Rep. Bennie Thompson led the Jan. 6 committee. Now he fears more violence.
Congressman worries that Trump's pardon of 1,500 people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 creates risk for more ...
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‘Retribution process on steroids’: Rep. Bennie Thompson on Trump’s first week
In his first week back in office, Donald Trump pardoned every single person charged with a crime in connection to the January 6th insurrection and House Speaker Mike Johnson has created a new January ...
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Bennie Thompson: A Mississippi icon is leaving an enduring legacy
In the histories of Mississippi's political history, few figures loom as large as Congressman Bennie G. Thompson. As the longest-serving Black elected official in the state and the sole Democrat ...
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Former Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie G. Thompson Condemns Trump Pardon Of Violent Rioters
Thompson’s statement comes just days after former President Joe Biden issued a pardon for him and other members of the House committee. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), the former chair of the ...
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Biden pre-emptively pardons Mississippi's Bennie Thompson of House Jan. 6 panel
Democratic Mississippi Congressmen Bennie Thompson, though not expressly named in the pardon, was the chair of the Jan. 6 House committee. "On January 6, 2021, American democracy was tested when a ...
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Rep. Bennie Thompson led the Jan. 6 committee. Now he fears more violence.
WASHINGTON ‒ Rep. Bennie Thompson, who led a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, said there's been an "uptick" in threating calls against members of Congress since President Donald ...