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Kenneth Chesebro, a lawyer who is accused of participating in a plot to overturn the election results in favor of former President Donald Trump, accepted a plea agreement in Georgia on Friday. He is one of 19 co-defendants, including Trump himself, in the case. A day before Chesebro’s admission of guilt, Sidney K. Powell, another Trump-affiliated lawyer, also pleaded guilty and agreed to work with the prosecution. Although they both originally requested a speedy trial, they have now decided to plead guilty prior to the start of the trial. The trial will no longer take place. Chesebro’s plea de...
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Ray Epps, a January 6 rioter and victim of conspiracy theorists, was charged with a count of disorderly conduct. Epps has been accused of “knowingly, and with intent to impede and disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business and official functions, engage in disorderly and disruptive conduct.” Additionally, he will be charged for “impeding and disrupting the orderly conduct of Government business and official functions, and attempts and conspired to do so.” “I never intended to break the law,” Epps said in a statement. “I never intended to break the law. It’s not in my DNA. I’ve never – ...
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Freshman Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wisconsin) yelled at a group of high school-aged Senate pages while giving a tour of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. The Senate’s page program invites teenagers to intern at Capitol Hill and allows them to complete menial tasks for lawmakers, such as preparing the chamber for sessions and carrying bills and amendments on the floor. They are usually nominated by their home state senator. Van Orden reportedly saw some of the students lying on their backs in the Capitol Rotunda after hours, taking photos of the building’s dome. According to a transcript tak...
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Peter Stager, a truck driver who assaulted a police officer at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, was sentenced to 52 months in federal prison. Stager was part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6 in protest of the results of the 2020 election. He was captured on video beating police officer Blake Miller with a flagpole and was one of nine men charged with assaulting Miller and two of his colleagues. After assaulting Miller, prosecutors said that Stager was captured on video, pointing to the Capitol and yelling: “Everybody in there is a disgrace. That entire building is filled wi...
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Richard “Bigo” Barnett was sentenced to four years and a half years in prison for his participation in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Barnett became one of the faces of the insurrection after being photographed with his feet resting on Nancy Pelosi‘s (D-California) desk. Barnett was convicted on eight charges in January. The charges included disorderly conduct while carrying a dangerous weapon, obstruction of an official proceeding, and mail theft. He faced up to 20 years in prison. The court outlined Barnett’s actions in the former Speaker’s office. Barnett spent 10 minutes in ...
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Former President Donald Trump has blamed his Vice President Mike Pence for the violence during the January 6 Capitol insurrection. Trump claimed that Pence’s unwillingness to support his scheme, based on lies about election fraud, fomented the political violence. “Had he sent the votes back to the legislators, they wouldn’t have had a problem with January 6,” Trump told the press corps during a flight to a campaign event in Iowa. “So, in many ways, you can blame him for January 6.” Trump’s rhetoric on the way to the campaign events grabbed national headlines. Trump followed the attack on Pence...
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Biden Administration officials are calling Fox News Host Tucker Carlson‘s January 6 coverage “false.” Carlson has painted the January 6 insurrection on the Capitol as an “orderly and meek” gathering of tourists. The administration joined the chief of the Capitol Police, J. Thomas Manger, who called Carlson’s portrayal “offensive and misleading.” “We agree with the chief of the Capitol Police and the wide range of bipartisan lawmakers who have condemned this false depiction of the unprecedented, violent attack on our Constitution and the rule of law — which cost police officers their lives,” Wh...
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Attorneys representing members of the far-right Proud Boys militia in their defense cases surrounding the January 6 Capitol riot have notified the court that they intend to issue a subpoena to former President Donald Trump. Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four other members have been charged with sedition and orchestrating the violence that occurred on January 6 — a charge they believe should be brought against Trump. “Donald Trump called on patriots to stop the steal. We’re calling on Donald Trump to take the stand,” said Norm Pattis, an attorney for one of the defendants. The Proud Boys...
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Four more members of the far-right militia group, The Oath Keepers, were found guilty of seditious conspiracy for their part in the January 6 insurrection. The verdict is a significant win for federal prosecutors. The finding is the second time federal prosecutors have garnered a guilty verdict against members of The Oath Keeper. Hundreds of people represented the group during the January 6 attack as they attempted to stop Joe Biden‘s Presidential certification. The 12-member jury found members David Moerschel, Joseph Hackett, Roberto Minuta and Edward Vallejo guilty of seditious conspiracy. T...
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The federal jury in Washington, D.C., found Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes guilty of seditious conspiracy on Tuesday for his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol as President Joe Biden‘s victory was being certified by a joint session of Congress. Fellow Oath Keeper’s member and co-defendantKelly Meggs was also convicted of seditious conspiracy, which can carry up to a 20-year prison sentence. Meggs was the leader of the far-right group’s Florida branch. Rhodes and Meggs were found guilty in large part due to evidence that they wished violence upon House Speaker Nancy Pe...
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