FBI Predicted Extremists Would Take Action Over 2020 Election Dispute
One week before Election Day 2020 and just over two months before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, an internal FBI analysis...
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Sep 20, 20232 min read
After Conspiracy Theories, Ray Epps Plea Deal Likely For Jan. 6 Riot
Ray Epps, a Jan. 6, 2021 participant whose removal from the FBI's Capitol Violence webpage prompted conspiracy theories that he was a...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 12, 20232 min read
Trump Seeks Recusal of Judge Overseeing Jan. 6 Prosecution
Former President Trump is asking the judge assigned to his federal prosecution for seeking to overturn the 2020 election results to step...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 8, 20232 min read
Trump Adviser Navarro Convicted of Contempt of Congress
A federal jury found Peter Navarro, a former adviser to President Trump, guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress. Sentencing was...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 6, 20232 min read
Proud Boys Leader Tarrio Gets 22-Year Term For Capitol Riot Plans
Enrique Tarrio, the national leader of the Proud Boys on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for masterminding a...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 1, 20232 min read
Proud Boy Gets 2nd-Longest Jan. 6 Sentence
One of the leaders of the far-right group Proud Boys who was convicted earlier this year of seditious conspiracy was handed a 17-year...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 31, 20232 min read
Proud Boys Sentencing Delayed A Week Due To Judge's Illness
The sentencing for former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio, who was convicted of orchestrating the far-right extremist group’s...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 27, 20232 min read
Jan. 6 Rioter Who Beat Police With Flagpole Sentenced
A man who beat a police officer with a flagpole and was among the most violent clashes outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was ordered...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 17, 20232 min read
'QAnon Shaman' and Other Jan. 6 Rioters Regret Pleading Guilty
After apologizing for his actions and being sentenced to 41 months in prison, Jake Angeli, nicknamed the ‘QAnon Shaman’ for his role in...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 13, 20231 min read
Justice Department Seeks Longer Jan. 6 Terms For Oath Keepers
The Justice Department appealed what it considers insufficient sentences for members of the Oath Keepers Wednesday for their involvement...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 30, 20231 min read
Man With Explosive Materials Arrested Near Obama's D.C. House
A man being sought on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was arrested Thursday in the Washington,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Senators: FBI, Homeland Security Ignored Red Flags On Jan. 6 Attack
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security downplayed “a massive amount of intelligence information” ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 22, 20232 min read
Tasing D.C. Cop in Capitol Riot Nets 12.5 Years
A federal judge handed out the longest prison term yet in a guilty-plea case stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, hitting a...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 8, 20232 min read
Extremist Threat Seems Untouched by Jan. 6 Prosecutions
The threat of political violence stubbornly persists more than two years into the massive federal crackdown on extremists who took part...
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Crime and Justice News
May 26, 20232 min read
Charges Over D.C. Officer's Collusion With Proud Boys No Surprise
Allegations that a Washington, D.C., police officer tipped off the far-right Proud Boys group about police plans was greeted with a fair...
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Crime and Justice News
May 26, 20232 min read
Terrorism Enhancement Nets Longest Jan. 6 Sentence
A federal judge handed down the longest prison sentence yet for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by using an enhanced penalty...
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Crime and Justice News
May 23, 20232 min read
Prosecutors Take Aggressive Sentencing Stance on Oath Keepers
As a judge prepares to begin sentencing nine members of the Oath Keepers paramilitary group for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021,...
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Crime and Justice News
May 6, 20232 min read
Kentucky Man Gets Longest Capitol Riot Term: 14 Years
Peter Schwartz, a Kentucky man with a long criminal record, was sentenced Friday to a record-setting 14 years in prison for attacking...
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Crime and Justice News
May 4, 20231 min read
Proud Boys Leader, 3 Members Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy
Former Proud Boys head Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and three other members of the extremist group were found guilty Thursday of seditious...
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Crime and Justice News
May 3, 20232 min read
Ex-FBI Agent Arrested For Trespassing In Capitol Riot Case
Federal prosecutors charged a former FBI agent with illegally entering the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and said he called...
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