Category: Jan. 6

Former FBI Agent at Alaska Trial of Oath Keeper Disputes Assertion Group is Anti-Government

The Oath Keepers did not try to overthrow the U.S. government on Jan. 6 and are not a threat to national security because the group is anti-tyranny, not anti-government, a former FBI agent and Department of Defense analyst testified Dec. 15-16 in Alaska Superior Court. John Guandolo, who handled counter-terrorism and criminal investigations during nearly…


FBI Sued by Analyst, Military Vet Suspended for ‘Conspiratorial’ Jan. 6 Views

A lawsuit filed on Dec. 15 by government watchdog group Judicial Watch alleges that the FBI violated the constitutional rights of FBI analyst Marcus Allen by falsely accusing him of holding “conspiratorial views,” revoking his security clearance, and suspending him from duty without pay. The complaint (pdf) was filed in the U.S. District Court for…


Oath Keepers Tried to Overthrow US Government on Jan. 6, Extremism Analyst Claims in Alaska Trial

Based on “twisted ideas of patriotism” and a desire to keep President Donald Trump in power, the Oath Keepers tried to violently overthrow the United States government on Jan. 6, 2021, an analyst on domestic extremism testified in Alaska Superior Court on Sept. 13 and 14. Jonathan Lewis, a research fellow at the Program on…


Jury Finds Jan. 6 Prisoner Guilty of 6 Charges for Illegal Weapons, Possession of Classified Document

After closing arguments in a week-long trial, a jury found a Jan. 6 prisoner guilty on six charges related to possession of unregistered firearms, grenades, and a classified document. After deliberating for just over five and a half hours, a jury found Jeremy Brown of Tampa, Florida, guilty of six of 10 charges in an…


Alaska Trial to Decide if GOP State Lawmaker Can be Barred from Office for Being a Member of Oath Keepers

A three-term incumbent Republican lawmaker in Alaska could be removed from office and his 24-point win in the 2022 fall election wiped out because he is a member of the Oath Keepers, under a lawsuit brought by left-leaning political interests that went to trial on Dec. 13. The trial in Alaska Superior Court in Palmer…


Alaska Trial to Decide if GOP State Lawmaker Can be Barred From Office for Being an Oath Keepers Member

A three-term incumbent Republican lawmaker in Alaska could be removed from office and his 24-point win in the 2022 fall election annulled because he’s a member of the Oath Keepers, according to a lawsuit brought by left-leaning political interests that went to trial on Dec. 13. The trial in Alaska Superior Court in Palmer will…


MTG Says Her ‘We Would Have Won’ Jan. 6 Remark Was a Joke After White House Labels It ‘Violent’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Monday that she was only being sarcastic when she said that, if she and Steve Bannon had organized the Jan. 6 protest at the Capitol “we would’ve been armed” and “we would have won,” a remark that was condemned by the White House as “violent” and a “slap in…


Two Men Who Operated ‘Murder the Media’ Social Media Channel Are Sentenced for Their Jan. 6 Actions

Two men, one from Texas and the other from Hawaii, were sentenced on Friday for their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Nicholas DeCarlo, 32, of Fort Worth, was sentenced to four years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Department of…


FBI’s 4-Acre Geofence Dragnet at the US Capitol on Jan. 6 Violated Fourth Amendment, Defense Attorneys Contend

The FBI’s “alarming” use of general warrants to scoop up the private location data of the devices of thousands of people on Jan. 6, 2021, was a violation of the Fourth Amendment that enabled an illegal four-acre dragnet to generate criminal charges without probable cause, defense attorneys argue in federal court filings. In the wake…


PREMIERING NOW: Kash’s Corner: Could the Jan. 6 Committee Destroy Evidence? Musk Announces Twitter Censorship Files Release

This episode will premiere on Friday, Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. ET. In this episode of Kash’s Corner, we discuss the impending release of the Jan. 6 committee’s final report. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) recently stated the committee will “scrub” some evidence containing personal identifiable information. But is personal identifiable information the only evidence that…