Tag Archives: Capitol Riots

Mother Sobs In Court As Young Rioter Gets 3.5 Years

The Charlotte Observer reports: A North Carolina man, the second youngest defendant in more than 1,000 arrests linked to the deadly riot at U.S. Capitol, will spend the next three years of his early adulthood behind bars. Aiden Bilyard of Cary was 18 when he sprayed chemical agents at police and broke out a window in the Capitol during the …

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“Unhinged” Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 3.5 Years

Washington DC’s CBS affiliate reports: A federal judge ordered a Maryland man Thursday to spend three-and-a-half years in prison for forcibly resisting police who were trying to remove him from the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021. Daniel Egtvedt, 59, of Garrett County, was convicted in January of four felony counts and three misdemeanors, including obstructing the joint session …

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Trump Posts To Facebook For First Time Since Riot Ban

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump has posted on Facebook for the first time since January 6, 2021, the day that rioters attacked the US Capitol. “I’M BACK!” Trump wrote in the post, which included a short CNN clip of him from the night he was elected president during which he said: “Sorry to keep you waiting. Complicated business. Complicated.” …

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Infamous “Zip Ties” Rioter Sentenced To Two Years

From the Justice Department: A Texas man was sentenced today in the District of Columbia for felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. 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 presidential election. Larry …

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New Video Shows Rioters Got Close To Chuck Grassley

Politico reports: Newly released video of the Capitol attack shows just how close rioters came to a senior GOP senator who was third in line for the presidency on Jan. 6, 2021. The footage, released after media requests to access videos used in connection with a Jan. 6 criminal case, shows the apparent evacuation of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) from …

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Far-Right Newspaper Editor Charged With Riot Felonies

Politico reports: The former editor of an Orthodox Jewish newspaper in New York City — identified two years ago as a member of the Jan. 6 mob by POLITICO — was charged Thursday with two felonies for his actions at the Capitol on Jan. 6. Elliot Resnick, who had drawn controversy prior to Jan. 6 for incendiary and bigoted comments …

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DOJ To Court: Expect Another 1000 Arrests In Riot

Bloomberg News reports: More than 1,000 additional people could still face charges in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, according to a letter to the DC federal court from the US attorney in Washington. The letter from US Attorney Matthew Graves to Chief Judge Beryl Howell, which came as the department neared its 900th arrest, …

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Rioter Gets Five Years In Crushing Of Capitol Officer

From the Justice Department: Tristan Chandler Stevens, 27, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to 60 months in prison on four counts of assaulting or aiding and abetting in assaulting law enforcement officers, one count of interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder, all felonies, and four misdemeanor charges. Stevens was found guilty on September 13, 2022, following a …

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Trump Blames Pence For Violence By Capitol Rioters

The Huffington Post reports: Donald Trump, whose coup attempt on Jan. 6, 2021, put his vice president’s life at risk as a mob of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol, on Monday blamed Mike Pence for the violence that day because he didn’t go along with the scheme. “Had he sent the votes back to the legislators, they wouldn’t have …

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McCarthy: I’ll Slowly Let Other Outlets Have Riot Tapes

Axios reports: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Sunday that he will “slowly roll out” hours of surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to “every individual news agency.” “Let everyone see them to bring their own judgment,” McCarthy said on Fox News Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. McCarthy came under fire from top congressional Democrats for giving …

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Pence Blasts Trump: History Will Hold Him Accountable

CNN reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence made his most blistering comments yet about former President Donald Trump’s role in the January 6th attack on the US Capitol during remarks Saturday evening at the annual Gridiron Club Dinner in Washington, DC. Pence rebuked Trump for his role in the January 6, 2021 attack, saying he was “wrong” for claiming Pence …

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Trump “Song” With Imprisoned Rioters Is #1 On iTunes

Variety reports: A new single, “Justice for All,” featuring former President Donald Trump, from the J6 Prison Choir, reached No. 1 on iTunes’ top songs on March 11. The J6 Prison Choir is comprised of a group of men who were convicted after their participation in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The song includes the …

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Ex-NYPD Officer Guilty Of Two Felonies In Capitol Riot

The New York Times reports: A former New York City police officer was convicted this week of several crimes for her role in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, during which, prosecutors said, she pushed against and slapped the arms of police officers, all while yelling and wielding a tambourine. A federal jury in Washington, D.C., found the retired …

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Trump Issues Music Video Featuring Capitol Rioters

CNN reports: A new single released by a choir of men who are in prison for their participation in the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, features a recording by former President Donald Trump as the backtrack. The song, “Justice for All,” features the incarcerated men, referred to as the “J6 Prison Choir,” singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” …

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Fox Host Complains “Radicals” Are Trying To ID Rioters

Media Matters has the transcript: I had a person come up to me. I’m not gonna say where, but a person did come up to me, unexpectedly. Well, I’ll say it, at CPAC outside of the hotel. And he said to me, I’m one of the defendants from January 6th. And he said, please look into this situation. I’m being …

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DOJ: Carlson Tapes Can’t Delay Trials Of Capitol Rioters

Politico reports: No Jan. 6 defendants should be able to delay their pending criminal trials based on speculation that the 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage — recently made available by Speaker Kevin McCarthy to Fox News’ Tucker Carlson — might contain exculpatory evidence, the Justice Department argued Tuesday. “The United States does not know the extent of any material …

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GOP Senator Won’t Admit Rioters Trashed His Office

NBC News reports: Video shows a rioter — who has pleaded guilty to driving a stun gun into a police officer’s neck, nearly killing him — smashing out Idaho Sen. Jim Risch’s window overlooking the Washington Monument and the national mall in an attempt to let more rioters into the building. Additional video released this week shows Risch’s trashed desk, …

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Two Capitol Rioters Go On The Lam Ahead Of Trial

Law & Crime reports: Two Florida residents accused of assaulting multiple police officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have apparently gone missing just as their trial was set to start. Olivia Michele Pollock and Joseph Daniel Hutchinson III are facing an array of charges for allegedly participating in what federal investigators described as “at least four …

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House GOP Delegation To Visit Jailed Insurrectionists

Congress Minutes reports: House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told POLITICO on Tuesday night that their aides are working to set up a congressional delegation to visit individuals jailed on Jan. 6. Greene — a member of the Oversight Committee — would lead the trip, which would not be limited to panel members. …

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Pro-Nazi Rioter Found Guilty Of Felony In Bench Trial

The Washington Post reports: A Northern Virginia military reservist assigned to do intelligence work was found guilty Tuesday of obstructing Congress’s confirmation of the 2020 presidential election results in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Hatchet M. Speed, a Navy Reserve petty officer first class formerly assigned to Naval Warfare Space Field Activity at the National Reconnaissance Office in Chantilly, Va., …

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