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Photos of the Week ending Sept. 8, 2023 - Roll Call

Senators had Capitol Hill all to themselves this week after returning from the August recess. Here are photos from the week’s action.

Roll Call

What’s the 14th Amendment and can it block Trump’s 2024 presidential bid?

Scholars say the US Constitution could bar the ex-president from holding public office for engaging in insurrection.

Al Jazeera

Trump White House official Navarro convicted of contempt after defying House Jan. 6 subpoena

Peter Navarro was found guilty of two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the panel looking into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

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Trump adviser Peter Navarro guilty of contempt for dodging Jan 6 subpoena

Navarro has become the second Trump ally to be found guilty of defying a subpoena related to the US Capitol attack.

Al Jazeera

Jury convicts Trump adviser Navarro for contempt of Congress - Roll Call

Navarro refused to cooperate with a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Roll Call

Jury weighs case of Trump White House adviser Navarro's failure to cooperate with Jan. 6 committee

A jury has begun weighing contempt of Congress charges against Trump White House official Peter Navarro over his failure to cooperate with a subpoena from the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack

The Independent UK

Bombshell moment Proud Boys leader finally admits Trump lost 2020 presidential election

Enrique Tarrio’s admission – more than two years after the Capitol riot – came too late to save him from the longest January 6 sentence to date

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Ex-Chicago Park District electrician gets more than 3 years for helping break through barricades on Jan. 6

Daniel Leyden’s brother, Joseph Leyden, was also sentenced to six months in prison for his role in the rioting at the U.S. Capitol, court records show.

Chicago Sun-Times

Convicted Jan. 6 criminals are modern-day heroes to Republicans

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, sentenced to 22 years in prison for organizing the storming of the Capitol, and other convicted seditionists are viewed as patriots by conservatives.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trial opens for Trump White House adviser charged with refusing to cooperate with Jan. 6 Committee

Prosecutors say a White House adviser to President Donald Trump acted as if he were "above the law” when he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

Who are the Proud Boys? Leader Enrique Tarrio jailed for 22 years over January 6 Capitol attack

The group was born in the far-right Taki’s Magazine in 2016 and its recently jailed leader was head of Florida group Latinos for Trump

Evening Standard

Health concerns plague ageing Congress members returning to Capitol Hill

Republicans Mitch McConnell and Steve Scalise join others in increased scrutiny over recent health issues

The Guardian - US

Bombshell moment Proud Boys leader finally admits Trump lost 2020 presidential election

Enrique Tarrio’s admission – more than two years after the Capitol riot – came too late to save him from the longest January 6 sentence to date

The Independent UK

Enrique Tarrio: Former Proud Boys leader jailed for 22 years over US Capitol Attack

The leader of the far-right group was not in Washington DC at the time of the attack but encouraged it from afar

Evening Standard

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Chicago Sun-Times

Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

Enrique Tarrio’s sentence is the longest among more than 1,100 Capitol riot cases. He was not in Washington Jan. 6, but prosecutors say he organized, led the assault from afar.

The Texas Tribune

Paxton loyalists, but few others, turn out for impeachment trial opening

Texans came to the Capitol to witness Tuesday’s proceedings in which the Senate rejected motions to dismiss suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment charges.

The Independent UK

Proud Boys ringleader Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years in prison for Jan 6 attack

The sentence is the largest to date connected to the attack, reflecting his singular role organizing members of the mob that brought American democracy to the brink

France 24

Former Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years for attack on US Capitol

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating his far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to stop the transfer of presidential power after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.

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Al Jazeera

Enrique Tarrio, ex-Proud Boys leader, gets 22 years for US Capitol riot

Tarrio, convicted of seditious conspiracy, gets longest prison sentence to date in relation to January 6, 2021, attack.

The Guardian - US

Former Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years over US Capitol attack

Sentencing of Enrique Tarrio caps one of the most significant prosecutions in the investigation into the January 6 attack

The Guardian - US

Mitch McConnell did not have stroke or seizure, Capitol doctor says

Brian Monahan suggests Republican leader in US Senate, 81, may be suffering effects of concussion sustained during fall in March

The Independent UK

Trump, January 6 and a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election: The federal investigation, explained

A sprawling Justice Department probe into the former president and his allies yielded four criminal charges in a stunning indictment outlining a path to power at whatever cost, Alex Woodward reports

WEKU

McConnell reportedly not suffering from stroke or seizures, says Capitol doctor

A new letter from the Capitol's attending physician says the Senate minority leader is not suffering from a seizure disorder, short strokes known as TIA or movement issues like Parkinson's disease.

The Independent UK

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio faces sentencing in Jan. 6 Capitol attack

Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio will be sentenced for a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol in a bid to stop the transfer of power after Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election

WEKU

Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years for Jan. 6 riot role

Tarrio was one of six Proud Boys leaders to be charged for conspiring to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election results. Of them, he has received the longest prison sentence to date.

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