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"Could endanger others": Oath Keepers leader denied bail on Capitol riot sedition charge

The judge expressed concern Stewart Rhodes could be a flight risk, noting he'd installed "elaborate escape tunnels" in his backyard.

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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes to remain jailed pending trial in Capitol riot case

FORT WORTH, Texas — Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers who was charged with seditious conspiracy in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will be held without bail until his trial, according to a decision Wednesday from Federal Magistrate Judge Kimberly C.…

Tribune News Service

US Capitol rioter gets 44 months in prison for assaulting officer

Nicholas Languerand pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement with a dangerous weapon during riot on January 6, 2021.

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QAnon follower who attacked police at Capitol gets prison

A man who identified himself as a believer in the QAnon conspiracy theory has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for assaulting police officers at the Capitol during last year’s riot

The Independent UK

Lindsey Graham says Trump dominates GOP and hopes he’ll run in 2024: ‘It’s his party, it’s not the centre’s party’

Senator famously declared he was done with former president after Capitol riot

The Independent UK

Ten members of Oath Keepers plead not guilty to seditious conspiracy charges over Capitol riot

Far-right militia group members to stand trial in July on most-serious charges yet in connection with attack

The Independent UK

How history shields Trump and his allies

A cruel irony: Our misguided faith that America is special is shielding Trump and the fascists from punishment

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Alex Jones says he took the Fifth ‘almost 100 times’ before Jan. 6 panel

WASHINGTON — Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones said he asserted his Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate himself “almost 100 times” during questioning by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

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Jan 6 prosecutors include ‘Game of Thrones’ synopsis to explain suspect’s social media quote: ‘I choose violence’

‘Adoption of this quote is alarming and provides insight into his mental state and intent’ say prosecutors

The Independent UK

Oath Keepers militia members, led by Yale lawyer, plead not guilty to Jan. 6 sedition

WASHINGTON — The founder of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia and several of its members pleaded not guilty to “seditious conspiracy” for their roles in the January 2021 insurrection, signaling a drawn out fight over the most serious charges so far stemming from the assault on the Capitol.

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Oath Keepers militia members, led by Yale lawyer, plead not guilty to Jan. 6 sedition

WASHINGTON — Elmer Stewart Rhodes, the Yale Law School graduate who founded the right-wing Oath Keepers militia group, pleaded not guilty to seditious conspiracy for his role in the assault on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters.

Tribune News Service

Alex Jones says he told himself not to go to Capitol on Jan 6 but went after Secret Service opened gate

Infowars host told listeners he pleaded the Fifth multiple times with House committee investigating January 6

The Independent UK

Pro-Trump social media influencer Brandon Straka sentenced to home confinement for his part in Capitol riot

‘Walk Away’ movement founder Brandon Straka is spending the next three months on house arrest

The Independent UK

Trump lawyer pleaded the fifth on 146 Capitol riot questions

Former professor and Trump lawyer John Eastman spoke at the Trump rally ahead of the insurrection

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Social media figure gets home detention in Capitol riot case

A pro-Trump social media influencer who posted video of himself at the U.S. Capitol during last year’s riot has been sentenced to three months of home detention

The Guardian - US

White House says Biden ‘refining plans for all scenarios’ over Ukraine-Russia – as it happened

President to hold video call with European leaders over escalating crisis – follow all the day’s politics news

The Guardian - US

Outrage as Newt Gingrich says Capitol attack investigators could be jailed

Liz Cheney among those to condemn remarks by former House speaker as committee member Zoe Lofgren says: ‘I think Newt has really lost it’

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: Ivanka Trump wanted to be at the center of it all. And now, boo-hoo, she is

The fate of the Capitol on the day of the insurrection, some White House insiders believed, rested on the slender shoulders of Ivanka Trump.

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Jan. 6 panel investigates draft plan to seize 2020 ballots

WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators have spoken with former Attorney General William Barr about a reported draft executive order to use the National Guard to seize ballot boxes after the 2020 election, according to the chairman of a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The Independent UK

Bill Barr: Capitol riot panel will speak to former Attorney General about order to seize voting machines

Barr was one of Trump officials who defied president on false 2020 claims

The Guardian - US

Capitol attack committee has spoken to Trump AG William Barr, chairman says

Bennie Thompson reveals attorney general interviews while Trump complains panel is going after his children

The Guardian - US

‘The walls are closing in’: Trump reels from week of political setbacks

It was a terrible seven days, with major developments in investigations of his election lies and the Capitol riot reaching into his inner circle

Salon

Jan. 6 panel closing on target: Trump

Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and the others summoned this week had better be careful: They're walking into a trap

The Independent UK

Identity of Trump aide who tried to stop Capitol riot committee seeing his phone records is revealed

Donald Trump’s social media manager Dan Scavino used a pseudonym earlier this month to sue Verizon

The Independent UK

Texas attorney general refuses to hand over Jan. 6 records

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has rejected a prosecutor's demand for records of his appearance at a pro-Donald Trump rally that preceded the assault on the U.S. Capitol a year ago

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