Jacob Fischler, Ohio Capital Journal Two years after a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to undo Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election, Democrats in Congress on Friday vowed to remember the Capitol police officers who died, hold Trump accountable and prevent similar …
Read More »Biden Honors More Than A Dozen Americans For Upholding Democracy On Jan. 6
Ariana Figueroa, Nebraska Examiner On the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, President Joe Biden on Friday awarded citizen medals to 14 Americans who protected democracy and law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol. “Two years ago on Jan. 6 our democracy was attacked,” Biden …
Read More »D.C. Goes Into Jan. 6 Anniversary With Warnings About Extremism, Awards For Courage
Ariana Figueroa, Kansas Reflector On the eve of the second anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, congressional Democrats and dozens of veterans on Thursday in a press conference called on incoming House Republican leaders to condemn political violence and hold their members who supported the attack accountable for their actions. …
Read More »What The Criminal Referral Of Trump Means – A Constitutional Law Expert Explains The Jan. 6 Committee Action
Margaret M. Russell, Santa Clara University After 18 months investigating, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol held its final public meeting on Dec. 19, 2022. The panel recommended that the U.S. Department of Justice bring criminal charges against former President Donald …
Read More »Jan. 6 Committee Tackled Unprecedented Attack With Time-Tested Inquiry
Claire Leavitt, Smith College After 18 months, more than 1,200 interviews and 10 public hearings that presented 70 witnesses’ testimony, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack released its 845-page final report late on Dec. 22, 2022. The report recommended that the Department of Justice prosecute former …
Read More »House Jan. 6 Panel Report Finds Trump Incited Insurrection, Demands Accountability
Jacob Fischler, Arkansas Advocate The U.S. House Jan. 6 committee late Thursday published its findings in a nearly 850-page report that accused former President Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection and recommended Congress consider how to determine whether those found to be insurrectionists should be barred from holding office ever …
Read More »Report: Jan. 6 Panel ‘Extensively Cooperating’ With DOJ Trump Investigation
A federal investigation into former President Donald Trump appeared to enter a new phase this month, according to reporting Tuesday that the U.S. House panel probing the January 6 attack on the Capitol is “extensively cooperating” with Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to lead Trump investigations. Punchbowl News reported …
Read More »QAnon Follower Who Chased Officer On Jan. 6 Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison
A federal judge on Friday sentenced an Iowa man to five years in prison for leading the mob that chased U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman on Jan. 6, 2021. Douglas Jensen, of Des Moines, was convicted by a jury in September of five felony and two misdemeanor counts, including …
Read More »Trump Unleashes Deranged Rant as Jan. 6 Panel Plans to Recommend Criminal Charges
Former President Donald Trump took to his beleaguered social media app late Saturday to lash out against the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection following reports that the panel is planning to use its final meeting Monday to recommend criminal charges against the former president and 2024 White House …
Read More »New Petition Pressures US House Members Not to Seat GOP Insurrectionists in 2023
A pair of progressive advocacy groups launched a petition on Friday to pressure the U.S. House of Representatives not to seat returning members who supported the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. The petition, led by Free Speech for People and MoveOn, takes aim at three Republican members of …
Read More »Hawaii Proud Boys Founder, Texas Man Sentenced To Four Years In Prison
Two men – including the founder of the Hawaii chapter of the Proud Boys – were each sentenced today to four years in prison for their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of …
Read More »Jan. 6 Report Will Lay Out The ‘continuing’ Danger Facing The U.S.
With Republicans poised to take control of he U.S. House of Representatives in January, the committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will likely be dissolved in the coming weeks. But Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told constituents this week that the committee will issue a final report …
Read More »Oath Keeper Founder Stewart Rhodes Found Guilty Of Seditious Conspiracy In Jan. 6 Case
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, was convicted Tuesday by a federal jury of seditious conspiracy for his leading role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump and his “Big Lie” that the 2020 presidential election …
Read More »Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 7.5 Years In Prison For Assault On Former D.C. Police Officer
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 …
Read More »As Trump Issues ‘Sharply Self-Incriminating’ Subpoena Response, DOJ Urged to Act
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams As former President Donald Trump faced an onslaught of criticism and ridicule over his “rambling” 14-page response Friday to a subpoena from the U.S. House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, calls for action by the Department of Justice continued to mount. The …
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