Former state legislator and Jan 6 rioter fails in bid to oust sitting GOP congresswoman
In a scathing speech during a meeting of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) tore into his Republican colleagues regarding their favorable treatment of participants in the deadly January 6 insurrection.Even though he didn't mention anyone by name, Garcia admonished his fellow committee members on the other side of the aisle for allegedly showing warmth toward January 6 defendants currently being held in the Washington, D.C. jail. Garcia seemed to all but point to...
WASHINGTON — Derrick Evans, a Jan. 6 rioter who admitted in court that he committed a felony crime against police officers when he stormed the Capitol while yelling "Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!" lost a Republican primary race against Rep. Carol Miller in West Virginia, NBC News projects. Evans pleaded guilty to a felony count of obstructing or impeding officers during a civil disorder and was sentenced to three months in prison in June 2022. Evans struck an apologetic tone after he...
Congresswoman Carol Miller has held off a challenge from convicted Jan. 6 riot participant Derrick Evans to win the Republican primary for her U.S. House seat in West Virginia.
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Rep. Carol Miller is seeking to secure the Republican nomination for West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District against one of her most vocal opponents. The popular incumbent is up against Derrick Evans in Tuesday’s Republican primary. Evans was a participant in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at
Unrepentant Jan. 6 rioter Derrick Evans goes up against GOP Rep. Carol Miller in West Virginia
A former White House Situation Room officer, Mike Stiegler, has revealed that then-President Donald Trump never called to check on then-Vice President Mike Pence as Trump fans hunted him at the Capitol on January 6th. Stiegler, whose account is featured in George Stephanopoulos’ new book “The Situation Room,” shared this disturbing detail on ABC’s Good […]
Incumbent Rep. Carol Miller has seen plenty of political challengers throughout her long, popular career, but perhaps not one as boisterous as Derrick Evans, her opponent in Tuesday’s Republican primary in West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District.
WASHINGTON — Conservative Justice Samuel Alito, a former U.S. attorney with a long history of voting in favor of prosecutors, has shown signs of empathy for defendants in recent cases involving gun owners, Jan 6. rioters and former President Donald Trump. Alito, appointed in 2006 by Republican President George W. Bush, has a reputation for being the justice on the court most hostile to criminal defendants. Earlier in his career, he was a U.S. attorney in New Jersey and held several other...
Two Bartholomew County residents are facing six criminal charges for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers and storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a grand jury indictment unveiled this week. Continue reading at The Republic News.
WASHINGTON — Two Bartholomew County residents who have been charged with assaulting law enforcement officers and storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, have been scheduled to be arraigned in federal court later this month. Continue reading at The Republic News.
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to set a date for an arraignment of two Bartholomew County men who have been charged with assaulting law enforcement officers and storming in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Continue reading at The Republic News.