Tag Archives: Capitol Riot

Politico reports: A Justice Department watchdog found no evidence that the FBI deployed undercover agents to the Capitol or nearby protests on Jan. 6, 2021, further undercutting debunked conspiracy theories about the riot being instigated by law enforcement. The long-awaited report from Inspector General Michael Horowitz also determined that there were 26 FBI informants in the crowd that day — …

The Huffington Post reports: A former U.S. Capitol Police officer was sentenced Thursday to 120 days of home incarceration and two years of probation after advising a rioter in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on how to avoid getting caught. Michael Riley, a 25-year veteran of the law enforcement agency, was convicted of two counts of obstruction last fall, following …

Mediaite reports: Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of Fox Corporation, wrote to Fox News CEO Suzanna Scott on Jan. 20, 2021 that he believed outgoing President Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen was “pretty much a crime” that led directly to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “The more I think about McConnell’s remarks or complaint …

The Associated Press reports: The NAACP is supporting efforts to bar a New Mexico-based county commissioner from public office, alleging that the Cowboys for Trump cofounder has sought to disenfranchise voters — including people of color — and stoke insurrection. The nation’s oldest civil rights organization urged a state district court judge to remove and disqualify Otero County Commissioner Couy …

Politico reports: A former D.C. National Guard official is accusing two senior Army leaders of lying to Congress and participating in a secret attempt to rewrite the history of the military’s response to the Capitol riot. In a 36-page memo, Col. Earl Matthews, who held high-level National Security Council and Pentagon roles during the Trump administration, slams the Pentagon’s inspector …

The Guardian reports: Hours before the deadly attack on the US Capitol this year, Donald Trump made several calls from the White House to top lieutenants at the Willard hotel in Washington and talked about ways to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election win from taking place on 6 January. The former president first told the lieutenants his vice-president, …