Oath Keepers Attorney Arrested in Jan. 6 Probe
An attorney who is a close advisor to the leader of the far-right group Oath Keepers was arrested on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021,...
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Sep 2, 20221 min read
Former NYPD Officer Sentenced to 10 Years for Capitol Riot Assault
Thomas Webster, a former New York Police Department officer who assaulted a U.S. Capitol police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot,...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 30, 20221 min read
Secret Service's Ornato Retires Days Before IG Interview
Former President Trump's deputy chief of staff for operations, Anthony Ornato, has announced his retirement only two days before a...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 15, 20222 min read
Capitol Rioters Using Insurrection As Platform to Self-Promote
Facing prison time and dire consequences for storming the U.S. Capitol, some Jan. 6 defendants are trying to profit from their...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 12, 20221 min read
Ex-VA Police Officer Gets 7-Year Term For Role in Jan. 6 Attack
A former Virginia police officer was sentenced to over seven years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S....
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 4, 20221 min read
Longer Sentences for Jan. 6 Rioters Likely In Seditious Conspiracy Cases
The longest prison sentence given to a Jan. 6 Capitol riot participant came Monday when Guy Reffitt was sentenced to over seven years,...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 2, 20221 min read
Texas Militia Member Sentenced to Seven Years For Capitol Riot Role
A Texas militia member was sentenced to over seven years in prison for participating in the January 6, 2021, capitol riot. It was the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 29, 20222 min read
Secret Service Director Delays Retirement Amid Jan. 6 Issues
Secret Service Director James Murray is delaying a planned retirement as the agency deals with continuing controversies related to the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 22, 20222 min read
Pence Secret Service Agents Feared For Their Lives in Capitol Riot
For 13 minutes on Jan. 6, 2021, as smoke clouded the air and Vice President Pence hid from rioters in his Capitol office, his Secret...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 22, 20221 min read
Criminal Investigation Started On Secret Service's Deleted Messages
The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general has launched a criminal investigation into the destruction of Secret Service text...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 20, 20222 min read
Secret Service Still Seeking Any Missing Texts From Jan. 6, 2021
Documents provided by the Secret Service to the Jan. 6 select committee on Tuesday didn’t include any previously undisclosed text...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 18, 20221 min read
Jury Selection Set for Steve Bannon Criminal Contempt Trial
Jury selection will begin for the trial of Steve Bannon, an advisor to former President Trump, Associated Press reports. Bannon is...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 18, 20222 min read
Criminal Probe Against Trump Might Complicate Other Jan. 6 Cases
Attorney General Merrick Garland is under pressure to prosecute Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 13, 20221 min read
House Committee Says Evidence Proves Trump Incited Capitol Riot
Members of Congress on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of inciting a mob of followers to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 12, 20221 min read
Bannon Defenses Rejected, Contempt Trial Set For Monday
A federal judge rejected nearly all of Steve Bannon’s defenses against a charge that he criminally defied a subpoena from the Jan. 6...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 6, 20222 min read
Judges Refuse to Move Capitol Riot Trials Outside of D.C.
Federal judges are declining efforts by attorneys for defendants in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot cases who seek to relocate their client's...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 1, 20222 min read
DOJ Prosecutor Windom Key Leader in Jan. 6 Trump Investigation
As the Justice Department expands its criminal investigation into the efforts to keep President Trump in office after his 2020 election...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 29, 20222 min read
New Jan. 6 Testimony Suggests More Criminal Exposure For Trump
Donald Trump and his two closest advisers could face widening criminal exposure over the Capitol attack after ex-White House aide Cassidy...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 28, 20221 min read
Federal Agents Seize Phone Of Trump Attorney John Eastman
John Eastman, the attorney behind President Trump’s last-ditch strategy to seize a second term, said he had his phone seized by federal...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 24, 20221 min read
Trump Badgered DOJ Over 2020 Corrupt Election Claims
Former President Trump pressured the Justice Department to pursue false allegations of election fraud, witnesses testified Thursday to...
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