The judge challenged the toughness of the Justice Department’s stance in a plea hearing for a man who admitted to one of four nonviolent misdemeanor counts of picketing in the U.S. Capitol.
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Husband-wife Seattle police officers fired for being at Capitol insurrection
Five people died as a result of the riot, and four officers who were there died by suicides.
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Capitol rioters enter first guilty pleas to assaulting police
A pair of plea deals federal prosecutors made with a New Jersey gym owner and a Washington state man could be a benchmark for dozens of other cases in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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U.S. judge rejects claims that Jan. 6 riot defendants are ‘political prisoners’
In a string of plea and sentencing hearings in the riot cases, federal judges appointed by presidents of both parties have condemned such claims.
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Congress passes bill to fund Capitol security, Afghan visas
The $2.1 billion package includes funds for the Capitol Police and to help resettle translators and others who worked closely with U.S. government troops and civilians in Afghanistan.
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Leonard Pitts: Police officers refuse to let deniers shove the horror of Jan. 6 off the stage
Donald Trump and his enablers have been trying to murder memory. At a hearing Tuesday in Washington, memory fought back.
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Racism of rioters takes center stage in Jan. 6 hearing
Capitol Police officer Sgt. Aquilino Gonell called out the disparate law enforcement response to the overwhelmingly white crowd of rioters and the response to racial justice protests in 2020 that followed the murder of George Floyd.
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‘This is how I’m going to die’: Capitol officers testify about attacks by Jan. 6 rioters
Along with graphic video of hand-to-hand fighting, the officers described being beaten as they held off the mob that broke through windows and doors and interrupted the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential win.
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Democrats move to elevate Cheney’s role on Jan. 6 commission
The Wyoming Republican will be one of two members of the nine member panel to deliver an opening statement at the committee’s first public hearing Tuesday.
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Pelosi appoints second Republican critic of Trump to Jan. 6 committee
Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger and Rep. Liz Cheney were the only Republicans who voted for the committee’s creation.