Tag Archives: US CAPITOL

Since the US Capitol riot on Jan. 6, nearly 40 members of the force have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the head of the US Capitol Police officers’ union. The number was revealed to the Washington Post on Saturday by the head of the labor committee for the …

A well-known Beverly Hills hairstylist has been charged after using a bullhorn to yell at Capitol police officers during the Capitol riot. Gina Bisignano was charged with several crimes relating to storming the Capitol on January 6th with fellow Trump supporters. She is one of many rioters believed to have …

On Wednesday, Jan. 20, the moment the clock reached noon, it was over, and the radical factions of Trump’s violent fanbase were left reeling. For the army of online conspiracy theorists and racists who gathered behind Trump, Inauguration Day 2021 was meant to be a culminating moment. But under Trump’s …

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 woman accused of stealing a laptop from Nancy Pelosi’s office during the violent U.S. Capitol riot is now facing a slew of new charges. In newly released court docs, the amended criminal complaint references a video from the day of the riot. Riley Williams is heard instructing a man to put …

During the Jan. 6 riot, a man suspected of beating and hitting Capitol Police officers with a baseball bat has turned himself into DC Police. Federal prosecutors filed charges of attacking an officer with a lethal weapon, obstruction of official proceedings, illegal entry, and violent entry into the U.S. District …

According to court records, prosecutors have lodged the first major conspiracy charge against an alleged leader of the militant Oath Keepers movement, claiming that the Virginia man was involved in “planning and coordinating” the Capitol breach earlier this month. Thomas Caldwell, a 65-year-old from Virginia with a leading role in …

On Sunday, the New York Times revealed that pardon-seekers and those lobbying on their behalf paid Trump’s supporters tens of thousands of dollars to press the president to grant clemency. The Times stated that pushes for pardons have escalated, citing records and interviews with more than three dozen lobbyists and …

A Virginia man was arrested for allegedly trying to enter through a D.C. checkpoint armed with a gun, 500 rounds of ammunition, and fake inaugural credentials. According to the Daily Mail, Wesley Allen Beeler was arrested Friday evening after he tried to make his way through security checkpoints in the …

One of the most shocking images from the riot at the U.S. Capitol was the image of a police officer wearing a red “Make America Great Again” cap as he led throngs of pro-Trump rioters into the building. According to the Wall Street Journal, Lt. Tarik Khalid Johnson reportedly told …

Parler is sharing information with the FBI to help with the Department of Justice’s investigations into the riot at the US Capitol. An affidavit was filed in court Tuesday by an FBI special agent who says that Eduardo Florea stockpiled more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition and threatened to kill …

The man pictured carrying the Confederate flag into the Capitol during last week’s riot has been identified as Kevin Seefried; he was later arrested on Thursday in Delaware. Two law enforcement officers told The New York Times that Seefried was arrested for his role in the deadly Capitol riot that …

On Wednesday, five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller was charged for engaging in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol; video emerged after what appeared to show him last week among those storming the Capitol. An FBI complaint, citing video screenshots, demanded that a warrant be released accusing Keller of intentionally accessing a restricted building without …

A Colorado man who threatened to kill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week drove all the way to Washington, D.C., with the intent to take part in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, came armed with an assault rifle, handgun, and 2,500 rounds of ammunition. According to The Denver Post, …

New York Federal agents have arrested the son of a New York judge on charges that he was among the demonstrators who invaded the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, the FBI said. Aaron Mostofsky, 34, was picked up on Tuesday morning at his brother’s home in Brooklyn, about a week after …