Category: Jan. 6

Capitol Police Hiring Its Own Criminal Prosecutor a ‘Dangerous Precedent’

The Capitol Police is looking to hire its own criminal prosecutor to oversee allegations about individuals who have threatened or been violent toward Members of Congress and their staff. According to an advertisement for the role, USCP is looking for “a Special Assistant United States Attorney located in USCP District Offices in Washington, D.C.,” who will…


DOD ‘Wiped’ Phones of Senior Trump Officials—Jan. 6 Communications No Longer Accessible

Some senior Trump administration officials had their phones “wiped” by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. Army after the former president left office, meaning messages that were sent around the time of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach are no longer accessible, court filings show. The DOD acknowledged that the phones belonging to former Pentagon officials…


Reps. Thompson, Maloney Demand DHS IG Step Down Over Handling of Secret Service Jan. 6 Texts

Reps. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) are demanding that a Department of Homeland Security lead investigator into the Jan. 6 Capitol breach step down over his handling of the investigation into purportedly missing Secret Service texts from Jan. 6. In mid-July, the Secret Service responded to a subpoena from the House January 6…


Judge Hands Down Lengthiest Sentence Yet Over Jan. 6 Crimes

A man who carried a gun onto U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Aug. 1 to over seven years in prison, news outlets reported. Guy Reffitt, 49, of Texas was sentenced to 87 months in prison. It’s the longest sentence yet handed down to a person charged with a crime linked…


Trump Claims ‘Absolute Immunity’ From Jan. 6 Civil Suits

Former President Donald Trump asserted “absolute immunity” to shield him from civil lawsuits over his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. In a July 27 filing (pdf), Trump’s attorneys Jesse Binnall and Molly McCann urged a federal appeals court in Washington to entirely dismiss the former commander-in-chief as a defendant in civil suits linked to…


EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police Officers Were Investigated, Some Found Guilty of Being Friendly to Jan. 6 Protesters

Despite the mounting evidence continuously exposed by The Epoch Times that some law enforcement officers engaged in brutal, unprovoked attacks against essentially peaceful Jan. 6 protesters, every one of them has been cleared of wrongdoing. However, several documents obtained exclusively by The Epoch Times show other officers were investigated for being friendly with protesters, six of…


[PREMIERING at 3PM ET] Ep. 39: Biden Adviser Accused of ‘Redefining Recession | The Larry Elder Show

The White House is accused of “redefining” the word “recession” as the current-White House economic adviser Brian Deese insisted that “two negative quarters of GDP growth is not the technical definition of recession.” But a resurfaced 2008 comment from Deese revealed that he used to believe that was the “technical definition” or recession. —— *…


[PREMIERING NOW] Ep. 39: Biden Adviser Accused of Redefining Recession | The Larry Elder Show

The White House is accused of “redefining” the word “recession” as the current-White House economic adviser Brian Deese insisted that “two negative quarters of GDP growth is not the technical definition of recession.” But a resurfaced 2008 comment from Deese revealed that he used to believe that was the “technical definition” or recession. —— *…


Ep. 39: Biden Adviser Accused of Redefining Recession | The Larry Elder Show

The White House is accused of “redefining” the word “recession” as the current-White House economic adviser Brian Deese insisted that “two negative quarters of GDP growth is not the technical definition of recession.” But a resurfaced 2008 comment from Deese revealed that he used to believe that was the “technical definition” or recession. —— *…


EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police Use of Force Reports Expose Brutality of Unprovoked Attacks Against Jan. 6 Protesters

A 104-page report issued three months after the events at the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, said the Capitol Police’s Civil Disturbance Unit (CDU) was ordered by supervisors not to use “heavier, less-lethal weapons,” like flash bangs. However, video evidence—along with Capitol Police Use of Force Reports obtained exclusively by The Epoch Times—exposes conflicts in timelines,…