Category: Jan. 6 Coverage

Judge Dismisses Mark Meadows’s Bid to Block Jan. 6 Panel Subpoena

A federal judge on Monday dismissed former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s legal challenge against a subpoena issued by the House Jan. 6 committee for his testimony. Meadows tried to assert executive privilege to shield himself from the controversial Democrat-led probe, but the judge concluded that the subpoenas are protected legislative acts. That is,…


Judge Dismisses Charge Against Former DEA Agent Who Trespassed at Capitol on Jan. 6

A federal judge has dismissed a charge against a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was still working for the administration when he went onto U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, on Oct. 27 tossed a charge of lying to the government for Mark Ibrahim, the former…


Trump Lawyer Appeals Court Order to Hand Over Emails to Jan. 6 Committee

John Eastman, who was an attorney for the Trump campaign, has filed a notice of his appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit after a federal judge reaffirmed an order asking that the lawyer hand over certain emails to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol breach incident. Eastman had…


Man Who Breached Capitol on Jan. 6 Avoids Jail Time Due to Condition

A man who was convicted of breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to no jail time. Nicholas Rodean, 29, on Oct. 26 received 60 months of probation and 240 hours of home detention during a sentencing hearing in Washington. Prosecutors had requested 57 months in prison and three years of…


J6 Committee, DOJ’s Targeting of Trump Attorneys Aimed at Destroying MAGA, Threatens Democracy: Lawyers

The House Jan. 6 Committee, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and other bodies around the country are targeting lawyers who defend those involved in the events surrounding Jan. 6, according to experts and attorneys, who describe such moves as an unprecedented attack on democracy. Conservative attorneys have faced ethics charges, been threatened with criminal charges,…


Supreme Court Justice Kagan Temporarily Blocks Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena for Phone Records of Arizona GOP Chair

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has temporarily blocked the Jan. 6 Committee’s subpoena seeking phone records belonging to Arizona Republican Party chairwoman Kelly Ward, while the high court considers her emergency appeal. The Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena had asked Ward’s phone carrier, T-Mobile, to produce call and text message records from November 2020 to January 2021. Kagan’s decision on Wednesday…


Delaware Man Gets 2 Years in Prison for Breaching Capitol With Dad on Jan. 6

On Oct 24, a man from Delaware was sentenced to 2 years in prison for misdemeanor and felony offenses related to his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Stop the Steal rally at the U.S. Capitol. Hunter Seefried, 24, and his father, Kevin Seefried, 53, were among the first to approach the building near the…


EXCLUSIVE: Retired Police Sergeant, Oath Keeper Helped Rescue Capitol Police on Jan. 6 ‘At the Moment the World Needed It’

“I can help.” Amid the bedlam of 10,000 voices chanting, singing, and shouting on the east terrace of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, those three words cut through the haze like a lighthouse beam. The target of the message was U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Tarik Khalid Johnson, 46, who scanned the crowd for…


Crucial Questions Left Unanswered By Jan. 6 Committee After Last Hearing

After its tentative last hearing, the House Jan. 6 Committee has left many crucial questions about the events of that day unanswered, despite its professed goal of getting to the bottom of the Jan. 6 Capitol protest. Though Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) intimated that more hearings may be forthcoming, the committee’s ninth hearing on Oct….


Tennessee Man Gets 4 Years in Prison For Breaking Into Capitol During Jan. 6 Breach

A man from Memphis, Tennessee, has been sentenced to four years in prison for misdemeanor and felony offenses related to his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach incident. On Jan. 6, 2021, Matthew Bledsoe, 38, attended a rally near the Ellipse and subsequently headed over to the Capitol. After 2:13 p.m., he entered…