Dems fear Russia is using crypto to dodge sanctions.
JAN. 6 COMMITTEE LINKS TRUMP TO FRAUD CONSPIRACY The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol said in a 221-page court filing that evidence shows former President Donald Trump and his associates engaged in a "criminal conspiracy" to prevent Congress from certifying the election results. It's the committee's most formal effort to link Trump to a federal crime, although lawmakers do not have the power to bring charges on their own and can only make a referral to the Justice Department. [AP] MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE FLED UKRAINE SINCE RUSSIA INVASION The United Nations said more than 2% of Ukraine's population has been forced out of the country in the week since Russia invaded. Russian forces have kept up their bombardment of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-biggest city, and laid siege to two strategic seaports. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that the invaders would have "not one quiet moment" and described Russian soldiers as "confused children who have been used." [AP] DEMS RAISE ALARMS ABOUT RUSSIA USING CRYPTO TO DODGE SANCTIONS Democrats worry Russia could use cryptocurrencies to ease the impact of economic sanctions imposed to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine, which could lead Congress to act to rein in cryptocurrencies. "It is past time for all of us to lead on creating a regulatory environment in which we, rather than the world's despots, terrorists and money launderers benefit from the emergence of cryptocurrency," Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said. [HuffPost] SENATE HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR SUPREME COURT NOMINEE Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will begin March 21, keeping the Senate on track for a possible final vote next month. If confirmed, Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve as a justice in the court's 200-plus year history. [HuffPost] | | | GOV. DESANTIS BULLIES TEENS INTO TAKING OFF MASKS Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis scolded a group of high school students for wearing masks while they stood behind him during a news conference at the University of South Florida. "This is ridiculous," the visibly annoyed Republican said as he took the podium to speak about funding cybersecurity education opportunities through the university. [HuffPost] IT'S OFFICIAL: TRUMP'S 'IMPENETRABLE' BORDER WALL WAS AN EXPENSIVE FAILURE Trump's $15 billion wall was breached thousands of times in the areas where it was completed, with smugglers using cheap power tools available in retail stores, according to The Washington Post. One report last year found some smugglers were building effective ladders with about $5 worth of material. In another famous case, a stiff wind knocked over a wall segment. [HuffPost] BIDEN IS ALL OUT OF IDEAS FOR HOW TO PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS President Joe Biden devoted less than a minute of his State of the Union address to detail Democratic plans to counter a GOP offensive against voting rights. The nod to it felt almost obligatory, and suggests that the president and Democratic leaders are out of ideas on the fight Republican voter suppression efforts. Find out why in Travis Waldron's analysis. [HuffPost] FIRST CAPITOL RIOT TRIAL BEGINS Opening statements were delivered in the criminal trial of a Texas man charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, making him the first participant to stand trial. Guy Reffitt has pleaded not guilty to five felony counts, including illegally bringing a firearm to Capitol Hill last year. [HuffPost] STATES LAUNCH PROBE INTO TIKTOK'S EFFECT ON KIDS' HEALTH States led by California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee and Vermont have launched an investigation into TikTok and its possible harmful effects on young users' mental health. Government officials and child-safety advocates maintain that TikTok's computer algorithms pushing video content to users can promote eating disorders and even self-harm and suicide to young viewers. [AP] | | | Does somebody keep forwarding you this newsletter? — Subscribe here! ©2021 HuffPost BuzzFeed, Inc 111 E 18th St, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates
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