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3 days ago2 min read
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioters Seek Clemency For Other Crimes
Less than a month after being pardoned for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, some former defendants find...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 282 min read
Trump U.S. Attorney In D.C. Orders Probe Of Some Jan. 6 Charges
The interim U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., Edward Martin, asked two top prosecutors to review the handling of Capitol riot ...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 282 min read
Judge Lifts Order Barring Oath Keepers Leader From Entering D.C.
A federal judge rescinded an order barring Stewart Rhodes, former leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group, and several other...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 281 min read
Jan. 6 Rioter Pardoned By Trump Killed By Deputy In Traffic Stop
An Indiana man was fatally shot by a deputy during a traffic stop a few days after he was pardoned by President Trump for a misdemeanor...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 213 min read
Trump Pardons 1,500 Capitol Rioters, Including Cop Assailants
President Trump on pardoned nearly all the rioters charged in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, wiping away criminal...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 202 min read
Judges Sentence More Jan. 6 Rioters As They Hope For Trump Pardons
On the last day of federal court before the Trump administration begins, the judge who presided over the president-elect’s now-dismissed...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 92 min read
Washington Police Receive Threats, Warn of Increased Violence If Trump Pardons Jan. 6 Rioters
Alarm bells are ringing for law enforcement officers who publicly testified before the House Jan. 6 Committee and at countless criminal...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 63 min read
Which Of The 1,580 Jan. 6, 2021, Defendants Will Trump Pardon?
James Tate Grant couldn’t admit to his father that he joined the first attack on police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, opening the...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 20, 20242 min read
Court Allows Jan. 6 Defendant To View Trump Inauguration
A Kansas City man who pleaded guilty to entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and expects a pardon from President-elect Trump will...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 13, 20242 min read
FBI Should Have Had More Intel Before Capitol Riot, Watchdog Finds
The FBI should have done more to gather intelligence before the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, says the Justice Department's inspector...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 9, 20242 min read
Trump Will Pardon Jan. 6 Rioters Starting On First Day In Office
President-elect Trump says pardoning rioters from the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol will begin his first day in office. "I'm...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Trump Judge Calls Pardons For Jan. 6 Rioters 'Beyond Frustrating'
Carl Nichols, a federal judge who was nominated by Donald Trump, says it would be “beyond frustrating and disappointing” if the...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 8, 20242 min read
Jan. 6 Rioter Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison
The man who was recorded punching the glass windows leading to the Speaker’s Lobby during the January 6, 2020 attack on the U.S. Capitol...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 6, 20241 min read
Jan. 6, 2021 Defendants Likely To Seek Delays Awaiting Trump Pardon
Among the many supporters of Donald Trump cheering his victory, some of the most zealous celebrations may be coming from the people who...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 23, 20242 min read
Upheld Conviction For Capitol Rioter Sets Precedent For Federal Trespass Law
On Tuesday, the federal appeals court in Washington, DC upheld the conviction of the Cowboys for Trump founder, Couy Griffin, who entered...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 12, 20242 min read
Feds Will Boost Security to Prevent Capitol Attack Repeat
The federal government will dramatically increase security protections for the joint session of Congress where lawmakers count states’...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 5, 20242 min read
Judge Shaves More Than A Year Off Of Capitol Rioter's Sentence
A federal judge knocked 15 months off a Capitol rioter’s seven-year sentence on Wednesday, the first resentencing under the Supreme...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 17, 20241 min read
DOJ Drops Capitol Obstruction Cases After SCOTUS Ruling
Federal prosecutors have started dismissing obstruction charges from some Capitol riot defendants' cases under the U.S. Supreme Court's...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Supreme Court Makes It Harder To Charge Jan. 6 Rioters With Obstruction
On Friday, The Supreme Court made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction — a charge that also has been brought...
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Crime and Justice News
May 29, 20242 min read
Police Officers Who Defended Capitol On Jan. 6 To Help Biden Campaign
Three police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the deadly Jan. 6 riot will help President Joe Biden's campaign in...
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