The FBI does not have a clear process in place for its employees to raise concerns of retaliation when the bureau suspends their security clearances, a new report by the Justice Department’s inspector general alleges. A new report, authored by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, delves into an apparent lack of protections for whistleblowers within […]
A federal judge on May 10 said he made a mistake in a prior order, which ordered the release of a man convicted in relation to the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden in March ordered the Bureau of Prisons to release Kevin Seefried “one year after the […]
Federal prosecutors have charged a former government employee with submitting fake tips accusing several of his former co-workers of being involved in the unrest at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Court records indicate Miguel Eugenio Zapata, 37, was arrested in Chantilly, Virginia, on Thursday on a charge of making false statements to law […]
The Supreme Court issued an order on April 29 denying former White House adviser Peter Navarro’s request to be released from prison while his appeal makes its way through the D.C. Circuit. “The application for release pending appeal addressed to Justice [Neil] Gorsuch and referred to the Court is denied,” an order from the court […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 23 directed the U.S. Department of Justice to reply to a man convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Justices said the department’s response to Russell Alford is due May 23. Mr. Alford was convicted by a jury of four misdemeanor counts but is challenging […]
The Obama-appointed judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Washington has just issued her harshest sentence yet in separate proceedings against a Jan. 6 defendant that she’s presiding over, sending the Maryland man behind bars for over five years. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan delivered her sentence on April 19 in a […]
A federal judge on Thursday denied former President Donald Trump’s motion to stay proceedings of all civil lawsuits linked to the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the Capitol, while his 2020 election interference criminal case is ongoing. The lawsuits were brought by Democratic lawmakers and police officers who seek civil damages for harm they say […]
The secretary of the Army on Jan. 6, 2021, lied about multiple details regarding what unfolded as the U.S. Capitol was breached, National Guard whistleblowers said during a congressional hearing on April 17. Then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy made multiple false claims, including that he spoke to the commanding general of the D.C. National Guard on […]
The House Administration Committee Oversight Subcommittee holds a hearing on “Three Years Later: D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Speak Out on January 6 Delay” at 10:00 a.m. ET on April 17. Witnesses: Colonel Earl Matthews – chief legal adviser, D.C. Army National Guard Command Sergeant Major Michael Brooks – senior enlisted officer, D.C. Army National Guard Captain Timothy […]
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday from a Jan. 6 defendant, in a case that could potentially reduce charges for hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants, including former President Donald Trump, who face the same criminal charge. Jim Burling, vice president of Legal Affairs at the Pacific Legal Foundation, says the conservative justices appear skeptical […]
D.C. National Guard members who have never talked publicly are set to challenge claims about what happened on Jan. 6, 2021. The members are going to testify on April 17 that narratives contained in an official report on Jan. 6 “are false,” Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) told The Epoch Times. Brig. Gen. Aaron Dean, the […]
Conservative Supreme Court justices seemed generally sympathetic on April 16 to a former police officer charged under an accounting reform law after he entered the U.S. Capitol for four minutes on Jan. 6, 2021. The case is being closely watched because whenever the Supreme Court rules, its decision could have an impact on hundreds of […]
The Supreme Court hears on Tuesday whether obstruction charges against Jan. 6 defendants should stick in a determination that could impact former President Donald Trump’s federal election case. Follow here for the live updates: What Happened Today By Jacob Burg The Supreme Court justices, particularly the conservatives, on April 16 appeared skeptical of the government’s […]
One of the star witnesses for the U.S. House of Representatives panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol changed 47 answers after she testified to the panel four times, a newly revealed document shows. Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows when the […]
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election interference case on April 10 said that describing defendants being held on charges related to the U.S. Capitol riot as hostages is wrong. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, said that people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the […]
The number of people arrested for alleged Jan. 6 crimes at the U.S. Capitol is nearing 1,400 as the rate of arrests showed a sharp increase in the first quarter compared to 2023 and 2022, a report shows. The U.S. Department of Justice reported that as of the close of business on April 5, 1,387 […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed on April 5 to appoint a special prosecutor, if he’s elected president, to investigate whether prosecutors bringing cases against people over the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol have abused their power. “Like many reasonable Americans, I am concerned about the possibility that political objectives motivated the vigor […]
Following three days of deliberations, a federal jury late Thursday afternoon convicted a 71-year-old grandmother on four criminal counts for spending 10 minutes inside the U.S. Capitol on the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, breach. Rebecca Lavrenz was captured on video surveillance entering the Capitol building through the East Rotunda doors, walking around the […]
WASHINGTON—A disciplinary panel on April 4 found that former Department of Justice (DOJ) official Jeff Clark violated bar rules in his actions to contest the 2020 election results. After six days of testimony, the three-member panel found that Mr. Clark had violated at least one of the disciplinary rules he was charged with. The decision, […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday that more surveillance footage captured during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach at the U.S. Capitol will be soon released, adding that thousands of hours have been uploaded so far. About 13,000 hours of surveillance footage have been released, he told Newsmax on Monday, providing the most substantial update […]
