Jan 6. Committee Votes Unanimously To Subpoena Trump
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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol voted Thursday to subpoena former President Donald Trump over his role in the insurrection.
The panel voted unanimously — with two Republicans, Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois joining the panel’s seven Democrats — to attempt to force testimony by Trump.
“It is our obligation to seek Donald Trump’s testimony,” said Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. “Donald Trump is the one man at the center of [Jan. 6] so we want to hear from him, the committee needs to do everything in our power to tell the most complete story possible.”
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson speaks after the committee voted to subpoena former US President Donald Trump to testify, during a hearing to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
Acknowledging that the vote to subpoena a former president was “a serious and extraordinary action,” Thompson called the vote at the conclusion of Thursday’s hearing, he said, in order to be transparent.
“That’s why we want to take this step in full view of the American people,” Thompson said.
Cheney, the onetime Trump stalwart who broke with the former president because of his attempts to overthrow the 2020 election, offered the measure to subpoena Trump.
“We must seek the testimony of January 6th’s central player,” Cheney said, citing the repeated efforts of Trump’s closest confidantes in the effort, including Roger Stone and Michael Flynn, to stonewall the committee using the Fifth Amendment.
The vote to subpoena Trump came after the committee delivered two hours of video-taped testimony Thursday during the tenth hearing devoted to investigating the events surrounding the violent attack on the Capitol. Throughout the hearing, Trump played a starring role.
“The central cause of January 6 was one man: Donald Trump, who many others followed,” committee co-chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said in her opening statement.
It remains unlikely, however, that Trump would agree to sit for questioning by the committee, as well as whether the House of Representatives would vote to try to compel him to do so.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Minden-Tahoe Airport on October 08, 2022 in Minden, Nevada. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The panel played testimony Thursday from Trump’s top aides at the time saying that Trump privately admitted he knew he lost, in one instance even attempting a rapid pullout of U.S. forces from Afghanistan with the clock running out on his time in office.
Meanwhile, Trump publicly, on Twitter and in White House press conferences, continued pushing the lie that he won the 2020 election.
Spokespeople for the former president did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.
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Jan. 6 Committee Votes Unanimously To Subpoena Trump
Jan. 6 Committee Votes Unanimously To Subpoena Trump https://digitalalabamanews.com/jan-6-committee-votes-unanimously-to-subpoena-trump-2/
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol took the remarkable step Thursday of voting to subpoena former President Trump during what could be its final public hearing.
The vote was unanimous the 9-0 among committee members.
The televised vote comes after the panel wavered for months on whether it would subpoena the bombastic former president, who has frequently criticized the investigation as a partisan witch hunt designed to hurt him politically.
“He is the one person at the center of the story of what happened on Jan. 6. So we want to hear from him. The committee needs to do everything in our power to tell the most complete story possible and provide recommendations to help ensure that nothing like Jan. 6 ever happens again. We need to be fair and thorough in getting the full context for the evidence we’ve obtained,” Chair Bennie Thomspon (D-Miss.) said shortly the vote.
“We also recognize that a subpoena to a former president is a serious and extraordinary action. That’s why we want to take this in full view of the American people.”
The move marks a major escalation in the effort to hold Trump accountable for the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — a riot the committee contends was orchestrated by the former president.
The subpoena is not likely to yield fruit, however, as Trump has remained defiant throughout the 16-month investigation. The former president is expected to challenge the subpoena in the courts, a process that is certain to extend beyond the life of the special committee, which is set to end later this year.
As recently as a few weeks ago, some members of the committee had acknowledged that a subpoena — for either Trump or his former Vice President Mike Pence — was likely futile.
“If we were trying to get into a subpoena fight with either the former vice president or the former president, that litigation could not be concluded during the life of this Congress. And I think the former president has made clear that he has no intention of coming in,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) told CNN late last month. “So while we’d like to hear from both of them, I’m not expecting that we necessarily will.”
But by issuing a subpoena, the committee likely lobs a new legal matter at Trump. If Trump declined to comply with the compulsory order to testify, the committee and then the House could vote on whether to send a contempt of Congress referral to the Justice Department.
The panel and the House have four times voted to hold in contempt of congress those who have refused to comply with its subpoena. But the Justice Department has only acted on two of those, bringing charges against one-time White House strategist Steve Bannon and White House advisor Peter Navarro. Bannon faces sentencing next week.
The panel spent months deliberating about whether to subpoena Pence, but those initial discussions appear to have petered out.
“The vice president said publicly that he thought he might want to come in. And so we were very encouraged by that. But since that time, his people have walked it back,” Lofgren said in the prior interview.
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Heres What To Know About The 2nd Annual Alabama Wine Festival
Here’s What To Know About The 2nd Annual Alabama Wine Festival https://digitalalabamanews.com/heres-what-to-know-about-the-2nd-annual-alabama-wine-festival/
On Oct. 15 and 16, 11 winemakers from around the state will converge on the sprawling grounds of Wills Creek Winery in Attalla to offer guests wines to sample and purchase, accompanied by a selection of food trucks and live music.
The Alabama Wine Festival launched last year as the first large festival in the state where vintners could sell bottles of their wine directly to festival attendees without having to go through a wholesaler or distributor.
Before 2021, participating in food and wine festivals had long been a headache for Alabama winemakers. While they were allowed to pour samples of their wines for festival attendees, vintners weren’t allowed to actually sell the wines directly to patrons. Instead, guests who wanted to purchase a bottle of a wine they’d tasted at a festival would have three options: arrange the sale through a distributor who would contact the wineries and coordinate pickup at a shop that carried the wine, or visit the winery’s brick and mortar location.
That changed last spring Gov. Kay Ivey signed the “wine festival bill” into law, an act which allows winemakers in the state to apply for a festival license to host and participate in wine festivals or large tasting events without going through a distributor. The law also allows certain organizations, such as incorporated arts districts, to apply for licenses from the ABC to host festivals featuring Alabama wineries without having to use a distributor to provide the wine.
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Kimberly Bearden was the president of the Alabama Winemakers and Grape Growers Association when the wine festival bill passed in 2021. As soon as Gov. Ivey signed the bill into law, Bearden launched into gear and spent four months helping wineries get paperwork together in order to participate in the first Alabama Wine Festival. Bearden, who now oversees Alabama Wine Inc.–an organization geared toward aiding commercial wineries and vineyards in the state– says vintners had more time to prepare this year.
Kimberly Bearden was the president of the Alabama Winemakers and Grape Growers Association in 2021. Bearden helped wine makers organize paperwork to apply for festival licenses. (Shauna Stuart| AL.com)
“We started out way early getting ready,” said Bearden. “We had our first organization meeting in January of this year to just start gauging the interest of every single winery which, of course, involved calling every single winery and asking whether they would be interested.”
Almost every winery who participated in the festival last year was eager to return. One winery initially signed up, but the owners had to back out once they realized they wouldn’t be able to produce enough wine.
“That’s something wineries have to think about all year long. Produce, produce, produce,” said Bearden. “Because it’s not just for the customer that walks through the door. If you’re going to participate in festivals, you have to make a lot more [wine] than you normally make so you can have enough to have at a festival.”
Whippoorwill Vineyards owner Vickie Watkins pours wine for attendees at the inaugural Alabama Wine Festival in 2021 (Shauna Stuart| Al.com)
In order to sell at this year’s festival, winemakers also had to apply for another festival license.
“You have to start the process completely over for every single festival you do,” said Bearden.
“A couple of wineries thought ‘I got the festival license last year. I’m all set.’ Nope, you have to do it all over again.”
Besides the logistics, Bearden says the wineries are looking forward to this weekend’s festival.
“The ones that came last year know what to expect. They realize how lucrative this is going to be. The other wineries, I’m sure, [are] excited to see how it’s going to turn out and how many people we’ll get.”
More than 300 people attended the inaugural Alabama Wine Festival. Bearden says this year’s organizers–Alabama Wine Inc., the Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association, the Greater Gadsden Area Tourism and Albertville radio station WQSB 105– are expecting even more guests this year, especially since this weekend’s festival is a two-day celebration.
Attendees post for photographs at the inaugural Alabama Wine Festival (Shauna Stuart| AL.com)
Organizers are also expecting to have more staff this year. In 2021, volunteers signed up to help vintners set up their tables and welcome guests. This year, Bearden says staff will be paid for their time working the festival. Another change: staff will also have special shirts.
In addition to samples from winemakers, the festival will have a cash bar for attendees who want to buy full glasses of wine. The festival will also feature several food trucks serving up barbeque, tacos, burgers, nachos, and street corn. For patrons who want to enjoy a selection of fruit, cured meats, and cheese with their wine, Gardendale Graze will offer a selection of charcuterie boards.
Planning to head to the Alabama Wine Festival? Here’s what you need to know about the festival dates, time, tickets, and participating wineries.
DATE, TIME, and LOCATION:
The Alabama Wine Festival is Saturday, Oct. 15 and Sunday, Oct. 16 from noon to 4:00 p.m. on the grounds of Wills Creek Vineyards and Winery.
ADDRESS
Wills Creek Vineyards and Winery 10522 Duck Springs Road Attalla, Alabama 35954
PARTICIPATING WINERIES
There are 11 participating wineries: Corbin Farms (Calera),High Country Cellars (Heflin), Junavelli Winery (Brewton), Jules Berta Winery (Albertville), Novi Vineyards & Winery (Alpine), Robyn’s Garden (Huntsville), South Ridge Wine (Luverne), Tiss Valley Winery & Vineyard (Midway),Whippoorwhill Vineyards (Notasulga), White Oak Vineyards (Anniston), and Wills Creek Vineyard (Attalla).
TICKETS
Online ticket sales for the Alabama Wine Festival are available on the Wills Creek Winery website until Thursday, Oct. 13th. Tickets will also be available to the gate for $50 per person for one day, or $70 per person for two days.
Designated driver tickets (tickets for people who don’t plan to drink) are available for $10 per person. Designated driver ticket holders will receive a $10 food voucher.
RESTRICTIONS
The Alabama Wine Festival is an adults-only event. The festival will not allow pets, except for service animals.
LODGING
For festival attendees who are interested in lodging near the Alabama Wine Festival, Wills Creek Vineyard lists a number of options on the wine festival section of its website, including chain hotels, as well as smaller beds and breakfasts.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information and updates about the Alabama Wine Festival, visit the Wills Creek Winery festival website or the Alabama Wine Festival Facebook Page.
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AL.com Announces Plan To Expand Investigative Reporting Team
AL.com Announces Plan To Expand Investigative Reporting Team https://digitalalabamanews.com/al-com-announces-plan-to-expand-investigative-reporting-team/
In each of Alabama’s largest cities, we know there are issues that matter to you that need more coverage every day, whether it’s digging into the Birmingham Water Works Board, police policy in Huntsville or new school systems in Baldwin County.
We are expanding our investigative team to do exactly that for you.
Our new Alabama Local Investigative Team will bring you more in-depth reporting about the issues that matter to you, more local investigative reporting where you live and more local journalists in Alabama.
We’re hiring a team of four journalists to be based in Birmingham, Huntsville and Mobile who will dig into the local issues, problems and questions you have about government, authority and the places we call home.
This team of three reporters and an editor will be focused on ensuring that public business is conducted in public, focusing on the local issues in the state’s three largest metros and holding local leaders accountable for their decisions. We expect this team to inform local policy, help our communities focus on solutions to some of our most persistent problems and elevate the experiences and voices of those unheard in our cities.
This team will be led by Investigative Director Challen Stephens, who won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. Stephens recently led AL.com’s investigative work on the series Banking on Crime, including exposing policing-for-profit practices in Brookside, Alabama. That work, which recently was a finalist in the Online News Association’s national journalism contest, led to the dismissal of criminal charges in Alabama, the passage of new state laws, the launch of a state investigation and more.
Stephens currently directs a team of eight reporters who examine similar issues throughout the state. This new team combined with all investigative reporters in our organization will create one of the largest teams of investigative journalists in Alabama — and the Southeast
The impact of our statewide investigative reporting has been significant.
Their work has freed people from jail — more than once. Our findings this year led to lawsuits and resignations, caused state officials to launch multiple investigations and prompted the DOJ to get involved. Courts have forced police videos to be made public. Polluters have shut down and been fined.
Their reporting drew action from the governor’s office and spurred change to the unemployment system. Legislators have funded solutions identified in our work. Our reporting has forced leaders to confront their pasts or explain their own policies. We’ve explored troubling criminal cases and tracked problematic arrests and examined police shootings.
Since 2018, AL.com journalists have won two Pulitzer Prizes and earned a finalist spot for a Pulitzer, as well as earning honors from Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Goldsmith Prize, Online News Association, National Association of Black Journalists and more.
The work of this team of journalists will primarily be published on AL.com, the state’s largest digital news site, or in The Lede, a new daily e-edition in Huntsville, Birmingham and Mobile focused on local news in each city.
Are you interested in joining this team? Here’s more information on the jobs: local investigative editor, investigative reporter in Birmingham, investigative reporter in Huntsville and investigative reporter in Mobile.
Do you have an issue or concern that you think this team should tackle? Or, are you interested in collaborating with our journalists on a project? Email me at kscott@al.com.
If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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Cumulus Montgomery AL Promotes Paula Divello to VP/MM
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Cumulus Media promotes Paula Divello to Vice President and Market Manager for its cluster in Montgomery, AL. She rises from her previous role as Vice President and Market Manager for the company’s local group in Abilene, TX, a position she has held since January, 2019. Divello joined Cumulus Media in January, 2018 as Director of Sales for Cumulus in Shreveport, LA. Prior to that, she was Director of Sales for Townsquare Media in Lufkin, TX, and was Digital Marketing Manager and Senior Account Executive for Raycom Media.
Cumulus Media Senior Vice President, Operations Mark Sullivan said, “I’m excited for Paula’s next leadership role in Montgomery as she has been such a positive force in both Shreveport and Abilene for our company. I look forward to working alongside her as she continues her track record of delivering strong results.”
Divello commented, “I’m grateful for the opportunity to lead Cumulus Montgomery. I am looking forward to joining the team in Montgomery and working in collaboration with our great employees on our next chapter of growth and success, making a positive impact on our staff, listeners, and advertisers alike. Cumulus’ diverse broadcast and digital solutions partnered with a genuine focus on company culture and core values are the tools to make that happen.”
