January 6th Insurrection

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, discussed the legality of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into President Trump’s role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection with former DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith.   In his remarks, Senator Welch emphasized how President Trump’s repeated falsehoods about…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, joined U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in demanding answers about the Trump Administration’s awarding of millions in federal contracts to Event Strategies, Inc. (ESI), the event management firm that organized the rally used to…

Welch: “Let me say this clearly, let me say it slowly, and let me say it directly: President Trump has, since January 6th, pursued an all-out effort to continue his dispute that he lost that election.”    WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a subcommittee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch…

Tuesday marks the five-year anniversary of the Capitol riots  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) tonight joined his Senate Democratic colleagues in holding the floor to honor the law enforcement who protected the Capitol during the January 6, 2021 insurrection, and warn against…

On five-year anniversary of January 6 Capitol insurrection, the Senators’ bills would prevent the Trump Administration from handing out millions in taxpayer funds to Capitol rioters WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the fifth anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of…