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Pence Must Testify In Jan. 6 Probe, Says Judge
A federal judge ordered former Vice President Mike Pence to comply with a subpoena to testify about former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
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Lawmakers Seek to Bar Insurrectionists From Holding Office
Democratic lawmakers in a handful of states are trying to send a message two years after the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol. Their message is that those people who engage in an attempted overthrow of the government shouldn’t be allowed to run it. New York, Connecticut and Virginia are among states where proposed legislation would prohibit anyone convicted of...
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Biden Marks Jan. 6 Anniversary with Presidential Medals for Police, Elections Officials
President Joe Biden recognized the two year anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riot Friday by honoring the police officers and election workers targeted by the insurrectionists.
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Justice Department Still Searching for Pipe Bomb Suspect and Some Capitol Rioters
On the second anniversary of the storming of the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department continues to seek those responsible.
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Feds Boost Reward to $500K for Information on Capitol Pipe Bomber
Federal investigators have increased the reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who left two pipe bombs near the Capitol the day before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot by fivefold, to $500,000, the FBI said Wednesday.
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Ashland Doctor Arrested for Role in Capitol Attack
Dr. Jacquelyn Starer is seen on camera in the U.S. Capitol during the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, and is accused of punching a police officer.
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Jan. 6 Committee Finalizes Criminal Referral Plan for Trump
The committee, which is gathering publicly Monday, is expected to vote to urge the Justice Department to pursue at least three criminal charges against the former president.
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Jan. 6 Officers Receive Congressional Gold Medals
Officers who responded to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Insurrection received Congressional gold medals for their service. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.
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Man Who Stormed Capitol With Dad Gets 2 Years in Prison
A Delaware man who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with his Confederate flag-toting father has been sentenced to two years behind bars. Hunter Seefried, 24, was convicted alongside his father of felony and misdemeanor charges by U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden in June. Hunter and Kevin Seefried opted for a bench trial, which is decided by a...
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Jan. 6 Panel Seeks Testimony From Newt Gingrich About 2020 Election Claims
The panel said it is interested in comments it says the former GOP speaker made about television ads that “repeated and relied upon false claims about fraud in the 2020 election.”
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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 was sentenced on Monday to more than four years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol, where authorities say he encountered Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer as his armed security detail led the New York Democrat to safety.
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Secret Service Jan. 6 Texts Erased Despite Congress' Request to Preserve Them
Secret Service text messages from around the time of the attack on the U.S. Capitol were deleted despite requests from Congress and federal investigators that they be preserved.
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Ex-White House Aides Describe ‘Heated and Profane Clash' In Oval Office Meeting
Several former White House aides recounted in taped depositions for the Jan. 6 committee that during a heated six-hour Oval Office meeting, several Trump allies, including Rudy Giulini and attorney Sidney Powell, pressed then-President Trump to sign an executive order to seize voting machines.
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5 Key Moments From the First Night of the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Hearings
During the opening night of the House committee hearings on the U.S. Capitol Riot, congressional chairs Reps. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., laid out a damning indictment of former President Donald Trump with testimony from former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, Ivanka Trump and a U.S. Capitol police officer.
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Capitol Police Officer Recounts Holding Off Jan. 6 Rioters
Capitol police officer Caroline Edwards recounted being behind a bike rack and trying to hold back rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. “I turned to my sergeant and I stated the understatement of the century. I said, ‘Sarge, we’re going to need a few more people down here.’”
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Ex-Trump Aide Navarro Indicted; Meadows Won't Be Charged
The Justice Department has declined to charge former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and another aide to former President Donald Trump, Dan Scavino, for contempt of Congress for their defiance of subpoenas in the Jan. 6 congressional investigation. That’s according to a person familiar with a letter sent by the Justice Department to a lawyer for the House...
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New Evidence Reveals Coordination Between Oath Keepers, Three Percenters on Jan. 6
Evidence reviewed by NBC News shows a new connection between the Oath Keepers and a group of Three Percenters from California charged in connection with Jan. 6.
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Ex-NYPD Officer Charged With Assaulting Police on Jan. 6 Claims Self-Defense
Federal prosecutors have urged a jury to reject a retired New York City police officer’s argument that he was acting in self-defense when he swung a flagpole at police officers and tackled one of them during the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot.
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McCarthy Defends 1/6 Audio, House GOP Backs ‘Next Speaker'
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has assured colleagues he never asked then-President Donald Trump to resign over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol
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Ex-Police Officer Faces Jury Trial on Capitol Riot Charges
Jury selection will resume Tuesday in the trial of a former Virginia police officer charged with storming the U.S. Capitol with a fellow officer who has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors