Former New York police officer Thomas Webster, who attacked his colleagues on January 6, 2021 at the Capitol, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, the heaviest sentence to date for the attack, Politico and CBS News reported. Webster was found guilty in May of assaulting a Washington police officer during the Capitol Hill […]
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US: Man dies after crashing car into Capitol barricade while firing shots into air
A man died early this morning after crashing his car into a barricade near the Capitol while firing shots into the air, police said. As he tried to get out of the car, he was engulfed in flames after the fire broke out shortly after 4:00 a.m. (Washington local time) between the streets surrounding the […]
USA: George Tanios pleads guilty to the attack on police officers in the Capitol
George Tanios, one of two defendants accused of attacking police officers – including the late Brian Siknik – during the storming of the Capitol by protesters (Jan. 6, 2021), will plead guilty, Reuters reports citing court documents. Tanios and his co-defendant Julian Cater face serious charges, including the chemical attack on at least three Capitol […]
US: Two Democrats call for Inspector General to recuse himself from Capitol break-in investigation
Two top Democratic lawmakers yesterday called for Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Koufari to recuse himself from the ongoing investigation into the exchange of cellphone messages by US intelligence agencies into the deadly January 6, 2021, invasion of the US Capitol. House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Benny Thompson, […]
US: Former Trump adviser Pat Cipollone to testify about Capitol invasion
Pat Cipollone, the adviser to former President Donald Trump, has agreed to testify on Friday before the congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, multiple US media reported. Cipollone’s actions during that attack had been described by witnesses in previous House committee hearings. The commission subpoenaed him last week, giving him […]
Capitol attack: House subcommittee may recommend criminal charges against Trump
The House Special Investigations Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the federal Capitol by supporters of Republican President Donald Trump, particularly his own role, could refer the tycoon to the Justice Department for criminal charges. multi-indictment trial, her vice president, Republican Liz Cheney, said yesterday. During an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Ms. […]
Capitol attack: Trump succeeds against Pence, stressing that he did not have ‘courage’
The day after the House of Representatives’ special hearing on the January 6, 2021 attack on the federal Capitol by supporters of former Republican President Donald Trump, the tycoon again Pence did not have the “courage”. The hearings have already highlighted the fact that Mr. Trump turned his supporters against his then vice president because […]
Capitol attack: Trump presses Pence vice president not to ratify Biden victory
Incendiary posts on Twitter, a threatening phone call, an incendiary speech: the commission of inquiry into the Capitol attack on Thursday presented the pressure exerted by former US President Donald Trump on Vice President Mike Pence to try to prevent him from ratifying it. Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. “The president has been […]
Biden: Americans deserve full report on January 6 raid on Capitol
US President Joe Biden called the January 6 attack on the Capitol “one of the darkest chapters in the history of our nation” and said it was important for the American people to have a full account of the events at next week’s hearings. “It’s important for the American people to understand what really happened […]
Congress – Committee of Inquiry: Trump ‘at the center’ of ‘US coup attempt’ on 6/1/2021
The raid on the US Federal Capitol was the “culmination of a coup attempt”: a year and a half after the bloody events of January 6, 2021, which caused shock around the world, the special committee of the House of Representatives appointed the former President at the heart of what he calls a “conspiracy” to […]