By Steve Neavling Steve Bannon should spend six months in jail and pay a $200,000 fine after he was convicted of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said. In a sentencing memo, the Justice Department said…
Some FBI agents may have felt “sympathetic” toward the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters and would not be enthusiastic about bringing cases against the insurrectionists, someone warned the bureau in an email.
The Secret Service was warned about potential violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, earlier than previously known, according to emails and other messages revealed in a congressional hearing Thursday.
Homeland Security officials said they would no longer delete data on cell phones from top officials and political appointees before backing them up on external servers.
Homeland Security’s internal watchdog had a chance to try and recover missing Secret Service text messages around the time of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Just weeks after the discovery that Secret Service text messages were deleted around the time of the Jan. 6 insurrection comes a new revelation: Phone records are missing for two former top Homeland Security officials.
A West Virginia man accused of assaulting U.S. Capitol Police Office Brian D. Sicknick during the Jan. 6 insurrection pleaded guilty Wednesday to reduced charges as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors.
Lawmakers are calling for a new inspector general to head the investigation into deleted Secret Service text messages in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection.
