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Jan. 6 committee delivers surprise before midterm elections: Washington Photos of the Week

By Graeme Jennings

The House Jan. 6 select committee convened for its last hearing before the midterm elections in the highest-profile event this week on Capitol Hill.

The panel voted Thursday unanimously to issue a surprise subpoena for former President Donald Trump to testify about the Capitol riot they allege he started with his false election claims and by beckoning backers to Washington to disrupt the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory. A defiant Trump denounced the committee Friday as “highly partisan political Hacks and Thugs” while repeating baseless claims the 2020 election was “rigged and stolen.”

The committee also released new behind-the-scenes video of the Capitol riot response that showed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and then-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) working the phones to get more law enforcement and military support to control the mob destroying the Capitol.

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Meanwhile, the Senate returned for work on passing the National Defense Authorization Act, the major defense policy bill. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) was in attendance before being admitted to the hospital on Thursday for not feeling well. Leahy, 82, was discharged on Friday.

Not too far from the Capitol, the Big Board restaurant filed a lawsuit against Washington, D.C., for temporarily shutting down the burger shop and pub for violating the district’s COVID-19 mandates. The H Street restaurant was championed by Republicans, including Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), earlier this year after owner Eric Flannery defied the district’s vaccine and masking protocols.

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Here’s a look at scenes from around the Capitol the week of Oct. 10, captured by Washington Examiner photographer Graeme Jennings.

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and the Jan. 6 committee demand accountability from former President Donald Trump

The US House Select Committee convenes a hearing to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2022.
The House select committee.
The US House Select Committee convenes a hearing to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2022.
The House select committee.
The US House Select Committee convenes a hearing to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2022.
The House Select Committee convenes a hearing to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 13, 2022.
The US House Select Committee convenes a hearing to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2022.
The House select committee.
The US House Select Committee convenes a hearing to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2022.
The House select committee.


Senators return from recess for work on passing the national defense bill

Senator Jack Reed, D-RI, takes questions from reporters on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, October 10, 2022, about the possibility and implications of Russia using nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war, The Senate came back in session today from recess to work on the annual defense authorization bill
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) takes questions from reporters.
Senator Jack Reed, D-RI, takes questions from reporters on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, October 10, 2022, about the possibility and implications of Russia using nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war, The Senate came back in session today from recess to work on the annual defense authorization bill
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT).

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) briefly hospitalized after feeling unwell

Senator Pat Leahy, D-VT, arrives on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, October 11, 2022. The Senate's longest-serving member, 80-year-old Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, was taken to a hospital Tuesday evening for observation after not feeling well.
Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT).. The Senate’s longest-serving member, 82-year-old Leahy, was taken to a hospital Tuesday evening for observation after not feeling well.


Big Board sues D.C. over COVID-19 shutdown

Big Board owner Eric Flannery and lawyer Robert Alt on Oct. 13, 2022, at the H Street restaurant. Big Board sued Washington DC for COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates.
Big Board owner Eric Flannery and lawyer Robert Alt on Thursday at the H Street restaurant. Big Board sued Washington, D.C., for COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates.

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