Extremists

CNN reports: Police in Washington, DC, are investigating an allegation that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones threatened to push a pro-Trump political organizer off of an event stage in December, according to people familiar with the incident. The allegation was filed with DC police by Kylie Jane Kremer, executive director of the organization Women for America First, a group that helped …

Reuters reports: The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it expects to file criminal charges against more than 100 additional people who allegedly participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in what it described as probably the most complex investigation it has ever handled. More than 300 people already face charges stemming from the siege, which left …

The Washington Post reports: The Justice Department and FBI are gathering evidence to try to build a large conspiracy indictment against members of the Oath Keepers for their roles in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to people familiar with the matter, but the group’s sometimes fractious and fantasy-laden internal workings may complicate efforts to bring such …

The Daily Beast reports: A Virginia anti-vaxxer and her realtor husband have been hit with charges for taking part in the Jan. 6 sacking of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. Jessica and Joshua Bustle were identified by tipsters who contacted the FBI with details of Facebook postings implicating themselves, according to a criminal complaint filed in D.C. federal …

“I’ve got a new social media channel that’s going to be — it’s a YouTube, Twitter combined. You’ve never seen anything like it in the world. It’s unbreakable. It’s called Vocal, V-O-C-L. We’re going to be vocal. This is going to be voices, voices that are unrestricted. “This is for freedom of speech. Everyone’s going to come over there and …

CNN reports: One of the veterans charged in the Capitol insurrection worked in the Marine Corps unit responsible for transporting the president and operating his helicopter, Marine One, according to Pentagon records. Military records obtained by CNN show that John Andries served in the Marine Corps from 2004 to 2009 and was assigned to the Marine Helicopter Squadron One, the …

Law & Crime reports: A high-profile defendant in the U.S. Capitol siege wants her case severed from a co-defendant she was charged with, and she also demands a change of venue, asserting she cannot get a fair trial in the liberal-heavy Washington, D.C. because of “cancel culture.” The defense for Texas florist Jenny Louise Cudd, who was on video happily …

Los Angeles’s CBS News affiliate reports: The day after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, an anonymous tipster from Finland alerted the FBI to a video on a Finnish newspaper‘s website. It showed a man with a bloody forehead outside the Capitol building wearing a black ballistic vest and an American flag as a cape. “There were people …

The Hill reports: Forty House Republicans on Wednesday voted against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s latest motion to adjourn, yet another sign her party is growing increasingly frustrated with the Georgia Republican’s procedural delay tactics. That figure was more than double the 18 Republicans who voted against her motion last week to end House business for the day. Some of those …

The Birmingham News reports: A North Alabama man whom federal agents say participated in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol has been charged with two counts in connection with his alleged role, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday. Joshua James, 33, of Arab, had contact with the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia group, before the Jan. 6 riots …

Law & Crime reports: In their bid to get him out of the Grady County Jail in Oklahoma, attorneys for an 18-year-old defendant in the U.S. Capitol siege said another inmate attacked him. They also said their client caught COVID-19 while behind bars. Bruno Joseph Cua was put in solitary confinement either because of one or both of these things, …

USA Today reports: A Trump administration appointee, accused of charging a police line during the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack, was ordered detained pending trial Tuesday after a federal magistrate said former State Department aide Federico Klein represented a continuing “danger” to the community. U.S. Magistrate Zia Faruqui said Klein’s alleged conduct “demonstrated a lack of belief in the rule …

Fox News reports: Republican Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert calls on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to “tear down” security fencing around the Capitol in a new ad. “You protect what you love,” Boebert says in the ad as she walks in front of the Capitol building. Some commentators criticized the video, noting that Boebert tweeted Pelosi’s whereabouts on Jan. 6 as …

The New York Times reports: Youmaker, a little-known video site, prominently featured a video alleging that a far-left extremist movement was plotting to destroy America. On Sagebook, a Twitter-like social network filled with posts from right-leaning users, a sidebar of trending topics contained the hashtags for “Stop the Steal,” “Censorship” and “Facebook.” And Right on Times, an obscure right-wing news …

Mediaite reports: “I’ve been telling people that I talked to you and I find you reasonable and interesting and not crazy,” Newsmax host Greg Kelly said on Tuesday. “And the one thing they keep coming back at and I would love for you to address, what’s this whole thing about the lasers and Jewish people?” “Would you address whatever the …

The Washington Post reports: U.S. prosecutors alleged Monday that Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was in direct contact before, during and immediately after the Jan. 6 Capitol breach with members since charged with plotting to prevent Congress from confirming the results of the 2020 presidential election. In a late-night court filing, prosecutors alleged that Rhodes directed the right-wing, anti-government group …

The Huffington Post reports: Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) posted on Twitter the motto of a white nationalist group on Sunday, a little over a week after delivering the keynote address at the group’s conference in Florida. “America First is inevitable” is the motto of the “America First” white nationalist movement headed by the racist and anti-Semitic podcaster Nick Fuentes. Fuentes …

Law & Crime reports: Jacob Chansley, who became known as the so-called “QAnon Shaman” after being seen at the Capitol in a horned and coyote-fur headdress and face paint, was denied pre-trial release on Monday after a federal judge berated his lawyer for squandering an opportunity to communicate with his client before trial on a “media publicity stunt” interview with …

The New York Times reports: A suspected member of the Oath Keepers militia who provided security for Roger J. Stone Jr. on the day the Capitol was attacked has been arrested in connection with the riot, federal authorities said on Monday. The man, Robert Minuta, was expected to appear on Monday afternoon in federal court in White Plains, N.Y. to …

Right Wing Watch reports: The congresswoman representing Georgia’s 14th Congressional District is holding a gun giveaway for an AR-15 called the “Honey Badger,” a weapon that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives attempted to regulate after deeming it a “short-barreled rifle.” “Win the gun that TRIGGERS the Fake News Media and Democrats all across the country,” Greene wrote …