‘Retribution process on steroids’: Rep. Bennie Thompson on Trump’s first week
In his first week back in office, Donald Trump pardoned every single person charged with a crime in connection to the January ...
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Congressman Thompson responds to federal aid suspension
Democratic congressman Bennie Thompson shares his thoughts on funding for federal aid being halted ...
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Bennie Thompson: A Mississippi icon is leaving an enduring legacy
In the histories of Mississippi's political history, few figures loom as large as Congressman Bennie G. Thompson. As the ...
Biden pre-emptively pardons Mississippi's Bennie Thompson of House Jan. 6 panel
President Biden pre-emptively pardoned Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House Jan. 6 committee, hours before ...
Jan. 6 lawmakers say pardons given ‘not for breaking the law but upholding it’
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the two leaders of the now-disbanded Jan. 6 committee, ...
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J6 Committee Members Who Insisted Biden Shouldn’t Hand Out Pardons End Up Accepting Clemency After All
The nine former members of the January 6 Select Committee appeared to accept preemptive pardons issued by former President ...
Congress Failed to Renew Critical Funding Program for Rural Schools
Majority-Black, rural school districts in Mississippi like the one where Jacqueline Brown has taught for 17 years cannot ...
Biden pardons Rep. Bennie Thompson, others in an effort to guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump
WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, Mississippi Rep. Bennie ...
Liz Cheney responds to last-minute pardon from Joe Biden
Former Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Bennie Thompson, who were both on the House committee investigating the attack on Jan. 6, ...
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Biden pre-emptively pardons Mississippi's Bennie Thompson of House Jan. 6 panel
Democratic Mississippi Congressmen Bennie Thompson, though not expressly named in the pardon, was the chair of the Jan. 6 House committee. "On January 6, 2021, American democracy was tested when a ...