Tag Archives: Capitol Riots

The Washington Post reports: In a new court filing, prosecutors working for special counsel Jack Smith went further than in their August indictment in attempting to tie him to that day’s violence, saying they intended to introduce evidence of his other acts both before the November 2020 presidential election and subsequent alleged threats to establish his motive, intent and preparation …

Last month House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to release “all 44,000 hours” of riot surveillance footage, adding that the faces of the rioters will be blurred for their “privacy.” Today he apologized to the cult because the blurring is taking so long: As you know, we have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the events …

The Washington Post reports: Ever since he was indicted on charges of interfering in the 2020 election results, Donald Trump has relished the chance to use the case in Washington as a venue to air his baseless claims of fraud. Now he is using it to circulate a new set of falsehoods: that the federal government staged or incited violence …

“A lot of people are starting to recognize Trump is a cult leader. He turned MAGA into a cult, and so they’re listening to– he gaslights ’em and gives out a lot of lies. First, he started with the love bombing, and he keeps doing that, but actually, I don’t think we need to be afraid of Trump as much …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution in his election interference case in Washington, a federal judge ruled Friday, knocking down the Republican’s bid to derail the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision tees up a legal fight over the scope of presidential power that …

ABC News reports: Former U.S. Olympic swimmer Klete Keller was sentenced to 36 months of probation and six months home detention for his role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Keller will have to do 10 hours of community service every month and pay $2,000 to the Architect of the Capitol as well as $100 court fees. Judge Richard …

Politico reports: Donald Trump can be sued over claims that he incited violence on Jan. 6, 2021, an appeals court ruled Friday, rejecting the former president’s argument that he is entirely immune from being held liable for incendiary remarks that preceded the attack on the Capitol. The three-judge panel concluded that Trump’s actions as a candidate for president would not …

NBC News reports: The justices, in their regular private meeting to discuss which new cases to take up, are scheduled to consider three different appeals brought by defendants Joseph Fischer, Edward Lang and Garret Miller. The three men are seeking to dismiss a charge accusing them of obstructing an official proceeding, namely the certification by Congress of President Joe Biden’s …

NBC News reports: A Donald Trump supporter who bashed in a Capitol window, assaulted police officers with pepper spray and urged the mob to “pull the cops out” during the brutal battle at the lower west tunnel on Jan. 6, 2021, is asking a judge to grant him early release, saying he was “manipulated” by the former president and Fox …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump seemingly endorsed a call for Capitol Police officers who repelled rioters on January 6, 2021 to be prosecuted on Truth Social Thursday. Trump’s post linked to another one from earlier this week on X, which showed officers grappling with and using their batons to pushback on the rioters. “The Capitol cops beat the hell …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump has embraced the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 as patriots, vowed to pardon a large portion of them if he wins a second term and even collaborated on a song with a group of jailed defendants. In his election interference case in Washington, his lawyers are taking a different …

The Messenger reports: In a pair of late-night court filings Monday, attorneys for Donald Trump accused Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team of withholding records and information they believe is necessary to challenge the facts and assumptions underlying the Washington, D.C. election-subversion felony federal criminal charges against the former president. Trump’s legal team filed the two motions just before a midnight …

ABC News reports: Speaking with special counsel Jack Smith’s team earlier this year, former Vice President Mike Pence offered harrowing details about how, in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, then-President Donald Trump surrounded himself with “crank” attorneys, espoused “un-American” legal theories, and almost pushed the country toward a “constitutional crisis,” according to sources familiar with what Pence told …

NBC News reports: A Jan. 6 rioter who represented himself during a jury trial and advanced sovereign citizen arguments that a federal judge described as “bulls—” and “gobbledygook” was found guilty Tuesday and ordered into government custody. Taylor James Johnatakis of Washington state was arrested in February 2021 and went to trial starting last week. After just a few hours …

From the Justice Department: An Ohio man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Matthew …

The watchdog group CREW reports: The six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters who challenged Donald Trump’s eligibility to be on the ballot following his actions on January 6th last night filed an appeal with the Colorado Supreme Court challenging the judge’s rulings that the president is not an “officer of the United States” and that the president’s oath to “preserve, …

The New York Times reports: A federal appeals court in Washington appeared to signal at a hearing on Monday that it would keep in place at least some version of the gag order placed on former President Donald J. Trump in the criminal case accusing him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election. But a three-judge panel of the court …

NPR reports: A federal appeals court will consider restraints Monday on the former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump, who’s asking the judges to free him from a gag order in his federal election interference case. Trump’s bombastic remarks about prosecutors and witnesses are pitting his First Amendment rights against the need to protect next year’s trial. Multiple courts …

The New York Times reports: The federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election rejected on Friday a request by Mr. Trump’s lawyers to remove language from his indictment describing the role he played in the violence that erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The ruling by the …

The Washington Examiner reports: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will make all surveillance footage of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot available for the public to access online starting “immediately,” the House leader announced Friday. The tapes will be posted on a public website and contain more than 44,000 hours of security footage taken during the Jan. 6 riot, barring any video …