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WASHINGTON — Guy Reffitt, a 49-year-old unemployed oil rig worker from Wylie who stormed the U.S. Capitol with a gun in its holster, on Tuesday became the first person to be convicted by a jury for his role in last year’s historic assault on the headquarters of Congress. The verdict was swift, after only three […]
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NJ man went to Trump rally with his mother, then livestreamed from Capitol riot, feds accuse
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Federal authorities arrested a Hudson County man on Tuesday on four federal charges charging him with trespassing and disorderly conduct inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot. Juliano Gross of Kearny twice admitted to the FBI that he was inside the Capitol that day, according to the federal complaint against him. Like […]
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WASHINGTON – When supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, the Associated Press had nine photographers inside and outside the building. As the chaotic day unfolded, they took hundreds of photos which were transmitted live within minutes, putting the world at the forefront of the shocking events. The […]
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Representative Mo Brooks reportedly ‘cheered’ on Capitol Hill riot as colleagues feared for their lives
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Representative Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) “Applauded” the Jan.6 insurgency on the United States Capitol last year as fellow lawmakers feared for their lives, a former aide to the minority leader said parliamentarian Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Brooks had urged supporters of then-President Donald Trump at a rally at the National Mall just before storming the Capitol, telling […]
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Two days after the Jan.6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, the FBI received a report of a man posting on the social media app Talk advocating political violence. “This individual has been talking about overthrowing the government for weeks in public chat rooms pushing disinformation and talking about repeatedly hanging and executing people… […]
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Hageman is looking to close the financial gap with Cheney, who at the end of September had more than $ 3.6 million in his campaign account. Cheney saw her fundraising numbers increase this year, as she called attention to her criticisms of former President Donald Trump, including his January vote to impeach him, and his […]
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Sharon’s Matt Perna, circled in red, records a video on his cell phone as he was part of a crowd inside the Capitol during the January 6 riot. FBI WASHINGTON, DC – A Sharon man risks decades behind bars after his guilty plea on Friday to charges arising from the January 6 riot on Capitol […]
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Social media posts by participants in the January 6 riots influence the length of their prison terms
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For many rioters who stormed the United States Capitol on January 6, the self-incriminating messages, photos and videos they post on social media before, during and after the insurgency even influence their criminal convictions. . Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Amy Jackson read aloud some of Russell Peterson’s articles on the riot before sentencing […]
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Artist whose Instagram ID was “Metaverse” had his account disabled after Facebook’s name change
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Artist whose Instagram ID was “Metaverse” for nine years had his account DISABLED days after Facebook announced his name change to Meta Instagram account with ‘Metaverse’ handle disabled after Meta name change Artist Thea-Mai Bauman created the account in 2012 and had 1,000 subscribers But it was deactivated when Instagram’s parent company, Facebook, changed its […]
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For many rioters who stormed the United States Capitol on January 6, the self-incriminating messages, photos and videos they post on social media before, during and after the insurgency even influence their criminal convictions. . Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Amy Jackson read aloud some of Russell Peterson’s articles on the riot before sentencing […]
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Congressman Jamie Raskin: “I will never forget the terrible sound of them trying to run into the bedroom” | Attack on the US Capitol
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He spent Jan. 5 at a funeral service for her son, Tommy, who committed suicide after years of living in the shadow of depression. He spent January 6 under siege on the United States Capitol as a mob of Donald Trump supporters staged a deadly insurgency. Almost a year later, Jamie Raskin wonders if he […]
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A man arrested in Rapid City faces four federal charges after being accused of scaling a wall, dismantling barricades and assaulting police officers with spray cans during the January 6 riot on the United States Capitol. James Haffner was living near Seattle at the time of the riot but now lives in South Dakota, according […]
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NJ mother avoids prison, sentenced to house arrest for entering the Capitol during riots on January 6
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An Essex County woman who triumphantly posed for a photo inside the United States Capitol in the Jan.6 riot will serve two months of house arrest and 36 months probation, a judge said on Tuesday Federal District of Washington, DC. Rasha Abual-Ragheb, a single mother from Fairfield, pleaded with the judge not to serve jail […]
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A judge in a Jan.6 case blamed the insurgency at the feet of former President Trump. Judge Amit Mehta at a sentencing hearing on Friday said those who stormed the Capitol are paying the price while Trump and others who originally “created the conditions” of the riot were not “held accountable for their actions and […]
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A comprehensive Washington Post series published this week on the events of January 6 vividly illustrates why the current Congressional investigation into the insurgency is so important – and why the Republicans’ continued efforts to undermine that investigation are so untenable. The series should be required reading for anyone still trying to brush aside this […]
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Trump tries to keep call logs and handwritten notes away from Capitol Riot investigators
