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Jan 5, 20232 min read

FBI Increases Reward To $500K For Info On January 2021 Pipe Bombs

The FBI increased the reward for information about pipe bombs placed outside both the Republican National Committee and Democratic...

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Crime and Justice News

Jan 3, 20232 min read

Post-911 Security Intel Plans 'Failed Miserably' On Jan. 6, Ex-Chief Says

In a firsthand account of the frantic efforts of Capitol Police officers to protect Congress from an armed mob on Jan. 6, 2021, Steven...

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Crime and Justice News

Dec 23, 20222 min read

House Jan. 6 Panel Says Law Enforcement 'Not To Blame' For Riot

The final report of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot identified failures of communication and...

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Crime and Justice News

Dec 20, 20221 min read

House Jan. 6 Referral 'Will Not Change The Outcome' At DOJ

The historic criminal referral by the House Jan. 6 committee urging the Justice Department to pursue charges against President Trump is...

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Crime and Justice News

Dec 19, 20222 min read

Jury Selection to Start In Sedition Case Against Proud Boys

On Jan. 6, 2021, as scores of Proud Boys were getting ready to take their place in a pro-Trump mob outside the Capitol, a leader of the...

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Crime and Justice News

Dec 19, 20222 min read

Jan. 6 Panel Urging DOJ To Consider Criminal Charges Against Trump

The House Jan. 6 committee is wrapping up its investigation of the violent 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection. Lawmakers are expected to cap...

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Crime and Justice News

Dec 13, 20222 min read

Appeals Court Debates Charge Invoked In 300 Capitol Riot Cases

Hundreds of prosecutions in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot are hanging in the balance as a panel of federal judges decide the...

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Crime and Justice News

Dec 12, 20222 min read

Missouri Man Sentenced In Capitol Riot Said Trump Is To Blame

An Independence, Mo., man sentenced for breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, blamed former President Trump, right-wing media and other...

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Crime and Justice News

Dec 7, 20221 min read

Family Of Officer Who Died After Jan. 6 Assault Snubs GOP Leaders

The family of a deceased U.S. Capitol police officer refused to shake hands with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R=KY) and House...

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Crime and Justice News

Dec 7, 20221 min read

House Jan. 6 Panel Plans Criminal Referrals to Justice Department

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department as...

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Crime and Justice News

Nov 30, 20222 min read

Oath Keepers Founder Rhodes Found Guilty of Sedition

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was convicted Tuesday of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to overturn President Biden’s...

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Crime and Justice News

Nov 22, 20222 min read

First Woman Convicted By Jury in Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol Riot

A Pennsylvania woman who joined a mob in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office suite on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted Monday of impeding...

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Crime and Justice News

Nov 18, 20222 min read

Jan. 6 Committee Readies Potential Criminal Referrals Against Trump

As the House January 6 select committee wraps up its work before Republicans take control of the House and shut down the inquiry, a new...

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Crime and Justice News

Oct 28, 20222 min read

Jan. 6 Rioter Who Assaulted Officer Gets 90 Months In Prison

A Jan. 6, 2021 rioter has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for brutally assaulting a police officer, Politico reports....

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Crime and Justice News

Oct 24, 20222 min read

Trump Subpoena Sets Up Potential Legal Test

In what is shaping up as a potential constitutional clash — or a mere postscript to the upcoming midterm elections — the House committee...

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Crime and Justice News

Oct 21, 20221 min read

DOJ Asks Congress For $34M More To Prosecute Capitol Rioters

The Biden administration needs $34 million more to bring the Jan. 6 rioters to justice, but it’s not clear Congress will grant that...

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Crime and Justice News

Oct 17, 20222 min read

DOJ Seeks Six-Month Prison Term For Steve Bannon In Jan. 6 Case

Federal prosecutors urged a judge to make former President Trump’s political confidant Stephen Bannon the first person to be imprisoned...

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Crime and Justice News

Oct 14, 20222 min read

Secret Service Knew Early About Violent Threats On Jan. 6, 2021

The Secret Service had early warnings that supporters of President Trump were plotting an armed attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,...

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Crime and Justice News

Oct 7, 20222 min read

DOJ Flips Proud Boy as Sedition Case Witness

A member of the inner circle of longtime Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio agreed to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy in the...

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Crime and Justice News

Oct 4, 20221 min read

Oath Keepers Planned 'Armed Rebellion' At Capitol, U.S. Says

The founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates planned an "armed rebellion" to keep President Trump in power, the...

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