January 6 Insurrection

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‘J6 praying grandma’ avoids prison time and gets 6 months home confinement in Capitol riot case

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Colorado bed-and-breakfast operator who promotes herself online as the “J6 praying grandma” was sentenced on Monday to six months of home confinement in her Capitol riot case after the judge railed against “offensive” comments she has made about the criminal justice system.

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-praying-grandma-jan-6-7e404e0e228d6e5c8f63688cc2a61f3f?

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Attorney for far-right Oath Keepers extremist group pleads guilty to Capitol riot charges

WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney who represented the far-right Oath Keepers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, including members of the extremist group.

https://apnews.com/article/oath-keepers-kellye-sorelle-capitol-riot-70c364ce558cae1bd4b4c966c30689ff?

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Maryland police officer convicted of tossing smoke bomb at police during Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Maryland police officer was convicted on Friday of charges that he joined a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and hurled a smoke bomb and other objects at police officers guarding a tunnel entrance.

https://apnews.com/article/maryland-police-officer-justin-lee-capitol-riot-jan-6-0c624ca80878e1e17f25066ee973aca5?

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First rioter to enter Capitol during Jan. 6 attack is sentenced to over 4 years in prison

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Kentucky man who was the first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol during a mob’s attack on the building was sentenced on Tuesday to more than four years in prison.

https://apnews.com/article/michael-sparks-capitol-riot-jan-6-trump-e9e6131e1de9dc03a910c0d46caae4b8?

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Orlando Proud Boy, husband of Orange deputy sheriff, pleads guilty for role in 2021 Capitol riot

Orlando Proud Boy Arthur Jackman has pleaded guilty to his role in the 2021 attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building ahead of the certification of the 2020 election results.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/28/orlando-proud-boy-husband-of-orange-deputy-sheriff-pleads-guilty-for-role-in-2021-capitol-riot/?

Militia group member sentenced to 5 years in prison for Capitol riot plot

WASHINGTON (AP) — A militia group member who communicated with other far-right extremists while they stormed the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison.

https://apnews.com/article/dan-wilson-sentencing-capitol-riot-7bf0ab6c46ffa16bbde41c7005d5ea60?

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Ex-police officer who joined Capitol riot receives a reduced prison sentence

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Virginia police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol received a reduced prison sentence of six years on Wednesday, making him one of the first beneficiaries of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limited the government’s use of a federal obstruction law.

https://apnews.com/article/thomas-robertson-police-officer-capitol-riot-supreme-court-f626494958a0672b4359afaa25d7694f?

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Physician sentenced to 9 months in prison for punching police officer during Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts medical doctor who punched a police officer during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Thursday to nine months of imprisonment followed by nine months of home confinement.

https://apnews.com/article/jacquelyn-starer-doctor-massachusetts-capitol-riot-76190db8a354c339776f3e1c8169306a?

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Father-son duo of former Apopka, Windermere cops plead guilty in Capitol riot

Kevin and Nathaniel Tuck — who are father, 52, and son, 32, and worked for the Windermere and Apopka police departments, respectively — both admitted to entering a restricted building on Jan. 6, 2021, when swarms of supporters of then-President Donald Trump invaded the Capitol complex to stop the certification of the 2020 election. The mob was motivated by Trump’s false claims that the election was rigged against him.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/09/06/father-son-duo-of-former-apopka-windemere-cops-plead-guilty-in-j6-capitol-riot/?

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The real story of Jan. 6 is found in mountains of shocking evidence

As he seeks to reclaim the White House, Donald Trump continues to portray Jan. 6 defendants as patriots worthy of admiration, an assertion that has been undercut by the adjudicated truth in hundreds of criminal cases where judges and juries have reached the opposite conclusion about what history will remember as one of America’s darkest days. Read more.

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Brothers charged with assaulting New York Times photographer during Capitol riot

Two brothers were arrested Thursday on charges that they assaulted a New York Times photographer inside the U.S. Capitol during a mob’s attack on the building more than three years ago.

https://apnews.com/article/photographer-assaulted-capitol-riot-4e2df68d78da7e63fb76d6e225e61fbf?

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State Department diplomatic security officer pleads guilty to storming Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who worked as a U.S. State Department diplomatic security officer pleaded guilty on Friday to joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago, court records show.

https://apnews.com/article/kevin-alstrup-state-department-officer-capitol-riot-27632b5acd5141d2a61444a287677569?

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Capitol rioter mistakenly released from prison after appeals court ruling, prosecutors say

The federal Bureau of Prisons mistakenly released an Iowa man from custody before he finished serving his 30-month sentence for storming the Senate chamber during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, Justice Department prosecutors said in a court filing this week.

https://apnews.com/article/leo-kelly-capitol-riot-prison-trump-jan-6-e6979ac12bb8b170a1098fec258c1c99?

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Vance in Pennsylvania says there was a ‘peaceful transfer of power’ in January 2021

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance campaigned Saturday in the key battleground of Pennsylvania, where early mail-in voting is already underway as just 25 days remain in the heated 2024 race that will be decided by a handful of states.

https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/10/14/vance-in-pennsylvania-says-there-was-a-peaceful-transfer-of-power-in-january-2021/?

ps:Seriously??????????

