Category: U.S. Capitol

‘Arrested Development’ Actor, Funeral Home Director Latest Charged in Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

An actor who has appeared in several popular television shows and movies is one of the latest people arrested and charged for allegedly committing crimes during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Jay Johnston, 54, was arrested on June 7 after being charged with interfering with law enforcement officers during the breach….


US Keeping More Than 8,000 Hours of Security Video From Jan. 6 Defendants: Court Filing

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has withheld more than 8,000 hours of U.S. Capitol security video covering noon to 8 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, leaving criminal defendants without access to more than 60 percent of the footage turned over to the FBI, a federal court filing says. William A. Pope of Topeka, Kansas, made…


2 More Oath Keepers Sentenced to Prison Over Jan. 6 Breach

Two Army veterans and members of the Oath Keepers have been handed prison sentences following the group’s founder’s conviction for their involvement in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta presided over the sentencing, with Jessica Watkins, a resident of Woodstock, Ohio, receiving a prison term of…


18-Year Prison Term a Predetermined Outcome of ‘Show Trial,’ Oath Keepers Leader Says

The way Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III sees it, in today’s political environment, Thomas Jefferson could easily be convicted of seditious conspiracy to oppose the authority of the U.S. government. In a 1787 letter to William Stephens Smith, Jefferson famously said, “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with…


Arkansas Man Who Put Feet on Desk in House Speaker Pelosi’s Office Gets 4.5 Years in Prison

An Arkansas man famously photographed with his feet on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 54 months in prison on May 24 in Washington. Richard “Bigo” Barnett, 62, of Gravette, Arkansas, was also sentenced to 36 months of supervised release and fined $2,000 by U.S. District…


EXCLUSIVE: FBI Used Information Supplied by Megan Paradise to Support Jan. 6 Criminal Charges

California resident Megan Dawn Paradise—who urged protesters to charge up the Capitol’s east steps on Jan. 6 before stealing an autographed baseball from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)—testified about a fellow Californian to the FBI, leading to two criminal charges being filed against the man. The FBI used information supplied by Paradise,…


FBI Adds ‘Pink Beret’ to Jan. 6 Most-Wanted List as She Plays Prominently in Defense Case

The FBI has added the mysterious woman known on social media as “Pink Beret” to its Jan. 6 most-wanted list, two months after a defense attorney suggested the woman could be a government cooperator who lured a defendant into the Capitol. The FBI’s photo gallery of most-wanted individuals now lists Pink Beret as No. 537….


Poll Finds 65 Percent of American Voters Believe Undercover Agents Helped Incite Jan. 6 Rioting

An increasing majority of American voters believe the federal government had a role in inciting violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a national poll has found. The Rasmussen Reports poll of 963 likely U.S. voters found 65 percent believe that undercover federal agents helped provoke rioting at the Capitol on Jan. 6….


EXCLUSIVE: Former FBI Agent Who Refused to Raid Jan. 6 Suspect Warns of Agency’s Weaponization

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, Stephen Friend was told. Why would he—an FBI special agent—not want to hunt down and jail rioters who killed police officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021? The question, its justification, and its accuracy were equally troubling when they were presented to Friend by an…


Man Who Crushed Police Officer on Jan. 6 Sentenced to 7.5 Years in Federal Prison

A Connecticut man who pinned a police officer against a door in the Lower West Terrace tunnel for more than two minutes was sentenced to 7.5 years in federal prison for his role in violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The sentence handed down to Patrick Edward McCaughey III, 25, of Ridgefield,…