Former US President Donald Trump addresses the crowd at a rally in South Carolina Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows is facing further scrutiny over his voting history after it emerged he registered for the 2020 election at an address in Carolina of the North that he would never have used. Mr Meadows, […]
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Former US President Donald Trump addresses the crowd at a rally in South Carolina In a tweet about Russia putting President Joe Biden on a sanctions list, Donald Trump revived an unproven allegation that Mr Biden has a conflict of interest on Russia and was ‘slow to fire’ when Vladimir Putin began its invasion of […]
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 […]
Republican Jackson Lahmeyer acknowledges he is the underdog in his race to unseat U.S. Senator James Lankford and has likened the campaign to a fight between David and Goliath. “But I also know how this story ends,” the Tulsa pastor said during a Friday night rally in an Oklahoma City airport hangar. Lahmeyer, making his […]
“We’re definitely not at the end of the line in terms of charges,” Matthew M. Graves, who was sworn in as the district’s U.S. attorney on Nov. 5, said in an interview with The Washington Post. “The million dollar question is, how close are we to the end?” With around 750 people already arrested, he […]
Ad trolls Trump over January 6 committee developments Donald Trump hailed Russian President Vladimir Putin as “savvy” and called his decision on Ukraine “genius” in a new interview. Mr Putin’s steps towards a possible full invasion of Ukraine have seen a number of Republicans seek to blame Joe Biden for the crisis, arguing that Russia […]
Donald Trump’s Truth Social app debuted just before Presidents Day, but some users are struggling to create accounts. According to CNET, the app launched on Sunday night in Apple’s App Store and some users received an error message after filling in their birthday and providing an email to confirm the account. “Something went wrong. Please […]
An Iowa mother and son, accused of involvement in last year’s riot at the United States Capitol, are asking a federal judge to overturn a congressional subpoena for their phone records. Likening the subpoena to “a banner headline in the National Enquirer,” Deborah Sandoval of Des Moines and her son, Salvador Sandoval Jr. of Ankeny, […]
patriots Belichick was also reportedly at Mar-a-Lago on Super Bowl weekend. Bill Belichick and Donald Trump at the White House in 2017. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff According to information revealed in a forthcoming book, former President Donald Trump was ‘disturbed’ by Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s decision not to accept an offer to receive the Presidential Medal […]
Stewart Rhodes, founder and leader of the far-right militia Oath Keepers, appeared remotely before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol uprising on Wednesday from a federal prison where he is awaiting trial for sedition. The panel sought Rhodes’ testimony even after he was arrested last month for conspiring with others to attack the […]
Representative Paul Gosar has found a new home on social media where he can continue to push the boundaries of acceptable political discussion. Created in 2016, Gab is a social networking site that attracts the ultra-right. It serves as an alternate location for people to share unvarnished views, including hate speech, that would likely be […]
European stocks up 0.5% in choppy trade Investors nervous over Ukraine fears and Fed jitters US futures slide after late rebound on Wall Street January 25 – Welcome home to real-time market coverage from Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at [email protected] TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO EXCEPTIONALISM? (13:11 GMT) One of […]
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 […]
Twitter has permanently suspended an account linked to Iran’s supreme leader after it promoted a video depicting the assassination of former President Donald Trump, according to a report. “The referenced account has been permanently suspended for violating our ban evasion policy,” a Twitter spokesperson told Agence France-Presse on Saturday, referring to the @KhameneiSite account. The […]
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) said days after the U.S. Capitol riot that then-President Donald Trump admitted to him that he bore some responsibility in the violence that unfolded among his supporters on January 6 last year. “I say he has a responsibility. He told me personally that he had some responsibility. I think […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. âThis individual has been talking about overthrowing the government for weeks in public chat rooms pushing disinformation and talking about repeatedly hanging and executing people⦠[…]
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 […]
NORTH ATTLEBORO – The wife of a former local man has become a key figure – some say a martyr – in the deadly January 6 riot in the nation’s capital. Ashli ââBabbitt, 35, an Air Force veteran who grew up in San Diego, was among the mob that stormed the Capitol that day after […]
The request for previously undisclosed documents, revealed in a new trial, is the first confirmed subpoena issued by the committee to obtain information directly from a bank. The committee, which has acted aggressively in recent weeks, is using its subpoena power to track money surrounding the pro-Donald Trump rallies that led to the insurgency. Trump […]
welcome to Foreign policeis SitRep! We’re back in your inboxes with one of the latest editions of the year. We hope everyone is preparing for a relaxing vacation and enjoying the New Year. One thing we’re really looking forward to this week: the long-awaited launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, a massive project that […]
A Californian who pleaded guilty to threatening dozens of people, including members of Congress and reporters, for claiming former President Donald J. Trump lost the 2020 election was sentenced Monday to three years’ imprisonment. jail. The man, Robert Lemke, 36, sent text and voice messages to around 50 people between November 2020 and early January. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jussie Smollett, frustrated by what he saw as a low-key reaction to a death threat he received in the mail, enlisted a friend in 2019 to stage a mock attack that would attract public attention, said the friend Wednesday during the actor’s trial. Abimbola Osundairo, the younger of the two brothers who said he participated […]
Eric Trump threatens to “sue for libel” after a report said organizers of the Jan.6 Capitol riot used “burner phones” to communicate with him and others in the his father’s team. President Donald Trump’s son took to Twitter on Wednesday, Nov. 24 to retweet an article from the Palmer Report, writing: “Well, here’s a selling […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois armed teen who killed two people and injured another during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin last summer, was on trial Monday on manslaughter in a case that will test the distinction between self-defense and self-defense killings. A jury of 20 people was selected, including 11 women and nine men, according to a […]
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 […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City Navy veteran pleaded guilty on Tuesday in federal court to a charge related to his involvement in the January 6 riots on the United States Capitol. Carey Walden pleaded guilty to knowingly entering or staying in a building or restricted land without legal authorization. A federal judge has […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON – Police officer who shot dead Ashli ââBabbitt in the Jan.6 riot at the U.S. Capitol will not face disciplinary action after months-long internal investigation exonerates him of any wrongdoing. U.S. Capitol Police said the officer, whom officials have not publicly identified for his safety, acted legally and adhered to departmental policy, which states […]
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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan – Up to a third of Wisconsin’s gray wolves likely died at human hands in the months after the federal government announced the end of legal protections, according to a study released Monday. Poaching and a hunt in February that far exceeded slaughter quotas were largely responsible for the drop, University of […]
Authorities say some people who participated in the Capitol riots later erased evidence, the Associated Press reports. People removed texts or social media posts that showed they had participated in the insurgency, authorities said in court documents viewed by AP. They are among the 545 people arrested in connection with the siege of the Capitol […]
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 […]