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Former President Donald Trump is trying to keep his tapes of calls, drafts of election-related speeches and handwritten notes from Capitol Riot investigators under wraps, the National Archives revealed in a court file Saturday morning, per Politics. Trump reportedly wanted to keep the files out of the reach of the Congressional committee investigating the Jan.6 […]
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Facebook has leaked documents showing the company did not act to stop calls for the Capitol riots
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WASHINGTON: Sixteen months before the presidential election last November, a Facebook researcher described an alarming development. She was getting content on the QAnon conspiracy theory within a week of opening an experimental account, she wrote in an internal report. On November 5, two days after the election, another Facebook staff member posted a message alerting […]
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A man from Eau Claire pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge related to his role in the January 6 violation of the United States Capitol as Congress was due to certify Joe Biden’s election as president. Kevin D. Loftus, 53, pleaded guilty to marching, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, an offense […]
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Dona Bissey faces charges related to her involvement in the Capitol Riot. Bissey has asked for clemency because she is not vaccinated and fears contracting COVID-19 in prison. Her lawyer said she could face “serious illness or even death” if imprisoned. Loading Something is loading. A Capitol Riot suspect has asked for leniency because she […]
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SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Two other Springfield women have been charged with participating in the U.S. Capitol uprising in January. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the again federal case of Cara Hentschel and Mahailya Pryer was unsealed this week. They are accused of knowingly entering or staying in a small building; disorderly and disruptive driving in […]
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Canterbury mother and daughter charged in connection with Capitol Hill riot – NBC Connecticut
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A mother and daughter from Canterbury were arrested in connection with the riot at the United States Capitol on January 6. Carla Krzywicki, 19, and Jean Lavin, 56, both from Canterbury, were arrested on Tuesday following a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Dozens of officers were injured […]
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In the big tech giant’s latest attempt at electoral interference, Twitter on Tuesday suspended the campaign press account of Republican Senate candidate JD Vance without any warning or reason. “Why has @ Twitter / @ jack suspended my campaign press account? “Hillbilly Elegy” author tweeted. [email protected]/@jacksuspend the press account of my campaign? pic.twitter.com/0tY5DnRIg1 – JD […]
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Phoenix – A man in Arizona, wearing face paint, shirtless and a horned fur hat, was convicted of a felony Friday when he joined a mob that attacked the United States Capitol on January 6 . I hope to be released from prison while I wait. Prosecutors have said Jacob Chansley, who has been widely […]
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Investigators Obtain Information on Gravette Man’s iCloud Account During U.S. Capitol Breach
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The whereabouts of Richard “Bigo” Barnett’s cell phone has been a bit of a mystery since he visited the United States Capitol on January 6 and set his feet on a desk in the President’s office. Room, Nancy Pelosi. But federal prosecutors may not need it after all. They obtained information from Barnett’s iCloud account, […]
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Click to enlarge Real estate broker Jenna Ryan said she was following the orders of former President Donald Trump when she went to the Capitol riots. “Dallas SEO / SEM Meetup – Linkbuilding Tips” by Levelten Interactive is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 The story of Jenna Ryan, the Frisco real estate broker accused of […]
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Dominion Voting Systems President and CEO John Poulos testifies during a hearing before the House Administration Committee January 9, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Dominion Voting Systems on Tuesday filed defamation lawsuits against One America News Network, Herring Networks ‘Newsmax Media and the founder and former […]
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UPDATE PUBLISHED AT 1 P.M. JULY 20, 2021 WASHINGTON DC (WTVQ) – A West Virginia woman who was a student at the University of Kentucky when accused of participating in the Jan.6, 2021 raid on the U.S. Capitol has had her plea hearing postponed Tuesday. Gracyn Dawn Courtright was scheduled to plead guilty at 10 […]
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Desperation and anger over President Donald Trump’s electoral defeat in November 2020 led to the January 6 insurgency on the United States Capitol, as well as more than 535 arrests of suspects across the country, including in California. At least 24 cases involve California residents, including the federal indictment of two men accused of conspiring […]
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Dozens of defendants accused of storming the United States Capitol are said to have rushed to remove footage showing them participating in the disturbing event, according to a report. According to Associated press, who reviewed the files of these defendants, at least 49 defendants were charged with attempting to erase photos, texts and videos or […]
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Dozens of defendants against the Capitol riots accused of trying to delete photos and texts
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Dozens of more than 500 people indicted in connection with the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill have been accused in court documents of trying to remove photos and other content from their phones and social media accounts in order to hide their participation in the mob attack. According to an analysis of The Associated […]
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His lawyer says he is a good man who lost his temper when he saw a policeman pushing protesters outside the United States Capitol and was then pushed and beaten by the same cop. Prosecutors are contesting this account and want Thomas Webster kept behind bars. They say the former retired and retired New York […]