by Jacob Fischler, Virginia Mercury The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol will launch the first in a series of public hearings Thursday night in the hopes of drawing a major prime-time national television audience. The Democratic-led committee, which includes two Republicans who …
Read More »Five Proud Boys Indicted On Seditious Conspiracy Charges
A federal grand jury returned a new indictment on seditious conspiracy charges Monday against five accused Proud Boys leaders – upping the ante in one of the Justice Department’s most high-profile Jan. 6 cases. The five defendants in the case – Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Dominic Pezzola, and …
Read More »Former Trump Aide Peter Navarro Indicted For Contempt Of Congress
Former White House advisor Peter K. Navarro has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of contempt of Congress stemming from his failure to comply with a subpoena issued by the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 breach of the United States Capitol. Navarro, 72, is …
Read More »Jan. 6 Investigators Want Rep. Loudermilk To Explain Pre-Attack Capitol Tour
by Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder The U.S. House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Thursday asked Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia to appear before the committee to answer questions about a tour of the Capitol that Loudermilk gave the day before the assault. …
Read More »Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas 5 GOP Members Who Declined To Testify
by Jacob Fischler, Florida Phoenix May 12, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol subpoenaed five Republican House members Thursday who the panel believes have knowledge of the events leading up to the attack, including communication with then-President Donald Trump. The …
Read More »Judge Rules Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Can Stay On Ballot
A Georgia judge on Friday ruled that GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene can stay on the ballot for the state’s 14th Congressional District following a challenge to her reelection candidacy. A group of Georgia voters had argued that Greene was not eligible to run for reelection under the “disqualification clause” …
Read More »Iowa Man Pleads Guilty To Assaulting Police Officer During Capitol Riot
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 …
Read More »Former NYPD Officer Convicted Of Assault In Jan. 6 Riot
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 …
Read More »Former Virginia Police Officer Found Guilty In January 6 Trial
A jury issued a unanimous verdict of guilty on all counts Monday for a former Virginia police officer charged in the January 6 Capitol riot. Thomas Robertson, 49, of Ferrum, Virginia, was found guilty of a total of six charges following a trial in the District of Columbia. The jury found …
Read More »Proud Boys Leader Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy; Will Cooperate With Government
A leader of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty on Friday to felony charges for his actions before and during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Charles Donohoe, 34, of North Carolina, pleaded guilty to two felony counts, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting …
Read More »House Votes To Hold Trump Advisors Navarro, Scavino In Contempt of Congress
Former President Donald Trump‘s advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino were held in contempt of Congress on Wednesday, for failing to comply with the House committee probing the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Navarro, a top trade adviser to the Republican former president, and Scavino, who was deputy chief of staff, …
Read More »Man Who Brought Guns, Molotov cocktails To Capitol Hill On Jan. 6 Sentenced To 46 Months
An Alabama man was sentenced to 46 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to bringing a truck full of firearms, explosives and other weapons to Washington, D.C., ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Lonnie L. Coffman, 72, of Falkville, was sentenced Friday to nearly …
Read More »Trump ‘more likely than not’ Committed Crimes Trying To Overturn 2020 Election
A US District Judge ruled that the House committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol has a right to see emails written to former President Donald Trump by one of his former lawyers, John Eastman, and that “based on the evidence, the Court finds it more likely than not …
Read More »Ginni Thomas, Wife Of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Attended ‘Stop The Steal’ Rally On Jan. 6
Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has for the first time, in an interview with The Washington Free Beacon acknowledged that she attended the January 6 ‘Stop The Steal’ rally that preceded the attack on the U.S. Capitol, but she left before things turned violent. She was too …
Read More »First U.S. Capitol Rioter To Stand Trial Convicted On All Counts
Guy Reffitt, the Texas Three Percenter who is the first U.S. Capitol rioter to stand trial, was convicted by a jury Tuesday of five felony counts stemming from the January 6 attack on the Capitol. A federal jury in Washington, D.C. deliberated for roughly three hours before they found Reffitt …
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