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From the Justice Department: An Alabama man was arrested today in Cullman, Alabama, for allegedly sending threatening messages to election workers with Maricopa County Elections in Phoenix. Brian Jerry Ogstad, 59, of Cullman, made his initial appearance today at the federal courthouse in Huntsville. From the day of the election through on or about Aug. 4, 2022, Ogstad allegedly sent …

From the Justice Department: A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today on a felony charge 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. Cameron Edward …

From the Justice Department: An Indiana man pleaded guilty today to sending a communication that included a threat of violence to an election worker in Michigan. “Andrew Nickels threatened that he and millions of so-called ‘patriots’ would kill an election worker in Michigan. Among other threats, he said the local public official deserved a ‘throat to the knife’ for saying …

NBC News reports: An elected member of a Virginia school board —who allegedly bragged about drinking Fireball and Coors Light in the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack and said he was in touch with a member of the far-right Oath Keepers that day — was arrested by federal authorities on Tuesday. Miles Adkins, a member of the Frederick …

From the Justice Department: Brian Christopher Mock, 44, currently of New Richmond, Wisconsin, and formerly of Minneapolis, Minnesota at the time of the events of January 6th, was sentenced to 33 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,710 in restitution and fines by U.S. District Court Chief Judge James E. Boasberg. Mock was convicted …

Newsweek reports: Donald Trump’s claim that he “didn’t have to” hand over classified documents that were being sought under federal subpoena has been leaped upon as proof he is admitting wrongdoing. In a Fox News town hall with Laura Ingraham, Trump was asked why he didn’t save himself “a lot of trouble” by returning the sensitive and top secret materials …

From the Justice Department: Damon Michael Beckley, 55, of Cub Run, Kentucky, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, 12 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 restitution by U.S. District Chief Judge James E. Boasberg. Beckley was convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding and civil disorder, both felonies and several misdemeanors, at a stipulated trial on …

The Hill reports: A Houston woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for threatening a Florida judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Trump for his handling of classified documents. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Tiffani Gish, 50, was sentenced Friday for “using interstate communications” to threaten U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon. The Texas woman …

From the Justice Department: A Montana man was found guilty today of several felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. 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. …

ABC News reports: Federal authorities are currently investigating a series of threats made online to a potential witness related to special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, according to a new court filing from Smith’s team. In the filing late Wednesday in federal court in Florida, Smith’s team asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the …

The Washington Post reports: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will debate Tuesday whether D.C. jurors are unfairly biased against people charged with committing crimes at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. It’s an argument with relevance for former president Donald Trump, who plans to try to get his trial moved out of D.C. where he …

NBC News reports: Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to deny a Jan. 6 rioter’s request to delay his sentencing, arguing that the defendant may be seeking to remain incarcerated. Brandon Fellows was convicted last year after representing himself at trial, where he told jurors that Jan. 6 was a “beautiful day” and that he liked “the fact that those …

The New York Times reports: A Pennsylvania barber whose violent attacks on the police on Jan. 6, 2021, were widely seen as the tipping point in the storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob was convicted on Friday of federal assault charges. The barber, Ryan Samsel, was one of the first people to confront the police on Jan. 6 …

From the Justice Department: A New York man was sentenced yesterday in the District of Columbia for assaulting law enforcement and other charges as a result of his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Ralph Joseph Celentano III, 56, of Broad Channel, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly to …

Axios reports: A former CIA software engineer who was convicted of carrying out the largest data breach in the agency’s history was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice announced. Joshua Adam Schulte’s “transmission of that stolen information to WikiLeaks is one of the largest unauthorized disclosures of classified information in the history of the …

The Daily Beast reports: A North Carolina woman was arrested Thursday and charged with storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 thanks to a hotel key card she left at the scene. Sandra Lee Hodges, 61, occupied a Senate office at one point that day with far-right “celebrity” Anthime “Baked Alaska” Gionet—but she insists she was simply “sucked into the …

NBC News reports: A New Jersey man who wore a throwback Philadelphia Eagles beanie to the Jan. 6 riot was arrested by the FBI this week after online “sedition hunters” identified him with the help of facial recognition and Facebook photos from a 2020 family trip to the pumpkin patch. Lee Giobbie, a 40-year-old financial adviser from Eastampton, New Jersey, …

From the Justice Department: eBay Inc., an e-commerce company headquartered in San Jose, California, has agreed to pay $59 million and to enhance its compliance program to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in connection with thousands of pill presses and encapsulating machines that were sold through its website. Pill presses and encapsulating machines can be …

From the Justice Department: An Ohio man was sentenced to 216 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for attempting to burn down a church because of its support for the LGBTQ+ community. Aimenn D. Penny, 20, of Alliance, Ohio, was arrested and charged last year with one count of violating the Church Arson Prevention Act, one …

Axios reports: Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) said Tuesday she is facing investigations by the Justice Department, Federal Election Commission and House Ethics Committee into the alleged misuse of campaign funds for personal security. Bush denied that she has used official congressional funds to pay for security, saying she has “used campaign funds as permissible to retain security services.” She also …