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 — 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.
Derrick Evans, a former West Virginia state lawmaker who served three months in prison for his participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, is challenging Rep. Carol Miller in Tuesday’s Republican primary.
The Supreme Court has two major pending decisions related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and Donald Trump: the former president’s immunity claim in his federal election interference case and an appeal over an obstruction charge used against Trump and other Jan. 6 defendants. At both hearings, Justice Samuel Alito suggested he favored the arguments by Trump and Jan. 6 rioters. As we await these crucial rulings, likely coming by late June, a report by The New York Times has raised questions about the...
A Florida man has committed suicide while awaiting trial for his alleged actions at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, reports say.David Kennedy Homol of Umatilla, Florida, about 45 miles northwest of Orlando, and his much younger half-brother, Dillon Homol, went to the Capitol that fateful day to participate in the "Stop the Steal" rally. While there, David Homol allegedly struck two police officers with a plastic flagpole before illegally entering the building with Dillon.He sees it as...
To the editor: In her May 9 column about the insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and whom former President Trump is promising to pardon should he win a second term, Jackie Calmes tells the story of Ryan T. Nichols, who was sentenced recently to a five-year prison term and ordered to pay $200,000 for being "in 'a class of his own' among the rioters." Calmes believes that description more fittingly belongs to two other offenders, who are currently serving 18- and 22-year...
FBI Officials Told To 'Stand Down' The Day Before Jan. 6: Report Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, Jan. 6, 2021. PHOTO: Wikipedia The FBI released on Tuesday a new batch of records about its investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill uprising—raising more questions about the event in the process. Among the 107 pages of new records is a series of emails with the subject line, “Stand down. See below.” The emails are heavily redacted, and the individuals in the email...
Former state legislator and Jan 6 rioter fails in bid to oust sitting GOP congresswoman
As the current Congress got underway early last year, and the new Republican majority in the House got to work, party officials quickly coalesced around a specific priority: There would be a new, GOP-friendly investigation into the Jan. 6 attack. The endeavor would be led by Rep. Barry Loudermilk — a Georgia Republican who faced some awkward questions about a controversial Capitol tour the day before the riot — who told the public that he intended to determine “what really happened” on Jan. 6,...
Two men on opposite sides of the metal barricades during the riot at the U.S. Capitol are running for Congress on the same day.
Two men on opposite sides of the metal barricades during the riot at the U.S. Capitol are running for Congress on the same day.
A Jan. 6 protester has sued the Biden administration, accusing it of both constitutional and human rights violations in reportedly horrific treatment of J6 prisoners.