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The Secretary of Homeland Security said Monday night that an internal review focused on domestic violent extremism threats within the department is being launched. In a memo first reported on by CBS News, DHS secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas pointed to “recent events,” including the fatal Capitol riot in January, as having highlighted what he described […]
Jon Schaffer, a member of the far-right militia group Oath Keepers, has pleaded guilty for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots—making him the first defendant to do so. The Associated Press reports Schaffer entered the plea deal Friday and has agreed to cooperate with the feds in their ongoing investigation into the deadly siege. The 53-year-old, […]
U.S. Capitol police officers were instructed to not use key crowd control equipment in the fatal Jan. 6 riot, a new report from an internal investigator shows. The 104-page document, detailed in a New York Times report from Luke Broadwater on Tuesday, is at the heart of a Capitol Hill hearing set for later this […]
In January of this year, the U.S. Capitol was violently stormed amid efforts to overturn the defeat of Donald J. Trump in the 2020 presidential election against former VP Joe Biden. Ahead of the riot, Trump and several of his most prominent supporters had publicly reiterated false claims about the veracity of the election results, […]
The U.S. Capitol is under lockdown following an incident in the area. The Associated Press reports that Capitol police put all Capitol buildings under lockdown “due to an external security threat,” with staff members being told they couldn’t enter or leave the buildings until further notice. Police have said that two officers have been injured […]
Donald Trump has another lawsuit on his hands. According to legal documents obtained by Bloomberg, the former president is being sued by two U.S. Capitol officers who sustained multiple injuries during the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Plaintiffs James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby argue Trump incited the violent siege that left five people, including a police officer, dead. Blassingame and […]
A new report sees multiple U.S. intelligence agencies concluding that domestic violent extremists pose an “elevated threat” to the country in 2021. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an unclassified summary of their joint comprehensive threat assessment on domestic […]
Two men have been charged with assaulting U.S. Capitol police officer Brian D. Sicknick, who died a day after working the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. After being arrested on Sunday, Pennsylvanian Julian Elie Khater, 32, and George Pierre Tanios, 39 of West Virginia, are being charged with nine counts. Charges include three counts of assaulting officers […]
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson (R) says he didn’t feel threatened when the Capitol was stormed due to the political beliefs of the Trump-supporting rioters, while adding that that may not have been the case had said rioters been associated with either Black Lives Matter or Antifa. Johnson’s comments came on Thursday during a syndicated-radio program called The Joe […]
A Montana man involved in the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6 is facing federal charges. Isaac Steve Sturgeon has been hit with a total of eight counts, including assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers—and if convicted, he could be imprisoned for up to 20 years. He’s been released on a $250,000 bond and is […]
