“Failing to hold him responsible not only violates the Constitution, but it also sets a dangerous precedent for permitting violent attacks on our democracy,” said the Free Speech for People campaign director. A pair of advocacy organizations that have long argued former President Donald Trump’s incitement of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol legally […]
Trump has recently “excused or dismissed the violence of January 6,” one journalist warned. “He is an authoritarian willing to (again) use violence for his own ends.” Former U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Saturday on his social media platform that he “will be arrested” on Tuesday and implored his supporters to “protest” and “take our […]
WASHINGTON — Almost two years after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the sprawling federal investigation into the riot continues at an “unprecedented speed and scale,” with more than 950 people arrested, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday. That number represents less than half of an estimated 2,000 to 2,500 supporters of […]
“The Justice Department must apply the same standard of law to Donald Trump as they would to any citizen,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, a committee member. “That’s what Attorney General Garland promised to do. And the country will hold the department to it.” The congressional committee probing the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on […]