Category: Capitol

Jan. 6 Committee Adviser: No ‘Smoking Gun’ Showing Trump Planned US Capitol Breach

A former top adviser to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol breach admitted Sunday there was no “smoking gun” that suggested President Donald Trump planned the breach. Denver Riggleman, a former Republican House representative, had recently been a senior adviser to the panel. He told CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday that there was…


FBI Allegedly Trying to Fire Agents Who Attended Jan. 6 Rally: Whistleblowers

House GOP lawmakers said that whistleblowers have come forward and alleged that the FBI is trying to terminate employees of the bureau who partook in a rally on Jan. 6, 2021. “The employees did not enter the United States Capitol and have not been charged with any crime” but are allegedly still being fired, said…


FBI Trying to Fire Agents Who Attended Jan. 6 Rally: Whistleblowers

House GOP lawmakers said that whistleblowers have come forward and alleged that the FBI is trying to terminate employees of the bureau who partook in a rally on Jan. 6, 2021. “The employees did not enter the United States Capitol and have not been charged with any crime” but are allegedly still being fired, said…


Trump Says Secret Service Blocked Him From Joining Jan. 6 Capitol March

Former President Donald Trump revealed that Secret Service agents blocked him from joining the march to the U.S. Capitol building on Jan.6, 2021. The former commander-in-chief told The Washington Post Thursday that the “Secret Service said I couldn’t go. I would have gone there in a minute.” On Jan. 6, 2021, Trump had spoken during…


46 Months in Prison for Alabama Man Found With Molotov Cocktails, Firearms, and Machetes on Jan. 6

An Alabama man who brought Molotov cocktails and a cache of weapons and ammunition to Washington D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced April 1 to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. United States District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said she was frustrated at not getting a good explanation for why…


GOP Rep. Rodney Davis Blasts ‘Phased’ Reopening of Capitol

Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) blasted the House sergeant at arms and Capitol physician for their plans to reopen the Capitol after two years of closure using a “phased” approach. House Sergeant-at-Arms William J. Walker and Capitol physician Brian P. Monahan said in a March 23 memo announcing the reopening: “We are pleased to announce that on…


US Capitol to Reopen for Public Tours After Two Years Closed

Next week the U.S. Capitol building will reopen for limited public tours after two years closed to the public according to a Wednesday memo from House Sergeant-at-Arms William J. Walker and Capitol physician Brian P. Monahan. “We are pleased to announce that on Monday, March 28, 2022, public tours of the Capitol will resume with a…


US Capitol to Reopen for Public Tours After 2 Years

Next week, the U.S. Capitol building will reopen for limited public tours after being closed to the public for two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a March 23 memo from House Sergeant-at-Arms William J. Walker and Capitol physician Brian P. Monahan. “We are pleased to announce that on Monday, March 28, 2022,…


FBI Still Hunting for Alleged Pipe Bomb Planter 1 Year After Jan. 6

More than a year after an individual was allegedly seen placing two devices that the FBI said were pipe bombs near the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees, the bureau is no closer to learning that individual’s identity. A hooded and masked individual was seen on Jan. 5, 2021, placing items that the FBI and…


FBI Still Hunting for DC Pipe Bomb Suspect 1 Year Later

More than a year after a person was allegedly seen placing two devices that the FBI said were pipe bombs near the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees in Washington, the bureau is no closer to learning that individual’s identity. A hooded and masked individual was seen on Jan. 5, 2021—the night before the breach…