Category: Jan. 6 Coverage

5 Members of Texas Family, Including Disabled Son, Sentenced for Attending Jan. 6 US Capitol Breach

Five members of a Texas family were sentenced to prison time on Wednesday for allegedly breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Parents, Dawn Marie Munn, 57, and Thomas Vincent Munn, 55, from Borger, Texas, brought four of their children, Kristi Marie Munn, 30, Joshua Munn, 25, Kayli Munn, 20 and another minor with them to the U.S. Capitol on Jan….


Judge Faults Texas Defendant for Wearing a Trump 2020 Flag ‘Like a Superhero Cape’ on Jan. 6

A Texas woman who wore a Donald Trump 2020 flag “like a superhero cape” in the Capitol on Jan. 6 was sentenced to 90 days of home detention—a harsher sentence than that given to two younger siblings—because a federal judge said she should have “exercised much better judgment.” Judge Beryl Howell also sentenced the two…


Self-Described ‘Anarchy Princess’ Destroys Ashli Babbitt Floral Tribute at US Capitol While Police Watch

A social-media personality who calls herself the “Anarchy Princess” kicked over and stomped on flowers left at the base of the steps to the U.S. Capitol in memory of Ashli Babbitt on the slain Air Force veteran’s 37th birthday, and then went on a profanity-laced live stream justifying her destruction of the memorial. It was…


DOJ Seeks to Jail 5 Members of Texas Family for 52-Minute Walk Through the US Capitol on Jan. 6

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to jail five members of a Texas family for their 52-minute walk through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, under a plea deal for “parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.” Members of the Munn family of Borger, Texas, did not commit violent acts, damage property,…


Judge Denies Temporary Block to Jan. 6 Subpoena During Appeal

A Phoenix federal judge on Friday refused Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward’s request to put on hold her own previously issued court order that allowed the Jan. 6 Committee to access the Republican leader’s phone records. Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Diane J. Humetewa, an Obama appointee, dismissed Ward’s lawsuit which argued that handing…


Ashli Babbitt’s Killer Housed in Secret at Joint Base Andrews After January 6 Shooting, Judicial Watch Alleges

Michael Byrd, the U.S. Capitol Police lieutenant who shot and killed an unarmed Ashli Babbitt at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was secretly housed at a major Maryland military base after the shooting, while his name was being withheld from the public, a new lawsuit contends. That allegation was made on Oct. 7 by…


EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police Officer Told Agents That Oath Keepers Shielded Him, Sealed FBI Record Shows

An FBI document being kept from the public under court seal undermines the government’s seditious-conspiracy case against the Oath Keepers, shows that the indicted members of the group “are not guilty,” and “proves that the prosecution is lying to the jury,” a former Oath Keepers attorney said in a statement provided to The Epoch Times…


Former Proud Boys Official Pleads Guilty to Jan. 6-Related Seditious Conspiracy

A former leader in the Proud Boys organization pleaded guilty on Oct. 6 to seditious conspiracy related to the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Jeremy Bertino, 43, pleaded guilty to the seditious conspiracy charge and a charge of illegally possessing a firearm during a hearing in Washington. The second charge stems from…


Stewart Rhodes Was in Touch With Secret Service Agent: Former Oath Keepers Member

WASHINGTON—The head of the Oath Keepers was in contact with a Secret Service agent in the months leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, a former Oath Keepers member testified on Oct. 6. John Zimmerman, the former member, testified that Oath Keepers were preparing for then-President Donald Trump to invoke…


Ohio Pastor From ‘Salt and Light Brigade’ Arrested by FBI for ‘Physical Violence,’ Other Jan. 6 Charges

A leading member of the Ohio-based Salt and Light Brigade was arrested on Oct. 5 and charged with seven federal Jan. 6-related crimes, weeks after an Oath Keepers defense attorney identified the group as unindicted “suspicious actors” who incited entry into the U.S. Capitol through the Columbus Doors. Pastor William Dunfee, 57, of Frazeysburg, Ohio,…