Tag Archives: DOJ

GOP Candidate To Replace Santos Convicted Of Rioting

The New York Daily News reports: Former Queens Republican Party district leader Philip Grillo, who’s running for George Santos‘ job in Congress has been found guilty for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Grillo, 49, was caught on video inside and outside the U.S. Capitol as the Donald Trump-inspired horde flooded the halls of Congress to overturn the results …

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DOJ: Trump Incited Violence To Block Election Results

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 …

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Former US Ambassador Accused Of Spying For Cuba

The Associated Press reports: A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, The Associated Press has learned. Manuel Rocha, 73, was arrested in Miami on Friday on a criminal complaint and more details about the case are expected …

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Olympic Gold Medalist/Rioter Gets 3 Years Of Probation

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 …

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Marine Pleads Guilty To Firebombing Abortion Clinic And Plotting To Bomb LGBTQ Pride Night At Dodger Stadium

From the Justice Department: An Orange County man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in March 2022 and admitted to plotting other attacks. Chance Brannon, 24, of San Juan Capistrano, who was an active-duty Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton at the time of the offense, also admitted to making plans for additional attacks …

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Imprisoned Rioter: Let Me Out, Trump Manipulated Me

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 …

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Texas Nazi Gets Ten Years For Torching Synagogue

From the Justice Department: A Texas man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $470,000 in restitution for a hate crime and arson in which he set fire to the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 31, 2021. Franklin Sechriest, 19, of San Marcos, pleaded guilty …

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Sovereign Citizen Rioter Found Guilty On All Charges

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 …

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Chesebro Wants Out Of Probation Travel Restrictions

The Messenger reports: Citing ongoing probes related to the 2020 election in Arizona, Nevada, and Washington, D.C., former Trump election attorney Kenneth Chesebro on Monday requested changes to his probation conditions in Georgia. “Currently, as reported in the national media, there are investigations of the ‘election fraud’ cases ongoing in Nevada, Arizona and D.C.,” the filing from Chesebro’s Atlanta-based defense …

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Court Strikes Down Key Provision Of Voting Rights Act

NPR reports: A federal appeals court has struck down a key path for enforcing the Voting Rights Act. The new ruling in an Arkansas redistricting lawsuit may set up the next U.S. Supreme Court fight that could further limit the reach of the Voting Rights Act’s protections for people of color. The legal dispute is focused on who is allowed …

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“MAGA Caravan Pastor” Rioter Sentenced To Five Years

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 …

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Fugitive Rioter Surrenders To Police In New Jersey

ABC News reports: Gregory Yetman, the Jan. 6 suspect who was the subject of a manhunt in New Jersey, has turned himself in to authorities without incident, according to the FBI. Yetman turned himself into Monroe Township police Friday morning, officials said. Yetman, 47, is charged with several offenses, some felonies, stemming from the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. …

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“Bear Spray” Capitol Rioter Sentenced To Three Years

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 …

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Man Get Three Years In Anti-LGBTQ Hate Crime Spree

Via press release from the Justice Department: An Oregon man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison and three years of supervised release for attempting to run over three people with a car as part of a week-long crime spree targeting the LGBTQI+ community around Boise, Idaho, in October 2022. According to court records, on Oct. 8, 2022, while …

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Boastful Trump Appointee Rioter Sentenced To Six Years

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, …

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“Execute Mike Pence” Rioter: It’s My “Great Honor” To Go To Prison Today For 19 Months For Glorious Leader

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 …

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Judge May Push Back Timeline For Stolen Docs Trial

The Washington Post reports: The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s indictment for allegedly mishandling national security secrets suggested at a hearing Wednesday that she might push back the planned trial timeline, as courts wrestle with the growing complexity of juggling four separate criminal cases and an ongoing civil trial against the former president. Judge Aileen M. Cannon listened to prosecutors argue …

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“Huge” Rioter Attacks Agents When Judge Revokes Bail Over Anti-Gay & Anti-Semitic Doxxing Of DOJ Officials

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 …

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Alabama Cultist Charged With Threats To DA Fani Willis

Via press release from the Justice Department: Arthur Ray Hanson, II, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on charges of transmitting interstate threats to injure Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat because of their connections to the Fulton County, Georgia, investigation of former President Donald Trump. Hanson made his initial …

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Rioter Who Beat Capitol Cop With 2X4 Gets Three Years

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 …

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