Category: Jan. 6

DC Officer Who Struck Protesters With Flagpole on Jan. 6 Bragged ‘That Was My Best Weapon’

A Metropolitan Police Department officer wielding a wooden flagpole like a medieval lance inside the U.S. Capitol tunnel on Jan. 6, 2021, later bragged to fellow officers that the long wooden dowel was “my best weapon,” newly released bodycam video shows. Video recorded by Officer Michael Dowling’s bodycam shows him climbing onto a narrow ledge…


Mike Lindell Says He Will Sue Speaker McCarthy for Sharing Jan. 6 Footage With Tucker Carlson

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said he plans on suing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after providing Fox News’ Tucker Carlson with tens of thousands of hours of footage of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. During a Thursday interview with Steve Bannon on his “War Room” podcast, Lindell said he is planning to file a…


Trump Special Counsel Seeking GOP Lawmaker’s Phone Records Surrounding Jan. 6

Special Counsel Jack Smith, the special appointee investigating former President Donald Trump, has been seeking the communications records of various Republican lawmakers in a broader investigation into the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Smith was appointed as special counsel in November of last year. He was primarily tasked with investigating Trump’s…


Trump Special Counsel Seeking Phone Records Surrounding Jan. 6 From GOP Lawmaker

Special Counsel Jack Smith, the special appointee investigating former President Donald Trump, has been seeking the communications records of Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) in a broader investigation into the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Smith was appointed as special counsel in November of last year. He was primarily tasked with investigating…


McCarthy Breaks Silence on Giving Jan. 6 Footage to Tucker Carlson

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has broken his silence on why he gave Fox News host Tucker Carlson access to thousands of hours of Jan. 6 Capitol surveillance footage. McCarthy told The New York Times on Wednesday that he was making good on a pledge to disclose the footage, and that the disclosure serves the…


Federal Court Asked to Unseal Undercover Police Video Allegedly Showing Officer Inciting Capitol Protesters on Jan. 6

A Jan. 6 defendant asked U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras to unseal a video allegedly showing an undercover Metropolitan Police Department officer shouting “drain the swamp!” and “our house!” and encouraging protesters to climb barricades and enter the U.S. Capitol. William Pope of Topeka, Kansas, filed a motion on Feb. 21 that would also unseal…


Recently Released Jan. 6 Bodycam Video Increases Public Demand for All 41,000 Hours

The decision by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to hand 41,000 hours of Jan. 6 video exclusively to Fox News might satisfy demands for transparency in some quarters, but one experienced video investigator decried the arrangement. “All of the American people need to be able to access the complete footage from January 6,” said William…


Speaker McCarthy Gives Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 Surveillance Footage

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has given Fox News’ Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of surveillance footage from Jan. 6, 2021. Fox News confirmed the receipt of the footage, which was originally reported by Axios, in an email to the Epoch Times. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) delivers a speech after he…


Undercover DC Police Officer Pushed Protesters Toward Capitol, Climbed Over Barricade: Court Filing

Three undercover Metropolitan Police Department officers joined the march of protesters up the northwest side of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021—including one who climbed over a barricade and pushed others toward the Capitol, and another who walked behind Ashli Babbitt and predicted that “someone will get shot,” according to newly disclosed court documents. New…


Salt and Light Brigade Pastor Indicted on 6 Criminal Counts for Alleged Actions at Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

An Ohio pastor from the Salt and Light Brigade who led protesters up the East steps of the Capitol and declared “mission accomplished” on Jan. 6, 2021, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on six criminal counts. William R. Dunfee, 58, of Frazeysburg, Ohio, entered not-guilty pleas to all charges at an arraignment…