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 …
Read More »Georgia Business Owner Sentenced to Nearly Five Years for Capitol Riot Assault
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 …
Read More »Supreme Court Questions DOJ’s Use of Obstruction Statute in Jan. 6 Case
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 …
Read More »Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn Announces Congressional Run in Maryland
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 …
Read More »Appeals Court Allows Capitol Police Officers’ Lawsuit Against Trump to Proceed
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 …
Read More »Former Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Sentenced To 22 Years
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 …
Read More »Proud Boy Who Caused Breach Of Capitol Sentenced To 10 Years
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 …
Read More »Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Charges He Tried to Overturn Election
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 …
Read More »Trump Indicted for Trying to Overturn 2020 Election
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday was indicted by a federal grand jury in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump—now the leading candidate for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination—faces four charges: conspiracy …
Read More »Trump Says He Has Been Told He Is A Target Of Special Counsel’s Jan. 6 Investigation
Jacob Fischler, Iowa Capital Dispatch Donald Trump has received a target letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith, he said Tuesday, indicating another indictment of the former president is likely over his role in encouraging the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump posted to his social media site, …
Read More »Jan. 6 Defendant Arrested With 2 Guns, Machete Near Obama’s D.C. Home
According to federal authorities, a Trump supporter, Taylor Taranto, who participated in storming the Capitol on January 6, 2021, was arrested near former President Barack Obama’s home. When he was arrested, he had two guns and 400 rounds of ammunition in his van, which he appeared to be living in. …
Read More »Senate Probe Finds DHS, FBI Ignored ‘Massive’ Amount of Intel Before Jan. 6 Insurrection
The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation “failed to fulfill their mission” by dismissing or downplaying ominous intelligence in the weeks and days leading up to the deadly January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, according to a Senate investigation …
Read More »‘Disturbing’: 12 Million US Adults Think Violence Is Justified to Put Trump Back in White House
Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams More than two years after the deadly January 6 insurrection, 12 million people in the United States, or 4.4% of the adult population, believe the use of violence is justified to restore former President Donald Trump to power, The Guardian reported Friday. This percentage has declined …
Read More »Green Beret-Turned-Oath Keeper With Jan. 6 Ties Sentenced To 7 Years
Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix Jeremy Brown, a self-described Oath Keepers member and lauded 20-year U.S. Army Special Forces soldier, was sentenced on Friday in Tampa to more than seven years in federal prison on weapons charges related to a federal investigation into his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 riot …
Read More »‘Nonsense!’: Jamie Raskin Rips Republicans Over Unending January 6 Lies
As right-wing politicians and pundits continue to peddle lies and conspiracies related to the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, Democratic Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin on Wednesday delivered a passionate rebuttal of Republicans’ “nonsense.” Speaking on the House floor, Raskin asserted that …
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