By Glynn Wilson – Guy Wesley Reffitt, the first Trump insurrectionist to face trial in the massive criminal investigation into the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, was sentenced by a federal judge on Monday to more than seven years in federal prison, the longest sentence to date. Judge Dabney L. Friedrich handed down a…
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Steve Bannon Found Guilty of Contempt of Congress for Refusing to Cooperate with the Capitol Attack Investigation
By Glynn Wilson – He might see himself as an Ollie North, or a G. Gordon Liddy. No matter. A jury in Washington, D.C. found Steve Bannon guilty as charged on Friday on two counts of contempt of Congress, for refusing to cooperate in the Capitol attack investigation by turning over documents and testifying under…
Steve Bannon Shows Up for Court With a Haircut, a Shave and a Smile
Pressure Mounts on Justice Department to Bring Charges Against Trump
By Glynn Wilson — ANALYSIS – The pressure on the United States Department of Justice to bring charges against Donald Trump for inciting a violent insurrection and leading a seditious conspiracy to overturn a democratic election just got turned up by degrees on Sunday on the eve of Independence Day when Liz Cheney went on…
Why 18-Year-Olds in Texas Can Buy AR-15s but Not Handguns
The massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, highlights disparities in how federal laws regulate rifles and handguns. The shooter bought two rifles days after his 18th birthday. By Kiah Collier and Jeremy Schwartz – ProPublica and The Texas Tribune – Co-published with ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. The fact that the gunman responsible…
Maryland Man Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison For Offenses Committed During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Maryland man who was among the youngest charged with participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Tuesday to nearly three years in prison. Matthew Ryan Miller, 23, of Cooksville, Maryland, was sentenced in the District of Columbia for assaulting law enforcement officers and…
Trump’s First Amendment Lawsuit Against Twitter Dismissed by Federal Judge
The First Amendment Guarantee of ‘Free Speech’ Only Applies to Government Censorship, Not Moderation by Private Social Media Companies – By Glynn Wilson – In an important ruling that should make it clear to the American people why the Constitutional right of free speech does not apply to private companies, including social media platforms like…
Proud Boys Member Pleads Guilty to Felony for Offenses Committed During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Trump supporter from Missouri and an admitted member of the right-wing domestic terrorist group the Proud Boys pleaded guilty this week in federal court to a felony charge for obstructing police during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions disrupted a joint session…
Florida Trump Supporter Arrested and Charged For Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Another Trump supporter from Florida was arrested and charged this week for assaulting police officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob breached the building and disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying the electoral votes confirming Joe Biden as president.…
Reward Offered for Trump Supporter From Florida Involved in Capitol Insurrection
Virginia Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Felony Conspiracy – New Mexico Man Found Guilty – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A reward of $15,000 is being offered in exchange for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Jonathan Daniel Pollock, 23, of Lakeland, Florida, for his role in connection with the violence at…
Wisconsin Trump Supporter Arrested and Charged for Assaulting Police During Capitol Insurrection
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Trump supporter from Wisconsin was arrested last week for assaulting police and using a deadly or dangerous weapon during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted the peaceful transfer of power by delaying a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying…
Trump Supporter from New York Arrested and Charged With Assault During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Trump supporter from New York was arrested this week for assaulting police during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted the peaceful transfer of power and delated a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying the electoral votes that showed Joe…
Trump Supporters from Idaho, Texas and Florida Taken Down for Assaulting Police, Obstructing Congress and Conspiracy in Capitol Insurrection
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The radical domestic terrorists who got sucked into Donald Trump’s insurrectionist message against a legitimate election and followed the former president into the violent breach of the citadel of American Democracy on Jan. 6, 2021, are being taken out one by one and shown the inside of federal…
Department of Justice Announces Four More Arrests in Capitol Insurrection
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice announced four more arrests of Trump supporters involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection in the past week from Maryland, Tennessee, Texas and Michigan. A Maryland man was arrested this week on charges stemming from the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,…
Trump Could Face Criminal Conspiracy and Obstruction Charges
Select Committee Plans Public Hearings in April – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol indicated for the first time on Wednesday that there was enough evidence to charge former President Donald Trump and some of his allies with conspiracy to commit fraud…
Minnesota Cops Convicted of Civil Rights Violations for Death of George Floyd
Staff Report – ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal jury in St. Paul, Minnesota found three former police officers guilty of federal civil rights offenses this week for their involvement in the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 that sparked international outrage and spawned a movement of protest against racist, corrupt cops who…
Trump Supporters from Massachusetts and Georgia Arrested For Assaulting Cops During Capitol Insurrection
Staff Report – WASHINGTON. D.C. — A Massachusetts man was arrested this week for assaulting police during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying the electoral votes confirming Joe Biden as the winner in the presidential election of 2020. Vincent…
Peanut Butter, Chewing Gum Spy Pleads Guilty to Selling Nuclear Sub Secrets
By Glynn Wilson — WASHINGTON, D.C. — It shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that being offered payment in cryptocurrency to hide nuclear submarine secrets in a peanut butter sandwich and a chewing gum package might be an under cover agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, not a spy for Russian dictator…
Virginia Man Arrested and Charged For Assault on Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Virginia man was arrested Thursday for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of counting the electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020. Markus Maly, 47, of Fincastle, Virginia, is…
U.S. Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force Makes First Arrests
Texas Man Arrested for Making Election-Related Threats to Government Officials – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Department of Justice has pivoted in its investigation of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to arresting and charging alleged domestic terrorists who pose a continuing threat to elections. In the first criminal case…