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Stewart Rhodes Makes Visit to Capitol Hill, Stunning Staff
Judge Bans Rhodes From DC
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Jan 24, 2025 11:45 AM CST

Judge Bans Rhodes From DC

Oath Keepers founder visited Capitol Hill after his sentence was commuted by Trump

(Newser) - Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes has been freed from prison but he's no longer free to visit the Capitol. Judge Amit Mehta has banned Rhodes and seven other militia members whose sentences were commuted by President Trump from entering Washington, DC, without permission. The order changing their conditions of...

Jan. 6 Defendant Re-Arrested After Trump's Pardon

Daniel Ball detained on gun charges unrelated to the Capitol riot

(Newser) - One of the Jan. 6 defendants who received a presidential pardon found himself almost immediately re-arrested, reports Politico . Daniel Ball never even left federal custody, and his case may test the scope of President Trump's sweeping pardons of all those who took part in the violence at the Capitol,...

Jacob Chansley's Plan After Pardon Is to Buy Guns

Experts worry Trump's move will hurt anti-terrorism efforts in the long term

(Newser) - Jacob Chansley, the Capitol rioter known as the "QAnon Shaman," celebrated receiving a pardon on Monday by thanking President Trump and announcing his immediate plans in a post on X . "Now I am gonna buy some m------------ guns!" Chansley wrote, per the Hill . Experts who study...

'MAGA Granny' Turns Down J6 Pardon: 'We Were Wrong'

Pamela Hemphill, sentenced to 60 days in prison, says that accepting pardon would be an 'insult'

(Newser) - While most of the 1,500 or so people who were jailed for taking part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot celebrated this week at receiving a "full pardon" from President Trump, one stands out from the crowd: Pamela Hemphill, who has turned down the president's offer for...

Trump Defends Pardons for Capitol Rioters

President announces $500B artificial intelligence infrastructure project

(Newser) - President Trump defended his decision to pardon around 1,500 people involved in the Capitol riot, including many convicted of assaulting police officers, in a news conference Tuesday. He said the sentences handed down to members of the Oath Keeper and Proud Boys were "ridiculous and excessive," the...

Trump Issues 'Full Pardons' to 1.5K in Capitol Riot

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is being prepared for release from prison, lawyer says

(Newser) - President Trump on Monday night said he was pardoning about 1,500 of his supporters who have been charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US. Capitol, using his sweeping clemency powers on his first day back in office to dismantle the largest investigation and prosecution in Justice...

Vance: Violent Rioters Shouldn't Be Pardoned

Vice president-elect then defends position after immediate criticism online

(Newser) - Despite his boss' promises, Vice President-elect JD Vance told Fox News Sunday that Capitol rioters who committed violence on Jan. 6, 2021, should not receive a presidential pardon. "I think it's very simple, look, if you protested peacefully on January 6th, and you had Merrick Garland's Department of...

Angry After Jan. 6, He Became a 'Freelance Vigilante'

ProPublica's look at John Williams' undercover infiltration into a far-right militia, where he became a leader

(Newser) - In the spring of 2023, reporter Joshua Kaplan received a package in the mail with no return address, the contents of which included a flash drive with tens of thousands of files. What Kaplan found in those files he now details for ProPublica , laying out the "remarkable odyssey" of...

Jan. 6 Rioter Arrested After Fleeing to Canada

Antony Vo, facing a nine-month sentence, was taken into custody at a ski resort

(Newser) - An American fugitive convicted in the Jan. 6 storming of the US Capitol was arrested at a Canadian ski resort on the four-year anniversary of the attack. Authorities said Antony Vo was taken into custody Monday in Whistler, British Columbia, on a warrant under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act....

Former Proud Boys Leader Asks Trump for a Pardon

Enrique Tarrio's lawyer has made request in a letter to the president-elect

(Newser) - Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys, would like a pardon. Tarrio, currently serving the longest prison sentence handed to any of the January 6 insurrectionists (22 years) despite the fact that he was not actually present at the US Capitol on that day...

