Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is continuing to hunt down and arrest Trump supporters who took part in the seditious conspiracy and insurrection by breaching the United States Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. A Pennsylvania man has been arrested this week on felony and misdemeanor charges for his…
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New York Woman Found Guilty of For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A New York woman has been found guilty on felony charges this week for her actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, for disrupting a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Maryann Mooney-Rondon, 56, of…
Six More Oath Keepers Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Obstruct Certification of the 2020 Presidential Election
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six more members of the right-wing Oath Keepers domestic terrorist group were found guilty in the District of Columbia this week for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and breach of the U.S. Capitol, which disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes…
Four More Oath Keepers Convicted of Sedition for Jan. 6 Insurrection
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four more members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia found themselves being declared guilty of seditious conspiracy on Monday by a D.C. jury for their roles in trying to halt the peaceful transfer of power in the United States for the first time, and prevent the rightful winner…
Attorney General Merrick Garland Should Bring the Hammer of Justice Down on Trump — Or Step Aside and Let Biden Appoint Someone Who Will
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the House Republicans get ready to launch a partisan, political investigation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Department of Justice, many Democrats and liberal commentators also find themselves wondering what in the hell is going on with Attorney General Merrick Garland. When Garland…
On Jan. 6 Second Anniversary, Insurrectionists Hold Congress Hostage from Within
Reward for Information About Capitol Hill Pipe Bomber Raised to $500,000 – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the eve of the second anniversary of the violent attack at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a seditious conspiracy and violent insurrection that was clearly an unsuccessful attempt to block the certification of…
Terrorism Threat Advisory Issued Across the United States
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States remains in a heightened threat environment, according to a terrorism advisory bulletin issued Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. “Lone offenders and small groups motivated by a range of ideological beliefs and/or personal grievances continue to pose a persistent and lethal threat,” the advisory…
Oath Keepers Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs Found Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy for Planning the Attack on the Capitol
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Finally after a trial that lasted more than two months and three days of jury deliberations, a guilty verdict was returned against Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs of the right-wing militia group the Oath Keepers on Tuesday for leading a seditious conspiracy to keep former President Donald Trump…
F.B.I. Headquarters Move Could be a Legacy Project for Greenbelt’s Congressman, Steny Hoyer
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some people say you shouldn’t talk about politics at family gatherings on holidays like Thanksgiving, as incendiary as that can be these days. But as power is shifting in the nation’s capital city and the Capitol building, and with juicy political plums to be plucked after Christmas, you…
Maryland Men Arrested on Felony Charges for Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two Maryland men have been arrested on felony charges for assaulting law enforcement officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and for disrupting a joint session of Congress to certify the electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020. Douglas Wyatt, 49, and his…
Tennessee Trump Supporter Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Assaulting DC Metro Cop Mike Fanone at Capitol on Jan. 6
Staff Report – A Tennessee Trump supporter was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on Thursday for dragging a police officer protecting the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, into an angry pro-Trump crowd that brutally assaulted the officer. Albuquerque Cosper Head, 43, who pleaded guilty in March to assaulting the D.C. Metro…
Proud Boys Leader Pleads Guilty To Seditious Conspiracy for Role in Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A former leader of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty this week to seditious conspiracy for his actions before and during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 while attempting to stop the peaceful transfer of power by disrupting a joint session of Congress convened to certify…
Pennsylvania Man Arrested on Felony Charges For Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Pennsylvania man nicknamed “JackTheTripper” has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges for assaulting a law enforcement officer and other illegal actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, disrupting a joint session of Congress certifying the Electoral College votes showing Democrat Joe Biden…
New Jersey Neo-Nazi Trump Supporter Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison
Staff Report – A New Jersey neo-Nazi Trump supporter who was one of the first insurrectionists to break into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — who testified under oath that he didn’t know Congress met there — was sentenced this week to four years in federal prison, according to a press release from…
New York Cop Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison For Assaulting Police at Capitol on Jan. 6
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A retired New York cop was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison this week for assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. It’s the longest sentence given to any Capitol riot subject to date. Thomas Webster,…
First Capitol Insurrectionist to Go On Trial Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison
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…
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…