SMM Acquires 46 Pennsylvania Stations from Forever Media
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Giants Of Broadcasting to be Honored at New York Luncheon
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iHeartMedia and broadcaster Dan Patrick have announced the addition of Marcellus Wiley, NFL All-Pro defensive end and former co-host of FS1’s “Speak For Yourself” and ESPN’s “SportsNation,” to The Dan Patrick Podcast Network. Co-produced by Patrick, More
President Barack Obama to Appear on ”Pod Save America”
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SiriusXM and Crooked Media have announced that former President Barack Obama is scheduled to sit down for an interview on “Pod Save America” with Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor and Dan Pfeiffer. The special bonus episode of “Pod Save America” More
KBZT (ALT 94.9)/San Diego Adds Ian Camfield to Mornings
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Audacy adds Ian Camfield to mornings on KBZT-FM (ALT 94.9) in San Diego. Camfield will be heard weekdays from 6-10am beginning October 17. Most recently, Camfield was with co-owned KVIL-FM (ALT 103.7) in Dallas, as a contributer to sister stations More
iHeartPodcasts Introduces ”Positively Sex! With Lila”
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iHeartRadio rolls out a new iHeartPodcast Original, “Positively Sex! with Lila.” Premiering October 13 and hosted by intimacy specialist Lila Donnolo, the weekly 46-episode series will explore intimacy of all kinds through a sex-positive talk show More
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Grants Support Organizations’ Work With Children https://digitalalabamanews.com/grants-support-organizations-work-with-children/
KENDALLVILLE, IN — The Dekko Foundation, a private family foundation located in Kendallville, with a mission of fostering economic freedom through education, awarded more than $1.7 million in grants to 14 youth-serving organizations during its most recent round of grant making.
The foundation, started in 1981 by the late businessman and philanthropist Chester E. Dekko, invests in projects and programs that help build knowledge, skills and character in children and young people from birth through age 18 so they can be self-sufficient and grow up to be economically free.
Its grantmaking is concentrated within 13 counties in four states — Indiana, Iowa, Alabama, and Minnesota — where Dekko had business or personal interests.
Organizations receiving grants were:
❖ Community Foundation of DeKalb County (Auburn, IN): $250,000 to support renovations to the DeKalb Outdoor Theater to provide a better experience for audiences and entertainers.
❖ Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community School District (Garrett, IN): $30,000 to support principle-based professional development for high school teachers.
❖ Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana (Fort Wayne, IN): $25,000 to support the organization’s JA JobSpark career awareness program for eighth-grade and high school students.
❖ West Noble School Corporation (Ligonier, IN): $3,000 to support a series of cultural events at West Noble Elementary School that brings families and educators together.
❖ YMCA of Muncie/Camp Crosley (North Webster, IN): $1,000,000 over three years to support facility upgrades that will benefit programs and increase campers’ engagement.
❖ Central Noble Community School Corporation (Albion, IN): $13,500 over three years to support an after-school tutoring program for high school students.
❖ Early Childhood Alliance (Fort Wayne, IN): $37,524 to support the organization’s work with childcare providers in northeast Indiana by providing shared services, training, and curriculum resources.
❖ Goshen College (Wolf Lake, IN): $35,000 to support the nature-based preschool program at the college’s Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center.
❖ Lakewood Park Christian School (Auburn, IN): $7,200 to support a new elective class for students that promotes artistic exploration and skill building through learning about music technology.
❖ Wayne Center District No. 7 Historical Site, Inc. (Kendallville, IN): $32,000 over two years to support renovations to a one-room schoolhouse originally built in 1885 so programs can be offered throughout the year.
❖ YMCA of Steuben County (Angola, IN): $250,000 to support the construction of a splashpad at the planned Sheets Family Park.
❖ Lucas County Agricultural Extension District (Chariton, IA): $7,000 to support a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) academy in which elementary and middle school students take part in hands-on activities and build problem-solving skills.
❖ FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in Alabama (Meridianville, AL): $20,000 to support FIRST robotics programs in Limestone County, AL, schools that promote learning and skill building by students.
❖ Image of Hope Ranch (Auburn, IN): $15,000 to support the organization’s tutoring and skill development programs for young people that help prepare them for the future.
If you’d like to learn more about how investments such as these support children and young people so they can achieve economic freedom later in life, contact a Dekko Foundation program officer at 260-347-1278. Or visit dekkofoundation.org to explore the foundation’s mission and funding priorities, review its grantmaking process, or send a grant proposal.
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Jan. 6 Panel Will Vote To Subpoena Trump AP Sources Say
Jan. 6 Panel Will Vote To Subpoena Trump, AP Sources Say https://digitalalabamanews.com/jan-6-panel-will-vote-to-subpoena-trump-ap-sources-say/
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By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and Farnoush Amiri
Published October 13, 2022 6:59AM
Updated 1:54PM
WASHINGTON – The Jan. 6 panel plans to vote Thursday to issue a subpoena for Donald Trump to appear before the committee. That’s according to two people familiar with the investigation and granted anonymity to discuss it.
The vote seeking the former president’s testimony comes as panel is producing vivid new details and evidence of Trump’s state of mind as he refused to concede his election loss to Joe Biden, resulting in the 2021 attack at the Capitol.
In never-before-seen Secret Service messages, the panel produced evidence of the way extremists groups provided the muscle in the fight for Trump’s presidency, planning weeks before the attack to send a violent mob to Washington.
“Their plan is literally to kill people,” read a tip that was sent to Secret Service more than a week before the violence on Jan. 6.
The U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol displays the text of a memo from former U.S. President Donald Trump to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, ordering that all U.S. troops be immediately pulled out of S
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
A defeated Donald Trump “pulled out all the stops” as president to overturn the 2020 election, the chairman of the House Jan. 6 Committee said Thursday, focusing on fresh evidence from the Secret Service about the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The 10th public session, likely to be the panel’s last public hearing before the November midterm elections, was delving into Trump’s “state of mind,” said Chairman Bennie Thompson as he described a Trump “multi-part plan” to overturn the election.
Trump’s “staggering betrayal of his oath” led to an “attack on a pillar of our democracy,” Thompson said. “It is still hard to believe.”
The committee is starting to sum up its findings that Republican Trump, after losing the 2020 presidential election, launched an unprecedented attempt to stop Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. The result was the mob storming of the Capitol.
FILE – Images on the screen related to the security of Vice President Mike Pence on January 6 are seen, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a primetime hearing on Capitol Hill on Thursday, July 21,
Thursday’s hearing opened at a mostly empty Capitol complex, with most lawmakers at home campaigning for reelection. Several people who were among the thousands around the Capitol on Jan. 6 are now running for congressional office, some with Trump’s backing. Police officers who fought the mob filled the hearing room’s front row.
The session will serve as a closing argument for the panel’s two Republican lawmakers, Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who have essentially been shunned by Trump and their party and will not be returning in the new Congress. Cheney lost her primary election, and Kinzinger decided not to run.
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Another committee member, Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., a retired Naval commander, is in a tough reelection bid against state Sen. Jen Kiggans, a former Navy helicopter pilot.
The panel was expected to share information from its recent interviews — including testimony from Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She was in contact with the White House during the run-up to Jan. 6.
Fresh information about the movements of then-Vice President Mike Pence, who was presiding over the joint session of Congress on Jan. 6 and was rushed to safety, is also expected, according to a person familiar with the committee’s planning who was not authorized to discuss it publicly and requested anonymity.
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Gripping new evidence during the January 6 hearings detailed how the mob that stormed the Capitol came within 40 feet of where Pence and his team were sheltering, highlighting the danger Trump had put him in.
For weeks the panel has been in talks with the U.S. Secret Service after issuing a subpoena to produce missing text messages from that day. Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson described being told by a White House aide about Trump angrily lunging at the driver of his presidential SUV and demanding to be taken from his rally to the Capitol as the mob formed on Jan. 6.
Some in the Secret Service have disputed Hutchinson’s account of the events, but it is unclear if the missing texts that the agency has said were deleted during a technology upgrade will ever be recovered. The hearing was expected to reveal fresh details from a massive trove of documents and other evidence provided by the Secret Service.
The committee also planned to show new video footage it received from the Secret Service of the rally on the White House Ellipse. Trump spoke there before encouraging his armed supporters to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell.”
The Secret Service has turned over 1.5 million pages of documents and surveillance video to the committee, according to agency spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
The committee, having conducted more than 1,500 interviews and obtained countless documents, has produced a sweeping probe of Trump’s activities from his defeat in the November election to the Capitol attack.
Full video: Jan. 6 Committee hearing evidence footage
New video of the Capitol Riot, including alleged crimes by the Proud Boys and others, shown at the congressional hearing on June 9. This version includes some censored profanity.
“He has used this big lie to destabilize our democracy,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-N.Y., who was a young House staff member during the Richard Nixon impeachment inquiry in 1974. “When did that idea occur to him and what did he know while he was doing that?”
This week’s hearing is to be the final presentation from lawmakers before the midterm elections. But staff members say the investigation continues.
The Jan. 6 committee has been meeting for more than a year, set up by the House after Republican senators blocked the formation of an outside panel similar to the 9/11 commission set up after the 2001 terrorist attacks. Even after the launch of its high-profile public hearings last summer, the Jan. 6 committee continued to gather evidence and interviews.
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Under committee rules, the Jan. 6 panel is to produce a report of its findings, likely in December. The committee will dissolve 30 days after publication of that report, and with the new Congress in January.
House Republicans are expected to drop the Jan. 6 probe and turn to other investigations if they win control after midterm elections, primarily focusing on Biden, his family and his administration.
At least five people died in the Jan. 6 attack and its aftermath, including a Trump supporter shot and killed by Capitol Police.
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Police engaged in often bloody, hand-to-hand combat, as Trump’s supporters pushed past barricades, stormed the Capitol and roamed the halls, sending lawmakers fleeing for safety and temporarily disrupting the joint session of Congress certifying Biden’s election.
More than 850 people have been charged by the Justice Department in the Capitol attack, some receiving lengthy prison sentences for their roles. Several leaders and associates of the extremist Oath Keepers and Proud Boys have been charged with sedition.
Trump faces various state and federal investigations over his actions in the election and its aftermath.
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'POTUS Is Pissed': Trump Was livid Supreme Court Rejected Challenge To Election Results Secret Service Agent Warned
'POTUS Is Pissed': Trump Was ‘livid’ Supreme Court Rejected Challenge To Election Results, Secret Service Agent Warned https://digitalalabamanews.com/potus-is-pissed-trump-was-livid-supreme-court-rejected-challenge-to-election-results-secret-service-agent-warned/
Former President Donald Trump was noticeably angry when the Supreme Court rejected his challenge to the results of the 2020 election and did not want people to know he lost, new evidence and testimony presented by the Jan. 6 committee on Thursday revealed.
In a Secret Service email obtained and presented by the committee, a special agent warned other members of Trump’s ire.
“Just fyi. POTUS is pissed,” reads the message dated Dec. 11, 2020. “[B]reaking news – Supreme Court denied his law suit. He is livid now.”
A screengrab of a Dec. 11, 2020, Secret Service email shown at Thursday’s hearing. (Via the House select committee)
At a hearing on Capitol Hill, the House select committee also presented new videotaped testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who witnessed Trump’s furor the day that the Supreme Court rejected his appeal.
“Mr. Meadows and I were in the White House residence at a Christmas reception,” Hutchinson said. “And as we were walking back from the Christmas reception that evening, the president was walking out of the Oval Office so we crossed paths in the Rose Garden colonnade.
“The president was fired up about the Supreme Court decision,” Hutchinson said.
She stepped back a few feet, but could hear Trump “raging about the decision, and how it’s wrong, and, ‘Why didn’t we make more calls?’ Just his typical anger, outburst at this decision.”
According to Hutchinson, Trump “said something to the effect of, ‘I don’t want people to know we lost, Mark. This is embarrassing. Figure it out. We need to figure it out. I don’t want people to know that we lost.’”
Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in before testifying at a select committee hearing on June 28. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Trump has never publicly conceded his election loss to Joe Biden. But additional testimony from Trump administration officials presented by the committee Thursday showed that the former president had privately accepted his defeat prior to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
“So we’re in the Oval and there’s a discussion going on,” Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in his testimony. “And the president says, I think it could have been [former Secretary of State Mike] Pompeo, but he says words to the effect of, ‘Yeah we lost, we need— we need to let that issue go to the next guy,’ meaning President Biden.”
“I remember maybe a week after the election was called, I popped into the Oval just to like give the president the headlines and see how he was doing,” Alyssa Farah, the former White House director of strategic communications, told the committee. “And he was looking at the TV, and he said, ‘Can you believe I lost to this effing guy?’”
Thursday’s hearing was the House select committee’s 10th public presentation stemming from its 15-month investigation into the events surrounding the Capitol insurrection.
The committee has used the televised hearings to shine a light on what Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., its co-chair, has called former Trump’s “sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn the election and prevent the transfer of presidential power.”
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AP Sources: Jan. 6 Panel Will Vote To Subpoena Trump
AP Sources: Jan. 6 Panel Will Vote To Subpoena Trump https://digitalalabamanews.com/ap-sources-jan-6-panel-will-vote-to-subpoena-trump/
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6 panel plans to vote Thursday to issue a subpoena for Donald Trump to appear before the committee.
That’s according to two people familiar with the investigation and granted anonymity to discuss it.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A defeated Donald Trump orchestrated a multi-part plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election in a “staggering betrayal of his oath” resulting in the 2021 attack at the Capitol, the Jan. 6 committee declared Thursday.
Statements from Chairman Bennie Thompson and Vice Chair Liz Cheney at the panel’s final public session of the year were laden with language frequently seen in criminal indictments. Both lawmakers described Trump as “substantially” involved in the events of Jan. 6. Cheney said Trump had acted in a “premeditated” way.
To illustrate what it said were “purposeful lies,” the committee juxtaposed repeated instances in which top administration officials recounted telling Trump the actual facts with clips of him repeating the exact opposite at his pre-riot rally at the Ellipse on Jan. 6.
The panel warned that the insurrection at the Capitol was not an isolated incident but a warning of the fragility of the nation’s democracy in the post-Trump era.
“None of this is normal or acceptable or lawful in a republic,” Republican Rep. Cheney said.
“There is no defense that Donald Trump was duped or irrational. No president can defy the rule of law and act this way in a constitutional republic, period.”
