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The FBI says the 34-year-old not only broadcast his role in the January 6th Capitol attack on social media but also bragged about it afterward and threatened a congresswoman.
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The chief judge of the federal court in Washington scorched Capitol riot suspects during a hearing on Thursday, calling their actions an assault on American democracy and ruling that a man who had bragged about putting his feet on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office should stay in jail as he awaits trial.
"This was not a peaceful protest. Hundreds of people came to Washington, DC, to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power," Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the DC District Court said.
Her decision on Barnett also marks the first ruling in an appeal from the Justice Department after a magistrate judge out of Washington denied its request to keep a Capitol riot suspect in jail. At least four others are awaiting rulings from district judges in Washington after appeals.So sorry - that memo must have hit my spam account and I trashed it. I'll try harder to remember.
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Two Pennsylvania women were arrested on Friday after allegedly storming the Capitol on Jan. 6—and expressing their intent to kill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
In a criminal complaint, prosecutors allege the pair were seen in a video trying to exit the Capitol after the riots. “We broke into the Capitol…we got inside, we did our part,” the woman, who is wearing a MAGA ski-cap, said in the video. “We were looking for Nancy to shoot her in the friggin’ brain but we didn’t find her.”
Federal prosecutors Friday night announced the first conspiracy charges against members of the Proud Boys over the group’s role in the deadly Jan. 6 riot in the Capitol.A Texas woman charged in connection with the Capitol insurrection has asked a federal judge to let her travel to Mexico for a "work-related bonding retreat," according to court records.
The woman, a flower shop owner and unsuccessful mayoral candidate from Midland, wrote to a federal judge on Monday asking for permission to visit Riviera Maya, Mexico, for a four-day retreat this month...
A lawyer representing Cudd previously told CNN she plans to plead not guilty.
"F--- yes, I am proud of my actions, I f---ing charged the Capitol today with patriots today. Hell, yes, I am proud of my actions," she said in the Facebook video, according to court records.
In the livestream, she allegedly detailed how she "pushed and pushed" and "got up to the top of the Capitol." She claimed, "there was a door open and we went inside," and later was able to "break down the Nancy Pelosi's office door," referring to the Democratic speaker of the House.
"I would absolutely do it again," she said in a local news interview two days after the insurrection, according to court documents, referring to the storming of the Capitol building.
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Federal prosecutors on Thursday unsealed charges against five people associated with the Proud Boys over the Capitol riot, alleging that the group conspired and coordinated with each other to try and disrupt the certification of the Electoral College votes.
The #FBI continues to search for individuals involved in the violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. If you know the whereabouts of the person in these photos, visit http://tips.fbi.gov. When leaving a tip, reference photo 122.The Justice Department is now making clear that a leader among the Oath Keepers paramilitary group -- who planned and led others in the US Capitol siege to attempt to stop the Biden presidency -- believed she was responding to the call from then-President Donald Trump himself.
"As the inauguration grew nearer, the woman indicated that she was awaiting direction from President Trump," prosecutors wrote in a filing Thursday morning.
The Justice Department filing continued: "Her concern about taking action without his backing was evident in a November 9, 2020, text in which she stated, 'I am concerned this is an elaborate trap. Unless the POTUS himself activates us, it's not legit. The POTUS has the right to activate units too. If Trump asks me to come, I will. Otherwise, I can't trust it.' Watkins had perceived her desired signal by the end of December."
In a text exchange with a Co-defendant on December 29, 2020, she informed, “[w]e plan on going to DC on the 6th” because “Trump wants all able bodied Patriots to come,” and how, “if Trump activates the Insurrection Act, I’d hate to miss it.”
The government said that the woman told co-conspirators that she was with a group of about 30-40 people and they were “sticking to the plan.”
”Moments after the Vice President of the United States, Senators, and staff were hurriedly evacuated in the midst of certifying the results of the 2020 Presidential election, that plan became chillingly clear when an unknown male instructed over the channel, “You are executing citizen’s arrest. Arrest this assembly, we have probable cause for acts of treason, election fraud.”
Prosecutors describe her as a military veteran who's now a leader in the broader right-wing militia movement, instrumental in a group called the Ohio State Regular Militia and a key player taking action and communicating with others once she was inside the Capitol on January 6.
She recruited at least two people to the insurrection and was training others to be in "fighting shape" for the presidential inauguration, prosecutors say in the Thursday filing.
Two men were arrested and charged with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
The two men were both arrested on Sunday, the Justice Department said. They each face eight counts related to the Capitol attack, including the assault of Sicknick and two other federal agents with a chemical irritant.
That charge — assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon — carries a maximum of 20 years in prison.The wife of a detective attached to an FBI task force in Pittsburgh was charged for allegedly taking part in the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
She entered the Capitol with a man. The two had been in communications through Facebook for several weeks discussing travel plans.
Surveillance video shows Heinl, wearing a red "Trump 20" jersey, walking through the Capitol Rotunda, Capitol Crypt and other restricted areas.
The man is also seen with her inside the Rotunda. He was identified by his QAnon sweatshirt and allegedly admitted to investigators that he “expressed a feeling or need to kill, and that included current President Joe Biden.”
The woman was released on a $10,000 unsecured bond, local outlet WPXI reported. She will be arraigned in D.C. federal court next week. The man was previously arrested in Pennsylvania on Jan. 26.
Records obtained by TribLive indicate that the husband filed for divorce on Feb. 19. The couple had been married since October 2013.
