Tag Archives: Capitol Riots

“If you look at the real size of that crowd, it was never reported correctly. There were — it’s the biggest crowd I’ve ever spoken in front of by far. By far. I was going to and then Secret Service said you can’t, and then by the time— I would have, and then when I get back, I saw— I …

The Associated Press reports: An Ohio man who repeatedly attacked police officers as he joined a mob of Donald Trump supporters in storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison. Kenneth Joseph Owen Thomas has acted as a “one-man misinformation machine” since the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, using his social media platforms to spread …

Lafayette’s NBC affiliate reports: Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins told a federal judge last week that the Texas man who pled guilty to assaulting police while storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was “a man of good character, faith, and core principles.” Ryan Taylor Nichols pled guilty last Tuesday to two counts of obstruction and assaulting, resisting or impeding …

Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump’s renewed attacks on the family of special counsel Jack Smith and his repeated invective against likely witnesses in his Washington, D.C. criminal case warrant the urgent restoration of a gag order against him, prosecutors argued Tuesday. Smith’s team urged a federal appeals court in Washington to reinstate the gag order — which a three-judge …

The Detroit News reports: A Michigan judge ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump’s name can appear on primary ballots, saying it would be inappropriate to intervene and deem Trump ineligible. Michigan Court of Claims Judge James Robert Redford ultimately declined on Tuesday to bar Trump from getting a spot on the Feb. 27 primary ballot and refused to order …

The Daily Beast reports: Jason Donner, a former reporter for Fox News, is suing the right-wing network for retaliation and discrimination, alleging the conservative cable giant fired him because he opposed Fox’s “false coverage of the January 6th insurrection.” Donner, who started at the network in 2010 and worked his way up to Capitol Hill reporter and producer, was terminated …

From the money beg posted yesterday on GiveSendGo: We respectfully are requesting your support to create a legal fund in order to assist Gregory Yetman, who was with the peaceful protestors on Jan 6th at the capital. On November 6th the FBI among other agencies surrounded the Yetman Family Home to “execute a warrant”. with no regard of due process …

Politico reports: Donald Trump is endorsing an effort by news organizations to provide live television coverage of his trial on federal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. In a bombastic legal filing submitted late Friday to the judge who’s scheduled that trial to begin in March, Trump’s attorneys argued he’s the victim of …

Phoenix’s NBC affiliate reports: Jacob Chansley, who may be better known as the “QAnon Shaman,” has filed a statement of interest to run for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District in Congress. Chansley stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding. He was originally sentenced in Nov. 2021 to 41 months in prison …

NBC News reports: An associate of a Jan. 6 defendant pleaded guilty this week to charges that the two men plotted “to murder employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.” Austin Carter, who was a 26-year-old security officer and a member of the Army Reserves at the time of his arrest in December 2022, admitted in a plea agreement that …

CBS News reports: Attorneys for former Trump chief White House strategist Steve Bannon and federal prosecutors are set to appear in a Washington, D.C., courtroom on Thursday for oral arguments over whether a jury’s conviction of Bannon last year should be overturned. The political strategist was found guilty in July 2022 of two counts of criminal contempt of Congress for …

Newark’s NBC affiliate reports: A manhunt is underway in Helmetta as police and the FBI are searching for a wanted man who fled on foot into a wooded area, officials say. The FBI said in a statement that it is looking for Gregory Yetman, 46, of Helmetta. He is described as a white man in his 40s wearing a red …

Via press release from the Justice Department: New York man was sentenced on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, on a felony assault charge for his actions 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 …

“I think many peaceful protesters on January 6 should absolutely not be in prison. We have a dual standard of justice in this country. I don’t think that many of those prosecutions are just. My view is if you’re using one standard of political prosecution for somebody because they have political views different from your own, that’s not justice. That …

Politico reports: Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal judge Friday to reject media outlets’ efforts to televise Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial in Washington, D.C. — but the former president appears to be ducking the fight over cameras in the courtroom. The prosecutors say their opposition is rooted in a longstanding judicial rule that prohibits broadcasting federal criminal cases, …

Via press release from the Justice Department: Steven Cappuccio, 53, of Universal City, Texas, was sentenced to 85 months in prison and 24 months of supervised release on multiple felony charges, including assaulting law enforcement officers. At approximately 3:06 p.m., Cappuccio approached the entrance to the Tunnel, recording video on his cell phone of the scene outside the Capitol. Cappuccio …

CBS News reports: A three-judge appeals court panel paused the federal gag order that partially limited former president Donald Trump’s speech ahead of his 2020 election interference trial in Washington, D.C., according to a court ruling Friday. The ruling administratively and temporarily stays Judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision to bar Trump from publicly targeting court staff, potential witnesses, and members of …

NBC News reports: A former Donald Trump political appointee at the State Department who tried to storm the Capitol and assaulted law enforcement officers on Jan. 6 was sentenced to 70 months in prison on Friday. Federico Klein was arrested in March 2021 and convicted of eight felonies as well as misdemeanor offenses by U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden, …

Via press release from the Justice Department: An Ohio man was sentenced in the District of Columbia today on five offenses, including a felony, committed during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Alexander Sheppard, 24, of Powell, Ohio, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates to serve 19 months in prison and 24 months …

The New York Times reports: Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump filed an emergency request to a federal appeals court on Thursday seeking to lift the gag order imposed on him in the criminal case in which he stands accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election. The lawyers asked the appeals court to keep the pause of the …