Category: conspiracy

Orange County Sheriff’s Department Arrest Individuals Connected to String of Burglaries

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department arrested two individuals August 14 who are allegedly connected to a string of home burglaries in South Orange County, including the cities of Laguna Hills, San Juan Capistrano, and Rancho Santa Margarita.  The department’s Directed Enforcement Team found the suspects with support from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department during an…


China Insider: Leading Hong Kong Dissidents Charged With Subversion

Forty-seven Hong Kong activists were charged on Feb. 28 with conspiracy to commit subversion, in the largest single clampdown on the city’s pro-democracy opposition under a Beijing-imposed “national security law.”


Two Proud Boys Members Charged With Conspiracy in Capitol Riot

Two members of the Proud Boys group were indicted Friday on a number of charges in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, including conspiring to obstruct law enforcement, the Justice Department said. Dominic Pezzola, 43, of Rochester, New York, and William Pepe, 31, of Beacon, New York, were indicted in federal court in the…


Man to Plead Guilty in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor

DETROIT—One of six men charged in an alleged plot to snatch Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has agreed to plead guilty to a kidnapping conspiracy, according to a court document filed Wednesday. The filing was made by prosecutors ahead of Ty Garbin’s appearance in federal court in Grand Rapids. The plea agreement signed by Garbin indicates…


Federal Prosecutors File First Conspiracy Charges Over US Capitol Breach

Federal prosecutors have filed one of their first conspiracy cases against three people allegedly affiliated with the paramilitary organization known as the Oath Keepers over the breach of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. In a criminal complaint (pdf) filed on Tuesday, prosecutors allege Thomas Edward Caldwell, 65, of Clarke County, Virginia, had a leadership role…


Right-Wing Conspiracy ‘Insane’—Left-Wing Conspiracy Theories, Not So Much

Commentary Democrats and much of the Republican-hating media call the Republicans’ election challenge dead on arrival and say the effort hurt Republicans in Georgia. If so, why the outrage protestations from the left? Many of the election fraud allegations made by team Trump have been ignored or downplayed by media sources from which much of…