Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Tuesday warned Americans not to allow Republicans to "pretend" that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan wasn't "set in motion" by former President Trump and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Why it matters: This week marks one year since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan, an event that kick-started a… Read more

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) praised witnesses who appeared before the Jan. 6 committee on which he serves. In doing so, he took a shot at the men in his own party. Appearing on Wednesday’s edition of The Lead on CNN, Jake Tapper asked the congressman about anonymous claims made by sources contradicting testimony given to the committee under oath. Cassidy… Read more

When Adam Kinzinger came to Congress in 2011, the 32-year-old Air Force vet was considered a rising star in the GOP. Today he’s persona non grata within his own party. The Illinois lawmaker, among the few House Republicans who have been deeply critical of former President Donald Trump, is one of only two on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.… Read more

Adam Kinzinger remembers what it was like to be the cool kid, the youngest star of the conservative revolution in 2010. “I was one of his favorites early on,” the Illinois Republican recalled.   Kinzinger was referencing the current House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who a dozen years ago, as a junior member of Republican leadership, helped recruit… Read more

Every American, especially those who have not yet done so, should make the time to watch the televised hearings of the bipartisan House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6th attack.     On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., is scheduled to lead the fifth hearing, which will focus on then-President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on the Justice… Read more

Rep. Adam Kinzinger is sharing a firsthand look at the threats he and his family have received since he became an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump. On Sunday, the Republican shared a threatening letter on Twitter that had been addressed to his wife, Sofia Boza-Holman — a former communications staffer for then-Vice President Mike… Read more

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), a vocal critic of former President Trump, said that some churches have changed from institutions that worshiped God to institutions that worshipped Trump. Kinzinger, who is one of only two Republicans sitting on the House select committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021, tweeted a video clip of remarks that he made at a conference in… Read more

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), one of the two Republican members of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, said on Sunday that he thinks former President Trump knew that he lost the 2020 presidential election ahead of the rioting.  “I think if anybody truly believed after … what the attorney general says, for instance, after what… Read more

Washington — Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of the Republicans who sits on the House select committee examining the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, said Sunday that the panel will unveil evidence in upcoming hearings that Republican members of Congress sought pardons from former President Donald Trump in his final weeks in office. "We're not going to make accusations or say things… Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Adam Kinzinger started his congressional career in 2011 pretty much as a party line GOP conservative from a district outside of Chicago rarely in the big city news.     Kinzinger, 44, will end it in January — he’s not running again — known nationally as a crusader against extremism. He is one of only two Republicans — along with Rep. Liz Cheney of… Read more