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&#39;Three Percenters&#39; Members Charged in Capitol Riot
In Capitol Riot
Case, 2 Big Firsts
Jun 11, 2021 12:32 PM CDT

In Capitol Riot Case, 2 Big Firsts

Three Percenters members charged with conspiracy; also first charges for those who helped plan events

(Newser) - Dozens of members of two prominent far-right organizations—the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers—have already been slammed with conspiracy charges surrounding the Capitol riot on Jan. 6. Add a third group onto that pile. Prosecutors filed a federal indictment on Thursday accusing six California men—including four said...

Capitol Police Cop 'Horrified' at Lack of Help From Bosses

Senate report outlines security and intelligence failures before Jan. 6 riot

(Newser) - The warnings were there, at least two weeks in advance. But they never made it to the officers on ground at the US Capitol on Jan. 6. That's one of the takeaways from a bipartisan Senate investigation of the intelligence and security failures surrounding the riots. The report, conducted...

PAC Co-Founder: Fox Rejected Our Ad on Capitol Riot

MeidasTouch's minute-long spot had emotional interviews with members of law enforcement

(Newser) - A new ad about the chaos and violence faced by police officers during the Capitol riot features emotional interviews with some of those officers, but it doesn't look like Fox News viewers will get to see it anytime soon. Ben Meiselas, co-founder of the liberal, anti-Trump MeidasTouch PAC, tells...

Congressman Sues Another, Things Get Weird

Eric Swalwell serves Mo Brooks with a lawsuit

(Newser) - Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, filed a lawsuit in March accusing former President Trump and his allies, including Donald Trump Jr. and Rudy Giuliani, of inciting the January 6 mob attack on the US Capitol. Now, Swalwell has finally served the last person named in the suit—his fellow congressman,...

5 Months After Capitol Attack, 17 Injured Cops Still Off Work

Meanwhile, dozens have retired or resigned from the Capitol Police force since Jan. 6

(Newser) - Mike Pence said this week he wasn't sure he and former President Trump would "ever see eye to eye" on what went down at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, calling the deadly attack there a "dark day." No one knows just how dark better than...

Pence, in NH Speech, Addresses Capitol Riot

Says he and Trump may never 'see eye to eye' on January 6

(Newser) - Former VP Mike Pence on Thursday gave his most extensive thoughts yet on the Capitol riot, saying he and former president Donald Trump differ a bit in their feelings on what happened in DC January 6. Pence, during a speech at a Republican dinner in New Hampshire, said, "President...

FBI Says Capitol Rioter Was Identified From Tattoo

James Burton McGrew arrested in Arizona

(Newser) - A violent Capitol rioter was identified with the help of a large "KING JAMES" tattoo across his stomach, federal authorities say. James Allen McGrew was arrested in Arizona last week on suspicion of storming the building on Jan. 6 and assaulting officers, the Arizona Republic reports. Authorities say police...

Feds Drop Case Against Man Charged in Capitol Riot

Move in Christopher Kelly case appears to be a first

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors have dropped the criminal case against a New York man who was accused of participating in the Capitol riot, in what appears to be the first such move by the Justice Department in its sprawling Jan. 6 prosecution. The dismissal of the case against Christopher M. Kelly was...

Rioter Who Stormed Senate Chamber Pleads Guilty

Paul Hodgkins is second rioter to plead guilty

(Newser) - A Florida man who stormed the Senate chamber on Jan. 6 waving a Trump flag has become the second rioter to plead guilty—and his case is being closely watched by lawyers for other riot suspects not charged with violent crimes. The Department of Justice says Paul Hodgkins, 38, pleaded...

Pelosi Rules Out Presidential Commission on Capitol Attack

She says it's 'not a workable idea in this circumstance'

(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is ruling out a presidential commission to study the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, telling House Democrats on Tuesday that having President Biden appoint a panel is unworkable even after the Senate blocked an independent probe last week. Pelosi laid out possible next steps after...

GOP Uses Filibuster to Derail Jan. 6 Inquiry

Measures comes up short of necessary 60 votes in the Senate

(Newser) - The bill to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol attracted the support of six Republican senators Friday, but it wasn't enough. The vote was 54-35, Politico reports. No Democrat was opposed, so the procedural vote would have needed 10 GOP votes...

GOP Poised to Block Capitol Attack Probe

They're expected to filibuster bill to create bipartisan commission

(Newser) - Senate Republicans are poised to block the creation of a special commission to study the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, dashing hopes for a bipartisan panel amid a GOP push to put the violent insurrection by Donald Trump’s supporters behind them. Broad Republican opposition was expected in...

Capitol Officer's Mother Lobbies GOP Senators

Jan. 6 Commission lacks enough support from Republicans so far

(Newser) - The mother of the late Brian Sicknick, the Capitol Police officer who died in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack, met with several Republican senators Thursday to ask for their support of a commission to investigate the riot. Gladys Sicknick had requested a meeting with all GOP senators, Politico...

Some Rioters Using 'Mob Mentality' Defense

It's a longshot, but there is precedent

(Newser) - Christopher Grider said he came to Washington on Jan. 6 with no intention of rioting. But he got caught up in the mob of angry supporters of then-President Trump as they surged into the Capitol, breaking through police barriers and smashing through doors. It wasn't his fault, he said,...

US Capitol Police Still Fleeing Months After Attack

Union says around 70 Capitol Police have left due to trauma and budget woes

(Newser) - Over 70 members of the US Capitol Police have left the department in the wake of the January 6 attack by followers of former President Donald Trump. Per Politico , that number was cited by the department's union, whose chair, Gus Papathanasiou, blamed budget woes and the lingering trauma of...

$90K Seized From Man Who Sold Capitol Riot Footage

Prosecutors have also filed criminal charges against John Earle Sullivan

(Newser) - A Utah man who authorities say filmed himself and others during the Jan. 6 US Capitol riots and went on to sell footage of the shooting death of rioter Ashli Babbitt won't end up profiting, after all. Federal authorities have seized $90,000 from John Earle Sullivan, the amount...

Democrats Nearly Sink Capitol Security Upgrade

Passed by a single vote, after objections over more funding for police, bill goes to Senate

(Newser) - Without any help from Republicans and a group of their own members, House Democrats on Thursday approved a $1.9 billion plan to improve security at the US Capitol by a one-vote margin. Several progressive Democrats either sat out the vote or voted no, arguing that the Trump supporters who...

All Congressmen Sent Anonymous Capitol Police Letter

Statement rebukes Republicans who don't back Jan. 6 probe

(Newser) - Hours before the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to form a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, an anonymous statement on Capitol Police letterhead was sent to the offices of every member of Congress. Politico reports the letter, unsigned but reportedly written by multiple...

35 Republicans Back Jan. 6 Probe
35 Republicans
Back Jan. 6 Probe
May 19, 2021 6:25 PM CDT

35 Republicans Back Jan. 6 Probe

House sends plan for bipartisan commission to Senate

(Newser) - Thirty-five House Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday in voting to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, risking the wrath of former President Trump and flouting GOP leaders who condemned the proposal as unfairly partisan and unnecessary. The mavericks were led by New York...

Proposed Capitol Attack Probe Dealt 'Serious Setback'

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy won't support it

(Newser) - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he won't support bipartisan legislation to establish a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, dealing "a serious setback" to the motion headed for a Wednesday vote, per Reuters . "Given the political misdirections that have marred this process,...

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