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Rioter who encountered senator gets over 4 years in prison

A Maryland man affiliated with the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

‘This is an atrocity.’ Donors give thousands to KC Proud Boys charged in Capitol riot

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fundraising campaigns for two Kansas City-area Proud Boys charged with multiple felonies in connection with the Capitol riot have taken in nearly $70,000 from more than 1,100 donors.

Tribune News Service

Reporter Luke Mogelson: ‘I was surprised by the lunacy of the conspiracy theories in Michigan’

The New Yorker writer whose new book follows the militarised rightwing protests in Michigan that prefigured the Capitol attacks, on extremism and the possibility of civil war

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Families of the Uvalde shooting victims denounce Gov. Greg Abbott’s inaction on gun reform

The governor has made a vocal enemy in the families of Robb Elementary shooting victims. They are demanding a special legislative session to reach a compromise on the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic rifles.

The Texas Tribune

Pa. man who attacked police on Jan. 6 gets 46-month sentence

A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for attacking a police officer with a Donald Trump flag during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot

The Independent UK

Pa. man who beat officer with a Trump flag at Jan. 6 riot sentenced to nearly 4 years

PHILADELPHIA — A Montgomery County man who beat a Washington, D.C., police officer with a Trump flag during the Capitol riot was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison Friday — one of the harshest punishments imposed so far for a person accused in the Jan. 6 attack.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

FBI: 5 militia members charged with storming Capitol

Federal authorities say five Florida men affiliated with a militia group have been arrested on charges that they joined a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol

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Murdoch versus Crikey case could test Australia's new defamation laws, experts say

A showdown between Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Crikey over an analysis article published in June into January's insurrection on the Capitol is likely to be the first major test for Australia's new defamation laws.

ABC News

Brothers arrested for assaulting police in Jan 6 riot

FBI says Leyden was part of mob that confronted police officers outside the Capitol on 6 January

The Independent UK

Texas man found guilty of federal charges for role in US Capitol riot

DALLAS — A Carrollton man was convicted of federal charges Tuesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service

Heroes not zeroes: how Fox commentators found ‘truths’ amid the violence at the Capitol

As the events of the January 6 insurrection unfolded, Fox News pivoted between obfuscation and inflammatory falsehoods — all the while internally pleading with Trump to stop the carnage.

Crikey

How Fox News primed Trump’s mob with anger, hope and ultimately the reason for action

Fox News coaxed its viewers into believing the ‘Big Lie’ that the US election was stolen, one that helped stoked the Capitol Hill insurrection.

Crikey

The power of one: how Lachlan Murdoch turned nuclear over a legitimate piece of journalism

Lachlan Murdoch has sent Crikey a series of letters threatening to sue over the publication of an article referencing the role of Fox News in the Capitol Hill riots. Below is a summary of what they said.

Crikey

Pompeo says discussions to oust Trump after Jan. 6 attack on Capitol weren’t serious

Mike Pompeo says he “never seriously” tried to use the 25th Amendment to remove former President Donald Trump from office after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

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The Independent UK

Woman who took private jet to Capitol riot and attacked journalists’ equipment pleads guilty

Katherine Schwab flew to riot with Jenna Ryan, who infamously tweeted she would not be jailed for her actions because she is white

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: With normal comments, Pence highlights how abnormal his party has become

There was a time, not that long ago, when it wouldn’t have been major news for a top Republican to say the party should respect law enforcement and cooperate with a congressional investigation. In that sense, the buzz over former Vice President Mike Pence’s defense this week of the FBI,…

ABC News

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?

Tribune News Service

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.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

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.

The Independent UK

‘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 Conversation

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 Independent UK

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

Salon

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

The Independent UK

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

Tribune News Service

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.

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