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Doyle McManus: Right-wing militia leaders, on trial for sedition, continue to threaten democracy

Five leaders of the Oath Keepers, a right-wing militia that played a leading role in storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, went on trial last week in Washington.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 10, 2022

Who are the attorneys for Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes at his sedition trial?

DALLAS — Two veteran Dallas attorneys are embarking on an “extremely novel” defense in the biggest criminal trial of their careers.

Tribune News Service · Oct 9, 2022

Capitol rioter who attacked journalist should get prison time, prosecutors say

Alan Byerly of Fleetwood, Pennsylvania went to the Capitol and joined other rioters in using a large metal Trump sign as a battering ram against barricades and police officers, prosecutors said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 9, 2022

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Prosecutors seek prison for rioter's attack on AP journalist

Federal prosecutors have recommended a prison sentence of approximately four years for a Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to assaulting an Associated Press photographer and using a stun gun against police officers at the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2022

‘We must defeat them’: new evidence details Oath Keepers’ ‘civil war’ timeline

Testimony from government’s first witness showed militia group’s leader had planned resistance well before election results were out

The Guardian - US · Oct 9, 2022

Jan 6 Capital Riot defendants in 'medieval' jail request transfer to Guantanamo Bay

Over 30 inmates facing trial over the Capitol Hill riots have requested the transfer due to the 'medieval standards of living' at D.C. Central Detention Facility

Daily Mirror · Oct 8, 2022

Lindsey Graham told former police officer that Capitol rioters should be shot in head, new book says

“We gave you guys guns, and you should have used them,” the GOP Senator reportedly told Michael Fanone

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022

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Lindsey Graham wanted Jan. 6 Capitol attackers shot in the head, book says

A former Washington, D.C., police officer who was nearly killed on Jan. 6 claims South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham told cops they should have killed Donald Trump loyalists who raided the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Oct 8, 2022

Jan. 6 detainees say a D.C. jail is so awful that they'd like a transfer to Guantanamo

A letter signed by 34 people held on charges related to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol complains of inhumane conditions behind bars, including mold, abusive guards, bad food and filthy laundry.

WEKU · Oct 7, 2022

Oath Keepers founder spoke of 'bloody' war ahead of U.S. Capitol attack

Prosecutors in the trial of five Oath Keepers members on Friday showed a jury fresh evidence that the right-wing militia group's founder Stewart Rhodes told his followers ahead of last year's U.S. Capitol attack there would be a "bloody" war if then-President Donald Trump failed to reverse his 2020 election…

Reuters · Oct 7, 2022

US Capitol riot: Proud Boys member admits to seditious conspiracy

Several other members of far-right group face seditious conspiracy charges over their alleged roles in January 6 attack.

Al Jazeera · Oct 6, 2022

Suburban woman gets 2 weeks in jail in Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol; second Chicago-area defendant sentenced to custody

A west suburban woman was sentenced to two weeks in federal jail Thursday for illegally entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot before texting with a friend the next day who allegedly told her, “Don’t be sad. Be Prepared. We are all (expletive).”

Chicago Tribune · Oct 6, 2022

US ‘Dreamers’ demand action as court ruling fuels uncertainty

Dozens rally outside US Capitol after an appeals court upheld a decision that deemed DACA programme ‘unlawful’.

Al Jazeera · Oct 6, 2022

Jan. 6 riot defendant from Northern California wants out of DC jail, citing mental decline

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A week after rejecting a plea agreement from federal prosecutors, accused Jan. 6 rioter Sean Michael McHugh is asking a judge to release him from custody pending trial because his mental health is deteriorating and he is facing abuse inside a Washington, D.C., jail.

Tribune News Service · Oct 6, 2022

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Tribune News Service · Oct 5, 2022

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Congress taking big step toward fixing elections

The House committee hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, invasion of the Capitol performed a useful educational service by detailing how former President Donald Trump incited the insurrection and rejected pleas to stop it.

Tribune News Service · Oct 4, 2022

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson says Jan. 6 attackers ‘did teach us how you can use a flag pole’

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., downplayed the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 on Tuesday, saying the violent attackers “did teach us how you can use a flag pole.”

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Lawyers: Arizona GOP chair pleaded Fifth to Jan. 6 panel

An attorney for the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol told a federal judge in Phoenix on Tuesday that Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward refused to answer the committee’s questions at a deposition

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Senator Ron Johnson claims January 6 wasn’t ‘armed insurrection’ but did ‘teach us how you can use a flag pole’

Trump was aware supporters were armed, according to congressional testimony

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WEKU · Oct 4, 2022

A new book's behind-the-scenes look at Congress' Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigation

Denver Riggleman spent 8 months as an adviser to the Congressional committee investigating the January 6th Capitol Riot. Now he's written a book about his experience — called, "The Breach."

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

34 Capitol riot defendants sign letter asking to be moved to Guantanamo

Defendants claim ‘Gitmo’ would be better than ‘remaining trapped within the wretched confines of cruel and unusual punishment of the DC jail’

Tribune News Service · Oct 3, 2022

Oath Keepers planned ‘armed rebellion’ on Jan. 6, DOJ says

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors cast the Oath Keepers as a threat to democracy in the first seditious conspiracy trial to stem from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

The Guardian - US · Oct 3, 2022

Oath Keepers founder accused of ‘armed rebellion’ on January 6 at trial

Stewart Rhodes and four associates face the rare civil war-era charge of seditious conspiracy for attacking the US Capitol

Tribune News Service · Oct 3, 2022

Oath Keepers attacked ‘our country itself’ on Jan. 6, DOJ says at trial's opening

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors cast the Oath Keepers as a threat to democracy in the first seditious conspiracy trial to stem from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022

The Oath Keepers' Capitol riot trial, explained

A trial starting this week in Washington, D

The Conversation · Oct 3, 2022

Holocaust comparisons are frequent in US politics – and reflect a shallow understanding of the actual genocide and the US response

Robert Keith Packer, a 57-year-old Virginian, achieved a measure of infamy at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot when he was photographed wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with a skull and crossbones along with the words “Camp Auschwitz.” “Work Brings Freedom,” the front said, a translation of the notorious motto “Arbeit macht…

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