washington Post is reporting that Congress is expected to be taken over by Republicans who not only believe the lie but intend to continue to push it.

A Morning Consult/Politico poll revealed that not only do people not believe the lie, but 63 percent of Americans believe that the Justice Department should bring legal action against lawmakers who spread false claims about the 2020 election.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said Monday that the Senate's legislation to try and fix mass shootings wasn't a gun bill. Instead, Cornyn says that the new legislation is actually a mental health bill.

The deal struck by the super-majority of 60 lawmakers will deny weapons to those who are mentally ill. Currently, the laws in place mandate that guns can only be taken away from those who are institutionalized. Oklahoma is the only state in the U.S. that has a law that bans such laws. It also limits the ability for the mentally ill to purchase assault rifles with an additional background check for anyone under 21.

A key piece of the second public hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack and the 2020 election overthrow attempts was that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani spent a lot of time promoting conspiracy theories and giving advice to former President Donald Trump. Amid those sessions, Trump advisers confessed under oath that he appeared to be intoxicated.

"Late-Night" host Seth Meyers had a favorite person who was asked about Giuliani, however: Jared Kushner.

In an epic debate, Republican commentator Scott Jennings was called out to his face by CNN analyst Kasie Hunt.

Speaking about the second of hearings for the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 election and conspiracy to overthrow the 2020 election, Jennings tried the "both candidates" approach to attacking the presumptive presidential candidates for 2024.