Tag Archives: Capitol Riots

ABC News reports: Former President Donald Trump’s legal battles continue to mount as oral arguments begin on Thursday in Minnesota, where the state’s Supreme Court will decide whether or not the case to prevent him from appearing on the state’s ballot. If the justices decide the case against Trump should move forward, they could appoint a special master to oversee …

Axios reports: Former President Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to bar Michigan’s top elections official from booting his name off the state’s ballot for the 2024 presidential elections. The suit asks the court to affirm that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) lacks the authority to assess his qualifications, including regarding the 14th Amendment argument at the center …

The Hill reports: The attorneys attempting to paint former President Trump as an insurrectionist in order to get him banned from the ballot in Colorado in 2024 focused their case Tuesday on signals he sent to extremist groups who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Chapman University professor Pete Simi, who studies political violence and extremism, argued that Trump cultivated …

CBS News reports: A physical altercation broke out during a hearing on Monday in the case of Vitali GossJankowski, a defendant convicted of several charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, resulting in toppled tables and multiple federal agents subduing the defendant on the ground. Judge Paul Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District …

The Associated Press reports: A weeklong hearing on one lawsuit to bar Trump from the ballot in Colorado begins Monday, while on Thursday oral arguments are scheduled before the Minnesota Supreme Court on an effort to kick the Republican former president off the ballot in that state. Whether the judges keep Trump on the ballot or boot him, their rulings …

CNN reports: A trial to determine whether the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” applies to former President Donald Trump is set to begin Monday in Denver, a historic but likely long-shot case that could block him from Colorado’s presidential ballot in 2024. The challengers sued Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold. They want a court order blocking Griswold from putting Trump’s …

Axios reports: Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who testified to the Jan. 6 select committee about his experience during the Capitol riot, is considering a run for Congress. Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) announced Thursday he will not run for a 10th term, opening up his safely Democratic district in the central Maryland suburbs for the first time in nearly two …

Via press release from the Justice Department: A Colorado man was sentenced today on felony and misdemeanor charges 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 to the 2020 presidential …

Via press release from the Justice Department: An Oregon man was sentenced today on felony and misdemeanor charges 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 to the 2020 presidential …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump has lost his final bid to stop a Colorado lawsuit that could see him kicked off the ballot for the 2024 presidential election. A judge in the state has ruled that the lawsuit brought to block the one-term president from the ballot next year can go ahead next week. Mr Trump had asked for the …

Media Matters reports: Fox News interviewed a shaken but unapologetic Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) live from an undisclosed secure location in the House complex as a violent mob of Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, delaying the certification of the 2020 presidential election. During the interview, Johnson, whom the House Republican caucus elected its speaker-designate …

The Messenger reports: In a pair of court filings over the past week, Donald Trump and a prominent 2020 election attorney expressed a common fear: Mentioning the events of Jan. 6, 2021, in their court cases would so inflame passions that it would rob them of the ability to be judged impartially by a jury of their peers. Just before …

The Miami Herald reports: A Florida man, described as an “adult film actor” and a Proud Boy, is heading to federal prison. Steven Miles, 40, pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Miles and more than 2,000 other rioters stormed the Capitol to disrupt the Electoral College’s …

The Messenger reports: In a flurry of court filings Monday night, former President Donald Trump argued the federal charges against him in Washington, D.C., are being brought by “biased prosecutors” and should be dismissed on various grounds. In a series of four filings, Trump’s attorneys argued the charges against him should be dismissed on constitutional grounds including First Amendment protections, …

Politico reports: When Sidney Powell, a top ally of Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Thursday to crimes associated with the 2020 election, lawyers for many Jan. 6 defendants were stunned by her relatively meager sentence: six years of probation and a modest fine. For years, those lawyers — and some judges — have lamented that the thousands who breached the Capitol …

The Washington Post reports: A Montgomery County police officer was arrested Thursday and accused of taking part in the mob violence against D.C. police guarding the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, before he joined the force. Justin Lee, 25, of Rockville, Md., was indicted on seven charges, including assaulting a D.C. police officer and impeding police during a civil …

NBC News reports: A former Republican candidate for Michigan governor was sentenced Tuesday to 60 days in prison for committing a federal crime during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Ryan Kelley, who was arrested during the Michigan gubernatorial primary in 2022, pleaded guilty this July to a misdemeanor count of entering and remaining on restricted grounds, admitting …

Law & Crime reports: A Pennsylvania mother of eight known as “Bullhorn Lady” since she was identified as a window-smasher and boastful obstructionist at the tip of the pro-Trump mob’s spear on Jan. 6, falsely believing her preferred candidate won the 2020 election, has been sentenced to serve over four years in prison for numerous crimes. Rachel Marie Powell, now …

The Hill reports: A left-leaning watchdog group released an ad Monday targeting Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and supporters of his Speakership bid for Jordan’s role in former President Trump’s attempts to stay in power after the 2020 election and for Jordan’s connection to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The ad, released on Monday by the Congressional Integrity Project, …

The Messenger reports: In five separate filings, DOJ indicated it would seek intervention from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to obtain longer sentences for the leaders of the far-right group: Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Dominic Pezzola and Ethan Nordean. DOJ had initially requested more prison time for all five of the Proud Boys …