Defense Department officials are scrambling to establish an adequate plan for providing National Guard aid for the inauguration and avoid a repeat of last week’s attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Posted inNation & World
U.S. prosecutors considering sedition charges in Capitol riot
A federal prosecutor says some of the misdemeanor charges brought against the people who sieged the Capitol were intended as placeholder counts and that more serious charges including sedition are possible.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Collins should challenge Trump’s lies
Mainers who voted for Donald Trump need to hear unequivocally from the whole congressional delegation that the 2020 election was aboveboard.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Local & State, News, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: So, Maine businessman, you say you were in the U.S. Capitol? Tell us more.
Someone, preferably with a badge, needs to knock on Kevin Finkenaur’s front door.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Watching democracy come unglued
The assault on the U.S. Capitol looks unpleasantly familiar to an expert in Balkan politics.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Focus on restraining President Trump until he’s gone
He has said he’d go along with the transition on Jan. 20 – but there is no guarantee he will do so, and he could do a lot of damage in the coming days.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Tepid response to Capitol mob attack signals strategic law enforcement failure
This is what happens when everyone insists on retaining their traditional operational sovereignty. Everybody’s in charge, so nobody’s in charge.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Rudy Giuliani has been down this riot road before
The man who urged ‘trial by combat’ Wednesday egged on a massive 1992 NYPD protest over a Black mayor’s moves toward police accountability.
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Commentary: The conservative case for impeaching Trump now
When the chief executive of the federal government incites an attack on the legislature, party differences should fall away.
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West Virginia state lawmaker among those charged in Capitol riot
The U.S. Justice Department says it has charged the state lawmaker with entering a restricted area of the U.S. Capitol after he livestreamed himself with rioters.