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Ex-funeral home owner pleads guilty to assaulting police and journalists during Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Long Island funeral home owner pleaded guilty on Thursday to spraying wasp killer at police officers and assaulting two journalists, including an Associated Press photographer, during a mob’s riot at the U.S. Capitol nearly four years ago.

https://apnews.com/article/long-island-funeral-home-owner-capitol-riot-8624f870e3ca32db5345bc5161afb3d5?

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Judges punishing Jan. 6 rioters say they fear another burst of political violence

Judges at Washington’s federal courthouse have punished hundreds of Capitol rioters since 2021. Before recently sentencing another to prison, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said he prays Americans accept the outcome of next month’s election, but expressed concern that Donald Trump and his allies are spreading the same sort of conspiracy theories that fueled the 2021 attack. Read more.

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‘Bob’s Burgers’ actor sentenced to 1 year in prison for role in Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — An actor known for his roles in the television comedies “Bob’s Burgers” and “Arrested Development” was sentenced on Monday to one year in prison for his part in a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol nearly four years ago.

https://apnews.com/article/jay-johnston-bobs-burgers-actor-capitol-riot-06d1c0f3b0b68cb933a42cf28832ee68?

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Rioters who stormed Capitol after Trump’s 2020 defeat toast his White House return

WASHINGTON (AP) — As it became clear Donald Trump was returning to the White House, the Florida man who posed for photos with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern during the Capitol riot popped a bottle of Trump-branded sparkling wine. “Y’all are in trouble,” he said after taking a sip in a video shared on social media.

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-trump-election-pardon-justice-department-889129b9696dff4a2929234f3a8f1042?

Man who smashed door moments before officer killed Capitol rioter gets 8 years in prison

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who stormed the U.S. Capitol and smashed glass panels on a door — moments before a police officer fatally shot another rioter climbing through the opening — was sentenced on Thursday to eight years in prison.

https://apnews.com/article/zachary-alam-ashli-babbitt-capitol-riot-58d50c7ee5806ac45c7c449c3a4aa45b?

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Writer pleads guilty to Capitol riot charges

WASHINGTON (AP) — A writer for a conservative media outlet pleaded guilty on Tuesday to joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol nearly four years ago, after a federal judge refused to pause his case until after President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

https://apnews.com/article/steve-baker-capitol-riot-blaze-news-writer-2db0b3855c6b5aa88d9d16c189a93959?

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Court-martialed military veteran sentenced to over 4 years in prison for Capitol riot attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former U.S. Army soldier who was court-martialed for fatally shooting a handcuffed civilian in Iraq two decades ago was sentenced on Monday to more than four years in prison for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-edward-richmond-1cfe2bf20531d8a1b51f35342121840d?

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The first rioter tried on Jan. 6 charges gets reduced prison sentence after Supreme Court decision

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas man who was the first rioter to go on trial for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was resentenced on Friday to nearly seven years in prison after he delivered an angry, profane rant to the judge who agreed to modestly reduce his original sentence.

https://apnews.com/article/guy-reffitt-resentencing-capitol-riot-a8730988a13164e750144ef2a28de995?

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Trump says Liz Cheney, Mississippi congressman ‘should go to jail’ for Jan. 6 probe

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump wants to jail former and current members of Congress who investigated his incitement of the violent Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and he plans to pardon the rioters immediately upon taking office, he told NBC News Sunday.

https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/12/09/dc/trump-says-liz-cheney-mississippi-congressman-should-go-to-jail-for-jan-6-probe/?

ps:Just for doing there job??

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No undercover FBI agents were at the January 6 US Capitol riot, watchdog reports

A Justice Department watchdog found that there were no undercover FBI employees at the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, riot, rejecting speculation from allies of President-elect Donald Trump who have for years suggested that the violence that day was provoked by federal agents.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/politics/justice-inspector-general-january-6-fbi-report/index.html?

Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6 riot, but no undercover agents were present

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI should have done more to gather intelligence before the Capitol riot, according to a watchdog report Thursday that also said no undercover FBI employees were on the scene on Jan. 6, 2021, and none of the bureau’s informants was authorized to participate.

https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-inspector-general-capitol-riot-jan-6-79c7ea02cf66c874f9201ae8e9294239?

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January 6 rioters

President-elect Donald Trump said that his Day One priority in office is to pardon the rioters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. But it's not clear who among the hundreds of convicted rioters, defendants awaiting trial and remaining fugitives would receive clemency. Trump advisers are still solidifying their approach to the pardons and defense attorneys are scrambling to convince the incoming administration that their clients are deserving. Meanwhile, a Justice Department watchdog found that there were no undercover FBI employees at the Capitol during the January 6 riot, rejecting speculation from Trump allies who have for years suggested that the violence that day was provoked by federal agents.

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'Everyone of you mother @#$%^&* are pieces of @#$%: Man who wildly hit police with pole and pipe on Jan. 6 is going to prison

A Pennsylvania man who wildly hit and stabbed at officers guarding the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riots with metal and wooden poles and an officer’s helmet and riot shield is going to prison.

https://local.newsbreak.com/pennsylvania-state/3725794906422-everyone-of-you-mother-f-ers-are-pieces-of-s-man-who-wildly-hit-police-with-pole-and-pipe-on-jan-6-is-going-to-prison?

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Ex-D.C. officer found guilty of lying about tipping off Proud Boys leader

A former D.C. police intel chief was found guilty Monday of lying about tipping off former Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, multiple outlets reported.

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/23/police-lieutenant-guilty-proud-boys?