Tag Archives: Capitol Riots

Rioter Wants Pardon For Menacing Obama’s Home

Law & Crime reports: An accused Jan. 6 rioter who allegedly threatened lawmakers and showed up to Barack Obama‘s home in Washington, D.C., back in 2023 — toting guns, ammunition and supplies for an explosive device — wants his criminal charges for those incidents dropped, saying President Donald Trump‘s executive order pardoning Capitol attackers also covers “conduct related to” the …

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Intel Candidates Must Avow That J6 Was “Inside Job”

The Washington Post reports: Candidates for top national security positions in the Trump administration have faced questions that appear designed to determine whether they have embraced the president’s false claims about the outcome of the 2020 election and its aftermath, according to people familiar with cases of such screening. The questions asked of several current and former officials up for …

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Trump Dismisses Lawsuit Over 2021 Ban By Twitter/X

Axios reports: President Trump voluntarily dismissed his legal battle with X regarding the social media platform’s permanent suspension of the president’s account following the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. X, which Elon Musk primarily owns but was then the publicly-traded Twitter, banned Trump for what it described at the time as a “risk of further incitement of violence.” Each …

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Fugitive Rioter Arrested On Child Solicitation Charge

Houston’s NPR affiliate reports: A Houston man released from federal prison in Colorado last month, after being pardoned for his crimes during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, was arrested Thursday on a charge of online solicitation of a minor dating back to 2016. Andrew Taake, 36, was sentenced to six years in prison in June 2024 after pleading guilty to …

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Justice Dept Fires Dozens Of January 6 Prosecutors

Politico reports: The Justice Department abruptly fired dozens of prosecutors who worked on criminal cases stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to correspondence reviewed by POLITICO and an interview with one of the people who was terminated. Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin emailed the employees just before 5 p.m. Friday, appending a memo from acting …

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Illinois Gov Bans Pardoned Rioters From State Jobs

NBC News reports: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is blocking those who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol from working in state jobs, ignoring President Donald Trump’s attempt to offer them a clean slate last week in a sweeping set of pardons and commutations. Pritzker directed the state’s Department of Central Management Services, the state’s …

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Rioter: No Regrets For Sitting At “Bitch” Pelosi’s Desk

“Myself and over 1,600 other J6ers showed up that day for Trump because he asked us to be there, and as a point in our country, I’m hoping that that was one of the reasons that the rest of America woke up and saw the corruption and destruction that was happening to our country. “As hard as it’s been, as …

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NPR: Dozens Of Pardoned Rioters Have Convictions For Rape, Child Sex, Child Porn, Drug Dealing, And Murder

NPR reports: On his first day in office, President Donald Trump granted clemency to every person charged or convicted for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, even those convicted of violently assaulting police officers. But Trump’s pardons and commutations for people he has called “patriots” did not wipe away certain defendants’ extensive criminal records …

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Pardoned Rioter Gets 10 Years In Fatal DUI Crash

Law & Crime reports: A Jan. 6 rioter from Missouri who made headlines for swiping Nancy Pelosi’s name plate during the Capitol attack went from pardon to prison this week as she was sentenced Wednesday for causing a fatal crash while driving drunk on the wrong side of the highway. Emily Hernandez, 25, got hit with a 10-year sentence by …

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DOJ Drops “Fleeing Justice” Charge For Fugitive Rioter

Law & Crime reports: A Jan. 6 rioter who was arrested in Canada after failing to report to prison and attempting to apply for asylum has gotten the green light to come back to the United States — with federal prosecutors quashing the arrest warrant they issued for him earlier this month and dismissing his fleeing justice charge — as …

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Pardoned Rioter Fatally Shot By Indiana State Police

Indianapolis’s Fox affiliate reports: An Indiana man recently pardoned by President Donald Trump for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is dead after being shot by a sheriff’s deputy while allegedly resisting arrest. Matthew Huttle, 42, of Hobart was shot and killed during a traffic stop near the Jasper/Pulaski county lines on Sunday afternoon. A deputy with the Jasper …

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Pardoned Rioter Sought On Child Solicitation Charge

Law & Crime reports: Thanks to President Donald Trump, a Texas man who beat police officers with a metal whip and showered them with bear spray during the Jan. 6 riot had his more than six-year prison sentence ended. But 36-year-old Andrew Taake may be headed back to jail anyway. Taake made headlines at the time of his arrest because …

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DOJ Deletes Online Database Of Capitol Riot Arrests

CNN reports: As President Donald Trump this week sought to rewrite the history of his supporters’ attack on the US Capitol, a database detailing the vast array of criminal charges and successful convictions of January 6 rioters was removed from the Department of Justice’s website. The searchable database served as an easily accessible repository of all cases prosecuted by the …

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Homocon Convicted Rioter “Rejects” Trump’s Pardon

“I was at the gym. My husband and I were both there working out, and I saw it on one of the TVs. And I looked over at him and was like, ‘It looks like I’m pardoned today.’ “I’m a recovering alcoholic. At the time, I was not recovering. I would combine alcohol with my politics and I’d put it …

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Pardoned Rioter Still In Prison On Child Porn Charges

Louisville’s NPR affiliate reports: A Kentuckian recently charged with assaulting officers had his charges dropped Wednesday before facing trial. Andrew Kyle Grigsby of Louisville was indicted just last week on five felonies, alleged to have used bear spray against officers. Though a federal judge granted a motion to dismiss Grigsby’s charges Wednesday, he is not yet a free man. He …

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Trump Taps Father Of Rioter To Head US Info Agency

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would pick Media Research Center founder L. Brent Bozell III — who wrote a letter on behalf of his son, a convicted Jan. 6 rioter — to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Bozell’s son, L. Brent Bozell IV, was sentenced to 45 months in prison for assaulting law …

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Boebert Offers Rioters “Guided Tour In The Capitol”

The Hill reports: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) said Tuesday she would offer guided tours of the Capitol to the Jan. 6 rioters who just received a sweeping pardon from President Trump. “I’ll be the first member of Congress to offer them a guided tour in the Capitol,” Boebert said Tuesday standing outside a Washington, D.C., jail where some defendants were …

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Politico: Violent Rioters Will Commit More Violence

Politico reports: Trump has once again sent a disturbing message to his supporters: If you engage in political violence on my behalf, I will protect you. Tarrio, Rhodes and their associates should feel emboldened, and there is no telling what they will do with Trump now firmly behind them. You can safely expect a fair amount of recidivism among those …

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Newly Freed Rioter Rearrested On Federal Gun Charge

The Hill reports: On Tuesday, Daniel Ball’s case tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack was formally dismissed after he received a full pardon from President Trump. But by Wednesday, Ball was arrested once more on a pending federal gun charge. Ball was charged in May 2023 with 12 counts tied to the Capitol attack, including assaulting, resisting or …

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Johnson On Riot Pardons: “We Believe In Redemption”

“Everybody can describe this however they want, the president has the pardon and commutation authority, it’s his decision, and I think what was made clear all along was that peaceful protests and people who engage in that should never be punished. There was a weaponization of the Justice department. “There was a weaponization of the events the following, you know, …

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