In a Bizarro World lawsuit against the federal government, Proud Boys who were pardoned by President Donald Trump for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol are alleging “cruel and unusual” treatment and “politically motivated” prosecutions. They seek a minimum of $100 million in damages for …
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The lawyer whom Donald Trump has empowered to investigate the Jan. 6 prosecutors previously helped run a nonprofit that raised money for dozens of people who were charged with the most serious offenses, including sedition, conspiracy, and assaulting police officers at the U.S. Capitol. Serving as Trump’s interim U.S. Attorney …
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On a Sunday morning, Dec. 13, 2020, Reverend William Lamar, pastor of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., was home preparing to livestream for his virtual congregation, who were among the thousands forced indoors in the throes of the Covid pandemic. “As I was going down to …
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Donald Trump has issued a blanket pardon to 1,500 of individuals who were convicted of offenses or faced charges relating to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He also signed 14 commutations, deeming the offenders to have fulfilled their sentences with time served. “This is January 6,” …
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Enrique Tarrio is officially seeking a pardon for the seditious conspiracy conviction he received as punishment for plotting and orchestrating violence on Jan. 6 2021. In a letter sent to President-elect Donald Trump, dated Jan. 6 of this year, Tarrio’s lawyer describes his client as guilty of nothing more than …
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With Donald Trump winning back the White House, his Big Lie that Jan. 6 was just an enthusiastic rally that got out of hand, rather than an insurrectionist mob he unleashed to disrupt the count of the 2020 electoral college, has new currency. A new congressional Republican report, spearheaded by …
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Early voting has brought with it a wave of harassment and violence against poll workers. As local officials and volunteers attempt to carry out the nation’s quadrennial exercise in democracy with as little disruptions as possible, extremist groups are once again preparing to challenge election results — and are prepared …
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VANCOUVER, Washington — Joe Kent is nervous, and he keeps checking the clock on his phone. A far-right candidate for the House, with connections to white nationalists, Kent is making his closing pitch to GOP voters at a town hall in Vancouver, Washington, a commuter city across the river from …
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Extremists are reacting to Donald Trump’s guilty verdicts in the New York hush-money trial with calls to violence — both overt and covert. The news that the former president was found guilty on 34 different felony counts did not sit well with Stew Peters, a far-right shock jock who has …
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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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