The 10th public session, just weeks before the congressional midterm elections, was delving into Trump’s “state of mind,” said Democratic Chairman Thompson.
The committee is starting to sum up its findings that Republican Trump, after losing the 2020 presidential election, launched an unprecedented attempt to stop Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. The result was the mob storming of the Capitol.
The committee may well make a decision on whether to make a criminal referral to the Justice Department. The panel also announced it would take a public vote on other outstanding issues.
Thursday’s hearing opened at a mostly empty Capitol complex, with most lawmakers at home campaigning for reelection. Several people who were among the thousands around the Capitol on Jan. 6 are now running for congressional office, some with Trump’s backing. Police officers who fought the mob filled the hearing room’s front row.
To describe the president’s mindset, the committee divulged new and previously seen material, including interviews with Trump’s top Cabinet officials, aides and associates in which some described the president acknowledging privately that he had lost.
In one, according to ex-White House official Alyssa Farah Griffin, Trump looked up at the television and said, “Can you believe I lost to this (expletive) guy?”
The committee is also drawing on the trove of 1.5 million documents it received from the U.S. Secret Service, including an email from Dec. 11, 2020, the day the Supreme Court rejected one of the main lawsuits Trump’s team had brought against the election results.
“Just fyi. POTUS is pissed,” the Secret Service wrote, according to documents obtained by the committee.
White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to then-chief of staff Mark Meadows, recalled Trump as being “livid” and “fired up” about the court’s ruling.
Trump told Meadows “something to the effect of: ‘I don’t want people to know we lost, Mark. This is embarrassing. Figure it out,’”Hutchinson told the panel in a recorded interview.
Cabinet members including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Attorney General William Barr and Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia also said in interviews shown at the hearing that they believed that once the legal avenues had been exhausted, that should have been the end of Trump’s efforts to remain in power.
“In my view, that was the end of the matter,” Barr said of the Dec. 14 Electoral College vote.
But rather than the end of Trump’s efforts to stay in power, the committee signaled it was only the beginning — as the president summoned the crowd to Washington for a rally to fight the election on Jan. 6.
The session was serving as a closing argument for the panel’s two Republican lawmakers, Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who have essentially been shunned by Trump and their party and will not be returning in the new Congress. Cheney lost her primary election, and Kinzinger decided not to run.
Another committee member, Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., a retired Naval commander, is in a tough reelection bid against state Sen. Jen Kiggans, a former Navy helicopter pilot.
“President Trump knew the truth. He heard what all his experts and senior staff was telling him,” Kinzinger said. “His intent was plain: Ignore the rule of law and stay in power.”
The panel was expected to share information from its recent interviews — including testimony from Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She was in contact with the White House during the run-up to Jan. 6.
The committee, having conducted more than 1,500 interviews and obtained countless documents, has produced a sweeping probe of Trump’s activities from his defeat in the November election to the Capitol attack.
“He has used this big lie to destabilize our democracy,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-N.Y., who was a young House staff member during the Richard Nixon impeachment inquiry in 1974. “When did that idea occur to him and what did he know while he was doing that?”
This week’s hearing is to be the final presentation from lawmakers before the midterm elections. But staff members say the investigation continues.
The Jan. 6 committee has been meeting for more than a year, set up by the House after Republican senators blocked the formation of an outside panel similar to the 9/11 commission set up after the 2001 terrorist attacks. Even after the launch of its high-profile public hearings last summer, the Jan. 6 committee continued to gather evidence and interviews.
Under committee rules, the Jan. 6 panel is to produce a report of its findings, likely in December. The committee will dissolve 30 days after publication of that report, and with the new Congress in January.
House Republicans are expected to drop the Jan. 6 probe and turn to other investigations if they win control after midterm elections, primarily focusing on Biden, his family and his administration.
At least five people died in the Jan. 6 attack and its aftermath, including a Trump supporter shot and killed by Capitol Police.
Police engaged in often bloody, hand-to-hand combat, as Trump’s supporters pushed past barricades, stormed the Capitol and roamed the halls, sending lawmakers fleeing for safety and temporarily disrupting the joint session of Congress certifying Biden’s election.
More than 850 people have been charged by the Justice Department in the Capitol attack, some receiving lengthy prison sentences for their roles. Several leaders and associates of the extremist Oath Keepers and Proud Boys have been charged with sedition.
Trump faces various state and federal investigations over his actions in the election and its aftermath.
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Trump Lashes Out After Deposition Ordered In E Jean Carroll Lawsuit
Trump Lashes Out After Deposition Ordered In E Jean Carroll Lawsuit https://digitalalabamanews.com/trump-lashes-out-after-deposition-ordered-in-e-jean-carroll-lawsuit/
Donald Trump lashed out angrily on Wednesday, calling the US legal system a “broken disgrace” after a judge ruled he must answer questions under oath next week in a defamation lawsuit lodged by a writer who says he raped her.
He also called the 2019 lawsuit by E Jean Carroll, a longtime advice columnist for Elle magazine, “a hoax and a lie”.
The outburst came hours after a US district judge in Manhattan, Lewis A Kaplan, rejected a request by Trump’s lawyers to delay a deposition scheduled for 19 October.
Carroll says Trump raped her in the dressing room of a Manhattan Bergdorf Goodman store in the mid-1990s. He called the lawsuit “a complete con job”.
“I don’t know this woman, have no idea who she is, other than it seems she got a picture of me many years ago, with her husband, shaking my hand on a reception line at a celebrity charity event,” Trump said.
“She completely made up a story that I met her at the doors of this crowded New York City Department Store and, within minutes, ‘swooned’ her. It is a Hoax and a lie, just like all the other Hoaxes that have been played on me for the past seven years.
“Now all I have to do is go through years more of legal nonsense in order to clear my name of her and her lawyer’s phony attacks on me. This can only happen to ‘Trump’!”
Carroll is scheduled to be deposed on Friday. Roberta Kaplan, Carroll’s attorney, said she looked forward to filing new claims next month “and moving forward to trial with all dispatch” after New York state passed the Adult Survivors Act, allowing Carroll to sue for damages for the alleged rape without the statute of limitations blocking it.
A spokesperson for Kaplan’s firm said the “latest statement from Donald Trump obviously does not merit a response”.
Trump’s lawyers have tried various tactics to delay the lawsuit and stop him being questioned by Carroll’s attorneys. But Kaplan wrote that it was time to move forward, especially given the “advanced age” of Carroll, 78, and Trump, 76, and perhaps other witnesses.
“The defendant should not be permitted to run the clock out on plaintiff’s attempt to gain a remedy for what allegedly was a serious wrong,” he wrote.
Carroll’s lawsuit claims Trump damaged her reputation when he denied raping her. Trump’s legal team has argued that he was just doing his job as president when he denied the allegations, including when he dismissed his accuser as “not my type”.
On Wednesday, Trump said: “And, while I am not supposed to say it, I will. This woman is not my type! She has no idea what day, what week, what month, what year, or what decade this so-called ‘event’ supposedly took place. The reason she doesn’t know is because it never happened, and she doesn’t want to get caught up with details or facts that can be proven wrong.”
If Trump was acting within the scope of his duties as a federal employee, the US government would become the defendant in the original lawsuit.
The second US circuit court of appeals said last month Trump was a federal employee when he commented on Carroll’s claims. But it asked another court in Washington to decide whether the public statements occurred during the scope of his employment.
Kaplan said Trump had repeatedly tried to delay the collection of evidence.
“Given his conduct so far in this case, Mr Trump’s position regarding the burdens of discovery is inexcusable,” he wrote. “As this court previously has observed, Mr Trump has litigated this case since it began in 2019 with the effect and probably the purpose of delaying it.”
The judge noted that the collection of evidence for the lawsuit to go to trial was virtually concluded, except for depositions of Trump and Carroll.
“Mr Trump has conducted extensive discovery of the plaintiff, yet produced virtually none himself,” Kaplan said. “Completing these depositions – which already have been delayed for years – would impose no undue burden on Mr Trump, let alone any irreparable injury.”
The judge also said the deposition could be useful when Carroll’s lawyer next month files the new lawsuit. Whether the rape occurred is central to the defamation claims, as well as the anticipated new lawsuit, the judge said.
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Todd's Take: What Are The Keys For Auburn Central-Phenix City?
Todd's Take: What Are The Keys For Auburn, Central-Phenix City? https://digitalalabamanews.com/todds-take-what-are-the-keys-for-auburn-central-phenix-city/
Jacy Todd is a retired high school football coach. Todd spent 20 years coaching high school football with stops at Daphne, Fairhope, Auburn, Northridge and Baker. He was defensive coordinator at each of his last four stops. Each week he breaks down one of the state’s biggest games.
It’s not hard to pick the biggest game in the state in Week 9.
Class 7A No. 1 Auburn – the only undefeated team left in the state’s largest classification – takes the road to take on No. 4 Central-Phenix City in a battle for first place in Region 2.
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One of these two teams has represented the south in the last four Class 7A state title games.
Auburn is 7-0, 5-0 in region play with three region games remaining. Central is 6-2, 5-1 in region play with two games left. The two teams met twice a year ago with the Red Devils pulling off the sweep on the way to a 7A runner-up finish.
Here are Todd’s keys for each team in their first matchup of 2022:
Auburn’s offensive lineman Bradyn Joiner (75) during the AHSAA Kickoff football game at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Ala., Friday August 19, 2022. (Marvin Gentry | preps@al.com)
AUBURN
1. Can the Auburn offensive line led by Auburn University commit Bradyn Joiner create push on a talented Central defensive line led by top 10 recruit Tomarrion Parker? Talk about good on good here. Auburn has a large and talented offensive line that will match up with a talented Red Devil defensive front. Staying ahead of the chains with a solid running game will be a key for the Tigers.
2. Can the Auburn defense make Central-Phenix City QB Jaylen Epps one dimensional? Central has done a great job of mixing its offensive schemes between spread, 20, 11 personnel while also adding designed quarterback runs with RPOs. It becomes a tall hill for a defense to climb. Will Auburn want to commit seven or more to the box to limit the run or stay with a 2-high safety look to help defend Central’s talented skill players, including wide receiver Karmello English?
3. Will Auburn quarterbacks Clyde Pittman and Davis Harsin be able to navigate Central’s pass rush and distribute the ball to their playmakers or create offense on their own? The two quarterbacks both make great decisions, but what they are able to do when or if protection breaks down will be a key in this one.
Central-Phenix City’s Karmello English enters the end zone for a touchdown against Hewitt-Trussville during an AHSAA football game Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in Phenix City, Alabama. (Julie Bennett for AL.com)Julie Bennett for AL.com
CENTRAL-PHENIX CITY
1. What can the Red Devils throw at the Auburn offense to slow it down? Auburn has really started to find its footing offensively in the last three game, averaging a little more than 50 points in that span. Does Central come into this game with the “pressure bursts pipes” mentality or the bend don’t break?
2. Does Central have to do anything different to be able to score with Auburn? The Central offense has been great this year, but do the Red Devils need to take more risks to stay ahead of a high-scoring Auburn offense? That could translate into being aggressive on 4th down or a timely fake punt to steal a possession.
3. Can Central get the ball to their playmakers consistently? English is sensational, and he’s not the only weapon for the Red Devils. Coach Patrick Nix will need to find efficient ways to get the ball into his best playmakers’ hands.
WHAT WOULD JACY DO?
We are talking about two of the best teams in the state, and it should be a great game in an awesome atmosphere in Central. If I am Central, I bring pressure early and often. I try to create as many negative plays as I can knowing that Auburn is not a team that will beat itself with penalties and turnovers. I know it is easier said than done but try not to let the big Auburn offensive line wear you out through the game. If I am Auburn, I do everything I can to ground and pound. Use your massive offensive line to not only shorten the game but also keep the explosive Central offense on the sidelines.
Auburn High’s Clyde Pittman passes the ball against the Opelika High Bulldogs during a high school football game Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, in Auburn, Alabama. (Julie Bennett | preps@al.com)Julie Bennett | preps@al.com
AUBURN (7-0) AT CENTRAL-PHENIX CITY (6-2)
Time/location: 7 p.m. Friday, Garrett-Harrison Stadium, Phenix City
Last week: Auburn was idle; Central-Phenix City defeated Lee-Montgomery 54-14
Region standings: Auburn is 5-0 in Class 7A, Region 2. Central is 5-1
The skinny: Auburn could maintain its hold on first with a win. A Central win puts the Red Devils in first place with two weeks left. … Central leads the overall series 41-16-3. The two teams met twice in 2021 with the Red Devils winning 21-7 in the regular season and 28-17 in the state semifinals. … One of these two teams has represented the south in the Class 7A title game each of the last four years. … Auburn is averaging 39 points a game and giving up 15. QB Clyde Pittman is 71-of-102 for 974 yards and 13 TDs. He’s been intercepted just once and that came off a tipped ball. Davis Harsin is 31-of-47 for 517 yards and 6 TDs with 2 interceptions. Da’Vaioun “DV” Williams (96 carries, 668 yards, 9 TDs) is the leading rusher. Pittman has 4 rushing TDs and a receiving TD. Ean Nation has 39 receptions for 598 yards and 7 TDs. Defensively, the Tigers are led by Coleman Granberry (74 tackles, 6 TFL, 3 sacks) and Klark Cleveland (73 tackles, 14 TFL, 2 sacks). … Central’s only losses have come in overtime at Opelika (17-14) and at home to national power IMG Academy (41-26). The Red Devils are averaging 35 points a game and giving up 18. Jaylen Epps is completing 59 percent of his passes for 1,599 yards and 16 TDs. He’s been intercepted 5 times. Epps also has rushed 62 times for 391 yards and 4 TDs. Junior Zack Simmons (447 yards, 5 TDs) is the team’s leading rusher. Karmello English has 45 receptions for 503 yards and 5 TDs, while Cameron Coleman has 18 receptions for 357 yards and 5 TDs. On defense, Tomarrion Parker has 38 tackles 11.5 TFL and 8.5 sacks. … Auburn coach Keith Etheredge is 17-3 in his second year with the Tigers and 167-55 in 17 years overall. Central-Phenix City coach Patrick Nix is 27-8 in his third year with the Red Devils and 93-30 in 10 years overall.
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🌱 Mountain Brook HS Sports Recap + Hoover Inverness Nature Trail Opens https://digitalalabamanews.com/%f0%9f%8c%b1-mountain-brook-hs-sports-recap-hoover-inverness-nature-trail-opens/
Hi all! Dashiell Allen here with your fresh copy of the Mountain Brook Daily, filled with all the local information you need to know right now. Today we’ll cover…
The latest in high school sports.
