Category: Jan. 6 Coverage

Former FBI Supervisor Arrested for Allegedly Participating in Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

A former FBI agent has been arrested for allegedly participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Jared Wise was taken into custody in Oregon on multiple charges, including knowingly engaging in disorderly conduct with intent to impede government business, according to court documents. Wise was released after appearing in federal court…


Jan. 6 Defendant Jacob Chansley Files Motion to Vacate His Sentence Over Newly Revealed Footage

The man known as QAnon Shaman has asked a judge to vacate the sentence he received over his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, pointing to surveillance footage made public for the first time on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” Jacob Chansley, through lawyer William Shipley, filed a motion on April 27 to vacate his sentence,…


FBI Adds ‘Pink Beret’ to Jan. 6 Most-Wanted List as She Plays Prominently in Defense Case

The FBI has added the mysterious woman known on social media as “Pink Beret” to its Jan. 6 most-wanted list, two months after a defense attorney suggested the woman could be a government cooperator who lured a defendant into the Capitol. The FBI’s photo gallery of most-wanted individuals now lists Pink Beret as No. 537….


Federal Judge Rules Jan. 6 Undercover Video Will Remain Hidden From the Public

Nearly eight weeks after telling the Department of Justice he was not impressed by its arguments to keep a court seal on undercover police video from Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras ruled that the protective order keeping the video from public view will remain in place. The apparent change of heart by…


US Senator, Capitol Police Chief Blast Tucker Carlson for Alleged Jan. 6 ‘False Narrative’

A Democrat senator from Maryland and U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger used a Senate budget hearing on April 25 to blast former Fox News host Tucker Carlson for creating an allegedly “false narrative” with the Jan. 6 security-camera video that he broadcast in March. During a budget hearing before the Senate Committee on…


Bill O’Reilly Says Tucker Carlson’s Fox News Ouster Will Impact Republicans in 2024

Bill O’Reilly has predicted that Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News could negatively affect the 2024 presidential race for Republicans. The host of the eponymous Fox News primetime show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” parted ways with the cable news network Monday despite consistently garnering one of the network’s largest audience bases. O’Reilly, a former Fox News…


Poll Finds 65 Percent of American Voters Believe Undercover Agents Helped Incite Jan. 6 Rioting

An increasing majority of American voters believe the federal government had a role in inciting violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a national poll has found. The Rasmussen Reports poll of 963 likely U.S. voters found 65 percent believe that undercover federal agents helped provoke rioting at the Capitol on Jan. 6….


EXCLUSIVE: Former FBI Agent Who Refused to Raid Jan. 6 Suspect Warns of Agency’s Weaponization

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, Stephen Friend was told. Why would he—an FBI special agent—not want to hunt down and jail rioters who killed police officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021? The question, its justification, and its accuracy were equally troubling when they were presented to Friend by an…


Jan. 6 Defendant Fired Shots Before Planned Surrender to FBI: Officials

A Texas man accused of taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol has been charged with a federal firearm crime after allegedly firing shots during a welfare check days before he was scheduled to appear in court, according to officials. Nathan Donald Pelham, 40, of Greenville, Texas, was charged via criminal…


‘Zip Tie Guy’ and His Mother Found Guilty on Jan. 6 Capitol Breach Charges

A Tennessee man colloquially referred to as the “zip tie guy,” along with his mother, were found guilty on felony charges for their actions in relation to the Jan. 6 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol. U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Columbia Royce Lamberth said in a press release that the actions…