It’s a Friday night in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and six patriots are getting ready to take over the U.S. Capitol. There are no tactical vests or American flag bandanas to be seen, nor are there any tri-corner hats or effigies or black and yellow militia uniforms. These would probably not be …
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Back in September, Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of the Proud Boys, was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison on “seditious conspiracy” charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, raid of the U.S. Capitol. According to the Justice Department, the far-right group “played a central role in setting the …
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In HBO’s The Insurrectionist Next Door Alexandra Pelosi comes across as a charming and sympathetic bull in a china shop, eager to understand, find common ground with or at least provide a platform for people with whom she agrees on very little. That would be nearly everyone she talks to …
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I woke up last week to a text from my mother. Its contents hit me like a sucker punch. “CNN is hosting a town hall with Trump; Kaitlin Collins is moderating. WTF!!!” Then came confirmation: CNN will in fact host a town hall on Wednesday, May 10, in prime time. …
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Last month, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson was granted exclusive access to the trove of more than 44,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. On Monday night Carlson released the first installment of his analysis of the tapes, telling viewers that the vast majority of the protestors …
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Former U.S. Capitol police officer, Michael A. Riley, was found guilty on Friday of obstruction of justice for deleting his own Facebook messages offering advice to a Jan 6. rioter on how to hide evidence about entering the Capitol on the day of theinsurrection, The New York Times reports. Riley, …
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Mama, don’t let your boys grow up to be insurrectionists. “Cowboys for Trump” founder Couy Griffin has been booted from his position as Otero County Commissioner by a New Mexico judge over his participation in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Judge Francis J. Mathew ruled on Monday …
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Twitter is fighting a Jan. 6 committee request for its employees’ internal communications —including Slack messages about moderating Tweets related to the Capitol attack, three sources familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone. The social media giant is asserting a First Amendment privilege to push back on the panel’s demand …
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A federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss lawsuits against Donald Trump, rejecting the president’s legal team’s argument that there was noway he incited violence when he told people the 2020 election was stolen, called them to a mass demonstration in Washington, and then exhorted them to “flight like hell” …
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