A new nature trail is open in the Hoover area.
The O’Neal Library gets in the season spirit.
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On Friday the Mountain Brook High School football team heads to Mortimer Jordan for another regional contest. Last weekend the cross country team traveled to Washington to compete in the Nike Hole in the Wall Invitational, with Mountain Brook’s girls finishing in sixth place. All that and more in that last week in high school sports. (Village Living)
Jefferson County officials have lifted a no contact advisory for parts of Patton Creek in Hoover, which was put in place due to sewer repair work. (6 WBRC)
If you’re looking for a new way to get out into nature, a 1.7 mile trail in Hoover Inverness Nature Park in the suburb of Inverness is now open just in time for fall weather. (Bham Now)
Today in Mountain Brook:
Pickleball open play – Levite Jewish Community Center (9 a.m.)
Varsity Football @ Mortimer Jordan 7:00 pm (7 p.m.)
From my notebook:
A massive new facility is in the works in Jefferson County for J.M. Smucker, which will make the brand’s “Uncrustables” frozen sandwiches. It’s estimated to bring over 700 jobs to the area. (AL.com)
Check out these five new properties for sale in the Mountain Brook area. (Mountain Brook Patch)
The O’Neal Library is all stocked up on Hallmark movies for the holiday season. (The O’Neal Library via Facebook)
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South Alabama Defense Showcasing Depth This Season
South Alabama Defense Showcasing Depth This Season https://digitalalabamanews.com/south-alabama-defense-showcasing-depth-this-season/
South Alabama ranks third in the Sun Belt Conference and 19th nationally in total defense heading into Saturday’s game with Louisiana-Monroe, but it’s definitely been a collective effort for the Jaguars.
Through five games, no one on the team has more than 25 tackles, and five have at least 22 stops. No one has more than three tackles for loss or more than two sacks, and only one player has more than one interception (safety Yam Banks, who has two).
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The lack of eye-popping individual statistics speaks to the depth of South Alabama’s “Swarm D.” And head coach Kane Wommack said that’s partly by design, but also the result of three blowout wins for the Jaguars early in the season.
“I think for a while there, our production was not where we felt like it needed to be or where it could be,” Wommack said. “And I think that plays into some of it on the front end of the year, but at the same time, you’ve got a lot of guys who know how to execute and know how to do their job at a high and consistent level.
“That’s the biggest thing defensively: guys that you can trust on defense, that do their job with consistency, are the ones that end up making plays because they’re in the right places enough. So I think we are starting to anticipate more and more, and I think we’ll get more and more production. But when you have a group of guys out there on the field and you’re up and you’re able to let other people play, I think that’s certainly a good thing.”
South Alabama is allowing 298.8 yards per game overall. The Jaguars rank third in the Sun Belt in scoring defense (18.8 points per game, 28th nationally) and rushing defense (100.4 ypg, 23rd nationally), second in passing defense (198.4 ypg, 38th nationally) and first in passing efficiency defense (109.4, 13th nationally).
South Alabama ranks 19th nationally (and second in the Sun Belt, behind only undefeated James Madison) in ESPN’s overall team efficiency. The Jaguars are 43rd on offense, 15th on defense and 27th on special teams, and have a projected final regular-season record of 9-3.
• The Sun Belt Conference made major headlines earlier this year when league members Georgia Southern, Marshall and Appalachian State went on the road and beat Power 5 opponents Nebraska, Notre Dame and Texas A&M, respectively.
But nearly halfway through the regular season, those teams find themselves at the bottom of the Sun Belt East Division standings with losing confererence records. Wommack said such results — both out-of-conference and in-conference — are a measure of the Sun Belt’s emergence, and also the talent influx through the transfer portal.
“Jokingly, it would be interesting to see what other Power 5 teams would do in this league. They may be further down the list than they want to be,” Wommack said with a laugh. “I do think this league is really improving, and I think what you’re starting to see is the coaching is better, there’s more consistency because you have better players. And you’re starting to see that the gap between Power 5 teams and teams in the Sun Belt is starting to close. And that’s why you have some of those big upsets.
“But then at the same time, now everybody in the league has a couple of players. They can end up making the difference in a game. And if the ball bounces one way or another, you’re going to see some of those teams (beat more-talented teams). Oftentimes the league beats each other up and then you have to pull yourself out of a hole.”
South Alabama, of course, nearly made it four Power 5 road wins for Sun Belt teams when it lost 32-31 at UCLA on Sept. 17. Unlike their league brethren, however, the Jaguars are 4-1 overall and 1-0 in Sun Belt play.
• South Alabama quarterback Carter Bradley has not been quite as productive in recent weeks as he was early in the year, but he is still on pace for one of the better statistical seasons in program history.
Through five games, Bradley has completed 101 of 165 passes (61.5%) for 1,257 yards and 10 touchdowns with four interceptions. Extrapolated to 12 regular-season games, his “full-season” projected numbers of 242 completions, 396 attempts, 3,017 yards and 24 touchdowns would all easily be school records.
“I need to slow down on a few things,” Bradley said. “I’m excited, I was excited to play some ball (vs. Louisiana on Oct. 1), but looking back I think I was going too fast through my reads because I knew my answers and some things popped open that I wasn’t expecting. Footwork can always use work and staying in the pocket and being calm. Watching myself and some other guys definitely helped me on this off week to see what I need to do better.”
South Alabama’s current school records in those four categories are 212 completions, 349 attempts, 2,706 yards and 17 touchdowns. Dallas Davis set the attempts and yards records in 2016, while Jake Bentley set the completions and touchdown marks last season.
Another player on pace to set multiple South Alabama single-season records is running back La’Damian Webb, who has 473 rushing yards, six rushing touchdowns and seven total touchdowns through five games. At this pace, he’d rush 216 times for 1,135 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 17 total touchdowns, in 12 games.
The current South Alabama records in those categories are 193 rushing attempts and 1,057 rushing yards (both by Tra Minter in 2019), 13 rushing touchdowns (Brandon Ross in 2009) and 13 total touchdowns (Ross in 2009 and Kawaan Baker in 2018).
And both Bradley and Webb could expand their totals should the Jaguars make a bowl game and/or play in the Sun Belt Conference championship game.
• South Alabama will appear on national television twice in a six-day span beginning Saturday, as they host ULM on NFL Network and then Troy on ESPNU on Oct. 20, a Thursday night.
Both games will serve as showcases not only for South Alabama’s football program, but its stadium and game day environment. And Wommack is hoping to utilize on the recruiting front, with a number of top prospects expected at Hancock Whitney Stadium for both games.
“What we do on the field is our best recruiting tool, certainly,” Wommack said. “But the atmosphere that we can create through our fan base, through tailgating, through on-field production, all those things are something we’ve got to take advantage of from a recruiting perspective.
“This is going be a really big weekend for us. We’ve got a lot of great players that can ‘move the dial forward’ in terms of overall talent for our program that will be here this weekend.”
South Alabama has five commitments for the 2023 class, three of them from the Mobile area. Already pledged to the Jaguars are UMS-Wright defensive back/athlete Cole Blaylock, Blount offensive lineman Willis Anderson, McGill-Toolen wide receiver Anthony Eager, James Clemens (Huntsville) quarterback Gio Lopez and LaFayette defensive back Joshua Combs-Bledsoe.
Kickoff Saturday is set for 6 p.m. at Hancock Whitney Stadium. The game will air live via NFL Network.
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A Robot Testified At Britains House Of Lords Then Had A Breakdown
A Robot Testified At Britain’s House Of Lords — Then Had A Breakdown https://digitalalabamanews.com/a-robot-testified-at-britains-house-of-lords-then-had-a-breakdown/
LONDON — A robot sporting dungarees and a sharp black bob took questions in Britain’s House of Lords for the first time in history this week — before appearing to fall asleep and requiring a reset.
Before her public breakdown, the female-featured android — named Ai-Da — spoke to Britain’s Communications and Digital Committee as part of an inquiry into the future of the creative industries, joining a debate on how technology is shaping — and perhaps hindering — the art sector.
It was the first time in the nation’s history that a robot testified in the upper chamber of Britain’s Parliament, where unelected baronesses and lords typically gather to analyze government policies.
“The fact that Ai-Da is giving evidence at one of these sessions is pretty mind-blowing,” Aidan Meller, the robot’s inventor and a specialist in modern and contemporary art, told Sky News ahead of the session.
Branded “the world’s first ultrarealistic humanoid robot artist,” Ai-Da is widely known for creating portraits and poems, using a robotic arm, cameras in her eyes and AI algorithms. She told the house — undoubtedly to her creator’s pride — that the unique features allow her to create “visually appealing images.”
“I am, and depend on, computer programs and algorithms,” Ai-Da told the committee in London on Tuesday, moving her head slowly from side to side and occasionally blinking. “Although not alive, I can still create art.”
Ai-Da admitted she has no idea where the world is headed but told committee members that technology poses both “a threat and an opportunity” for creativity.
“The role of technology in creating art will continue to grow,” she predicted.
Those in attendance appeared intrigued but also joked that they were scared — especially when, following a question from Baroness Lynne Featherstone, a peer from the Liberal Democrats party, the robot fell silent and stared blankly at the floor.
“I’ve sent her to sleep!” Featherstone joked, as Meller, who was on hand close by, hurried across the room to grab a pair of sunglasses to place over Ai-Da’s eyes.
Robot artist Ai-Da answered questions from British lawmakers during a session hosted by the House of Lords Communication and Digital Committee on Oct. 11. (Video: Reuters)
“Excuse me,” he told the room. “Can I reset her? Is that okay?”
It was not immediately clear what caused the robot’s technical failure, and neither Meller nor Ai-Da responded to a request for comment from The Washington Post on Thursday.
“When we reset her, she sometimes can pull quite interesting faces,” Meller explained to those in attendance, who chuckled and waited patiently for the android to wake up.
Created in 2019, Ai-Da has been subjected to backlash at home and abroad during her short, simulated life.
Last year, she was taken into custody in Egypt for more than a week on suspicion that she could be part of an espionage plot, according to Meller.
Meller said Egyptian border guards detained her because of security fears about the cameras in her eyes that enabled her to paint. The British ambassador stepped in to secure her freedom, he said.
“I can’t really gouge her eyes out,” he told the Guardian at the time. “Let’s be really clear about this. She is not a spy.”
She was released in time to take part in an exhibition at Egypt’s pyramids.
To mark the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II earlier this year, Ai-Da produced a portrait of the late monarch entitled “Algorithm Queen.” Her owner hailed the creation as the first painting of the queen by a robot, while critics said the piece lacked emotion.
Jonathan Jones, the Guardian’s art critic, slammed Ai-D’s portrait as “yet another example of the cynical, transparent con that is AI art.”
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Jan. 6 Hearing Live Updates: Central Cause Was Donald Trump Cheney Says
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This is the committee’s ninth public hearing since June and likely its last.
Last Updated: October 13, 2022, 1:48 PM ET
The House Jan. 6 committee meets Thursday after a months-long hiatus to hold its ninth public hearing since June, and possibly its last in its investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack. The panel has focused on the role of former President Donald Trump before, alleging he was front and center of a plot to overturn the 2020 election.
Roger Stone, a political provocateur and longtime Trump adviser, voiced support for Trump declaring victory the night of the election regardless of whether he was in the lead.
“Let’s just hope we’re celebrating. I suspect it’ll be, I really do suspect it will still be up in the air. When that happens, the key thing to do is to claim victory. Possession is nine-tenths of the law. ‘No, we won,’ Stone said in footage from a Danish documentarian featured in Thursday’s hearing.
“I said, ‘f*** the voting, let’s get right to the violence,'” Stone said in a separate clip. “We’ll have to start smashing pumpkins, if you know what I mean.”
During testimony for the committee, Stone invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when asked if he had any role in planning for the violence the day of the insurrection.
The Jan. 6 committee showed video of President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Steve Bannon, which indicates that he had advance knowledge of the former president’s intention to falsely declare victory election night, but also that Bannon knew about the events of Jan. 6 ahead of their occurrence.
Here’s what Bannon said on Jan. 5, the day before the insurrection:
“All hell is going to break loose tomorrow. All converging and now we’re on as they say the point of attack, right the point of attack tomorrow. I’ll tell you this,” Bannon began.
“It’s not going to happen like you think it’s going to happen. Okay, it’s going to be quite extraordinarily different … tomorrow it’s game day. So strap in. Let’s get ready.”
Mr. Bannon refused to testify for the ongoing Jan. 6 investigation, for which he’s been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of contempt of Congress.
The committee also played audio that had previously leaked, of Bannon telling a group of associates on Oct. 31, 2020, of Trump’s plan to declare his own victory on election night, regardless of the actual outcome.
“He’s going to declare victory,” Bannon said.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., showed a new memo the committee received from the National Archives showing plans for Trump to declare victory on Election Day regardless of the outcome.
The memo — dated Oct. 31, 2020 — was sent by Tom Fitton, a political activist and head of the conservative group Judicial Watch, to members of Trump’s team.
“We had an Election today — and I won,” the memo read.
“The ballots counted by the Election Day deadline show the American people have bestowed on me the great honor of reelection to President of the United States.”
Lofgren also said Brad Parscale, Trump’s former campaign manager, told the committee Trump planned as early as July to say he won even though he lost.
In her opening statement, Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, the committee’s vice chair, said a key component of the committee’s investigation looks at the vulnerability of American democracy.
“Why would Americans assume that our Constitution and our institutions and our Republic are invulnerable to another attack? Why would we assume that those institutions will not falter next time?” she asked.
Cheney, who has been at the forefront of the Jan. 6 investigation at the expense of her own political future, said the American institutions “only hold” when “men and women of good faith make them hold regardless of the political cost.”
“We have no guarantee that these men and women will be in place next time,” she added.
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America First Secretary Of State Coalition Boosts Trump-Aligned Election Deniers Vying To Oversee Elections OpenSecrets News
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State Sen. Mark Finchem, Republican nominee for Arizona secretary of state, at a campaign rally attended by former President Donald Trump in Mesa, Ariz. on Oct. 9, 2022. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The America First Secretary of State Coalition, a coalition of Republican candidates touting disproven claims that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, raised more than $300,000 through a Nevada-based PAC called Conservatives for Election Integrity in an effort to exert control over election administration in battleground states, an OpenSecrets analysis of Nevada campaign finance records found.
