Category: January 6

Braynard: Jan. 6 Political Prisoners Still in Custody

We sat down with Matt Braynard—executive director of Look Ahead America—and discussed the deeper implications of having Jan. 6 prisoners remain in solitary confinement for months on end. Stay tuned for our newsletter so you won’t miss out on our exclusive videos and private events. Facts Matter is an Epoch Times show available on YouTube. Follow Roman…


Judge Orders Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Jailed Until Trial

Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, the founder of the Oath Keepers, will remain jailed until trial on a host of federal charges stemming from riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a federal magistrate in Plano, Texas ruled Jan. 26. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Priest Johnson agreed with federal prosecutors, who argued there are no…


Cop Who Killed Ashli Babbitt Was Cleared of Criminal Wrongdoing Without Interview

When U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd went on “NBC Nightly News” to tell his side of shooting and killing unarmed Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt, he made a point to note he’d been investigated by several agencies and exonerated for his actions that day. “There’s an investigative process [and] I was cleared by the…


America Needs an Honest Adult Conversation

Commentary After watching the nasty, petty, and downright dishonest partisan political theatre around the Jan. 6 attacks and the effort to change voting laws, it is obvious that America needs an entirely new conversation about its challenges and its future. As Americans who love our country, it is difficult to disengage from the mean-spirited, constantly…


Despite the Hype, Americans Had Tepid Response to Jan. 6 Anniversary

Commentary The most remarkable thing about the massively coordinated “Day of Remembrance” on Thursday, Jan. 6, designed to commemorate the anniversary of last year’s U.S. Capitol break-in, was … the general indifference. For Democratic politicians and their media allies, Jan. 6, 2021, was one of the “darkest days” (as one outlet called it) in American…


Rep. Gohmert: Jan. 6 Prisoners Are Being Used to Stave Off Republican Protests

We sat down with Louie Gohmert, a U.S. representative from Texas, and discussed how the months-long, solitary confinement of “J6 prisoners” is being used to dissuade other conservatives from protesting. Stay tuned for our newsletter so you won’t miss out on our exclusive videos and private events. Facts Matter is an Epoch Times show available…


Politifact of Politifiction?

Commentary A few days ago, I got an email from a fact-checker at PolitiFact. His name is Bill McCarthy. He said he was checking a quotation from me taken from my appearance on the “Ingraham Angle” on Fox News.  We had an exchange of emails that gives a very interesting window into the otherwise obscure…


American Oligarchy

Commentary To observe that the Left and its cheerleading media have treated the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot as a solemn occasion would be to understate the point. For the Left, the (actually) mostly peaceful demonstrations of that day, which for a small percentage of demonstrators did entail illegal trespassing…


J6 Detainee Treatment Totally ‘Abnormal’; Film Director: Nobody ‘Immune to Lies’

After a media interview from inside jail, communication with a January 6 detainee went dark. His father, Ned Lang and lawyer Steven Metcalf tell us about the year-long saga of Jake Lang’s pretrial incarceration. Then in America Q&A we ask people across the country how they feel about the treatment of January 6 detainees like…


Lawyer: J6 Detainee Treatment Totally ‘Abnormal’; Film Director: Nobody ‘Immune to Lies’

After a media interview from inside jail, communication with a Jan. 6 detainee went dark. His father, Ned Lang, and lawyer Steven Metcalf tell us about the year-long saga of Jake Lang’s pretrial incarceration. Then in America Q&A, we ask people across the country how they feel about the treatment of Jan. 6 detainees like…