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Published
August 30, 2021

Court records rebut claims of unequal treatment of Jan. 6 rioters

The dissonance between the rhetoric of Capitol rioters and their supporters and the record established by courts highlights both the racial tension inherent in their arguments and the flawed assessment at the heart of their claims.
Published
August 26, 2021

Capitol police officers sue Trump, allies over insurrection

The suit names the former president, the Trump campaign, Trump ally Roger Stone and members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers who were present at the Capitol and in Washington on Jan. 6.
Published
August 9, 2021

Judge asks why Capitol rioters are paying only $1.5 million for attack. Taxpayers will pay over $500 million

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.
Published
August 6, 2021

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.
Published
August 5, 2021

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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Published
August 4, 2021

Leonard Pitts: If these conservatives were honest, they’d admit that blue lives don’t matter to them

Will people like Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham ever be able to muster empathy for the cops who defended the Capitol?
Published
August 1, 2021

Maine Voices: Can America remain a democracy? Authoritarianism raises its ugly head

We need to elect leaders who appeal to our better selves, who inspire us to be strong and unafraid, who give us specific reasons to be optimistic.
Published
July 28, 2021

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.
Published
July 27, 2021

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.
Published
July 27, 2021

‘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.