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Six months since a terroristic mob invaded the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from approving President Biden‘s electoral victory, the Justice Department has reportedly arrested more than 500 people, received guilty pleas from more than 12, including two members of the Oath Keepers militia who admitted to conspiracy charges and …

God doesn’t like ugly. Apparently, it doesn’t matter if you’re a pastor, a pastor’s son, or a church member. According to Business Insider, James “Jim” Varnell Cusick, 72, and his son Casey Cusick, 35, who both serve as pastors at Global Outreach Church of Melbourne in Melbourne, Florida, and a …

Lawyers for the man pictured sitting at the desk of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the US Capitol riot on January 6 argue that he referred to her as a “biatch,” not a “b*tch,” in asking for his release. The lawyers for Capitol riot defendant Richard Barnett, known as …

Trump’s defense team said that it was a “preposterous and monstrous lie” to say he was the cause of the January 6th Capitol insurrection. They suggested that the violent and deadly riot was brought on by a “small group” of “extremists”—which also included “a leader of Antifa.” “Tragically, as we …

On Monday, the FBI said that a New Hampshire man was arrested after telling a local news channel that he had “chugged” wine he found during the January insurrection at the US Capitol. According to a criminal complaint, Jason Daniel Riddle of Keene was charged Friday with three federal counts, …

Authorities have arrested two Trump supporters who flew in by private jet to participate in the January 6 capitol riot, PEOPLE reports. Jason lee Hyland,37, and Katherine Schwab, 32, have been charged with disorderly conduct and knowingly entering a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority. Trump supporters stormed the …

A new analysis from CNN reveals that several people arrested for their involvement in the U.S Capitol attack on Jan.6 did not vote in the 2020 election. The outlet recently reviewed the voting records of at least eight riot participants and discovered shocking information. One of the arrestees, Donovan Crowl, …

More information is being released to the public as authorities continue to find those who participated in the Capitol riots. On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) stated that the night before the attack at the nation’s Capitol, a pipe bomber planted two devices near the Democratic and Republican …

On Tuesday, U.S. Capitol Police chief Yogananda D. Pittman apologized to the “American people” and Congress for the security failures on Jan.6, which led to the violent attack on the nation’s Capitol by Pro-Trump rioters, People reports. The New York Times obtained a transcript from a private congressional hearing with …

A federal judge impeded an attempt to release a Tennessee man accused of participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan.6. An order was set aside by U.S. District t Judge Beryl A. Howell for the District of Columbia regarding the release of Eric Munchel in Nashville, AP …

Officials say that a Kentucky man has been charged with allegedly using a flagpole to smash a window in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lobby moments before Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot. 42-year-old Chad Barrett Jones of Mount Washington was shown on video wearing a red hooded jacket and gray skullcap; …

The details of last week’s Capitol riot are still unfolding. A new article reveals that Trump supporters were “about one minute” from crossing paths with Mike Pence. According to a Washington Post report, Pence was escorted to a safe place about 60 seconds before the mob entered the landing in …

This may come as a surprise, or maybe it won’t, according to a Motherboard analysis of GPS locations scraped by the right-wing social media platform Parler, some of its users posted from military bases and facilities. According to Vice, this doesn’t necessarily mean that military members are Parler users since …

Zello confirmed that its app was used during last week’s Capitol siege and vows to “ban all militia-related channels” from now on. The popular walkie-talkie app released a statement saying, “It is with deep sadness and anger that we have discovered evidence of Zello being misused by some individuals while …

The Office of Attending Physician released a statement on Sunday saying some Congress members were on lockdown in the same room with someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19. “On Wednesday, January 6, many members of the House community were in protective isolation in a room located in a large …

Update: 5:32 P.M. Munchel was arrested on federal charges. He was taken into custody on a federal arrest warrant charging him with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. …

Many of us are waiting for the arrests of the Trump supporters who forced their way into the U.S. Capitol Wednesday because somehow they weren’t arrested that day. According to Fox News, acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen assured the public that pro-Trump rioters who stormed into the Capitol destroyed property, …

Trump supporters’ Wednesday “protest” was everything but peaceful. According to the Daily Beast, rioters—some donned in body armor–stormed in carrying Molotov cocktails, firearms, pipe bombs, and zip ties, which strongly suggests the group showed up to battle. One federal prosecutor has described the scene as “a very dangerous situation.” The …

Former first lady Michelle Obama addressed the attempted coup that took place on Capitol Hill, calling Donald Trump “infantile and unpatriotic.” “The day was a fulfillment of the wishes of an infantile and unpatriotic president who can’t handle the truth of his own failures. And the wreckage lays at the …

In the wake of Pro-Trump supporters violently overtaking the U.S. Capitol, the White House has lost two of the “longest-serving Trump administration officials.” After authorities finally contained the unrest protests in Washington D.C., Stephanie Grisham, the former White House communications director and press secretary and current chief of staff to First …