In the histories of Mississippi's political history, few figures loom as large as Congressman Bennie G. Thompson. As the longest-serving Black elected official in the state and the sole Democrat ...

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairs the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol during a public hearing on Oct. 13, 2022 in Washington DC.. Thompson responded before ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Rep. Bennie Thompson, who led a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, said there's been an "uptick" in threating calls against members of Congress since President Donald Trump ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Rep. Bennie Thompson, who led a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, said there's been an "uptick" in threating calls against members of Congress since President Donald ...

Thompson’s statement comes just days after former President Joe Biden issued a pardon for him and other members of the House committee. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), the former chair of the ...

Among the pardons, were those who were members of the Jan. 6 Select Committee. Democratic Mississippi Congressmen Bennie Thompson, though not expressly named in the pardon, was the chair of the Jan. 6 ...

It was led by U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Republican Liz Cheney, who later pledged to vote for Democrat Kamala Harris and campaigned with her. The committee’s final report found that ...

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 ...