The coalition aims to elect candidates who deny the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election and will be positioned to influence the outcome of future elections, including the 2024 presidential race, according to the group’s founder, Jim Marchant, the GOP nominee in Nevada’s secretary of state race.
The proliferation of misinformation about voting fraud and conspiracy theories have thrust secretary of state races into the forefront of American politics this year.
Candidates for secretary of state have reported raising over $51.8 million in the 2022 election cycle as of Oct. 13. The 12 election-denying candidates who received the GOP nomination for secretary of state have raised $6.2 million, an OpenSecrets analysis of campaign finance data shows.
Marchant touted the coalition at a Trump rally in Minden, Nev., on Saturday, telling the crowd, “When my coalition of secretary of state candidates around the country get elected, we’re gonna fix the whole country, and President Trump is gonna be president again in 2024.”
“All we have to do is influence it a little bit, and we win,” Marchant said in a September interview with Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Trump. “And we negate whatever ability they have to manipulate the system.”
Founding secretary of state candidates in the coalition include Republican Kristina Karamo, a community college professor and conspiracy theorist running for secretary of state in Michigan, and Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano (R), who is running for governor of Pennsylvania and spearheaded the effort in November 2020 to overturn President Joe Biden’s win in the state.
Candidates backed by the America First coalition have secured GOP nominations for secretary of state in Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, New Mexico and Indiana as well as for governor in Pennsylvania, a state where the governor appoints the secretary of state. Trump has endorsed three of the coalition’s candidates — Mastriano, Karamo and Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem (R), who is currently running for secretary of state — praising their advocacy of his false allegations of voter fraud as they vye for the opportunity to oversee elections, alarming some election experts and voting rights advocates.
The America First coalition held its inaugural meeting on May 1, 2021, at the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas.
Participants in that meeting included MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Overstock.com founder Patrick Byrne, Claremont Institute founder Brian Kennedy, and Jim Hoft, who operates the far-right Gateway Pundit website, which promotes conspiracy theories and hoaxes.
The coalition has endorsed more than a dozen candidates for secretary of state, all of whom have refused to accept the legitimacy of Biden’s victory in 2020 and have promised to dramatically restrict voting rights if elected.
Fundraising for the America First coalition
In addition to the individual candidates’ campaigns, the America First coalition has an affiliated state-level PAC for fundraising – Conservatives for Election Integrity.
The PAC reported raising $331,422 during the first six months of 2022, OpenSecrets’ review of campaign finance records found. More than 40% of that total came from one donor the America Project, a far-right group co-founded last year by former Trump advisor and retired Gen. Michael Flynn and Byrne, a prominent election denier.
The America Project helped fund Republican lawmakers’ widely-criticized election review in Maricopa County, Ariz., last year. The group later contributed $100,000 to a super PAC in Colorado that sought to boost Republican secretary of state candidate Tina Peters, an election denier who lost her primary.
Conservatives for Election Integrity received two contributions totaling $100,000 in June from MDB Realty, a Las Vegas real estate firm run by Matthew Brimhall, a former corporate executive at the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas.
The bulk of the PAC’s spending, nearly $170,000, went to McShane LLC, a Las Vegas political consulting firm which attracted national media attention after it was reported that it had recruited members of the Proud Boys hate group to attend a protest and rally outside a Nevada voting center two days after the 2020 presidential election.
Campaign finance records show that Conservatives for Election Integrity also paid $20,000 to Georgetown Advisory, a consulting group founded and operated by Boris Epshteyn, a former Trump advisor who was part of a concerted effort by Trump attorneys and political allies to prevent Biden’s victory from being certified.
Opponents of Marchant have accused him of using Conservatives for Election Integrity to skirt campaign finance laws by accepting contributions that exceeded the limit under Nevada law.
Jesse Haw, a candidate for secretary of state who ran against Marchant in Nevada’s GOP primary, filed a complaint with the Nevada secretary of state’s office in May alleging Marchant used Conservatives for Election Integrity and his individual campaign interchangeably, which Haw claimed violates state laws limiting campaign contributions.
A similar complaint was filed in August by End Citizens United, a Democratic-aligned PAC that advocates for campaign finance reform and recently announced a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign opposing Marchant.
Origins of the America First Secretary of State Coalition
The America First coalition, based in Las Vegas, Nev., was founded by Marchant, a former Nevada state legislator, along with Wayne Willott, a promoter of the QAnon conspiracy theory who uses the pseudonym “Juan O. Savin.”
In remarks at a QAnon-affiliated conference in Las Vegas last year, Marchant explained the origins of the coalition’s formation. Marchant said it dates back to the day after the 2020 election, when he began an unsuccessful effort to overturn his defeat in a Congressional election in Nevada, an outcome he falsely blamed on fraudulent mail-in ballots.
Marchant told conference attendees that in the days after the election, he hunkered down in a suite at the Venetian Las Vegas hotel. Just across the hall were a group of Trump attorneys and other allies of the president, beginning their effort to try to overturn Biden’s narrow win in Nevada.
Juan O. Savin showed up at Marchant’s suite, the candidate said, and the two collaborated for three to five months, “trying to expose the fraudulent election here in Nevada.”
In their strategy sessions in Las Vegas, Trump allies allegedly encouraged Marchant not to run for Congress again in 2022, but instead to run for secretary of state of Nevada. Marchant claims they also asked him to form a coalition of like-minded candidates in other states, echoing Trump’s false claims of election fraud.
The America First coalition was formed in response to the Secretary of State Project, according to Marchant. The project launched as a 527 political nonprofit in 2006, aiming to elect Democratic secretaries of state in battleground states after some Democrats suspected malfeasance by Republican secretaries of state in the administration of the presidential elections in 2000 and 2004.
Election deniers push for election “reforms”
The 2020 election deniers “have not stopped–they have simply turned their sights on future elections,” Ben Berwick, counsel with Protect Democracy, a nonprofit dedicated to resisting authoritarianism, told OpenSecrets in a written statement.
“We are seeing a concerted attempt to make it possible for partisan actors to manipulate or subvert a future election if they don’t like the results, primarily through misinformation and co-opting the machinery of election administration,” Berwick wrote.
The America First coalition advocates several electoral reforms, including stricter voter ID requirements, replacing electronic voting machines with hand-counted paper ballots, ending early voting, ending mail-in voting and carrying out “aggressive voter roll clean-up.”
David Becker, founder and executive director of the nonpartisan, nonprofit Center for Election Innovation & Research and co-author of the book “The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of ‘the Big Lie’” told OpenSecrets that most of these proposed reforms would make elections “less secure, less transparent, and lead to integrity problems.”
Becker said that while he is a strong supporter of using paper ballots that can later be checked in a properly-conducted election audit, the proposal of hand-counting ballots is “an incredibly bad idea that every election official will tell you is a bad idea, regardless of what their political philosophy is.”
“If you want inaccurate results that take a long time and cost way too much taxpayer money, hand-counts are your solution,” Becker told OpenSecrets. “But if you want accurate counts, as quickly as possible, then you need machines to do it.”
Mark Lindeman, policy and strategy director at Verified Voting, a nonprofit that promotes the responsible use of election technology, told OpenSecrets that hand counting ballots is viable on a small scale but “b...
Effort Dismissed To Strip Ted Cruzs Law License Over Trump 2020 Election Fight
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WASHINGTON – The State Bar of Texas has dismissed a complaint aimed at stripping Sen. Ted Cruz’s law license over his role in Donald Trump’s bid to overturn his 2020 defeat, without addressing the substance of allegations that he had aided an “anti-democratic” plot.
Cruz said the dismissal amounted to a finding that the allegation was “baseless,” though the bar found only that it had no jurisdiction because Cruz, in trying to help Trump, had not acted in his capacity as a lawyer.
The 65 Project, a watchdog group launched last spring to deter abuse of the legal system to overturn fair elections, filed the complaint in May demanding Cruz be disbarred.
Cruz had offered to represent Trump before the Supreme Court if the justices agreed to hear oral arguments on the challenge, which they did not.
The two-term senator, Harvard law graduate and former Supreme Court clerk also led an effort to round up Senate votes to reject state-certified electors when Congress met on Jan. 6, 2021 to finalized the results.
Letters to Cruz and the 65 Project, released Thursday by Cruz’s office and dated June 13, show the Texas bar dismissed the complaint but sidestepped allegations that he’d promoted falsehoods and sought to undermine American democracy.
“In determining whether a lawyer’s conduct comes within the scope of the disciplinary rules, we consider the conduct in relation to that lawyer’s professional obligations, i.e. in the discharge of any responsibilities owed to a client, a court, or the legal profession,” the bar’s Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel wrote to the 65 Project. “After examining your grievance, we have concluded that the conduct described did not occur within the course of the lawyer’s law practice or otherwise involve any professional obligations.”
The letter referred the group to the Senate ethics committee if it wanted to pursue misconduct allegations against the senator.
“The State Bar dismissed this frivolous complaint on June 13,” Cruz spokesman Darin Miller said in a statement Thursday.
Stories like this one are why Americans don’t trust the corrupt media.
If the DMN had any credibility, they would have contacted my office prior to printing this disinformation.
DMN would have learned that the Texas Bar DISMISSED this bogus complaint back in June! 1/x https://t.co/n00dSvYeqg pic.twitter.com/4pWTHXkD4r
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 13, 2022
Related:65 Project wants Ted Cruz disbarred for efforts to keep Trump in power
Quoting the June 13 letter to the senator, he added, “As the Bar concluded, ‘This office has examined the Grievance and determined that the information alleged does not demonstrate Professional Misconduct or a Disability. Pursuant to the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, this matter has therefore been classified as an Inquiry and has been dismissed.’”
On Wednesday, the 65 Project called for updated rules to forbid lawyers – including those in elected office – from lying about elections even when they are not acting in the capacity of a lawyer.
The group’s managing director Michael Teter said the dismissal bolsters the case for such reforms.
“Senator Cruz is avoiding professional discipline because of the gap that allows a lawyer to engage in what would otherwise be misconduct simply because they are not representing a client. We, obviously, disagree with the Office’s conclusion that Senator Cruz was not acting within the scope of professional duties to a client since he agreed to represent then-President Trump and Pennsylvania Republicans,” he said.
On Wednesday, Teter had said that to his knowledge, the grievance filed against Cruz was still pending with the Texas bar.
“He either lied to you or failed to keep up with the disposition of one of the many frivolous and partisan complaints he has filed,” Miller said.
Teter, shown copies of the letters provided by the senator’s office, reiterated that he had not received copies or any notification about the dismissal.
Grievances filed against Texas lawyers are not made public unless the lawyer involved waives confidentiality or is convicted of a serious crime. Both letters are marked “confidential.”
The Texas bar says it generally tells accusers and targets within 30 days if a complaint was dismissed or deemed to have enough merit to become a formal inquiry.
The 65 Project has sought disciplinary action against 55 lawyers, including a number of state attorneys general and members of Trump’s inner circle. Teter said that to his knowledge, state bar associations are pursuing at least a dozen of the complaints, and the rest are still pending.
Well over half the Republicans in the U.S. House, including most of the Texans, voted to reject state-certified electors during the tumultuous Jan. 6 session.
Todd J. Gillman. Todd became Washington Bureau Chief in 2009 and has covered East Texas, Dallas City Hall and politics since joining The News in 1989. He’s been elected three times to the White House Correspondents’ Association board, with a term ending in 2023. Todd has a Master in Public Policy from Harvard and a BA from Johns Hopkins in international studies.
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Voters Decide Week 8 Football Players Of The Week https://digitalalabamanews.com/voters-decide-week-8-football-players-of-the-week/
A quarterback, running back and defensive back/kick returner earned Player of the Week honors, according to voters in the Week 7 regional polls.
Quarterback Paul Andrzejewski of St. John Paul II, running back Conner Nelson of Leeds and defender/kick returner Dorian Smith of Faith Academy were voted the Players of the Week in polls that drew 72,679 votes.
Huntsville’s Player of the Week completed 17-of-24 passes for 282 yards for St. John Paull II in a 27-20 win over New Hope. Andrzejewski had three touchdown passes. He picked up 3,510 of 8,844 votes in the poll.
Andrew Hunter of Randolph finished second in the Huntsville voting.
Nelson earned the Hollis Wright Birmingham Player of the Week honors with 8,738 of 23,338 votes. Nelson ran for 125 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries and caught 4 passes for 51 yards in a 23-7 win over Alexandria.
Jared Smith of Spain Park finished second in the balloting.
Dorian Smith of Faith Academy finished first in the Coastal Player of the Week voting, the third straight winner from Faith. Smith got 26,121 of the 40,497 votes. Smith scored twice for the Rams last week, on a 28-yard interception return and a 40-yard punt return.
Joe Lott of UMS-Wright finished second in the Coastal vote.
Be sure to watch for next week’s polls on Sunday.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
Week 1
Coastal: Cole Blaylock, UMS-Wright
Hollis Wright Birmingham: QB Reese, Ramsay
Huntsville: Ian Garner, Brindlee Mountain
Week 2
Coastal: Cole Blaylock, UMS-Wright
Hollis Wright Birmingham: Conner Nelson, Leeds
Huntsville: Nic Strong, Randolph
Week 3
Coastal: Caden Creel, Fairhope
Hollis Wright Birmingham: Zach Sims, Thompson
Huntsville: Kalob Ford, Brindlee Mountain
Week 4
Coastal: Colin Wilson, Mobile Christian
Holllis Wright Birmingham: Riley Harmon, Oak Grove
Huntsville: Andrew Hunter, Randolph
Week 5
Coastal: Caden Creel, Fairhope
Holllis Wright Birmingham: Jalen Jones, Ramsay
Huntsville: Grayson Davenport, Randolph
Week 6
Coastal: Jarrett Daughtry, Faith Academy
Hollis Wright Birmingham: Fluff Bothwell, Oneonta
Huntsville: Jack Smith, Hartselle
Week 7
Coastal: Brandon Dean, Faith Academy
Hollis Wright Birmingham: Cole McCarty, Moody
Huntsville: Andrew Hunter, Randolph
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Upcoming Events Will Help Fundraising For Humane Society Of Elmore County
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Humane Society of Elmore County News
Huge thanks to students, parents and staff at Millbrook Middle School as they donated $2500 to our Shelter last week. This incredibly generous donation was made possible through the dances held at MMS during the school year for students. That was a most wonderful surprise indeed and we are humbled that they chose our Shelter to benefit from their generosity.
