Tag Archives: January 6

President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics was on the Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, appearing in multiple videos of the crowd taken shortly before rioters breached the building. The White House insists the nominee, conservative economist E.J. Antoni, was merely a bystander …

Edward Kelley, a convicted Jan. 6 rioter who orchestrated a plot to murder FBI agents, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, following a federal judge’s ruling that President Donald Trump’s pardon did not apply to his post-insurrection conspiracy to assassinate law enforcement officers. Kelley, who was found guilty …

U.S. Senate Republicans Tuesday blocked a resolution condemning pardons for supporters of President Donald Trump who violently attacked and injured police officers when they broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Democratic Sen. Patty Murray requested unanimous consent for the resolution on the floor but was met with opposition …

Democratic and independent U.S. senators introduced a resolution Monday to condemn President Donald Trump’s clemency for the rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, injuring numerous law enforcement officers and sending lawmakers into hiding as they tried to certify the 2020 presidential election results. Senate Minority Leader Chuck …

Vice President-elect JD Vance addressed the contentious issue of pardons for January 6 Capitol riot participants, revealing a more cautious stance compared to President-elect Donald Trump. During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Vance differentiated between peaceful protesters and violent offenders, signaling that his administration will take a nuanced approach …

The FBI is intensifying efforts to identify the individual who placed pipe bombs near the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2021. Nearly four years later, the suspect remains unidentified despite extensive investigative efforts. In a renewed plea for public …

A Kansas City, Missouri, man who pleaded guilty to entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and expects a pardon from President-elect Donald Trump will be allowed to attend Trump’s inauguration, a federal judge ordered Thursday. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who presided over Trump’s election subversion case in …

Jimmy Williams On Tuesday, a group of House Democrats urged Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from any future cases related to the January 6 Capitol attack and the 2020 presidential election. This call follows recent New York Times reporting that highlighted a photograph taken less than two …

Jimmy Williams A Georgia business owner, Jack Wade Whitton, received a nearly five-year prison sentence for his role in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. Whitton was convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers during the insurrection, including striking an officer with a metal crutch and dragging him into the …

Jimmy Williams Supreme Court Justices expressed concerns on Tuesday about the Justice Department’s use of an obstruction statute to charge individuals involved in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The case could impact the prosecution of former President Donald Trump for his alleged role in election interference. Defendant …

Jimmy Williams In a bold move, former US Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, a prominent figure in the aftermath of the January 6, 2021, attack, has confirmed his candidacy for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District. Dunn, who testified about the events of January 6 to the House select committee, hopes to …

Jimmy Williams A federal appeals court has given the green light for a lawsuit filed by a group of U.S. Capitol Police officers against former President Donald Trump to move forward. The lawsuit centers on Trump’s alleged actions during the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. The three-judge …

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys, has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for his involvement in the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. This is the longest sentence handed down in a January 6th case so far, surpassing the 18-year sentence given …

Dominic Pezzola, a Marine Corps veteran and Proud Boy who played a key role in the January 6th Capitol breach by using a stolen police riot shield to break a window, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Pezzola was convicted in May alongside four other members of the …

In a courtroom in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to charges related to his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election and incitement of the attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Trump, who is the frontrunner in the Republican primary …