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Report: Pipe Bomb Suspect Believed Election Was Stolen

Sources say Brian Cole has been cooperating with FBI

(Newser) - Brian Cole, the Virginia man accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington, DC, the night before the Capitol riot, has told investigators he believed the 2020 election was stolen, sources tell NBC News and CNN . According to CNN's sources, the 30-year-old spoke to FBI investigators for hours on Thursday....

Police Boost Security for Raskin After Claim About J6 Pardonee

Taylor Taranto is accused of violating parole after allegedly being seen near congressman's Md. home

(Newser) - Rep. Jamie Raskin is receiving heightened security after a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant was reportedly seen near the Democratic congressman's home in Maryland. Taylor Taranto has faced accusations of threatening Raskin and former President Obama in the past, and this recent incident adds to a growing list of safety...

FBI Finally Nabs a Suspect in Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Case

Breakthrough comes after years of frustration and conspiracy theories

(Newser) - Federal authorities have arrested a suspect in the long-running investigation into pipe bombs planted near the headquarters of both major political parties in Washington, DC, the day before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, sources tell NBC News . The arrest, which took place Thursday morning, represents the first major breakthrough in...

Pardoned Rioter Accused of Threat to Kill Hakeem Jeffries

Christopher Moynihan allegedly vowed to assassinate House minority leader

(Newser) - A pardoned Capitol rioter faces serious new charges after allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, reports CBS News . Court documents say Christopher Moynihan, 34, made threats in text messages, including a vow to assassinate Jeffries before his speech at the Economic Club of New York this week....

YouTube Settles With Trump for $24.5M Over Suspension

President's account was shut down after Capitol riot

(Newser) - YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Trump over the suspension of his account after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Of the total, $22 million will be allocated at Trump's direction to help pay for construction of...

Senator Tries to Block Full Military Honors for Ashli Babbitt

Capitol rioter is on track to be granted military funeral honors

(Newser) - Sen. Ruben Gallego is introducing legislation this week in an attempt to prevent the full military funeral honors currently in the works for Ashli Babbitt, the Air Force veteran killed during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The Arizona Democrat tells CBS News the legislation "comes from a sense...

Judge Orders First Refund for Pardoned Capitol Rioter

He says government has no right to keep $2K in restitution paid by Yvonne St. Cyr

(Newser) - A federal judge has granted a refund of more than $2,200 to a Capitol rioter whose conviction was wiped away by a presidential pardon—marking the first time a Jan. 6 defendant has recouped fines after President Trump's blanket pardon. US District Judge John Bates, who presided...

Jan. 6 Rioter Plotted to Kill His Investigators
Pardoned J6 Rioter
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Pardoned J6 Rioter Gets Life Sentence

Edward Kelley plotted to kill the FBI agents who investigated him

(Newser) - Edward Kelley was pardoned by President Trump for his role in the Capitol riot—but a judge has determined that the pardon doesn't extend to a plot to kill the FBI agents who investigated him. The 36-year-old military veteran has been sentenced to life in prison over a plot...

DOJ Escalates Campaign Against Jan. 6 Prosecutors

Sources say at least 3 involved in Capitol riot criminal cases were fired on Friday

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Friday fired at least three prosecutors involved in US Capitol riot criminal cases, the latest move by the Trump administration targeting attorneys connected to the massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, per two people familiar with the matter. Those dismissed include two attorneys who...

Officers Lodge Complaint Over MIA Capitol Riot Plaque

Ex-Capitol cop Harry Dunn, DC cop Daniel Hodges say Congress' delay ignores law over police honor

(Newser) - Two police officers who defended the US Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot are suing to force Congress to install an honorary plaque that was mandated by law but remains missing. Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and DC Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges say a 2022 law,...

US Reaches Settlement With Ashli Babbitt's Family

No numbers have yet been released over the wrongful death lawsuit

(Newser) - The US government has reached a settlement with the family of Ashli Babbitt —the protester fatally shot by police inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, reports the Washington Post and CBS News . No details have been released on the amount. In fact, the deal is described in both...

Even Elon Musk Can't Escape Trump Litigation

X.com agrees to pay Trump $10M to settle suit over past ban following Capitol riot

(Newser) - Elon Musk's X.com has agreed to pay about $10 million to settle with President Trump, who sued the site formerly known as Twitter and its ex-CEO, Jack Dorsey, for censorship after he was banned from the platform after the Jan. 6 riot. "It's resolved," a...

'Drizz' Is the 'Accidental' Head of the FBI

Acting FBI chief Brian Driscoll seems to be earning a following

(Newser) - It's not yet clear if Kash Patel will clear the bar of his Senate confirmation hearings to become the next director of the FBI, but in the interim, an "accidental" chief has been holding the fort down. That's how the New York Times describes Brian Driscoll, a...

Jan. 6 Defendant Re-Arrested After Trump's Pardon

Daniel Ball detained on gun charges unrelated to the Capitol riot

(Newser) - One of the Jan. 6 defendants who received a presidential pardon found himself almost immediately re-arrested, reports Politico . Daniel Ball never even left federal custody, and his case may test the scope of President Trump's sweeping pardons of all those who took part in the violence at the Capitol,...

Jacob Chansley's Plan After Pardon Is to Buy Guns

Experts worry Trump's move will hurt anti-terrorism efforts in the long term

(Newser) - Jacob Chansley, the Capitol rioter known as the "QAnon Shaman," celebrated receiving a pardon on Monday by thanking President Trump and announcing his immediate plans in a post on X . "Now I am gonna buy some m------------ guns!" Chansley wrote, per the Hill . Experts who study...

'MAGA Granny' Turns Down J6 Pardon: 'We Were Wrong'

Pamela Hemphill, sentenced to 60 days in prison, says that accepting pardon would be an 'insult'

(Newser) - While most of the 1,500 or so people who were jailed for taking part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot celebrated this week at receiving a "full pardon" from President Trump, one stands out from the crowd: Pamela Hemphill, who has turned down the president's offer for...

Angry After Jan. 6, He Became a 'Freelance Vigilante'

ProPublica's look at John Williams' undercover infiltration into a far-right militia, where he became a leader

(Newser) - In the spring of 2023, reporter Joshua Kaplan received a package in the mail with no return address, the contents of which included a flash drive with tens of thousands of files. What Kaplan found in those files he now details for ProPublica , laying out the "remarkable odyssey" of...

Former Proud Boys Leader Asks Trump for a Pardon

Enrique Tarrio's lawyer has made request in a letter to the president-elect

(Newser) - Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys, would like a pardon. Tarrio, currently serving the longest prison sentence handed to any of the January 6 insurrectionists (22 years) despite the fact that he was not actually present at the US Capitol on that day...

A Momentous Jan. 6 Dawns in Washington
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A Momentous Jan. 6 Dawns in Washington

Kamala Harris will certify election of rival Donald Trump at US Capitol on Monday

(Newser) - As Congress prepares to convene during a winter storm on Monday to certify the election of Donald Trump, the AP makes note of one "extraordinary fact": that "the candidate who tried to overturn the previous election won this time and is legitimately returning to power." Four years...

FBI Releases New Video in Still-Unsolved Pipe Bomb Case

Bombs were planted in DC the night before the 2021 Capitol riot

(Newser) - A harrowing chapter in American history remains shrouded in mystery: Who planted pipe bombs outside offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees in Washington on the eve of the attack on the Capitol ? Hoping to generate new tips from the public, the FBI is releasing more information about...

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