This coming Friday night, 14 October, at the Alabama National Fair is a tremendous opportunity to attend the Fair for $5 OFF of regular admission if you bring a donation of dry or canned pet food, pet toys, blankets or towels with you. These donations will be shared by the three area shelters – Humane Society of Elmore County, Prattville-Autauga Humane Society and Montgomery Humane Society. We are thankful to the Kiwanis Club of Montgomery members and Alabama National Fair for their hard work making the Alabama National Fair such a success and for helping our River Region Animal Shelters like this.
On Saturday, 15 October, join the fun starting at 4 pm at Lily Pad Place, 4852 Main St, Millbrook. This is an Open House and Customer Appreciation with proceeds being donated to our Shelter and hosted by: LUX Salon, Color Copy Shop, Thirsty Turtle, The Nail Lounge and Abundant Grace Ministries and featuring DJ LULU! There will be food truck(s), bouncy house, ballgames on all the TVs, door prizes and some fun contests. To enter the contests just bring a needs item donation for the Shelter. Raffle tickets will be sold on Saturday for the Booze wagon. Events schedule is below and the ‘after party’ will feature Jones Social Club!
4:30- Cutest Kid Costume: Prize Awarded
5:00- Live Auction
5:30- Cutest Dog: Prize Awarded
6:00- Live Auction
6:30- Booze Cart Drawing
For our members, our Humane Society’s Annual Membership Meeting on Tue, 18 October, 6 pm, Wetumpka Civic Center, 410 S. Main St, Wetumpka, AL 36092. Hope to see you there!
For our supporters who work for the Alabama State Government and want to donate financially, no better way than through the 2022 State Combined Campaign (SCC) and our Agency Code is 106803. The SCC is critical to Alabama non-profits and helps make donating to deserving charities easy either one time or via monthly payroll deduction. We want to thank all who so generously donate to help not only our shelter, but non-profit agencies everywhere.
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Capital Murder Charge In 2001 Killing Of Young Father At Birmingham Gas Station Sent To Grand Jury
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Published: Oct. 13, 2022, 11:19 a.m.
Rickey Ricardo Witherspoon, left, is charged with capital murder in the 2001 shooting death of Wesley Powell III. (Jefferson County Jail/ Contributed)
The capital murder charge against a Bessemer man in a fatal shooting that happened 21 years ago will go to a grand jury for indictment consideration.
Birmingham police in August announced the arrest of Rickey Ricardo Witherspoon in the killing of a young father at a gas station. Killed in the Dec. 5, 2001, shooting was 20-year-old Wesley Powell III.
On Wednesday, lead Det. Jonathan Ross testified for more than an hour. He said a witness came forward with information that gave investigators what they needed to charge Witherspoon.
Following the hearing, Jefferson County District Judge William Bell ruled, “probable cause exists to believe the defendant committed the charged crime.”
The case is being prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Foster Marshall. Witherspoon is represented by the Jefferson County Public Defender’s Office.
The 48-year-old Witherspoon remains held in the Jefferson County Jail on $500,000 bond.
The shooting happened about 2:20 p.m. that day at the gas station on the corner of Eight Avenue North and Seventh Street.
Witnesses at the time said Powell was sitting in his car at the pumps when a man walked up to the front passenger’s side of the car and opened fire.
“He was shot like five times,’’ a woman told The Birmingham News at the scene that day. “A lady was screaming, ‘Don’t shoot him, don’t shoot him.’’
The gunman ran away. Powell fell head-first out of the passenger’s side door onto the pavement.
A witness called 911 from a pay phone.
Powell died the following day at UAB Hospital.
Wesley Powell III was shot to death in 2001 at a Birmingham gas station.
Witherspoon is no stranger to the law, court records show.
In January 2001, he pleaded guilty to robbery and received a one-year suspended sentence.
The following year, in September 2002, he pleaded guilty to theft of property and was sentenced to two years in prison.
In 2007, Witherspoon was convicted of robbery and two counts of second-degree assault. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison with five years to serve.
In 2016, his probation was terminated. He was last released from the Department of Corrections in November 2017.
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Josh Heupels Offense On Pace For Historic Performance Against Alabama
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No. 8 Tennessee (5-0, 2-0 SEC) will host No. 1 Alabama (6-0, 3-0 SEC) Saturday at Neyland Stadium in Week 7.
Kickoff is slated for 3:30 p.m. EDT. CBS will televise the Southeastern Conference matchup.
Nick Saban has served as Alabama’s head coach since 2007.
Following a 7-6 record in 2007, Saban has lost 12 regular-season games at Alabama.
In Alabama’s 12 regular-season losses since 2008, opponents have combined for a total of 4,578 yards (381.5 yards per game). The Crimson Tide have allowed 2,795 passing yards (232.9 average passing yards per game) and 1,829 rushing yards (152.4 average rushing yards per game).
Opponents have scored 386 points (32.2 average points per game), while Alabama has produced 319 points (26.6 average points per game) in the 12 regular-season losses.
Saturday’s contest between Tennessee and Alabama will be Josh Heupel’s second against Saban as the Vols’ head coach.
Alabama defeated Tennessee, 52-24, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in 2021. The Crimson Tide outscored Tennessee, 28-7, in the fourth quarter. Tennessee totaled 347 yards (282 passing, 65 rushing) against Alabama last season.
Below is a breakdown of how team’s performed in Alabama’s 12 regular-season losses under Saban since 2008.
2010: South Carolina 35, Alabama 21
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South Carolina’s yards: 311 (206 passing, 110 rushing)
2010: LSU 24, Alabama 21
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LSU’s yards: 433 (220 passing, 225 rushing)
2010: Auburn 28, Alabama 27
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Auburn’s total yards: 324 (242 passing, 108 rushing)
2011: LSU 9, Alabama 6 (OT)
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LSU’s total yards: 239 (94 passing, 148 rushing)
2012: Texas A&M 29, Alabama 24
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Texas A&M’s total yards: 418 (253 passing, 165 rushing)
2013: Auburn 34, Alabama 28
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Auburn’s total yards: 393 (97 passing, 296 rushing)
2014: Ole Miss 23, Alabama 17
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Ole Miss’ total yards: 327 (251 passing, 76 rushing)
2015: Ole Miss 43, Alabama 37
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Ole Miss’s total yards: 433 (341 passing, 92 rushing)
2017: Auburn 26, Alabama 14
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Auburn’s total yards: 408 (240 passing, 168 rushing)
2019: LSU 46, Alabama 41
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LSU’s total yards: 559 (393 passing, 166 rushing)
2019: Auburn 48, Alabama 45
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Auburn’s total yards: 354 (173 passing, 181 rushing)
2021: Texas A&M 41, Alabama 38
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Texas A&M’s total yards: 379 (285 passing, 94 rushing)
Josh Heupel and Tennessee’s offense through five games in 2022
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Josh Heupel and Tennessee’s offense through five games in 2022:
Points per game average: 46.8
Total yards: 2,739 (547.8 average per game)
Passing yards: 1,702 (340.4 average per game)
Rushing yards: 1,037 (207.4 average per game)
Alabama’s opponents’ offense in every regular-season win against Nick Saban since 2008:
Points per game average: 32.2
Yards per game average: 381.5
Passing yards per game average: 232.9
Rushing yards per game average: 152.4
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Trump Angrily Lashes Out After His Deposition Is Ordered
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump angrily lashed out Wednesday, calling the nation’s legal system a “broken disgrace” after a judge ruled he must answer questions under oath next week in a defamation lawsuit lodged by a writer who says he raped her in the mid-1990s.
He also called the 2019 lawsuit by E. Jean Carroll, a longtime advice columnist for Elle magazine, “a hoax and a lie.”
The outburst late in the day came hours after U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Manhattan rejected a request by his lawyers to delay a deposition scheduled for Oct. 19.
Kaplan is presiding over the case in which Carroll said Trump raped her in the dressing room of a Manhattan Bergdorf Goodman store in the mid-1990s. He called the lawsuit “a complete con job.”
“I don’t know this woman, have no idea who she is, other than it seems she got a picture of me many years ago, with her husband, shaking my hand on a reception line at a celebrity charity event,” Trump said.
“She completely made up a story that I met her at the doors of this crowded New York City Department Store and, within minutes, ‘swooned’ her. It is a Hoax and a lie, just like all the other Hoaxes that have been played on me for the past seven years,” he said.
Then he grumbled: “Now all I have to do is go through years more of legal nonsense in order to clear my name of her and her lawyer’s phony attacks on me. This can only happen to ‘Trump’!”
Carroll is scheduled to be deposed on Friday.
Roberta Kaplan, Carroll’s attorney, said she was pleased with the judge’s ruling and looked forward to filing new claims next month “and moving forward to trial with all dispatch” after New York state passed the Adult Survivors Act, allowing her to sue for damages for the alleged rape without the statute of limitations blocking it.
After Trump’s statement was released, a spokesperson for Kaplan’s firm, Kaplan Hecker & Fink, said the “latest statement from Donald Trump obviously does not merit a response.”
Trump’s legal team has tried various legal tactics to delay the lawsuit and prevent him from being questioned by Carroll’s attorneys. But Judge Kaplan wrote that it was time to move forward, especially given the “advanced age” of Carroll, 78, and Trump, 76, and perhaps other witnesses.
“The defendant should not be permitted to run the clock out on plaintiff’s attempt to gain a remedy for what allegedly was a serious wrong,” he wrote.
Carroll’s lawsuit claims that Trump damaged her reputation in 2019 when he denied raping her. Trump’s legal team has been trying to quash the lawsuit by arguing that the Republican was just doing his job as president when he denied the allegations, including when he dismissed his accuser as “not my type.”
Trump doubled down on the comment in his statement Wednesday, saying: “And, while I am not supposed to say it, I will. This woman is not my type! She has no idea what day, what week, what month, what year, or what decade this so-called ‘event’ supposedly took place. The reason she doesn’t know is because it never happened, and she doesn’t want to get caught up with details or facts that can be proven wrong.”
Whether Trump will remain the defendant in the original lawsuit is a key question because if Trump was acting within the scope of his duties as a federal employee, the U.S. government would become the defendant in the case.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a split decision last month that Trump was a federal employee when he commented on Carroll’s claims. But it asked another court in Washington to decide whether Trump’s public statements occurred during the scope of his employment.
Kaplan, the judge, said Trump has repeatedly tried to delay the collection of evidence in the lawsuit.
“Given his conduct so far in this case, Mr. Trump’s position regarding the burdens of discovery is inexcusable,” he wrote. “As this Court previously has observed, Mr. Trump has litigated this case since it began in 2019 with the effect and probably the purpose of delaying it.”
The judge noted that the collection of evidence for the lawsuit to go to trial was virtually concluded, except for the depositions of Trump and Carroll.
“Mr. Trump has conducted extensive discovery of the plaintiff, yet produced virtually none himself,” Kaplan said. “Completing these depositions — which already have been delayed for years — would impose no undue burden on Mr. Trump, let alone any irreparable injury.”
The judge also said the deposition could be useful when Carroll’s lawyer next month files the new lawsuit.
Whether the rape occurred is central to the defamation claims, as well as the anticipated new lawsuit, the judge said.
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Trump Ordered White House Documents Moved Out Of Storage At Mar-A-Lago After Receiving Subpoena: Reports
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Former President Donald Trump reportedly personally ordered boxes of top secret documents moved out of a storage room at his Mar-a-Lago resort after he was hit with a subpoena to return them to the government.
In what would amount to be the strongest evidence of obstruction of justice, Trump told at least one aide to take boxes from the storage to his personal residence last spring after he received the legal order to cough up all classified records, according to twin bombshell published reports on Thursday.
The longtime Trump aide, named in one report as Walt Nauta, has spilled the beans about his boss in repeated interviews with the FBI and is considered a critical witness against the former president.
Former President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at a rally at the Minden Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., Oct. 8, 2022. (José Luis Villegas/AP)
The account was bolstered by video security footage showing the boxes being moved, effectively confirming the aide’s story.
The damning twin reports in the Washington Post and New York Times help to explain why prosecutors were so sure Trump had failed to fully comply with the subpoena and why a judge authorized the explosive Aug. 8 search of his waterfront home and club.
[ Trump’s troubles worsen: 6 legal landmines facing the ex-president ]
Trump has been locked in a dispute with the government for months over the documents, including highly classified materials, that he improperly took with him after leaving the White House in January 2021.
The former president returned about 15 boxes of the records, but the feds correctly believed more documents remained at Mar-a-Lago or elsewhere.
Prosecutors obtained a subpoena requiring Trump to return all the outstanding classified materials. He handed over dozens of documents and his lawyers submitted a statement claiming they a “diligent search” revealed no more were at the resort.
This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and redacted by in part by the FBI, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 search by the FBI of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (AP)
But the feds had evidence that Trump was lying and defying the subpoena.
When they initially questioned the aide, he denied ever moving the boxes, the reports said. But when confronted with evidence to the contrary, he opened up about Trump’s direct involvement in trying to move the documents, a big legal no-no after getting a subpoena.
The aide has also told investigators about Trump’s other efforts to get subordinates to help him thwart efforts to get the documents back.
An aerial view of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022. (Steve Helber/AP)
The Department of Justice has said it’s investigating mishandling of documents, violations of the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice and suspect Trump has still not handed over all the documents.
Trump derides the probe as a partisan witch hunt and has told supporters that he believes the documents belong to him, which is not true.
Prosecutors are unlikely to decide whether charge Trump in the case until after the midterm elections to avoid any perception of tipping the political scale.
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Digital World Acquisition Corp Shares Jump After Google Play Store Approves Trump's Truth Social
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Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp., the SPAC set to take Trump Media public, jumped Thursday.
The move comes after Google added former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform to its Play Store.
The app had previously been barred from the store for content moderation concerns.
Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp., the shell company set to take Trump Media and Technology Group public, rose significantly after former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform was allowed onto the Google Play Store Wednesday.
Shares of DWAC were up more than 18% Thursday.
The change means that the app is now available on the app store for the 44% of smartphone users in the United States who have an Android device. Android users could previously access the platform through their web browser or through “side-loading” the application through the Truth Social website.
