Category: Capitol breach

House Republicans Call on Pelosi to Testify About Jan. 6 Security Failures

Two House Republicans are calling on outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi to testify before Congress after a GOP report revealed on Dec. 21 that her staff played a key role in the security planning that failed to protect the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “The reason there wasn’t a proper security presence on that day goes…


Iowa Man Sentenced to 5 Years Over Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

An Iowa man who was among the first people to breach the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to five years in prison in relation to five felony charges related to the breach. Douglas Jensen, 43, was also given three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution….


Jan. 6 Committee to Make Criminal Referrals to US Department of Justice

Members of the House Jan. 6 Committee have announced that the panel will make several criminal referrals to the Department of Justice (DOJ) before its dissolution in January. Over the past several months, the panel has attempted to present a criminal case against President Donald Trump, contending that the Jan. 6 Capitol breach was the…


Trump Describes Treatment of Jan. 6 Defendants as ‘Very Unfair Situation’

Former President Donald Trump, his former adviser Steve Bannon, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) each offered words of support for Jan. 6 defendants at a Dec. 1 Patriot Freedom Project event in Washington. Patriot Freedom Project is a nonprofit organization that aims to support those imprisoned for breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,…


5 Members of Texas Family, Including Disabled Son, Sentenced for Attending Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Breach

Five members of a Texas family were sentenced to prison time on Wednesday for allegedly breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Parents, Dawn Marie Munn, 57, and Thomas Vincent Munn, 55, from Borger, Texas, brought four of their children, Kristi Marie Munn, 30, Joshua Munn, 25, Kayli Munn, 20 and another minor with them to the U.S. Capitol on Jan….


5 Members of Texas Family, Including Disabled Son, Sentenced for Attending Jan. 6 US Capitol Breach

Five members of a Texas family were sentenced to prison time on Wednesday for allegedly breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Parents, Dawn Marie Munn, 57, and Thomas Vincent Munn, 55, from Borger, Texas, brought four of their children, Kristi Marie Munn, 30, Joshua Munn, 25, Kayli Munn, 20 and another minor with them to the U.S. Capitol on Jan….


Iowa Man Found Guilty on All Charges Related to Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

A 41-year-old Iowa man has been found guilty by a Washington jury late on Sept. 23 on all seven charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the Capitol building. The seven counts that Douglas Jensen of Des Moines, Iowa, was found guilty of include five felonies. They are: obstruction of an official proceeding; assaulting, resisting,…


72-Year-Old Jan. 6 Defendant Sentenced to 46 Months for Assaulting Police

A 72-year-old Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 46 months—or three years and 10 months—in federal prison for having assaulted a police officer during protests at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The man, Howard C. Richardson, of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly…


Former Police Officer Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Prison in Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

An off-duty former Virginia police officer who entered the U.S. Capitol with a fellow officer on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to over seven years in prison, a period similar to the longest prison sentence yet in cases related to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach. On Jan. 6, 2021, proceedings at the U.S….


Former Federal ‘Informant’ Warned of Antifa, BLM Infiltrators at Capitol on Jan. 6

The man whose posting on social media warned authorities that agent provocateurs from Antifa and Black Lives Matter would be at the U.S. Capitol dressed as Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, is a self-described government informant tied to former deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein warned about a “soft coup” against then-President Donald Trump…