Trump’s Return Threatens Jan. 6 Prosecutions as DOJ Races Against Time
Donald Trump’s return to power is expected to halt the prosecution of many who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Donald Trump’s return to power is expected to halt the prosecution of many who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is “likely the largest single day mass assault of law enforcement officers in our nation’s history,” said Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
A quarter of Americans have fallen for the baseless conspiracy theory that the FBI “probably” or “definitely” orchestrated the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Ray Epps, a former Marine who has been falsely accused by Republicans and Fox News of being an FBI informant, was charged for his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Two former Proud Boy leaders on Thursday received some of the longest sentences handed down as a result of the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Four more members of the far-right group Oath Keepers were sentenced to prison on charges of seditious conspiracy and other criminal counts for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
A former FBI supervisory special agent accused of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and encouraging rioters to “kill” police was indicted Thursday on felony charges of civil disorder and assaulting and impeding officers, along with four misdemeanors.
The Justice Department is urging a judge to sentence Oath Keepers founder Steward Rhodes to 25 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of seditious conspiracy and other offenses in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.