The FBI’s director on Nov. 15 declined to answer when he was asked whether the bureau had confidential informants among the supporters of then-President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. “Did the FBI have confidential human sources embedded within the Jan. 6 protesters on Jan. 6 of 2021?” Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) asked Christopher Wray, the…
Wray Refuses to Answer Whether FBI Had Sources ‘Dressed as Trump Supporters’ on Jan. 6
Federal Judge Twice Blocks Trial Testimony from Oath Keeper Who Led Rescue of Capitol Police on Jan. 6
The federal judge overseeing the Oath Keepers seditious-conspiracy trial in Washington, D.C., twice refused to allow defense testimony on Nov. 14 from an Oath Keeper and retired New York police sergeant who led the rescue of 16 U.S. Capitol Police officers on the east side of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Judge Amit Mehta watched…
Veterans Testify They Joined Oath Keepers to Continue Serving Their Community
WASHINGTON—Veterans testified at the federal courthouse on Oct. 8 that they joined the Oath Keepers organization because it gave them a sense of duty to continue serving their country. Lee Maddox, 43, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, served in the Army for eight years. During his duty, Maddox said, he closely obeyed his mission orders. He told…
Veterans Joined Oath Keepers Organization to Continue Serving Their Community
WASHINGTON—Veterans testified at the federal courthouse on Oct. 8 that they joined the Oath Keepers organization because it gave them a sense of duty to continue serving their country. Lee Maddox, 43, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, served in the Army for eight years. During his duty, Maddox said, he closely obeyed his mission orders. He told…
Prosecutors Could Switch Timeline of When the Oath Keepers’ Alleged Seditious Conspiracy Began
WASHINGTON—Judge Amit Mehta, defense counsel, and prosecution attorneys talked on Nov. 10 at the federal courthouse about how to instruct the jurors before deciding the Oath Keepers’ fate. As the Oath Keepers trial reached the end of the sixth week, defense lawyers told the court of their concern about a possible change in the prosecution’s…
Judge Orders Release of Jan. 6 Defendant After 20 Months in Pretrial Detention
A Texas man accused of breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is set to be released after 20 months in pretrial detention. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Hogan, a Reagan appointee, ordered the release of Ryan Nichols, the Jan. 6 defendant, during a hearing in Washington on Nov. 10. Hogan is the judge…
Oath Keepers Trial: Security Detailee Heard No Talk of Storming the Capitol
WASHINGTON—Another attendee of the events on Jan. 6, 2021, took the witness stand on Nov. 9 at the federal courthouse in Washington, explaining that his duty on that day was to provide security services. Michael Greene, 39, voluntarily waived his Fifth Amendment right to testify in the Oath Keepers trial. He is a defendant in…
Stewart Rhodes Denies Conspiring to Storm Capitol on January 6
WASHINGTON—Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes told a federal court on Nov. 7 that he did not conspire to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Rhodes, one of five defendants facing several criminal charges over their involvement in Jan. 6 events, testified that he found out that protestors breached the barricades at 1:45 p.m. on…
The Political Violence Double Standard
November 4, 2022
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Commentary Isn’t it amazing that only now, after the attack on Paul Pelosi, the Democrats and their sycophants in the media seem to care about “political violence”? This incident—which is still unraveling—is merely the latest example of Democrats attempting to capitalize politically on the emotions of the moment while ignoring their long-standing silence about the…
Former US Capitol Police Officer Found Guilty of Obstructing Jan. 6 Investigation
A jury has found a former U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officer guilty of obstructing the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Michael Riley, 51, was convicted on Oct. 28 of violating a law that states a person who “alters, destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object, or attempts…
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