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Politico reports: A member of the Proud Boys charged with pepper spraying a line of police officers at the Capitol is urging a federal appeals court panel to free him from pretrial detention, citing a Covid-19 diagnosis he received while being held in a Washington, D.C., jail. Christopher Worrell is particularly vulnerable to Covid, his lawyer Allen Orenberg said, because …

The New York Times reports: Gov. Brian Kemp, the Georgia Republican who ranks high on former President Donald J. Trump’s list of enemies, will face a high-profile pro-Trump challenger in next year’s Republican primary: Vernon Jones, a former Democrat who, echoing the false claims of Mr. Trump, has called Georgia’s November presidential election “fixed” and “tainted.” Mr. Jones, a former …

The Daily Dot reports: James O’Keefe, the controversial founder of the conservative outlet Project Veritas, was suspended from Twitter on Thursday. O’Keefe, who boasted more than 900,000 followers, claimed in a post on Facebook that the suspension was linked to his recent reporting on CNN. In a statement to the Daily Dot, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed that O’Keefe had been …

Newsweek reports: Donald Trump ally Pastor Darrell Scott has claimed recent reports revealing that the Capitol Police were told to hold off on their response to the January 6 attack is proof that the riot was a “set up” for Trump take the blame for it. “The New York Times just confirmed what we all knew, that the Capitol riots …

The Charleston Post & Courier reports: A Little River man was arrested and charged by the FBI on April 15. Nicholas Languerand, 26, is charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer using a dangerous weapon, theft of government property, and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol Grounds. According to a federal criminal complaint, the FBI received a tip …

Orlando’s CBS News affiliate reports: A federal judge ruled a Titusville man will stay in jail until his trial on charges that he conspired with others to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Kenneth Harrelson’s attorney had asked the judge to grant Harrelson bond after he was denied the change to leave jail by a federal magistrate in Orlando …

Law & Crime reports: Lawyers representing Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) on Wednesday said that a motion submitted by attorneys Sidney Powell, Howard Kleinhendler, Michael D. Dean, and Daniel J. Eastman was so improper that the filing merits its own sanctions. The motion in question was filed on behalf of a local GOP official seeking to avoid reimbursing the state …

The Daily Beast reports: Honchos at Fox were annoyed—and in some cases infuriated—by their perception that Gaetz, in his first big television interview after the “Gaetzgate” broke, had used two different parts of his Tucker Carlson appearance to try to rope the Fox News star into the congressman’s scandal. Multiple people at Fox described it as Gaetz seemingly trying to …

Raw Story reports: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) received significant backlash this week after he praised the Missouri National Guard for their work in supporting Capitol police. Hawley, of course, was one of the leading Republican senators to challenge the results of the 2020 election, which incited supporters of former President Donald Trump to violently storm the Capitol building on January …

“So, this is our society now. If progressives say something, all their team is going to rally behind it, whether it’s true or not. There’s no skepticism of it, and then the other side, the traditional conservative side, they react to it. “What’s really interesting is that the traditional conservative American core — their team, the team — they’re not …

The Washington Post reports: When Jeffrey Sabol returned to his Colorado home after allegedly storming the U.S. Capitol and assaulting two police officers on Jan. 6, he fried his electronic devices in the microwave, destroyed any materials he thought could be “misconstrued as anti-government,” and stashed his guns at a friend’s house, prosecutors said. Then he traveled to Boston with …

“Young Black men today are being told over and over again by a — by a dominant media, a corporate media, that if you’re pulled over by the police, they’re going to shoot you. “Are they not being told — basically sending that message to young Black men, that you’re going to be shot if you’re pulled over, so run? …

From the far-right Washington Times: Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday courts never really weighed allegations of election fraud waged by former President Trump in the November election. He said a number of lawsuits were dismissed by the courts based on standing, and the merits of the claims were not fully heard. “The one thing I think is untrue is that …

Washington DC’s CBS News affiliate reports: New Kent County, Virginia, man was charged in the Capitol riot Wednesday afternoon on multiple counts, including allegations he knocked an officer unconscious. Paul Russell Johnson, 35, of Lanexa, Virginia, was arrested and appeared in court for his initial hearing on Wednesday. He faces six counts, including inflicting bodily injury on officers, obstruction of …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Gov. Brian Kemp’s footing might be firmer among fellow Republicans, but he still has plenty of work to do to shore up the grassroots GOP base. That’s the takeaway from a round of GOP meetings in recent days that saw Kemp get a standing ovation at a Cobb County GOP breakfast, but also receive overwhelming votes …

Media Matters reports: Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has debuted a new COVID-19 conspiracy theory that claims global powers planned and executed the worldwide pandemic with the ultimate goal of releasing a vaccine that gives much of the earth’s population severe brain damage. Videos promoting this conspiracy theory have racked up more than 5 million views since April 3 at …

Via press release from the Justice Department: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice will not pursue criminal charges against the U.S. Capitol Police officer involved in the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt, the Office announced today. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia’s …

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, announced Wednesday morning that this will be his last term serving in the U.S. House. First elected in 1996, Brady is one of the most senior members of the Texas delegation and a powerful player within the House Republican conference. The announcement was widely expected as he was facing a …

Politico reports: Gaetz’s predicament as the subject of a serious investigation became clearer this winter when federal agents executed a search warrant and seized his iPhone, according to interviews with three people who were told of the matter by Gaetz, who changed his phone number in late December. Around that time, the sources said, federal agents also seized his former …

USA Today reports: Rep. Madison Cawthorn has proposed a fresh alternative for the unfinished U.S.-Mexico border wall championed by former President Donald Trump: turn it into a national monument. “For four years President Trump worked to secure the southern border of the United States by constructing a wall in places where there was little to no fencing,” Cawthorn said in …