Jan 6 riot

Here’s a breakdown of some of Donald Trump’s legal battles elsewhere, like in Georgia regarding the election and his keeping of documents at Mar-a-Lago, as well as a couple others in New York.

A retired Chicago firefighter with apparent ties to militia groups faces federal criminal charges for allegedly participating in an hours-long siege amid the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Julian Khater, a New Jersey man who joined a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced Friday to more than six years in prison for using pepper spray to assault police officers — including Brian Sicknick, who died a day after the siege

During Thursday’s hearing on the riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Jan. 6 committee played behind the scenes footage of Democrat and Republican lawmakers coordinating with law enforcement for assistance as rioters broke through doors and windows.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., revealed texts from the Secret Service in the days surrounding the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

Evidence presented at the Jan. 6 hearing on Thursday shows that former President Donald Trump knew he lost the 2020 election but continued to publicly deny the results, including emails from Secret Service that describe the former president’s dissatisfaction at losing legal election challenges. “Supreme Court denied his law suit [sic]. He is livid now.”

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, challenged Americans to consider whether the republic could withstand another attack on U.S. institutions and elections, including the January 6 riots. “Our institutions only hold when men and women of good faith make them hold.”

A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election.

The founder of the militia group Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, was once a promising Yale Law School graduate.

During a visit to Wilkes University on Tuesday, President Joe Biden blasted members of the GOP who continue to support participants of the Jan. 6 riot. “Let me say this to my MAGA Republican friends in Congress: don’t tell me you support law enforcement if you won’t condemn what happened on the 6th.”

Katherine Schwab of Texas flew to Washington, D.C., with two Jan. 6 codefendants who were later sentenced.

A Secret Service official testified to the Jan. 6 committee that members of former Vice President Mike Pence’s detail feared for their lives during the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

From taking no action to adding “fuel to the flames,” the House select committee laid out former President Donald Trump’s movements during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

Matthew Pottinger, former deputy national security adviser, testified Thursday before the Jan. 6 committee that former President Donald Trump’s tweets during the U.S. Capitol riot enflamed tensions and escalated violence.

Radio chatter from the security detail for Vice President Mike Pence shows the concern they had to get Pence to safety during the Jan. 6 riots.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2001, U.S. Capitol riot shared witness testimony on Thursday about then-President Donald Trump’s failure to call for law enforcement intervention during the riot.

Results of the investigation could be referred to federal prosecutors, the sources said, depending on the results

Stephen Ayres, who was convicted of participating in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, testified Tuesday before the House select committee that he was driven to enter the Capitol Building after listening to former President Trump’s speech at the Ellipse. “The president got everybody riled up and told everybody to head on down. So we basically [were] just...

Former spokesman for the Oath Keepers extremist group Jason Van Tatenhove testified Tuesday before the Jan. 6 committee that he believes that without intervention, domestic extremism groups could incite violence in future elections. “We’ve gotten exceedingly lucky that more bloodshed did not happen.”

Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Arizona, told the Jan. 6 committee that she had security concerns ahead of the planned protest at the U.S. Capitol — adding that once the attempts to overturn the 2020 election failed, Trump supporters would “go nuts.”