Tag Archives: Capitol Riot

The Tennessee man who dragged former DC Police Officer Michael Fanone into the mob on Jan. 6 was sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in prison for initiating one of the most violent assaults on law enforcement that day. Albuquerque Cosper Head, a construction worker from Johnson City, Tennessee, pleaded …

An Iowa man pleaded guilty Thursday to taking part in the savage attack on DC Police Officer Michael Fanone during the 2021 Capitol riot. Kyle James Young, 37, of Redfield, Iowa, appeared virtually before U.S. District Judge Amy B. Jackson to enter his plea of guilty to one felony count …

A federal jury returned a unanimous verdict on Monday that found a longtime former officer of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) guilty of all charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol. Thomas Webster, a Marine Corps veteran and 20-year member of the NYC police …

An Idaho man was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison Friday for assaulting police during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot in Washington, D.C. Duke Edward Wilson, 68, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in September to assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers or employees …

A Florida man was sentenced on Friday to just over 5 years in prison for assaulting law enforcement officials with dangerous weapons during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6. Robert Palmer is the first Jan. 6 defendant to be sentenced on the charge of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers using a …

Saturday, Nov. 6, marked 10 months since the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of affirming the presidential election results. The government continues investigations into losses that resulted from the breach of the Capitol, including damage to the …

A Texas woman who boasted about not going to jail for her role in the Capitol riot has now been sentenced to two months behind bars. Real estate agent Jenna Ryan received the sixty-day sentence on Thursday after initially pleading guilty on August 19th to one misdemeanor count of parading, …

A federal judge sentenced two Ohio men to 45 days behind bars Wednesday for their role in the Capitol riot, saying the two men had attempted to undermine one of the country’s “bedrock acts.” Derek Jancart and Erik Rau appeared before U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to be sentenced on …

A Youtuber that participated in the January 6 insurrection went on a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republican members of Congress on Tuesday night. Anthony Aguero was seen on videos and pictures with Republican lawmakers at the border. Aguero was heard translating conversations …

Republican Rep. Mo Brooks was served with a federal lawsuit filed in March by Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, accusing him of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Brooks confirmed Sunday. Brooks, the Republican House representative for Alabama, said via Twitter that the lawsuit had been served while …

Two tech industry organizations have filed a lawsuit against Florida over their new social media law. NetChoice and the CCIA — which represent Amazon, Google, Intel, Samsung, Facebook, and other tech giants, say the ‘Stop Social Media Censorship Act’violates private companies’ constitutional rights. They’re asking a court to prevent the …

Nearly five months after being deployed to the U.S. Capitol to secure the U.S. Capitol compound after the Jan. 6 insurrection, National Guard troops were set to leave and turn over security of the area to Capitol Police. Guard troops, their mission ending Sunday, were expected to be leaving on …

Authorities have seized around $90,000 from an individual who sold footage of the Jan 6 Capitol riot. The video he captured shows the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt, according to court filings. Prosecutors have lodged additional criminal charges against John Earle Sullivan, a self-identified political activist who stands accused of going into the Capitol and engaging in …

The FBI is currently looking into roughly 2,000 domestic terrorism cases following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. On Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray said his agents are pursuing cases that involve domestic terrorism, highlighting that since 2017, the number of arrests and investigations by the FBI …

This week the Justice Department charged six additional individuals associated with the Oath Keepers for conspiring to obstruct the United States Congress’s certification of the result of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, among other charges. The charges are an expansion of an existing conspiracy case charging three Oath Keeper members, …