Tag Archives: Trump cultists

The Daily Beast reports: A few days before Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building, one of the top organizers for the rally that preceded the riot reportedly issued an unusual request to some underlings. According to Rolling Stone, Jan. 6 planners were ordered to use cash to purchase burner phones that were used to communicate directly with the Trump family …

From the Department of Justice: A Florida man, an affiliate of the Oath Keepers, was arrested today on charges related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election. James Beeks, 49, of …

The Arizona Agenda reports: Republican Arizona Sen. Paul Boyer, best known for his role as the lone Republican vote against holding the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in contempt of a Senate subpoena for election equipment, is not seeking re-election next year. “But for the record, they’re stuck with me for another year. I’m not resigning,” he said over breakfast …

The Huffington Post reports: The FBI has arrested a supporter of former President Donald Trump who sprayed cops with pepper spray, smashed out a window and broke into the U.S. Capitol before he went to basic training for the U.S. Air Force. Aiden Bilyard was arrested in Raleigh, North Carolina, according to court records. He faces a host of charges, …

“They will claim I lie about something to the committee, which isn’t even true. I wouldn’t lie. I’m probably going to declare the 5th. “Not because I’ve done anything wrong, but because these people are political criminals that have an axe to grind and have been bragging everywhere they want to put me in prison, okay? “I don’t intend on …

Mediaite reports: A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Rep. Devin Nunes’ (R-CA) effort to sue a reporter for sharing a story he had authored on social media. The 2018 story Lizza authored for Esquire, “Milking the System,” including allegations that Nunes’ family had moved their farming operation to Iowa, and that they had employed illegal immigrants. Nunes filed …

The Daily Beast reports: MyPillow chief and 2020 dead-ender Mike Lindell has long promised that he would file an election-fraud complaint with the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning. But now he claims to have missed that goal because he was silenced by Republican National Committee Chairperson Ronna McDaniel. It was a last-minute pressure campaign orchestrated by the RNC and McDaniel …

ProPublica reports: Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top fundraiser for former President Donald Trump and the girlfriend of his son Donald Trump Jr., boasted to a GOP operative that she had raised $3 million for the rally that helped fuel the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. In a series of text messages sent on Jan. 4 to Katrina Pierson, the White House liaison …

The Brandenton Herald reports: The Parrish man who posed for photos after stealing Nancy Pelosi’s lectern during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has pleaded guilty to illegally entering the Capitol that day. Adam Johnson, 36, was quickly identified after photos of him smiling and waving while carrying the lectern went viral, and other Manatee County residents recognized him and submitted …

The Washington Post reports: A federal judge has ordered two Colorado lawyers who filed a lawsuit late last year challenging the 2020 election results to pay nearly $187,000 to defray the legal fees of groups they sued, arguing that the hefty penalty was proper to deter others from using frivolous suits to undermine the democratic system. The two lawyers, Gary …

The Chicago Tribune reports: With the ink barely dry on his acquittals, Kyle Rittenhouse is expected to face another legal battle soon over the $2 million bail posted after his arrest. Rittenhouse’s attorneys filed a motion shortly after the verdict, arguing that the money should be given to the teenager because it was raised on his behalf. Another party, however, …

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, announced Monday he is running for attorney general, challenging fellow Republican Ken Paxton, in the already crowded primary. “Texas I am officially running to be your next Attorney General and will enforce the rule of law,” Gohmert tweeted after announcing his campaign on Newsmax. Gohmert announced earlier this month that he …

Phoenix’s ABC News affiliate reports: A jury has convicted an Arizona man for threatening to kill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Steven Arthus Martis, 77, of Bullhead City was found guilty on Thursday of communicating an interstate threat to kill the Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Arizona, Martis left two voicemails …

CNN reports: The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot issued a new round of subpoenas on Monday to five of former President Donald Trump’s allies directly involved in planning “Stop the Steal” rallies, including longtime Republican operative Roger Stone and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The latest batch of subpoenas indicates the committee continues to focus, in part, on …

The Colorado Newsline reports: Tina Peters, the Mesa County clerk who is under criminal investigation for her alleged involvement in a security breach of election systems in her own office, appeared on a video call last week with supporters of the Three Percenter militia. The video was posted Thursday on the America’s Mom Facebook page, which is operated by Sherronna …

The Daily Beast reports: John Pierce, the MAGA-sympathizing and anti-vaccination attorney, has confirmed that he and his co-counsel will file a motion on behalf of the infamous QAnon Shaman. Pierce’s motion will claim ineffective assistance of co-counsel by Jacob Chansley’s previous lawyer, Albert Watkins, and attempt to appeal Chansley’s sentence. Chansley was sentenced to more than three years in prison …

The Boarding Group reports: “Are you recording me? Do you have permission to record me?” asks the woman carrying a Trump flag at the Phoenix airport. She then smacks the phone from the hand of the woman recording her only to be promptly arrested by local authorities. Literally seconds after this occurs, local police enter the frame. The male police …

“I’m a prosecutor at heart, Julie, and if you’re going to bring an indictment, you’ve got to have the facts. And he stood there in front of the American people and said the election was stolen. We won and they stole it. But then presented no evidence for that. “And my argument all along has been where’s the beef? Where’s …

Raw Story reports: WBAP news director Eric Bushman posted some video footage of the QAnon faithful gathered in Dealey Plaza, which is the location where the late President Kennedy was shot in 1963. Among other things, one supporter drove a red QAnon truck that featured messages painted on the side that included statements such as “Trump won 2020” and “WWG1WGA,” …

The Washington Post reports: The United States for the first time was added to a list of “backsliding democracies” in a report released Monday by the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. “The United States, the bastion of global democracy, fell victim to authoritarian tendencies itself, and was knocked down a significant number of steps on the democratic …