Donald Trump issued 1,500 pardons, freeing hundreds of his supporters jailed for participating in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Thousands had stormed the Capitol after Trump claimed the 2020 election wasrigged. The violence resulted in five deaths, including a police officer, and left over ...
According to the government, after the riot, Alam called a family member from a phone number he'd never used before, saying that he was sorry for what he'd done at the Capitol but that he would not turn himself in. Alam's family member told prosecutors that after the riot, Alam had ...
A woman who federal prosecutors say was directing a mob with a bullhorn during the riot at the Capitol last month was arrested on Thursday and charged with multiple federal crimes. Rachel Marie Powell was arrested in Pennsylvania, according to documents posted on the Department of Justic...
In the interview, Manger, who was hired after supporters ofPresident-elect Trumpbreached the Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election results, declined to directly comment about Trump’s promise to pardon many of the Jan. 6 defendants once he returns to office. T...
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-NY, joins Morning Joe to condemn the January 6 Capitol attack, why he doesn't believe in pardons 'if somebody engaged in violence at the Capitol' and to share his thoughts on congestion pricing.Jan. 6, 2025Read More ...
dangerous, simply because they're willing to engage in violent conduct on the perceived instructions of the president of the United States," said Adam S. Fels, a former federal prosecutor and founding partner of Fridman Fels & Soto, PLLC, who is not involved in any of the Capitol riot ...
"The President's actions are an outrageous insult to our justice system and the heroes who suffered physical scars and emotional trauma as they protected the Capitol, the Congress and the Constitution," Pelosi, D-California, said in a statement. ...
Virginia’s state Senate voted 24-9 on Wednesday to censure state Sen. Amanda Chase (R), a gubernatorial candidate, over actions including her attendance at a Jan. 6 pro-Trump rally in Washington and her praise for the rioters who struck the Capitol afte
6, 2021, in Washington. A federal judge has refused to throw out a key charge against two men accused of storming the U.S. Capitol to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich ruled on Friday that an obstruction ...
Some judges in Washington, DC, have also been publicly critical of Trump’s attempts to whitewash the riot’s causes and violence. “No matter what ultimately becomes of the Capitol Riots cases already concluded and still pending, the true story of what happened on January 6, 2021, will neve...