Jan. 6

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A D.C. police lieutenant is accused of tipping off a leader of the Proud Boys

2:16pm May 19, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Shane Lamond allegedly used his position in the Metropolitan Police Department's Intelligence Branch to share information with Enrique Tarrio, a leader with the far-right extremist group

Riley June Williams, accused of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, has been granted permission to attend the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire.

The woman accused of stealing Pelosi's laptop gets to attend Renaissance Faire

9:53am August 20, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Riley Williams is typically only allowed to leave home for work, court proceedings or approved outings. This weekend, that may include jousting and a make-believe renaissance wedding.

Then-President Donald Trump is seen on the screen above the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection on Thursday in outtakes from his Jan. 7, 2021, video in which he refused to say he had lost the election.

As Jan. 6 panel pauses, the U.S. faces a fourth fall of Trump (with a fifth in view)

5:00am July 24, 2022

by Ron Elving

Even if the January 6 investigation had wrapped this week, the former president would still be looming over the fall landscape like a rising harvest moon.

Clouds roll over the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington on Thursday.

Here's how to watch the Jan. 6 committee hearings

7:47pm June 09, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The hearing on Thursday will be livestreamed on YouTube and on most TV news channels.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said earlier Thursday that reports that he said former President Trump should resign in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol were false. Then the reporters who broke the news played the tapes.

Republicans face a new reckoning over what GOP House leader McCarthy said about Trump

5:00am April 23, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

McCarthy faces a tricky conversation with his conference over what he said, which could come when the House returns from recess next week, but the ultimate judge is likely former President Trump.

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, moderates a panel discussion titled "When did World War III Begin? Part A: Threats at Home" during the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 23, 2017.

Supreme Court Justice Thomas' wife Ginni has a long history of conservative activism

10:03pm March 25, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

The text messages Virginia Thomas sent Trump's chief of staff pushing false claims about the 2020 election are the latest in her often public work to support conservative Republicans.

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Evan Neumann, who is wanted by the FBI, holds his new Belarusian documents at the department of citizenship and migration office in Brest, Belarus.

A Jan. 6 Capitol riot suspect wanted by the FBI was granted refugee status in Belarus

11:54am March 23, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Evan Neumann is under federal indictment in the U.S. for more than a dozen charges linked to last year's Capitol insurrection. Russian ally Belarus has granted him asylum and protection indefinitely.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chair of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, and the panel's vice chair, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., testify before the House Rules Committee on Dec. 14, 2021. Their panel is looking into who funded t

New clues emerge about the money that might have helped fund the Jan. 6 insurrection

4:54pm March 11, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

Recent legal moves by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol offer some clues on how it's following the money.

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The Justice Department says that as the leader and creator of a special chapter of the Proud Boys known as the Ministry of Self Defense, Enrique Tarrio "led the advance planning and remained in contact with other members of the Proud Boys during their bre

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Enrique Tarrio, who led the Proud Boys, is arrested over the U.S. Capitol attack

5:46pm March 08, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Enrique Tarrio may not have physically taken part on the Jan. 6 breach, but the Justice Department has charged him for allegedly leading the advance planning and taking credit for it on social media.

The statement of facts supporting the arrest Tuesday of Eric Gerwatowski, 31, of New Hyde Park, N.Y., on charges stemming from last year's riot at the U.S. Capitol, is shown here.

2 Capitol riot suspects were arrested from online sleuths' info, documents show

9:44pm February 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

The FBI has cited information compiled by online sleuths in many of the more than 730 riot-related cases filed in federal court so far.