A Momentous Jan. 6 Dawns in Washington
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Jan 6, 2025 6:43 AM CST

A Momentous Jan. 6 Dawns in Washington

Kamala Harris will certify election of rival Donald Trump at US Capitol on Monday

(Newser) - As Congress prepares to convene during a winter storm on Monday to certify the election of Donald Trump, the AP makes note of one "extraordinary fact": that "the candidate who tried to overturn the previous election won this time and is legitimately returning to power." Four years...

FBI Releases New Video in Still-Unsolved Pipe Bomb Case

Bombs were planted in DC the night before the 2021 Capitol riot

(Newser) - A harrowing chapter in American history remains shrouded in mystery: Who planted pipe bombs outside offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees in Washington on the eve of the attack on the Capitol ? Hoping to generate new tips from the public, the FBI is releasing more information about...

House Republicans Call for Criminal Probe of Cheney

Panel calls Jan. 6 committee she co-chaired a 'political weapon' focused on tarnishing Trump legacy

(Newser) - House Republicans who investigated the Capitol attack—and what they call the "failures and politicization" of the House Select Committee that conducted its own investigation—are calling for a criminal investigation of the party's former No. 3 leader in the House. In an interim report issued Tuesday, the...

Sanders on Trump's Jail Comment: Looks Like 'Dictatorship'

Senator says Biden should 'very seriously' consider preemptive pardons

(Newser) - President-elect Trump recently said members of the House of Representatives committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot " should be in jail ," and President Biden is reportedly considering preemptive pardons for them and others Trump may target. Is that a good idea? "Well, I think he...

Report on FBI Debunks Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theories

Inspector general has criticisms of agency but found no evidence agents provoked Capitol riot

(Newser) - A report released Thursday by the Justice Department's inspector general says investigators discovered no reason to believe law enforcement did anything to provoke or encourage the attack on the US Capitol—a conspiracy theory long promoted by allies of President-elect Trump. "We found no evidence in the materials...

Trump: Rioters Will Get Pardons on Day 1
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Dec 8, 2024 11:30 AM CST

Trump Pledges Fast Pardons of Rioters

But Liz Cheney deserves jail, president-elect says

(Newser) - President-elect Trump said his supporters convicted of attacking the US Capitol will not have to wait long to be pardoned once he takes office. "I'm going to be acting very quickly. First day," Trump said on NBC's Meet the Press. More than 1,251 people have...

Judge Tosses Jan. 6 Suit Against Fox News, Carlson

Trump backer accused network, host of suggesting he was working for FBI

(Newser) - A Delaware court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News brought by a Marine veteran purported to have been a federal agent who egged on the Jan. 6 rioters. Former Fox host Tucker Carlson was among the media figures promoting the conspiracy theory. The New York Times reports that...

Jan. 6 Rioter Plotted to Kill His Investigators

Edward Kelley, 35, now faces up to life in prison

(Newser) - Two weeks after he was convicted of charges for his role as one of the first people to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Edward Kelley has been convicted of plotting to kill those who investigated him. The Tennessee man was found guilty Wednesday of conspiracy to murder federal...

Comedic Actor Pleads Guilty in Capitol Riot
Bob's Burgers Actor Gets
Prison Time Over Capitol Riot
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Nov 2, 2024 3:55 PM CDT

Bob's Burgers Actor Gets Prison Time Over Capitol Riot

Jay Johnston sentenced to a year and a day behind bars

(Newser) - Comedic actor Jay Johnston has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for his role in the 2021 Capitol riot, reports the Hill . Among other things, prosecutors say he took part in a "heave-ho push" that pinned an officer against a door frame. Johnston, who has...

Harris to State Final Argument to Voters From the Ellipse

Democratic nominee will speak from the spot where Trump urged on his supporters on Jan. 6

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver her closing argument to voters on Tuesday at the Ellipse in Washington, the place where then-President Donald Trump rallied supporters and urged them to march on the Capitol. Campaign officials said the Democratic presidential nominee is likely to speak about Trump's role in...

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