A conservative social media influencer has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and passing a stolen table out of a broken window, allowing other rioters to use it as a weapon against police, according to court records unsealed today.
Initially relegated to a fringe theory on the edges of the Republican Party, the revisionist history of Jan. 6, which Trump amplified during the early days of the GOP primary campaign to rouse his most devoted voters, remains a rally centerpiece even as he must appeal more broadly to a general election audience.
Those who study authoritarian regimes say voters should pay attention as Trump vows to pardon Jan. 6 offenders.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White House.At a weekend rally in Ohio, his first as the presumed Republican Party presidential nominee, Trump stood onstage, his hand raised in salute to the brim of his red MAGA hat, as a recorded chorus...
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid
A conservative social media influencer has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and passing a stolen table out of a broken window, allowing other rioters to use it as a weapon against police, according to court records unsealed on Monday. Isabella Maria DeLuca was arrested last Friday in Irvine, California, on misdemeanor charges, including […]
A conservative social media influencer has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and passing a stolen table out of a broken window, allowing other rioters to use it as a weapon against police, according to court records unsealed on Monday. Isabella Maria DeLuca was arrested last Friday in Irvine, California, on misdemeanor charges, including []
Former Vice President Mike Pence blasted Donald Trump after his former running mate said that people who committed crimes on Jan. 6 were "hostages" to the legal system. During an interview on CBS's Face the Nation program on Sunday, host Margaret Brennan asked Pence if he agreed with Trump when he referred to the Jan. 6 criminals as "hostages and patriots" at a recent rally. "Well, I think it's very unfortunate at a time that there are American hostages being held in Gaza, that the...
Donald Trump and his allies may say that the former president was taken out of context in his warning of a "bloodbath" for the country if he loses the election, but a former Republican governor says that argument is nonsense. Former New Jersey Republican Gov. Christine Todd Whitman appeared on MSNBC's The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart, where she was asked about Trump saying there would be a "bloodbath for the whole country." Earlier in the day, a White House correspondent argued that it...
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A federal judge who has presided over numerous Jan. 6 cases says he's worried that Donald Trump will inspire another attack similar to the riot at the U.S. Capitol before or after the 2024 election. U.S. District Judge Rudy Contreras made the comments during the sentencing for Jan. 6 defendant Jeffrey Sabol to over five years in prison, saying that Trump and his allies had “spurred” the riot, and adding that he was worried that Sabol would answer again if Trump made a similar call. "It doesn't...
A conservative social media influencer has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and passing a stolen table out of a broken window, allowing other rioters to use it as a weapon against police, according to court records unsealed on Monday.