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Crime and Justice News
Apr 15, 20222 min read
Jailed Capitol Riot Defendants Squabble Over $1M In Donations
Inside the Washington, D.C., jail, where some defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol have been held for a...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 13, 20222 min read
Capitol Riot Defendant Blames Trump For 'Sinister' Jan. 6 Plot
Mentions of Donald Trump have been rare at the first trials for people charged with storming the U.S. Capitol On Jan. 6, 2021, but that...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 11, 20222 min read
FBI Informants Could Complicate Jan. 6, 2021 Prosecutions
The Justice Department has expanded its investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and is gearing up for summer trials in some of the...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 7, 20221 min read
Capitol Riot Suspect Acquitted After Saying He Was Unaware of Rules
A federal judge found a former Energy Department contract engineer not guilty in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, citing the...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 4, 20222 min read
Could Jan. 6 Panel Referral to DOJ on Trump Harm Prosecution Odds?
Should the House Jan. 6 committee ask the Justice Department to pursue a criminal case against Donald Trump? It’s a question with...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 31, 20222 min read
DOJ's Jan. 6 Probe Expands To Investigate Rally Before Riot
The criminal investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol has expanded to examine preparations for the rally that preceded...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 30, 20222 min read
Judge Suggests Jan. 6 Defendants Don't Deserve 'Serious Jail Time'
A federal judge criticized federal prosecutors for seeking jail time for some nonviolent Trump supporters in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 24, 20221 min read
Capitol Rioter Granted Refugee Status in Belarus
Evan Neumann, a Capitol rioter who fled the U.S. has been granted refugee status in Belarus, CNN reports. Neumann fled to Ukraine after...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 23, 20221 min read
New Mexico Official Convicted in Jan. 6, 2021 Attack
A federal judge convicted an elected official from New Mexico of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds but acquitted him of...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 22, 20222 min read
Prosecution Faces Hurdles in Second Trial of Capitol Rioter
The federal government is facing obstacles in its second trial involving a January 6 rioter, Politico reports. The first defendant, Guy...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 21, 20221 min read
NM Official Goes to Trial in Capitol Case, Claims Political Prosecution
A New Mexico official headed to trial Monday with a judge — not a jury — to decide if he is guilty of charges that he illegally entered...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 18, 20222 min read
TX Man Admits Guilt in Capitol Riot Even Though U.S. Mishandled Case
Lucas Denney, a Texas man accused of assaulting a police officer with a pole during last year's Capitol riot, pleaded guilty on Thursday...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 16, 20222 min read
Judges Impose Court Supervision on Jan. 6 Defendants Through 2024
Federal judges increasingly are sentencing people who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the Capitol to three-year terms of...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Feds Admit Mistake In Delay of Jan. 6 Rioter's Court Appearance
Prosecutors in the case of one January 6, 2021, insurrectionist said that while the defendant's rights were violated under the Speedy...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 9, 20222 min read
Proud Boys' Tarrio Charged With Conspiracy In Jan. 6 Attack
Enrique Tarrio, who was the chairman of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys, was arrested and charged with conspiracy for his...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 9, 20222 min read
Texan Convicted in First Jury Trial From Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
A Texas man was convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, a milestone victory for federal prosecutors in the first...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 8, 20222 min read
Survey Finds Capitol Police Felt Unprepared For Jan. 6 Attack
The U.S. Capitol Police should better train officers to deal with the kind of large violent crowds that attacked Congress on Jan. 6,...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 8, 20222 min read
Judge Throws Out Obstruction Charges Against Jan. 6 Defendant
A federal judge tossed an obstruction charge against a defendant charged with breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a ruling that could...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 4, 20222 min read
Trump Prosecution Hinges on AG, State-of-Mind Evidence
While the legal brief from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot made a major splash by raising the prospect...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 3, 20221 min read
Jan. 6 Panel Suggests Trump, Allies Committed Crimes To 'Defraud' U.S.
The House's Jan. 6 select committee says has its evidence that then-President Trump and his campaign tried illegally to obstruct...
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