Category: Jan. 6 Coverage

DC Officer Who Struck Protesters With Flagpole on Jan. 6 Bragged ‘That Was My Best Weapon’

A Metropolitan Police Department officer wielding a wooden flagpole like a medieval lance inside the U.S. Capitol tunnel on Jan. 6, 2021, later bragged to fellow officers that the long wooden dowel was “my best weapon,” newly released bodycam video shows. Video recorded by Officer Michael Dowling’s bodycam shows him climbing onto a narrow ledge…


Texas Man Who Assaulted Officers on Jan. 6, Threatened AOC Sentenced to Prison

A Texas man accused of breaching the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, and posting on social media against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was sentenced to 38 months behind bars. Garret Miller, 36, of Richardson, was sentenced on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to 11 counts in December, including assaulting a police officer, an interstate…


Mike Lindell Says He Will Sue Speaker McCarthy for Sharing Jan. 6 Footage With Tucker Carlson

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said he plans on suing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after providing Fox News’ Tucker Carlson with tens of thousands of hours of footage of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. During a Thursday interview with Steve Bannon on his “War Room” podcast, Lindell said he is planning to file a…


Trump Special Counsel Seeking GOP Lawmaker’s Phone Records Surrounding Jan. 6

Special Counsel Jack Smith, the special appointee investigating former President Donald Trump, has been seeking the communications records of various Republican lawmakers in a broader investigation into the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Smith was appointed as special counsel in November of last year. He was primarily tasked with investigating Trump’s…


Trump Special Counsel Seeking Phone Records Surrounding Jan. 6 From GOP Lawmaker

Special Counsel Jack Smith, the special appointee investigating former President Donald Trump, has been seeking the communications records of Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) in a broader investigation into the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Smith was appointed as special counsel in November of last year. He was primarily tasked with investigating…


McCarthy Breaks Silence on Giving Jan. 6 Footage to Tucker Carlson

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has broken his silence on why he gave Fox News host Tucker Carlson access to thousands of hours of Jan. 6 Capitol surveillance footage. McCarthy told The New York Times on Wednesday that he was making good on a pledge to disclose the footage, and that the disclosure serves the…


Federal Court Asked to Unseal Undercover Police Video Allegedly Showing Officer Inciting Capitol Protesters on Jan. 6

A Jan. 6 defendant asked U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras to unseal a video allegedly showing an undercover Metropolitan Police Department officer shouting “drain the swamp!” and “our house!” and encouraging protesters to climb barricades and enter the U.S. Capitol. William Pope of Topeka, Kansas, filed a motion on Feb. 21 that would also unseal…


Jan. 6 Committee Chair Claims Security Concerns Over Sharing Security Footage With Tucker Carlson

The former chairman of the now disbanded House Jan. 6 Committee raised concerns about House Speaker Kevin McCarthy turning over 40,000 hours of security footage from that day to Fox News host Tucker Carlson. On Monday, Axios first reported that McCarthy had shared the thousands of hours of security footage from the U.S. Capitol on…


Jan. 6 Chair Claims Security Concerns Over Sharing Footage With Tucker Carlson

The former chairman of the now disbanded House Jan. 6 Committee raised concerns about House Speaker Kevin McCarthy turning over 40,000 hours of security footage from that day to Fox News host Tucker Carlson. On Monday, Axios first reported that McCarthy had shared the thousands of hours of security footage from the U.S. Capitol on…


Recently Released Jan. 6 Bodycam Video Increases Public Demand for All 41,000 Hours

The decision by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to hand 41,000 hours of Jan. 6 video exclusively to Fox News might satisfy demands for transparency in some quarters, but one experienced video investigator decried the arrangement. “All of the American people need to be able to access the complete footage from January 6,” said William…