The Justice Department on Thursday arrested and charged two brothers who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, accusing them of assaulting a photographer and stealing the journalist’s camera. The brothers, 52-year-old Phillip Walker of Pennsylvania and 49-year-old David Walker of New Jersey, have been charged with forcibly taking an item from a person … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Members of Congress are on edge about the possibility of more violence in this year’s presidential election, less than four years after a mob of Donald Trump supporters ransacked the U.S. Capitol seeking to prevent the certification of President Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 contest. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle … Read more
Bill Maher on Friday confronted conservative “Real Time” guest Rich Lowry for claiming he is “appalled” by the Jan. 6, 2021, riot by Donald Trump supporters, with Maher suggesting that the National Review editor in chief is still “going to vote for Trump” regardless. The sparring match came amid discussion about the Supreme Court recently … Read more
WASHINGTON ― A federal judge on Thursday is holding her first hearing in Donald Trump’s criminal case for his Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt, following a Supreme Court ruling that gave the former president immunity for “official acts” — and just days after he claimed he had “every right” to do what he did. U.S. … Read more
On Jan. 6, 2021, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) motorcade came close to the pipe bomb planted outside the Democratic Party’s headquarters as supporters of President Donald Trump ransacked the Capitol building, according to new footage released by House Republicans. Pelosi was being moved to safety after the angry mob breached security perimeters during the … Read more
WASHINGTON — If Donald Trump wins in November, hundreds of people in prison for rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, could be set free before their sentences are up. The former president has repeatedly said he would consider pardoning his supporters for their actions that day, and at least some of them … Read more
When the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled earlier this month that presidents are immune from criminal charges for laws they allegedly break while performing official duties, Adav Noti, executive director of the Campaign Legal Center, thought back to the final weeks of Donald Trump’s time in the White House. Faced with an embarrassing defeat to … Read more
Jacob Chansley, also known as the “QAnon Shaman,” wants the federal government to return the horned headdress and flagpole spear he sported during the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack. Chansley, one of over 700 of people sentenced for their roles in the Capitol riot, publicly called to get the items back in January and later … Read more
After the U.S. Supreme Court threw out an obstruction charge against a former police officer for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, directly across the street from the court, on Friday morning, other alleged insurrectionists celebrated. “I should have never been charged with felony Obstruction, and neither should hundreds of … Read more
The Supreme Court has made it harder for the government to charge participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection with obstructing an official proceeding. The decision, handed down on Friday, casts uncertainty over hundreds of charges brought against insurrectionists. Joseph Fischer, a now-former police officer who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, challenged a charge … Read more
