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The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building has been examining the role far-right militant groups played in efforts to overturn President Trump’s election loss and the violence that erupted that day. As part of the investigation, the committee has obtained footage of Proud …

In the waning days of the Trump administration, Roger Stone railed against the outgoing president for refusing to issue preemptive pardons relating to the Jan. 6 insurrection, The Washington Post reported on Friday. Stone called the man he helped win the presidency in 2016 the “greatest single mistake in American …

If you’re looking for wild-eyed ranting, a Conservative Political Action Conference panel is a good place to look. But a CPAC panel titled “The Truth About January 6th”? You know that’s going to deliver. And on Friday, deliverance came in the form ofAmerican Greatness senior writer Julie Kelly, who would …

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” …

Stewart Rhodes — the founder of the Oath Keepers — will be jailed until he faces trial on charges he plotted a “seditious conspiracy” to block the peaceful transfer of power and keep president Biden out of the White House by force. Judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee on the …

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is selling what he declares is a “great way for proud, fearless conservatives to support” his campaign: a mug with an image of himself cheering on the mob preparing to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6. “Liberals are so easily triggered, and this new mug is …

Marjorie Taylor Greene ispushing a new conspiracy theory. The Georgia lawmaker claimed on Wednesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is using a police force dedicated to monitoring Spanish vegetable soup (typically served cold) to spy on members of Congress. The outlandish claim has no basis in fact. “Not only do …

The FBI is investigating a clandestine meeting between Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in a downtown Washington, D.C., parking garage the day before the Capitol Riot. Reuters reported on Tuesday that the FBI is looking into a meeting between about half a dozen far-right leaders, including Oath Keepers founder Stewart …

The Jan. 6 rioter who notably dressed as a caveman while storming the Capitol pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges related to the insurrection attempt. Aaron Mostofsky, the 35-year-old son of a prominent Brooklyn Supreme Court judge, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of civil disorder and misdemeanor charges of theft …

Oath Keepers leader Stuart Rhodes and 10 co-conspirators were charged with seditious conspiracy on Thursday for allegedly plotting “to oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power by force” via an armed, well-coordinated takeover of the Capitol on Jan. 6. One of the co-conspirators the Justice Department alleges helped organize teams …