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Jan 25, 2023 7:05 PM CST

Meta Decides to Welcome Trump Back

Facebook, Instagram suspensions to be dropped 'in coming weeks'

(Newser) - Two years after former President Donald Trump was suspended from Facebook and Instagram over his posts supporting the insurgents who attacked the Capitol, Meta has decided to welcome him back. The announcement was made in a blog post by Nick Clegg, the company's president of global affairs, the BBC...

Jury Finds Four Oath Keepers
Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy

Jan 23, 2023 4:19 PM CST

Jury Finds Four Oath Keepers Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy

Capitol attack trial was split off from that of Rhodes

(Newser) - A federal jury on Monday convicted four members of the Oath Keepers militia of seditious conspiracy, deciding they'd plotted to use force to keep former President Donald Trump in office. Roberto Minuta, 38; Joseph Hackett, 52; David Moerschel, 45; and Edward Vallejo, 64, also were found guilty of obstructing...

Capitol Rioters May Be Barred
From Holding Office

Jan 22, 2023 10:10 AM CST

Capitol Rioters May Be Barred From Holding Office

Lawmakers in some states have proposed legislation

(Newser) - Democratic lawmakers in a handful of states are trying to send a message two years after the violent attack on the US Capitol: Those who engage in an attempted overthrow of the government shouldn’t be allowed to run it. New York, Connecticut, and Virginia are among states where proposed...

3 Active-Duty Marines Working
in Intelligence Face Riot Counts

Jan 20, 2023 5:10 PM CST

3 Active-Duty Marines Working in Intelligence Face Riot Counts

One of the defendants posted photos from inside the Capitol on Instagram

(Newser) - Three active-duty Marines who work in intelligence have been charged in the attack on the Capitol, after investigators saw a photo one of them took inside the building on Jan. 6, 2021, and posted on Instagram. Micah Coomer, Joshua Abate, and Dodge Dale Hellonen were arrested Wednesday, Military.com reports....

Key Points in Proud Boys Trial's Opening Arguments

As Proud Boys Trial Begins,
Defense Points to Trump

Jan 12, 2023 5:10 PM CST

As Proud Boys Trial Begins, Defense Points to Trump

He was 'the prime mover that whipped up the crowd,' says attorney

(Newser) - Opening statements in one of the biggest trials related to the Capitol riot got underway Thursday in DC, as onetime Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four associates attempt to fend off charges of seditious conspiracy . In Thursday's opening arguments:

Prosecution: Tarrio and his men led a coordinated attack

...

Jan. 6 Suspect, 'Baked Alaska,' Tells Judge He's Innocent

'Baked Alaska' Sentenced
for Role in Capitol Riot

UPDATED

Jan 10, 2023 4:06 PM CST

'Baked Alaska' Sentenced for Role in Capitol Riot

Judge says Anthime Gionet 'made a mockery of democracy'

(Newser) - Anthime Gionet, the far-right internet personality better known as "Baked Alaska," was sentenced to 60 days in prison Tuesday by a federal judge who said his actions during the Capitol riot made a "mockery of democracy." Gionet, who livestreamed himself storming the Capitol, encouraged others not...

These 14 People, Biden
Says, Defended Democracy

Jan 7, 2023 2:05 PM CST

These 14 People, Biden Says, Defended Democracy

White House ceremony honors courage on second anniversary of Capitol attack

(Newser) - Two years to the day after insurgents stormed the US Capitol, President Biden awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal to 14 Americans for their courage in protecting the building, Congress, and the integrity of the 2020 presidential election. The medal, one of the nation’s highest civilian honors, was presented to...

Trump, 2 Rioters Sued Over
Capitol Police Officer's Death

Jan 6, 2023 12:01 PM CST

Trump, 2 Rioters Sued Over Capitol Police Officer's Death

Brian Sicknick will be among those honored in White House ceremony

(Newser) - On the eve of the second anniversary of the Capitol attack, former President Donald Trump and two rioters were sued by the longtime partner of Brian Sicknick, who was doused with chemical spray during the attack and died the next day. Julie Garza's lawsuit, which is seeking at least...

Jan. 6 Panel's Time Is Up

Jan 2, 2023 3:55 PM CST

Jan. 6 Panel's Time Is Up

Committee issues departing message

(Newser) - The House Jan. 6 committee is shutting down, having completed a whirlwind 18-month investigation of the 2021 Capitol insurrection and sent its work to the Justice Department along with a recommendation for prosecuting former President Donald Trump. The committee’s time officially ends Tuesday when the new Republican-led House is...

