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A man who admitted to participating in the U.S. Capitol riots is accused of trying to flee the country and commit suicide shortly after the insurrection. As reported by CNBC, Jeffrey Sabol—a 51-year-old geophysicist from Colorado—told authorities he was “in a fit of rage” on the day the of deadly siege when he was allegedly filmed assaulting a Metropolitan Police Department officer. Footage […]
A Connecticut man has been apprehended after a viral video showed him assaulting an officer with a riot shield during the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6. NPR reports that Patrick Edward McCaughey III was arrested on Tuesday and charged with assaulting an officer, civil disorder, entering restricted grounds, and disorderly conduct. The Department of […]
A Texas man who participated in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol took an unsurprisingly terrible approach to try preventing family members from snitching on his participation. According to court documents, Guy Reffitt threatened to shoot his daughter and son if they told the authorities. Reffitt allegedly leveled the threat while arguing with his kids […]
A new video has emerged that shows even more of what transpired during the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6. New Yorker correspondent Luke Mogelson, who was covering the Stop the Steal rally, took the footage. In the beginning, as the rioters storm the building, a person told police, “There’s a fucking million of us out […]
Tim Gionet, a far-right media figure known as “Baked Alaska,” has been arrested for his involvement in the U.S. Capitol siege. The Associated Press press reports FBI agents arrested Gionet in Houston on Saturday, just 10 days after a mob of Trump-supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory. A Department of Justice criminal complaint states Gionet has been charged with […]
Retired firefighter/MAGA mob member Robert Sanford was filmed throwing a fire extinguisher at police during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, and now he’s facing federal charges. The 55-year-old was arrested on Thursday on four federal charges, including assaulting officers engaging in their official duties, civil disorder, disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and knowingly enterting a […]
For Helena Duke, blood isn’t always thicker than water. Shortly after thousands of Trump supporters swarmed to Washington, D.C., last week, the 18-year-old Massachusetts woman identified her family members among the violent mob. Duke told Rolling Stone she had heard about the U.S. Capitol riots from a co-worker, but was unaware that her mother, Therese Duke, was among those who attended […]
In an Instagram Live stream on Tuesday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revealed that there was a moment she feared she “was going to die” during the Capitol riot. As NBC News pointed out, Ocasio-Cortez said that at one point she had a “very close encounter,” citing security concerns at the Capitol. “I did not know if I was […]
Two-time Olympic gold medalist and professional swimmer Klete Keller has been identified in the crowd of people who stormed the U.S. Capitol building last week. According to the New York Times, the 38-year-old former teammate of Michael Phelps was spotted in footage captured from Wednesday’s insurrection. Keller joined the U.S. Swim Team to compete in […]
Congressman Tim Ryan says that two Capitol Police officers have received temporary suspensions due to their actions during last week’s riot. One of those officers you may have actually seen at some point since Wednesday’s chaos, as he was at the center of a widely circulated clip that appeared to show him posing for a selfie: The other […]
