Tag: Jan. 6 Coverage

South Australia Goes It Alone to Embed Indigenous ‘Voice’ Into Its Parliament

South Australia (SA) will forge ahead with its own Indigenous Voice to Parliament, legislated through the SA Parliament, in a move that will likely add a major layer of red tape to government decision-making. The announcement by the SA Labor Premier Peter Malinauskas comes as his federal counterparts look set to push forward a national…


‘Operation Love Wins’ Will Fund Travel for Families to Visit Jan. 6 Detainees at DC Jail

A program founded by a Jan. 6 defendant aims to make it easy for families to visit their loved ones being held in pretrial detention or as prisoners in the District of Columbia jail. Shane Jenkins, who faces his own trial on March trial on 10 criminal counts from his presence at the U.S. Capitol…


Judge Wants Answers After Jan. 6 Defendant Reverses Himself, Proclaims Innocence

A U.S. judge is demanding answers from lawyers representing a defendant after the man proclaimed he was innocent one day after admitting he entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in violation of federal law. U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta on Feb. 3 gave the defense and prosecutors one week to explain why…


Man Who Stood Next to Ashli Babbitt When She was Shot on Jan. 6 Sentenced to 2 Years’ Probation

A Virginia man who stood next to Ashli Babbitt with his hands up after she was shot outside the Speaker’s Lobby on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 24 months of probation after apologizing for his “completely aberrant conduct” in the U.S. Capitol that day. Iraj George Javid, 32, of Bristow, Virginia, was sentenced in…


Lieutenant Who Shot and Killed Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 Was ‘Doing His Job,’ House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Says

With the GOP-controlled U.S. House of Representatives yet to take up a list of issues ignored by the former Jan. 6 Select Committee, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Feb. 2 declared that Ashli Babbitt was not murdered and the Capitol Police lieutenant who shot her was “doing his job.” During McCarthy’s weekly press conference at…


Judge Delays Peter Navarro Contempt of Congress Trial Over Executive Privilege Claims

The contempt of Congress trial for former Trump administration adviser, Peter Navarro, was delayed by a federal judge on Jan. 27 until the role that executive privilege could potentially play in the trial is established. Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday granted attorneys for both the Department of…


Jan. 6 Defendant Who Pepper Sprayed Officer Brian Sicknick Sentenced to 80 Months in Prison

A New Jersey man who was at the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Friday to 80 months in prison for his attacks using a canister of pepper spray on Capitol police officers. One of the officers, Brian Sicknick, died a day after the Capitol breach. Court documents showed that Julian…


Doctor Who Tried to Save Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 Charged With 2 Felonies, 2 Misdemeanors for Time at the US Capitol

A California doctor who treated the mortally wounded Ashli Babbitt after she was shot outside the House of Representatives on Jan. 6, 2021, was arrested by the FBI on four criminal charges stemming from his time at the U.S. Capitol. Dr. Austin Brendlen Harris, 42, of Granada Hills, California, was arrested Jan. 25 in Van…


Former Trump Lawyer John Eastman Faces Disbarment in California

The State Bar of California is moving to disbar attorney and former law professor John Eastman for supporting President Donald Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 election results. In a disciplinary action filed on Thursday, the regulatory body of California lawyers claimed that Eastman should be stripped of his license over his actions in the…


Use of Grenades, Projectiles, Tear Gas on Jan. 6 Only Enraged Crowd: DC Police Officer

After more than an hour shooting tasers, throwing rubber-pellet grenades, shooting chunks of rubber baton, and tossing a smoke canister at protesters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a District of Columbia police officer concluded that the show of force did little but enrage the crowd. Nearly two hours of newly-released public body…