Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two former leaders of the right-wing, pro-Trump Proud Boys organization were sentenced to long prison terms this week for seditious conspiracy and acts of terrorism for their leading roles in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rudi Giuliani is liable for defaming two Georgia election workers by repeatedly declaring they mishandled ballots while counting votes in Atlanta during the 2020 election, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell ruled that the liable case against Giuliani may now proceed to the damages…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three more Trump supporters from Ohio, California and Kentucky have been found guilty or pleaded guilty to federal crimes for attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, disrupting a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Ohio Man Found Guilty of…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump and 18 others were indicted by an Atlanta grand jury on Monday in a vast racketeering case, accusing Trump and some of his former top aides of orchestrating a “criminal enterprise” to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. The 41-count indictment,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four more Trump supporters have been tracked down, arrested and charged for attacking the United State Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, actions that threatened to disrupt a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Florida Man and Woman Arrested…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A New York man was recently sentenced for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, actions that threatened to disrupt a Joint Session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Thomas F. Sibick, 37,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three more Trump supporters have been arrested and charged with federal crimes for attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, actions that disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Missouri Man Arrested on Felony and Misdemeanor Charges for Actions…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump pleaded ‘not guilty’ on Thursday to charges that he conspired to overturn the presidential election of 2020, appearing before Federal Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya not far from the United States Capitol where a mob of his supporters stormed the building in a violent effort…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six more Trump supporters were found guilty or pleaded guilty in the past week on felony charges for actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, actions that ultimately disrupted a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential…
By Glynn Wilson – Public Opinion Analyst – WASHINGTON, D.C. — American public approval of the United States Supreme Court remains the lowest in public opinion history as this conservative majority of 6-3 made up of Trump and Bush appointees continues its onslaught of rulings upending decades of established precedent. The latest public approval rating…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five more Trump supporters were arrested and charged in the past week for their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Two men from Florida…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three more Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 have been sentenced to federal prison for their crimes on that day. A Maryland man was sentenced on multiple felony and misdemeanor convictions for his actions during the Capitol breach, actions which disrupted a joint session of…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As word leaked out from Donald Trump himself that he was about to be indicted for trying to remain in office after losing the 2020 election and for inciting a violent insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to halt the peaceful transfer of power, it was revealed…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Pennsylvania woman was found guilty of eight felonies and one misdemeanor charge related to her actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, which disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Rachel Marie Powell, 41, of Sandy Lake,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trump supporters from Georgia and Kentucky were recently arrested on felony charges for actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Phillip Crawford, 47, of Douglasville,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Alabama man pleaded guilty in federal court this week for charges related to his actions during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Kaleb Dillard, 27, of…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Illinois man who stole a framed photograph from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the attack on the Capitol was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison this week on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 that…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Florida woman was sentenced this week on multiple felony charges, including assaulting law enforcement officers, related to her actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 which disrupted a joint session Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020.…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Florida member of the right-wing Proud Boys militia group was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison on Wednesday, July 12 for obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting police officers during the violent attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Daniel Lyons Scott, 29, of Englewood,…
In lavishing gifts on the Supreme Court justice, the billionaire GOP donor may have violated tax laws, according to tax experts – By Paul Kiel – ProPublica For months, Harlan Crow and members of Congress have been engaged in a fight over whether the billionaire needs to divulge details about his gifts to Supreme Court…