Ginni Thomas:
I Regret Those
Post-Election
Texts

Dec 31, 2022 6:00 AM CST

Ginni Thomas: I Regret Those Post-Election Texts

Wife of Clarence Thomas told Jan. 6 panel the election aftermath was an 'emotional time'

(Newser) - Ginni Thomas still thinks the 2020 election was stolen, but the wife of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas says she regrets the many texts she sent in its aftermath seeking to have the results overturned. The details of Thomas' testimony before the House panel tasked with investigating the Capitol riot...

Publishers' Hottest Manuscript
Right Now Is a House Report

Dec 23, 2022 5:35 PM CST

Publishers' Hottest Manuscript Right Now Is a House Report

Big players scrambling to turn the report into physical and e-books, quickly

(Newser) - Now that the House Jan. 6 panel has completed its work and issued its report , the resulting document has become what the New York Times calls "the most sought after manuscript in publishing." The information in the report is in the public domain, but major publishers are scrambling...

6 Takeaways From
Jan. 6 Panel's Final Report

the rundown

Dec 23, 2022 8:38 AM CST

6 Takeaways From Jan. 6 Panel's Final Report

Trump 'is loving this,' aide said during attack

(Newser) - The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack released its final report Thursday, saying the main cause of the attack was "one man." They wrote that former President Donald Trump "put the lives of American lawmakers at risk" and threatened American democracy by trying to...

House Jan. 6 Panel
Releases Final Report

Dec 23, 2022 12:07 AM CST

House Jan. 6 Panel Releases Final Report

It's 'a final act for House Democrats'

(Newser) - The House Jan. 6 committee’s final report asserts that Donald Trump criminally engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol, concluding an extraordinary 18-month investigation into the former president...

Trump
Referrals
May Have 'Zero'
Effect on DOJ

the rundown

Dec 20, 2022 6:20 AM CST

Trump Referrals May Have 'Zero' Effect on DOJ

Justice Department is far more interested in the panel's evidence than its opinions

(Newser) - The Jan. 6 panel took the unprecedented act of making criminal referrals against former President Trump to the Justice Department on Monday. So now what? Some assessments:

Little effect? The DOJ is under no obligation to charge Trump just because the congressional panel suggested it should. “I think a

...

Panel Reveals
New Jan. 6 Details

Dec 19, 2022 7:30 PM CST

Panel Reveals New Jan. 6 Details

'Nobody will care about my legacy if I lose,' Trump told Hope Hicks

(Newser) - The House committee investigating the Capitol attack held its final hearing Monday—and beyond recommending criminal charges for former President Donald Trump, it released an executive summary of its final report and shared new details of the assault. The meeting began with what the Washington Post calls a "highlight...

Committee
Moves Toward
Voting Monday
on Trump Counts

Dec 16, 2022 5:50 PM CST

Committee Moves Toward Voting Monday on Trump Counts

Charges up for recommendation to Justice Department include insurrection

(Newser) - The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to consider at least three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump when it meets Monday. The panel can't bring charges itself or compel anybody else to; the vote would be on whether to recommend the Justice...

White House Responds
to Greene's Latest
'Violent Rhetoric'

Dec 12, 2022 3:06 PM CST

White House Responds to Greene's Latest 'Violent Rhetoric'

She says she'd have 'won' Capitol attack if she'd organized it

(Newser) - Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene once again offered herself as a pincushion for Democratic backlash over the weekend when she suggested that she and Steve Bannon would have "won" the Jan. 6 insurrection if they had actually been the ones to organize it. Per CBS News , White House spokesman...

At Jan. 6 Medal Ceremony,
Officers Ignore GOP Leaders

Dec 6, 2022 4:29 PM CST

At Jan. 6 Medal Ceremony, Officers Ignore GOP Leaders

Honorees have criticized response of McConnell, McCarthy to the attack

(Newser) - Police officers who defended the US Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack accepted Congressional Gold Medals on Tuesday but not the congratulations of Republican leaders. All senior congressional leaders took part in the ceremony honoring US Capitol Police officers; Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police; and others, Politico reports. "May this...

Oath Keepers Founder
Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy

Nov 29, 2022 4:37 PM CST

Oath Keepers Founder Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy

It's a big win for Jan. 6 prosecutors

(Newser) - Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was convicted Tuesday of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential win, handing the Justice Department a major victory in its massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. A Washington, DC, jury found Rhodes guilty of...

Conway Spends
5 Hours With Staff
of Jan. 6 Committee

Nov 28, 2022 6:32 PM CST

Conway Spends 5 Hours With Staff of Jan. 6 Committee

Former Trump aide says she didn't invoke the Fifth Amendment

(Newser) - Kellyanne Conway met with investigators for the House committee looking into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on Monday for almost five hours. Conway, who was an adviser to former President Donald Trump but had left his administration by the time of the insurrection by the president's supporters,...