Republicans in the U.S. Senate are expected to block legislation calling for the creation of a panel to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol aimed at preventing the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential victory over Donald Trump. A vote on the measure had been expected Thursday but was delayed by […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. federal agents have arrested more than 430 people in connection with the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, a senior Justice Department official told lawmakers Thursday, adding that the number of arrests continues to grow. The figure, announced by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brad Wiegmann, represents more than half of an […]
WASHINGTON – “They were dumb asses,” Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes wrote on the encrypted app Signal in early March, blasting members of his anti-government militia group who breached the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The rebuke came during a newly disclosed March 6 exchange between Rhodes and Kenneth Harrelson, one of 12 members of […]
WASHINGTON – On Jan. 4, Stewart Rhodes, the founder of Oath Keepers, an anti-government group, went online to summon his army of followers into action. In an urgent plea on the Oath Keepers website, Rhodes wrote that it is “CRITICAL” that “all patriots” travel to Washington on a “security mission” in support of then-President Donald […]
The director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation told a Senate panel Tuesday that the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building aimed at preventing the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory over Donald Trump was domestic terrorism. “That siege was criminal behavior, plain and simple. It’s behavior that we, the FBI, […]
WASHINGTON – Impeachment prosecutors contended Thursday that there was “clear and overwhelming” evidence that former President Donald Trump incited insurrection by sending a mob of his supporters to the U.S. Capitol last month to confront lawmakers as they were certifying that he had lost the November election to Democrat Joe Biden. In closing arguments, the […]
“These remarks make it clear that he has no problem endangering others or inciting insurrection.” President Donald Trump on Monday rejected personal responsibility for his comments widely seen as inciting the violent January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The speech he made to the extremist crowd “has been analyzed,” Trump told reporters at Joint […]
Google yanked Parler from its app store Friday in light of “continued posting… that seeks to incite ongoing violence in the U.S.” Amid ongoing calls for President Donald Trump to face accountability for his role in encouraging Wednesday’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, Google announced Friday that it pulled from its app store Parler—a social media platform described as “where the […]
Fully 79% of all respondents, including two-thirds of Republicans and Trump voters, described the president’s supporters who attacked the Capitol on Wednesday as “criminals” or “fools.” A majority of Americans want President Donald Trump removed from office after he played a leading role in inciting Wednesday’s deadly right-wing mob attack on the U.S. Capitol, according […]