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Will Mike Pence be summonsed to testify before January 6 committee?

Former US vice-president Mike Pence says he will consider testifying before the committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riots if he receives an invitation. But will he be summonsed?

ABC News

Former Army Ranger from Pa. charged with assaulting cops during Capitol riot faces DC bench trial

Former Army Ranger Robert Morss, the Glenshaw, Pennsylvania man charged with storming the Capitol and assaulting police in support of former President Donald Trump's election lies, will go on trial without a jury on Aug. 29 in the District of Columbia.

Tribune News Service

A QAnon follower who showed up to Philly’s 2020 vote count in a Hummer filled with guns is now facing Capitol riot charges

PHILADELPHIA — One of two Virginia men awaiting trial in Philadelphia for driving a Hummer filled with weapons to the Pennsylvania Convention Center during the counting of the 2020 election vote has been arrested again — this time for taking part in the Capitol riot.

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‘You’re not patriots’: Judge throws the book at Jan 6 rioter as he rambles about Reagan in court

The judge was not impressed by the defendant’s appeals to patriotism

The Independent UK

The Capitol Hill riots expose the problem of identifying insider threats

The U.S. Capitol Hill riots were a shock to many and both the January 6th Committee and the FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence have only reignited these concerns.

The Conversation

Five times Liz Cheney was Donald Trump’s biggest thorn on Capitol Hill

As the Jan 6 committee has shown, an anti-Trump voice in the GOP can be damaging

The Independent UK

Trump gives the FBI the Jan. 6 treatment

Trump's implicit threats and attempts to intimidate Merrick Garland into backing down are becoming less subtle

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Democrats press for Secret Service records, hint at subpoena

Top congressional Democrats are demanding that the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general respond to their requests for information on deleted Secret Service texts

The Independent UK

Most Texans at least partly blame Trump for Jan. 6 attack on Capitol

WASHINGTON — Most Texans remained unswayed in their beliefs about former President Donald Trump and the attack on the Capitol after the Jan. 6 House Committee hearings.

Tribune News Service

Josh Shapiro, Doug Mastriano race for Pennsylvania governor puts partisan divide in clear view

PITTSBURGH — Circling the state just three months before the November election, Democrat Josh Shapiro and Republican Doug Mastriano — gubernatorial contenders hoping to take over for Gov. Tom Wolf — agree on one thing:

Tribune News Service

Man dies by suicide at U.S. Capitol

On Sunday morning the man drove into a barrier on the east side of the Capitol and then fired shots

Salon

Man drives car into barricade near US Capitol, fires shots into air and then kills himself

It happened early this morning

Wales Online

Police name the man they say crashed his car and killed himself near the U.S. Capitol

A 29-year-old man drove his car into a barricade and fired a gun into the air before killing himself, officials said. Authorities believe he did not appear to be targeting any members of Congress.

WEKU

Some Capitol rioters try to profit from their Jan. 6 crimes

Some of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are trying to profit from their participation in the deadly insurrection while they face the legal consequences for their crimes

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Virginia police officer who stormed the US Capitol on January 6 sentenced to 7 years

Thomas Robertson was an officer for the Rocky Mount Police Department in Virginia back on January 6 2021 when he stormed the Capitol to try to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Who is Rep. Scott Perry, the Trump ally from Pa. whose phone was seized by the FBI?

PHILADELPHIA — You may have been hearing a lot about U.S. Rep Scott Perry in the days since the FBI seized the Pennsylvania Republican’s phone in connection with the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He also was a central figure in the prime-time…

The Independent UK

Ex-police officer gets 7-plus years in prison in Jan. 6 case

An off-duty Virginia police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol with a fellow officer has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison, matching the longest prison sentence so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases

The Independent UK

'Self-professed' white supremacist gets jail for Jan. 6 riot

A Maryland man described by the FBI as a white supremacist has been sentenced to four months of incarceration for storming the U.S. Capitol while wearing a court-mandated device that tracked his movements

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The Independent UK

Pompeo talks to 1/6 panel, Mastriano cuts own meeting short

The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has interviewed former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and met briefly with Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor Doug Mastriano as it probes Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election

The Independent UK

Feds ask probation for ex-police officer who stormed Capitol

Federal prosecutors are recommending a sentence of six months' probation for a former Virginia police officer who pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol with another off-duty officer

Al Jazeera

Donald Trump says FBI agents raided Mar-a-Lago

Classified material from Trump’s presidency was found at his Florida residence in February, in a possible breach of law.

The Independent UK

Roger Stone claims lawyer deliberately leaked Alex Jones texts: ‘Sue this guy’

Alex Jones and Roger Stone were both figures in the “Stop the Steal” rallies that took place before and during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol.

Roll Call

Photos of the week ending August 5, 2022 - Roll Call

Photos of the week: Highlights include Jon Stewart's push for the PACT Act and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's decision on the reconciliation bill.

Los Angeles Times

Anita Chabria: These families are flaming the ACLU as California debates mental health care

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bob Britton doesn't look like the kind of guy to be cursing out the American Civil Liberties Union, but there he was outside the state Capitol this week, offering up some choice four-letter words for the civil rights organization.

The Independent UK

Missouri man’s Jan 6 social media posts lead to his arrest for bringing a gun to the Capitol

Jarod Barger is in custody after his lost pistol and social media posts led FBI agents to his door

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