Republicans are calling a political foul after President Donald Trump reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is probing him as part of its Jan. 6 investigation, while Democrats lauded the move. Mr. Trump said the Sunday letter from special counsel Jack Smith gave him four days to report to a grand jury. In a…

A native of Washington state, who was arrested near the residence of former U.S. President Barrack Obama with hundreds of rounds of ammunition last month, has been indicted on six counts of firearms charges and involvement in the 2021 U.S. Capitol breach. A grand jury in the District Court for the District of Columbia indicted…

FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate made “chilling and personal” threats against FBI agents contrasting the agency’s response to the riots and protests in the wake of Floyd’s death with the response to the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, an affidavit states. In the wake of the Capitol breach, the Department of Justice (DOJ) undertook the largest…

FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate made “chilling and personal” threats against FBI agents contrasting the agency’s response to the riots and protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death with the response to the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, an affidavit states. In the wake of the Capitol breach, the Department of Justice (DOJ) undertook the…

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to adequately assess and warn law enforcement agencies about the level of threat the Capitol faced on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a new Senate report. The report (pdf), drafted by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, details how the FBI and DHS…

During a field hearing on the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, a contingent of House Republicans weighed using the power of the purse to respond to alleged civil rights violations of Jan. 6 prisoners and defendants. The hearing, hosted in the Capitol Visitor Center and open to the public, focused on the investigations, prosecutions, and targeting of…

A U.S. judge on May 25 sentenced the founder of the Oath Keepers militia group to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the U.S. Capitol breach, after a defiant Stewart Rhodes stood before him and insisted he is a “political prisoner.” The House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has promised that, if elected president, he would be “aggressive” in issuing pardons to Jan. 6 defendants, potentially including former President Donald Trump. “On day one, I will have folks that will get together and look at all these cases, who people are, victims of weaponization or political targeting, and we…

A Tennessee man colloquially referred to as the “zip tie guy,” along with his mother, were found guilty on felony charges for their actions in relation to the Jan. 6 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol. U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Columbia Royce Lamberth said in a press release that the actions…

Bill Shipley, the lawyer representing Jan. 6 defendant Jacob Chansley, started the process of requesting the court to vacate Chansley’s 41-month sentence next week, Shipley confirmed in an exclusive interview with The Epoch Times on Friday. Shipley said he intends to file a vacate-conviction motion pursuant to 28 U.S. Code § 2255 (remedies on motion attacking…