The app had previously been barred from the Google Play Store for violating Google’s guidelines for moderating user-generated content.
“Apps may be distributed on Google Play provided they comply with our developer guidelines, including the requirement to effectively moderate user-generated content and remove objectionable posts such as those that incite violence,” a Google spokesman said Wednesday.
Truth Social agreed to enforce content moderation and to remove and block users who publish posts that incite violence, according to Google.
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The platform was founded by Trump after he was banned from Twitter in January 2021 “due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” after hundreds of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol.
Shares of DWAC fell in early October when Elon Musk said he would buy Twitter. The billionaire has previously said that he would reinstate Trump’s account. The former president had over 80 million followers on Twitter, but he has only around 4 million on Truth Social.
Investors have cited these anemic numbers among their reasons for pulling funding from the DWAC-Trump Media merger. The company lost $138 million of its $1 billion private investment after a key deadline passed in September.
DWAC is currently pushing to extend the deadline for the merger, which is currently set for Dec. 8. The company needs 65% of shareholders to approve a yearlong extension, but it has thus far failed to get adequate support. Without the extension or the completion of the merger, DWAC would liquidate Dec. 8. The shareholder vote has been delayed until Nov. 3.
The deal is also the subject of a Justice Department probe into possible securities violations relating to undisclosed discussions between the companies prior to the merger announcement. A whistleblower and founder of Trump Media and Technology Group, Wiliam Wilkerson, flagged the potential violations to the SEC.
“One way or another, this company is going to go bankrupt,” Wilkerson recently told the Miami Herald. “I don’t think the company is going to be approved by the SEC.”
Trump Media has said the company is exploring legal action against the SEC for delaying the deal.
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Watch Live: House Jan. 6 Committee Hearing Expected To Focus On Trump
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How to watch the House Jan. 6 committee hearing
What: House Jan. 6 committee public hearing
Date: Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Location: U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
TV: CBS stations (Find your local station here)
Online stream: Live on CBS News in the player above and on your mobile or streaming device
Follow: Live updates on CBSNews.com
10:48 AM
What we learned so far in previous hearings
Jan. 6 hearings resume for what could be last public hearing 03:21
Committee aides would not say whether they had any further engagement with Trump or former Vice President Mike Pence about testifying. Pence said this summer that he’d “consider” testifying before the committee.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, the committee chair, said last month that the committee plans to put together an interim report in mid-October, with a final report to come before the end of the year, after the midterm elections.
The committee held a series of public hearings over the summer that were also broadcast nationally. The hearings showed never-before-seen video from the attack but also showed video testimony from Trump administration officials about his refusal to accept election results and plans by his allies to replace electors in battleground states that President Joe Biden won while also threatening local and state elections officials.
Thompson confirmed over the summer that the committee has been having “conversations” with the Justice Department about the phony elector plan. In the June 21 public hearing, committee member Rep. Adam Schiff said those fake electors ultimately met on Dec. 14, 2020, in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Nevada and Wisconsin, signing documents claiming they were duly elected electors from their state.
The committee said that GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin wanted to hand deliver alternate, fraudulent electors to Pence ahead of the joint session of Congress, according to texts the committee provided.
The hearings highlighted Trump and his allies’ pressure campaigns on different branches of government to overturn the 2020 election results, including the former president’s attempt to install environmental lawyer Jeffrey Clark at the helm of the Justice Department, attorney John Eastman’s argument to Pence that he had the power to override the Electoral College, and Rudy Giuliani’s attempts to influence local and state elections officials.
The hearings also featured in-person testimony from former Trump administration officials, a former Fox News political editor, a Capitol police officer, a rioter who pleaded guilty, among others.
The hearings included bombshell revelations about Trump’s reaction to the Jan. 6 attack.
Hutchinson and other former White House aides testified – both in person and on video testimony – that they knew Trump had lost the election and that pushing the narrative that he had won was a lie. Sarah Matthews, a former deputy press secretary, testified that as violence erupted at the Capitol, the press office was arguing over Trump’s response and seemed taken aback that a colleague didn’t want to condemn the rioting because doing so would be “handing a win to the media.”
“I couldn’t believe that we were arguing over this in the middle of the West Wing .. And so, I motioned up at the TV and said, ‘Do you think it looks like we’re f’ing winning? Because I don’t think it does,'” Matthews said.
In that same hearing, the committee played a never-before-seen video showing Trump rehearsing to give a statement on Jan. 7, 2021. Even after the mayhem of Jan. 6 and that Congress had certified the Electoral College count, Trump refused to say he had lost the election.
“I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack yesterday, and to those who broke the law, you will pay,” Trump said in the footage. “You do not represent our movement, you do not represent our country, and if you broke the law — can’t say that. I already said you will pay…”
“But this election is now over. Congress has certified the results,” he continued, before stopping and presumably addressing his aides. “I don’t want to say the election’s over. I just want to say Congress has certified the results without saying the election’s over.”
10:40 AM
How the hearing will unfold
Each of the committee’s nine members will present a portion. In a break from previous hearings, this hearing won’t feature any live witnesses. It will instead rely on video testimony from witnesses the committee has previously shown in its hearings, as well as witnesses who have not yet been seen by the public, committee aides said.
The committee will be presenting new information that includes evidence from hundreds of thousands of pages of documents turned over by the U.S. Secret Service after a July subpoena from the committee, as well as previously unseen video showing efforts to respond in real-time to the riot at the Capitol as it was unfolding, committee aides said.
“What you’re going to see is a synthesis of some evidence we’ve already presented with that new, never before seen information to illustrate Donald Trump’s centrality in the scheme from the time prior to the election,” a committee aide said.
Aides would not say if testimony from former Secret Service official Tony Ornato or agent Bobby Engel, both of whom were identified during the testimony of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, would be shown. Hutchinson testified on June 28 that Ornato told her that Trump had tried to grab the steering wheel of the presidential vehicle from Engel in an effort to get to the Capitol. Trump has denied that claim and has even mocked it at rallies since then. The Secret Service has disputed this account and has said both men would be willing to testify, but it is unclear of either has done so. Ornato retired from the Secret Service in August.
— Rebecca Kaplan and Caroline Linton
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Kamikaze Drones And Missiles Hit North And South Ukraine; Kremlin Denies Putin Discussed War 'settlement'
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U.S. has not had consular access to WNBA star Brittney Griner in over a month, State Department says
US’ Women’s National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, waits for the verdict inside a defendants’ cage before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on August 4, 2022.
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The U.S. State Department said that it has not had consular access to WNBA star Brittney Griner in over a month.
“Our most recent consular access with Brittney Griner was at the beginning of August,” State Department spokesman Ned Price confirmed.
“We continue to impart on the Russian government the necessity of consistent and regular consular access to Brittney Griner but also to all of those Americans who are detained in Russia whether they are detained wrongfully as Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner or if that designation has not been made,” Price added.
A Russian court will hear Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession on Oct. 25. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted in August on accusations that she was smuggling vape cartridges with cannabis oil into Russia.
The 31-year-old, who plays professional basketball in Russia during the WNBA offseason, admitted that she had the canisters in her luggage but testified that she accidentally packed them because she was in a rush.
The Biden administration has referred to her as “wrongfully detained” and has attempted to broker deals with the Kremlin for her release.
— Amanda Macias
Zelenskyy hails U.N. General Assembly vote condemning Russia’s attempt to annex parts of Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the 143 nations in the General Assembly that voted to condemn Russia for its attempt to annex four more areas of Ukraine.
“The world had its say – Russia Federation’s attempt at annexation is worthless and will never be recognized by free nations,” Zelenskyy tweeted.
The United Nations General Assembly voted to condemn Russia for its attempt to annex more areas of Ukraine. The final vote was marked as 143 in favor of the resolution, five nations against it and 35 abstentions.
Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson were part of Russia.
— Amanda Macias
U.S. citizen dies while fighting in Ukraine’s Donbas region, State Department says
People walk through the damage caused to the central market in Sloviansk by a suspected missile attack, on July 6, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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A U.S. citizen was recently killed while fighting in the Donbas region of Ukraine, a State Department spokesperson confirmed to NBC News.
“We are in touch with the family and are providing all appropriate assistance. Out of respect for the family’s privacy during this difficult time, we have nothing further to add,” the spokesperson added.
— Amanda Macias
Russian-installed official in Kherson asks for help to evacuate citizens
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks as separatist leader Vladimir Saldo of the Kherson region listens during a concert in support of the annexation of four Ukrainian regions at Red Square on September 30, 2022 in Moscow, Russia.
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The Russian-installed governor of Kherson called for Russia to help evacuate citizens as fighting in the region intensifies.
Vladimir Saldo said on Telegram Thursday that Ukraine was targeting the region with missile strikes every day and asked the Russian authorities for help in transporting families to Russia. Saldo said that Ukraine’s strikes were a retaliation for Kherson voting in a referendum to join the Russian Federation.
“We suggested that all residents of the Kherson region, if there is such a desire, to protect themselves from the consequences of missile strikes … go to other regions. First of all, these are Crimea, the Rostov region, the Krasnodar Territory, the Stavropol Territory — our neighbors. Take out your children and yourself,” Saldo said on Telegram.
“Turning to the leadership of the country, I would like to ask you for help in organizing such work. We, residents of the Kherson region, of course, know that Russia does not abandon its own people, and Russia always lends a shoulder where it is difficult.”
Sham referendums were held in Kherson and three other Russian-occupied regions last month with a majority of people in those regions seen as voting to join Russia, although the votes were widely seen as fake and illegal.
Saldo said Ukraine’s forces were “retaliating” as a result of the vote: “We knew that such decision would not be acknowledged by the Ukrainian authorities and we expected them to start retaliating against us. This is the way it turned out — every day cities are targeted by missile strikes.”
— Holly Ellyatt
Kremlin denies that Putin and Erdogan discussed war ‘settlement’
The Kremlin’s press secretary denied that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, discussed what he called a “Russian-Ukrainian settlement” to the war during their meeting in Kazakhstan Thursday.
Dmitry Peskov told Russian state news agency RIA Novosti that the leaders’ meeting lasted about an hour and a half but that “the topic of Russian-Ukrainian settlement was not discussed.”
It was widely expected that Turkey could use the meeting to formally offer to host peace talks between Russia and the West in a bid to end the war in Ukraine. Ankara has positioned itself as something of a broker between Russia and Ukraine during the conflict, helping to negotiate the restarting of grain shipments from Ukraine and prisoner swaps.
— Holly Ellyatt
Power largely restored in Ukraine, but grid operator warns of ‘a lot of work ahead’
Power has been almost entirely restored in Ukraine after a spate of Russian strikes on energy facilities earlier this week, according to the grid’s operator. National energy company Ukrenergo warned that it had more work to do to properly fix supplies, however.
“The employees of Ukrenergo are dead tired but very satisfied because they restored power supply after the largest attack on the power system of an independent country in world history,” Ukrenergo said in a post on Telegram.
Ukrenegro said that Russia’s attacks were the biggest of their type in modern history. “Before World War II, there were no such advanced power grids, and after World War II there were no such large-scale military attacks targeting power infrastructure.”
Power substation destroyed by a Russian missile attack, Kharkiv, north-eastern Ukraine.
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The energy operator also warned that while it has been able to restore lost power supplies, “this does not mean that we have restored everything that was destroyed and damaged.”
“We have found ways to provide current, but there is still a lot of work ahead,” it warned, asking Ukrainians to consume power wisely, especially at peak times in the morning and evening.
It noted that 700 Ukrenergo energy workers in 40 repair teams are working to restore networks 24/7. “Please help them – don’t turn on too much and don’t use many electrical appliances at the same time,” it added.
Ukraine halted the export of electricity to the EU (which began in July) earlier this week after multiple attacks targeted its energy infrastructure including thermal power plants and electricity substations. The government also called on Ukrainians to limit their energy use.
— Holly Ellyatt
Putin says Turkey ‘most reliable route’ for gas to the EU
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) meets President of Russia, Vladimir Putin (R) within the 22nd meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) leaders’ summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on September 16, 2022.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday that Turkey was the most reliable route to deliver gas to the European Union and proposed to build what he called a supply hub there.
Speaking at a bilateral meeting with President Tayyip Erdogan, Putin said energy supplies from Russia to Turkey were in “full flow” and in accordance with requests.
— Reuters
There ‘isn’t a risk’ of Ukraine running out of ammunition before Russia
U.K. Defense Minister Ben Wallace said Thursday that there isn’t a risk of Ukraine running out of ammunition before Russia does, if the war continues for a long time.
“No, there isn’t a risk,” Wallace told Sky News, saying a widely-sanctioned Russia had isolated itself by invading Ukraine while still relying on an external supply chain for its weapons manufacturing.
“They need a supply chain and large parts of the supply chain are not in Russia,” he said, with parts for weapons coming from all over the world, including Europe and even Ukraine itself.
There have been concerns that Western stockpiles of weapons and ammunition could run low and be hard to replenish in good time given Ukraine’s increasing need for military equipment, and the potential for the war to be long-lasting.
Earlier this week, Jeremy Fleming, the head of GCHQ, one of the U.K.’s intelligence agency, said that Russia’s supplies and weaponry were running low.
“We know — and Russian commanders on the ground know — that their supplies and munitions are running out,” Fleming said Tuesday. “Russia’s forces are exhausted. The use of prisoners to reinforce, and now the mobilization of tens of thousands of inexperienced conscrip...
Dow Rallies 600 Points In Huge Market Turnaround Following Hot Inflation Data
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Oil rallies with stock market
Oil was moving in step with the stock market, rising midday despite posting drops following consumer inflation data coming in hotter than expected in the morning.
Brent crude futures were up $1.65, or 1.8%, to $94.10 a barrel. That increase comes after sliding to a low of $91.19, which is a difference of about 3% from its current price, around 9 a.m. after the inflation data was released.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up 1.7%, which translates to $1.50, at $88.75 a barrel. It was previously down to a low of about $86.10 just before 10:30 a.m., which about 3% lower than its current trading level.
Precious metals also seesawed as investors digested the data.
— Alex Harring
Tech stocks rebound
Tech stocks rebounded after slumping earlier in the session on the back of another hot inflation report and dragging the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite down more than 3% at one point.
Shares of semiconductor stocks Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Micron Technology surged 2.2%, 3.5% and 3.9%, respectively, while Applied Materials jumped 4.5% despite its earlier revenue warning.
