Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday suggested that the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol wasn’t a “true insurrection,” expressed concern for the “harsh treatment” of those charged over their participation in the attack, and blamed “both establishment parties” for capitalizing on the incident on the campaign trail. The statement … Read more
A departing top lawyer for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who also counseled the House Jan. 6 committee warned of the need to bolster security ahead of the upcoming election to ensure a coordinated response to the “next Jan. 6.” Joseph Maher, DHS’s principal deputy general counsel, has left the department to become a … Read more
A former U.S. Capitol police officer, now running for Congress in suburban Maryland, is slamming AIPAC’s intervention in his race, noting the group’s support for dozens of Republicans who objected to certifying the 2020 election results even after the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. Harry Dunn, who endured anti-Black racism while defending the Capitol from … Read more
Police officers injured on Jan. 6, 2021, harshly criticized former President Donald Trump for lionizing rioters convicted of attacking the Capitol that day. Appearing at a news conference Monday hosted by President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell and D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges questioned Trump’s focus on “law and … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Republicans settled into a familiar groove on Tuesday after a particularly grim stream of comments by Donald Trump over the weekend, making excuses, ducking questions, and some barely managing to express polite disagreement with their presumptive 2024 presidential nominee. At a rally in Ohio on Saturday, Trump saluted as a recording of a … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of office over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin, a cowboy pastor who rode to national political fame by embracing then-President … Read more
Two federally convicted participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol contributed to the congressional campaigns of Republican Joe Kent, a Donald Trump loyalist who has indulged in conspiracy theories about the attack that day and suggested most of the imprisoned rioters deserve pardons. Last June, David Charles Rhine, an accounting firm … Read more
A Washington, D.C., court said Friday that a lower court was wrong to apply a provision boosting the punishment for a Texas man convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol — a ruling that could raise questions about many other Jan. 6 defendants’ sentences. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the … Read more
WASHINGTON ― As Donald Trump continues to glorify the accused and convicted criminals who beat and maimed police officers as part of his Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt, he appears to have unlikely allies: police unions, who thus far have not offered a single word of criticism. One, in fact, has already endorsed the former … Read more
Donald Trump has called Jan. 6, 2021, a “beautiful day” and said that the people who committed violence and destruction at the U.S. Capitol are “patriots” and “peaceful people.” But the former president’s own attorney offered a starkly different description of that day’s events to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, amid arguments about whether … Read more
