About Half Say Trump Should be Charged for 1/6: AP-NORC Poll
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About Half Say Trump Should be Charged for 1/6: AP-NORC Poll

WASHINGTON (AP) — About half of Americans believe former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, a new poll shows. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for... Read More

Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas McCarthy, Four Other GOP Lawmakers
Jan. 6
Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas McCarthy, Four Other GOP Lawmakers

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel issued subpoenas Thursday to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers in its probe into the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, an extraordinary step that has little precedent and is certain to further... Read More

NYPD Veteran Convicted of Assaulting Officer in Capitol Riot
Jan. 6
NYPD Veteran Convicted of Assaulting Officer in Capitol Riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal jury on Monday convicted a New York Police Department veteran of assaulting an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot, rejecting his claim that he was defending himself when he tackled the officer and grabbed his gas... Read More

AP Source: Kimberly Guilfoyle Meets with Jan. 6 Committee
Jan. 6
AP Source: Kimberly Guilfoyle Meets with Jan. 6 Committee

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancée of former President Donald Trump’s eldest son, met with the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection Monday — more than a month after she abruptly ended a voluntary interview with lawmakers — according to... Read More

Ex-Officer Convicted of Storming Capitol to Disrupt Congress
Jan. 6
Ex-Officer Convicted of Storming Capitol to Disrupt Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal jury convicted a former Virginia police officer of storming the U.S. Capitol with another off-duty officer to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. Jurors on Monday convicted former Rocky Mount police officer Thomas Robertson of... Read More

Ex-Police Officer Faces Jury Trial on Capitol Riot Charges
Jan. 6
Ex-Police Officer Faces Jury Trial on Capitol Riot Charges

Over a year ago, two off-duty police officers from a small town in Virginia were charged with storming the U.S. Capitol together. A trial for one of them starts this week. The other could be a key prosecution witness. The trial of former... Read More

Official Guilty of Illegally Entering Capitol Grounds Jan. 6
Jan. 6
Official Guilty of Illegally Entering Capitol Grounds Jan. 6

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday convicted an elected official from New Mexico of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct during the riot that disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential election victory.... Read More

Judge to Hear Closing Arguments in Second Capitol Riot Trial
Jan. 6
Judge to Hear Closing Arguments in Second Capitol Riot Trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is expected to hear attorneys’ closing arguments on Tuesday in the trial of an elected official from New Mexico charged with illegally entering U.S. Capitol grounds during the riot that disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential... Read More

Capitol Riot Trial Opens for Cowboys for Trump Founder
Jan. 6
Capitol Riot Trial Opens for Cowboys for Trump Founder

WASHINGTON (AP) — An elected official from New Mexico has vowed to ride a horse to court on Monday for his trial on charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol grounds on the day a pro-Trump mob disrupted the certification of... Read More

Many Capitol Riot Cases Could Hinge on 1st Trial’s Outcome
Jan. 6
Many Capitol Riot Cases Could Hinge on 1st Trial's Outcome

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department launched one of the largest and most complex criminal investigations in its history after a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol over a year ago. Now it's time for a jury to hear... Read More

Biden and Congress Mark a Year Since Violent Insurrection
Congress
Biden and Congress Mark a Year Since Violent Insurrection

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is preparing to mark the first anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, the violent attack by Trump supporters that has fundamentally changed the Congress and raised global concerns about the future of American democracy. Biden and congressional Democrats will... Read More

Less Than Half of GOP Say 1/6 Was Very Violent: AP-NORC Poll
Jan. 6
Less Than Half of GOP Say 1/6 Was Very Violent: AP-NORC Poll

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fighting — so primitive and ferocious that one Capitol Police officer described it as “medieval” and another as a “trip to hell” — left more than 100 law enforcement personnel injured, some beaten with their own weapons. Video... Read More

Jan. 6 Panel Votes for Contempt Charges Against Mark Meadows
Jan. 6
Jan. 6 Panel Votes for Contempt Charges Against Mark Meadows

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has voted to recommend contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows as lawmakers revealed a series of frantic texts he received as the attack was underway. The texts,... Read More

Jan. 6 Panel Set to Vote on Holding Meadows in Contempt
Jan. 6
Jan. 6 Panel Set to Vote on Holding Meadows in Contempt

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is set to recommend contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Monday as lawmakers are releasing new details about thousands of emails and texts he has handed... Read More

Pelosi Names GOP’s Cheney to Panel Investigating Jan. 6 Riot
Congress
Pelosi Names GOP's Cheney to Panel Investigating Jan. 6 Riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday named Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to a new select committee on the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, elevating the most unyielding GOP critic of former President Donald Trump to... Read More

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