Big technology names Apple and Microsoft gained at least 1% each, while Salesforce and Meta Platforms held on to slight gains.
The move higher in tech contributed to the market’s broad comeback rally.
— Samantha Subin
Treasury yields ease off of morning highs
US Treasury yields have backed off their highs, likely helping the late-morning turnaround for stocks.
The 10-year Treasury yield had eased back to 3.968% after rising as high as 4.08% earlier in the session. Still, the yield was up about six basis points for the day. A basis point is equal to 0.01 percentage points.
Short-term yields have also pulled back from their highs, but they still show dramatic moves for the day. The 2-year Treasury yield was up about 16 basis points 4.447%. It had been up more than 20 basis points earlier.
—Jesse Pound
Seller exhaustion, peak inflation bet fueling the comeback, strategist says
The oversold stock market staged a massive comeback as investors bet that peak inflation is behind us, while strong corporate earnings also offered traders some solace, according to Adam Crisafulli, founder of Vital Knowledge.
“Stocks were crushed out of the gate, but they’ve since rebounded strongly thanks to seller exhaustion, a sense that actual inflation is already past its peak, and strong earnings,” Crisafulli said in a note.
— Yun Li
Banks rally, adding fuel to market rebound
Bank stocks rallied to help the broader market recover from the day’s lows and stage a massive comeback.
Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley were all up more than 2%. Citigroup gained 4%, and JPMorgan Chase climbed 3.2%.
The SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) gained 2%, on pace to snap a six-day losing streak.
— Fred Imbert
Stocks rebound from session lows
Stocks pared some losses Thursday, moving from session lows led by a few outperforming sectors.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 83 points, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq shed 0.78% and 1.43%, respectively.
The Dow was lifted by energy stocks, industrial names and big banks. Rising oil prices lifted energy companies such as Chevron. Walgreens Boots Alliance also jumped more than 3.5%. Banks Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan traded higher as well.
Domino’s Pizza also outperformed, helping lift stocks. The company jumped more than 8% after reporting a solid outlook.
—Carmen Reinicke
Any hope of Fed pivot is misplaced, Lazard’s Temple says
Today’s stronger than expected consumer price index reading is bad news for the Federal Reserve and investors hoping for a pivot away from rate hikes, according to Ron Temple, head of U.S. equity at Lazard Asset Management.
“This is not the inflation news the Fed wanted,” Temple said in a note. “Despite falling used car prices, rising housing costs continue to drive inflation higher.”
He pointed to parts of the report that are worrying.
“Rent and owners’ equivalent rent, very sticky forms of inflation, comprised over half of the increase in prices versus the prior month,” he said. “While there are signs that cost pressures for shelter have rolled over, we could continue to see pressure in future inflation readings given the lagging nature of measurement in the CPI.”
Overall, the report signals more rate hikes ahead.
“Bottom line: Hopes for a pivot by the Fed remain misplaced,” said Temple.
—Carmen Reinicke
Delta shares buck market after strong demand outlook
Delta Air Lines shares rose in morning trading after issuing a sunny outlook for business and leisure travel, particularly for international trips.
The carrier expects to post another profit in the fourth-quarter of the year, a sign consumers are still willing to pay relatively high fares to travel despite strong inflation.
Its shares were up 2% early in the session, compared with a 1% drop in the S&P 500.
—Leslie Josephs
Average rate on 30-year fixed mortgages reaches highest level since April 2002
The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage leapt to 6.92%, reaching its highest level in about 20 years according to Freddie Mac. Just a year ago, the average rate on these home loans was 3.05%.
Rates on 15-year fixed mortgages also ticked higher, averaging 6.09%, up from 2.30% a year ago.
The leap in home loan costs comes as the Federal Reserve continues its aggressive rate-hiking campaign to cool inflation. Indeed, the consumer price index gained 0.4% in September on a monthly basis and jumped 8.2% from a year ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
–Darla Mercado
Speculative stocks hit hard as rates spike
Speculative, growth-oriented stocks fell sharply on Thursday morning as Treasury yields spiked.
Coinbase dropped 10%, and Etsy fell more than 9%. Carvana and Datadog also fell more than the broader market, falling 6.8% and 5.6% respectively.
The rise in interest rates is particularly concerning for companies that do not have strong cash flows, because it means that it could be costly to raise more debt or roll over existing liabilities.
— Jesse Pound
Cryptocurrencies fall to October lows after CPI report
Cryptocurrency prices dropped on Thursday to new October lows after key U.S. inflation data came in hotter than expected. The price of bitcoin fell 4% to $18,388.00 and ether slid 6% to $1,216, according to Coin Metrics.
Cryptocurrencies have been trading mostly sideways since the end of August, with bitcoin hovering within $19,000. That’s been a key level to watch for analysts, who say a break below it could lead to new lows below those hit in June, when bitcoin fell below $17,800 and ether fell under $900.
— Tanaya Macheel
NYSE decliners lead advancers roughly 20-1 in early trading
The number of declining stocks at the New York Stock Exchange far outpaced advancers as traders fret over the latest U.S. inflation data.
About 2,660 NYSE-listed names traded lower to start the session, while just 160 advanced. In other words, roughly 20 stocks declined for every advancer.
— Fred Imbert
Hot inflation read shouldn’t be so surprising, Cramer says
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said still rising inflation was right under everyone’s noses and that the numbers have shown Thursday’s CPI data would be hot.
“Rents have gone up, the people who are selling houses have yet to break price, food is a factor of geography, it’s not going to come down. Wages can’t come down until we have more layoffs and there haven’t been, there’ve been remarkably few of them,” he said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” Thursday morning.
“I’ve been looking at the 2-year [U.S. Treasury yield] and thinking: haven’t people seen the momentum to go to 5%?” he added. “I’m a little aghast that people are aghast. If they actually look at the numbers… they would’ve seen it was going to be really hot.”
— Tanaya Macheel
Stocks open lower following CPI report
Stocks opened lower Thursday, continuing a slump that started after the September consumer price index report came in hotter than expected.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 500 points, or 1.73%. The S&P 500 slipped 2.10% and the Nasdaq Composite slumped 2.80%. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury spiked above 4% as bonds sold off – yields are inverse to price.
The report signaled that inflation remains persistent even as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates. Going forward, the central bank will likely continue its path of aggressive hikes.
—Carmen Reinicke
Traders bet Fed will get even more aggressive, market pricing in rate close to 5%
Traders are betting the Federal Reserve will now drive interest rates close to 5% before stopping its rate hikes next spring.
Fed funds futures showed rate expectations rising sharply after the September consumer price index showed inflation running at a hotter than expected 0.4% over August.
The market now expects the fed funds rate to reach 4.9% by April, up from about 4.65% Wednesday. “We’re adding in a full hike to the terminal rate from yesterday,” said Bleakley Advisory Group’s Peter Boockvar.
Futures for November priced in 100% expectations for a 75 basis rate hike in November, but futures also showed some traders were looking for a slightly higher 100 basis points hike. (A basis point equals 0.01 of a percentage point)
Boockvar said a 100 basis points (or a full percentage point) is not likely, but that the Fed could raise by 75 basis points in November and now 50 basis points in December. The market is pricing in a fed funds rate of 4.25% to 4.50% by the end of this year, he said.
“It’s not going to impact the next meeting, but it impacts the meetings after that. The futures going out a few months are just getting crunched,” said Wells Fargo’s Michael Schumacher. “I think the story is the Fed is going to stay pr...
Detulleo To Transition To Front Office At Season's End
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HUNTSVILLE, AL – The Huntsville Havoc have announced that head coach Glenn Detulleo will be retiring from coaching at the conclusion of the 2022-23 season.
Following his retirement, Detulleo will be transitioning into a front office role with the team as Executive General Manager. The upcoming season will be his 11th year at the helm in Huntsville already notching a total of 278 wins. Detulleo has led the Havoc to two championships during his time as head coach. He is also the longest-tenured and winningest coach in franchise history.
“Coaching in Huntsville over the last 10 seasons has been a dream come true,” Detulleo said. “My coaching career might be coming to an end, but I am thrilled to continue my journey with such a great organization.”
Upon Detulleo’s retirement, Assistant Coach Stuart Stefan will take over as head coach. He will become the seventh head coach in the Havoc’s 19-year existence. Stefan played seven seasons with the Havoc before becoming an assistant coach in 2018. As a player, Stefan scored 84 goals and tallied 164 assists for Huntsville. He was also a part of the team’s two most recent championships as a player as well as a coach.
“I have learned so much from Glenn and I’m extremely grateful for this opportunity.” Stefan said. “I’m excited to get to work and continue the winning tradition here in Huntsville.”
The Havoc begin their season on October 20th at Pensacola before returning to Huntsville on October 28th for the home opener.
Detulleo to Transition to Front Office at Season’s End – Huntsville Havoc
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Highest And Lowest Paying Education Jobs In Knoxville
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Stacker (WATE) — Whether you picture hard-working teachers buying school supplies for their students or genius professors shaping future leaders, it’s fair to say education encompasses a wide variety of jobs. So much so that there’s room to specialize and pursue your passion.
Historically, teachers’ pay is a rather contentious topic. The average teacher salary is about $2,000 less than a decade ago after adjusting for inflation. Despite this, many of these jobs are rewarding in more ways than one. In other words, education can be very lucrative—particularly within specialty fields.
Stacker compiled a list of the highest and lowest paying education jobs in Knoxville, TN using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage. Keep reading to discover the highest and lowest paying education jobs in your city.
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#39. Substitute teachers, short-term
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $22,940
– #382 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 350
National
– Annual mean salary: $38,410
– Employment: 374,620
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Prescott, AZ ($64,310)
— Appleton, WI ($63,310)
— Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL ($58,770)
#38. Teaching assistants, except postsecondary
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $26,020
– #355 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 2,820
National
– Annual mean salary: $31,760
– Employment: 1,187,270
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($46,390)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($45,080)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($42,820)
#37. Library technicians
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $27,990
– #335 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 90
National
– Annual mean salary: $39,070
– Employment: 73,000
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Olympia-Tumwater, WA ($61,740)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($59,950)
— Napa, CA ($57,890)
#36. Preschool teachers, except special education
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $31,330
– #337 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 710
National
– Annual mean salary: $36,460
– Employment: 391,670
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($49,990)
— Ocean City, NJ ($49,720)
— Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ ($49,560)
#35. Self-enrichment teachers
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $35,450
– #359 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 300
National
– Annual mean salary: $49,230
– Employment: 216,910
– Metros with highest average pay:
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($70,350)
— Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($66,650)
— Utica-Rome, NY ($63,470)
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#34. Tutors
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $42,790
– #75 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 260
National
– Annual mean salary: $41,780
– Employment: 147,100
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Pittsfield, MA ($82,910)
— Santa Fe, NM ($68,440)
— Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($60,110)
#33. Archivists
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $45,260
– #38 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40
National
– Annual mean salary: $61,880
– Employment: 6,120
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($84,080)
— Ann Arbor, MI ($79,270)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($75,800)
#32. Adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $52,170
– #112 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40
National
– Annual mean salary: $60,650
– Employment: 38,260
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ($96,640)
— Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($92,290)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($89,740)
#31. Kindergarten teachers, except special education
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $52,190
– #270 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 540
National
– Annual mean salary: $64,490
– Employment: 120,730
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($95,420)
— Kingston, NY ($92,160)
— Salinas, CA ($90,490)
#30. Special education teachers, middle school
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $53,000
– #244 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 200
National
– Annual mean salary: $68,860
– Employment: 79,070
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($117,940)
— Worcester, MA-CT ($94,630)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($94,140)
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#29. Elementary school teachers, except special education
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $53,800
– #334 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 2,830
National
– Annual mean salary: $67,080
– Employment: 1,329,280
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($92,860)
— Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($91,430)
— Salinas, CA ($91,280)
#28. Career/technical education teachers, secondary school
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $53,920
– #256 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 390
National
– Annual mean salary: $68,960
– Employment: 84,360
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($122,160)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($121,490)
— Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($115,060)
#27. Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $54,280
– #324 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,830
National
– Annual mean salary: $66,880
– Employment: 592,000
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Bakersfield, CA ($109,060)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($107,280)
— Yuba City, CA ($94,480)
#26. Curators
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $54,290
– #58 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40
National
– Annual mean salary: $63,880
– Employment: 11,030
– Metros with highest average pay:
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($96,990)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($94,020)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($86,680)
#25. Special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $54,550
– #285 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 490
National
– Annual mean salary: $67,090
– Employment: 187,070
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Salinas, CA ($102,210)
— Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($92,730)
— Chico, CA ($88,430)
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#24. Librarians and media collections specialists
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $55,020
– #275 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 340
National
– Annual mean salary: $64,180
– Employment: 127,790
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($94,230)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($89,990)
— Kennewick-Richland, WA ($89,220)
#23. Special education teachers, secondary school
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $56,000
– #271 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 310
National
– Annual mean salary: $70,100
– Employment: 145,690
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($110,320)
— Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($106,590)
— Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($103,540)
#22. Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $56,290
– #321 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 2,180
National
– Annual mean salary: $69,530
– Employment: 1,020,240
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($104,010)
— Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($101,980)
— Bakersfield, CA ($97,490)
#21. Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $56,580
– #192 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 200
National
– Annual mean salary: $63,130
– Employment: 105,440
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Santa Rosa, CA ($116,850)
— Champaign-Urbana, IL ($97,110)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($95,200)
#20. Instructional coordinators
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $58,070
– #384 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 310
National
– Annual mean salary: $70,560
– Employment: 184,740
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Salem, OR ($93,890)
— Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($93,760)
— Kennewick-Richland, WA ($91,430)
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#19. Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $62,320
– #80 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 90
National
– Annual mean salary: $88,260
– Employment: 20,850
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($147,650)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($129,190)
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($127,730)
#18. English language and literature teachers, postsecondary
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $64,550
– #135 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 240
National
– Annual mean salary: $82,680
– Employment: 58,480
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Visalia-Porterville, CA ($162,660)
— Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($145,980)
— Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($132,320)
#17. Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary
Knoxville, TN
– Annual mean salary: $64,710
– #70 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 110
National
– Annual mean salary: $82,990
– Employment: 19,640
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($149,170)
— Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($130,560)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($129,250)
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DraftKings Promo Code Thursday Night Football: Get $1050 In Bonuses And Bet $5 Win $200 On Commanders Vs. Bears
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