Category: Jan. 6

Accusation That FBI Spied on Proud Boys Jan. 6 Defense Team Is ‘Baseless,’ Prosecutors Say

An FBI special agent and federal prosecutors deny allegations from defense attorneys in the Jan. 6 Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial that a paid informant spied on the defendants and their attorneys. In a declaration filed on March 23 in U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly’s court, FBI Special Agent Kristina Spindel said the bureau never…


FBI Denies Former Informant Spied on Proud Boys or Their Attorneys in Jan. 6 Case

WASHINGTON—An FBI special agent and federal prosecutors deny allegations from defense attorneys in the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial that a paid informant spied on the defendants and their attorneys. In a declaration filed on March 23 in U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly’s court, FBI Special Agent Kristina Spindel said the bureau never asked the…


Did FBI Informant Spy on Proud Boys Defendants and Their Jan. 6 Trial Attorneys?

Defense attorneys in the Proud Boys seditious-conspiracy trial in Washington D.C. learned late March 22 that one of their own defense witnesses who was about to testify had worked as an FBI informant for at least 22 months. They asked for an emergency hearing before U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly and filed a motion to…


Defense Attorneys in Jan. 6 Case Allege FBI Informant Spied on Legal Team

Defense attorneys in the Proud Boys seditious-conspiracy trial in Washington D.C. learned late March 22 that one of their own defense witnesses who was about to testify had worked as an FBI informant for at least 22 months. They asked for an emergency hearing before U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly and filed a motion to…


EXCLUSIVE: From Jail, Oath Keepers Founder Responds to Guilty Verdict for Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy

Four months after he was found guilty of seditious conspiracy and two other charges related to the U.S. Capitol incursion on Jan. 6, 2021, Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III decried the verdicts as “pre-ordained” results from a “guaranteed-conviction zone.” He also warned conservatives that Jan. 6 was “only the beginning of a political…


Only One Jan. 6 Video Aired by Tucker Carlson Was Reviewed by US Capitol Police: Lawyer

U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) could only review one of the dozens of videos from Jan. 6, 2021, that Fox News host Tucker Carlson broadcast after receiving access from Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, a lawyer for the police agency says. The single video that was reviewed was available to the public before Carlson…


EXCLUSIVE: Jacob Chansley’s Lawyer Intends to File to Vacate Conviction

Bill Shipley, the lawyer representing Jan. 6 defendant Jacob Chansley, started the process of requesting the court to vacate Chansley’s 41-month sentence next week, Shipley confirmed in an exclusive interview with The Epoch Times on Friday. Shipley said he intends to file a vacate-conviction motion pursuant to 28 U.S. Code § 2255 (remedies on motion attacking…


EXCLUSIVE: Internal Capitol Police Email, Court Testimony, Reveal Senior Official Knew ‘3 Million’ Might Attend Jan. 6 Rally

The United States Capitol Police had information at least two days before the events of Jan. 6, 2021, indicating that attendance at President Donald Trump’s rally at the Ellipse on that day could swell to 3 million people, according to a federal trial exhibit and court testimony from a senior USCP commander. An email sent…


EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police Knew 3 Million People Might Attend President Trump’s Jan. 6 Speech: Federal Court Testimony

The United States Capitol Police had information at least two days before the events of Jan. 6, 2021, indicating that attendance at President Donald Trump’s rally at the Ellipse on that day could swell to 3 million people, according to a federal trial exhibit and court testimony from a senior USCP commander. An email sent…


Jacob Chansley’s Lawyers Confront DOJ’s Claim It Didn’t Suppress Jan. 6 Evidence

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) latest objection to allegations that it suppressed evidence in its prosecution of Jan. 6 defendant Jacob Chansley flies in the face of the Sixth Amendment, current and former attorneys of Chansley told The Epoch Times in separate interviews this week. “They are hiding. They affirmatively are electing not to disclose [exculpatory…