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'An unexpected story of friendship': Sean Penn to direct police officer drama on January 6 riots

Sean Penn has signed a deal with Warner Bros. to direct a film he's scripted about the deadly attack on the US Capitol on January 6 in 2021.

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Sean Penn to direct Jan 6 Capitol riot movie with Bradley Cooper in talks to star

The Oscar-winning actor will also write the script for the project

The Independent UK

Bipartisan group of ex-federal judges challenges Trump’s $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Lawsuit says settlement fund was ‘fraud on the court’ that would funnel taxpayer dollars to Trump allies

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January 6 Capitol Riot Police Officers Sue to Block Trump's $1.8B "Anti-Weaponization" Fund

Two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack sued Wednesday to block payments from President Donald Trump's new $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund."

International Business Times

Police sue to block Jan 6 rioters from payouts via Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'

Two police officers who defended the US Capitol from a pro-Trump mob on January 6, 2021, filed suit Wednesday to block those who took part in the violence from receiving payouts from a new fund totaling nearly $1.8 billion. The fund, destined for Trump allies claiming political prosecution, was created…

France 24

Trump’s ‘slush fund’ faces first lawsuit after two Jan. 6 officers sue

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January 6 officers sue Trump over $1.8bn fund, alleging ‘presidential corruption’

Retired Capitol police officer and DC officer allege Trump’s $1.8bn fund unlawfully rewards January 6 rioters and allies

The Guardian - US

Jan. 6 cops sue to block Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund for insurrectionists’ after IRS bail out

Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges say the fund illegally rewards rioters for violence against law enforcement

The Independent UK

The Jan. 6 plaque now hangs in a quiet hallway. Some say it’s not enough.

Now that a long-delayed plaque honoring officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack has been given a temporary place on the Senate side, some say they aren’t giving up their fight for a permanent home. A resolution adopted in January and led by Sens. Jeff Merkley,…

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Plaque honoring Jan 6 cops quietly installed at US Capitol in early hours of morning

The plaque appeared on the building’s west front almost three years after its installation was ordered by Congress

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 plaque honoring police officers is now displayed at the Capitol after a 3-year delay

Visitors to the Capitol in Washington now have a visible reminder of the siege there on Jan. 6, 2021, and the officers who fought and were injured that day

The Independent UK

Officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 say their struggles linger, 5 years after the riot

Five years after the Capitol riot, some of the police officers who fought off the rioters that day say they're still struggling with what happened

The Independent UK

In ‘Storm at the Capitol,’ police officers detail a brutal assault on Jan. 6, 2021

The new book aims to be a definitive account of the hours leading up to, during, and just after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

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Jan 6 cops file lawsuit to force Congress to install honorary plaque at Capitol

Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges say the agency that operates and maintains the Capitol is violating a law that required a plaque to be erected

Salon

J6 police: "Democracy is not guaranteed"

Two former police officers have filed a lawsuit over Republicans refusing to install a Jan. 6 memorial plaque

Roll Call

As officers sue over Jan. 6 plaque, Democrats hang replicas - Roll Call

Two officers who protected the Capitol during the 2021 attack are suing to try to compel installation of a plaque honoring law enforcement.

Fortune

D.C. federal court judges slam Trump’s blanket clemency for Jan. 6 rioters: ‘It cannot whitewash the…terror that the mob left in its wake’

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted of orchestrating his far-right extremist group’s Jan. 6, 2021 assault, showed up on Capitol Hill a day after he was released from prison.

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The Independent UK

Watch again: Capitol police react to Donald Trump's Jan 6 pardons

Watch again as former US Capitol police officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police officer Daniel Hodges are expected to react to Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons of people criminally charged for participating in the Jan 6 riot in 2021.

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Congress Divided Over Jan. 6 Violence Response

Lawmakers in Congress reflect on the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, highlighting division and tension.

Latin Times

DC Officer Who Held Capitol Rioters At Bay Wants to Make GOP Members 'As Uncomfortable as Possible' During Certification

"I feel an ethical obligation to make sure that people understand what actually took place," said Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges ahead of the event

Roll Call

Why one Jan. 6 officer plans to watch Congress certify Trump’s win

“The truth still matters,” Daniel Hodges said, as he prepared to head back to the Capitol as a guest of Sen. Adam B. Schiff.

Roll Call

Congress blows past deadline for Jan. 6 plaque meant to honor police

“People just don’t want to remember,” said retired MPD officer Michael Fanone, who was injured as a mob attacked the Capitol.

The Canberra Times

Potholes go unfilled on high-speed roads amid contract dispute

Guaranteeing worker pay would solve the problem, a union says.

The Independent UK

Former Trump State Department official convicted for attacking police during Capitol riot

A man who worked as a politically appointed State Department official in former President Donald Trump’s administration has been convicted of charges that he attacked police officers during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021

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