Category: Jan 6. Capitol Breach

Bipartisan Lawmakers Express Outrage Over FBI Misuse of Surveillance Tool to Spy on Americans

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on May 19 expressed alarm after an unsealed court order revealed the FBI misused a controversial surveillance tool to collect intelligence on U.S. citizens, including individuals suspected of involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach and George Floyd protests. The details of the inappropriately collected information were outlined by…


Jan. 6 Defendant Accused of Stealing Pelosi’s Laptop Receives 3-year Prison Sentence

A woman who was accused of stealing then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop computer and other criminal actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to three years in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson handed down a sentence on Thursday against Riley Williams, whom a jury had convicted in…


Jacob Chansley’s Lawyers Confront DOJ’s Claim It Didn’t Suppress Jan. 6 Evidence

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) latest objection to allegations that it suppressed evidence in its prosecution of Jan. 6 defendant Jacob Chansley flies in the face of the Sixth Amendment, current and former attorneys of Chansley told The Epoch Times in separate interviews this week. “They are hiding. They affirmatively are electing not to disclose [exculpatory…


Trump, Jan. 6 Prison Choir Song ‘Justice for All’ Hits No. 1 on ITunes

A song recorded by former President Donald Trump and the “J6 Prison Choir”—a group of men charged for their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol—hit the number one spot on iTunes over the weekend. The two-minute song is titled “Justice For All,” and features the Jan. 6 inmates singing the…


Judge Denies Requests from Jan. 6 Defendants to Cross-Examine FBI Agent on Leaked Messages

Defendants in the ongoing Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Breach trial suffered a defeat on Monday, as the court ordered that the defendants may not cross-examine an FBI agent for most of the defense attorneys’ allegations that spawned from internal FBI messages inadvertently leaked in court. Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump-appointed judge, on Monday addressed allegations…


McCarthy Agrees to Full Public Release of Jan. 6 Tapes

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has agreed to a full public release of the security footage recorded at the U.S. Capitol during the events of Jan. 6, 2021. In an interview with Breitbart News that aired on Thursday, McCarthy discussed his decision to share the footage with Fox News host Tucker Carlson and said defendants…


Schumer Calls McCarthy’s Decision to Share Jan. 6 Footage ‘Despicable’

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to share footage of the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol with Fox News host Tucker Carlson a “despicable” move. “Look, I think what McCarthy did was despicable, damaged our security,” Schumer told The Hill on Tuesday. Schumer went on…


Former Lawmaker Convicted After Entering Capitol on Jan. 6 Now Running for Congress

A former West Virginia state delegate who plead guilty to felony charges after entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, may once again return to the building, this time as a member of the House of Representatives. Derrick Evans, a former Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, plead guilty in March…


Woman Convicted for Storming Pelosi’s Office on Jan. 6

On Nov. 21, a woman from Pennsylvania was convicted of four felonies related to her actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Stop the Steal rally in the U.S. Capitol. Riley June Williams, 22, was seen storming into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)’s office on Capitol Hill that day. Williams was found guilty of six federal…


Trump Lawyer Appeals Court Order to Hand Over Emails to Jan. 6 Committee

John Eastman, who was an attorney for the Trump campaign, has filed a notice of his appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit after a federal judge reaffirmed an order asking that the lawyer hand over certain emails to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol breach incident. Eastman had…