Category: U.S. Capitol

Manchin: Capitol Riot ‘Changed Me,’ Sparked More Work Bringing Parties Together

The Democrat senator considered the most moderate in his party in the upper chamber said this week that the events of Jan. 6 compelled him to work harder on bringing different lawmakers together. “Jan. 6 changed me. And I was very clear with everybody: I never thought in my life, I never read in history…


Capitol Police Officer William ‘Billy’ Evans Died From Multiple Blunt Force Head Injuries

A police officer who was killed after a car rammed into a barrier at the U.S. Capitol died from multiple blunt force injuries, a medical examiner said April 8. Officer William “Billy” Evans died from injuries he sustained after 25-year-old Noah Green drove a blue car into him and another officer at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol just…


Suspect in US Capitol Attack ‘Intentionally Struck’ Officers: Police

The suspect in the latest attack on the U.S. Capitol “intentionally struck” officers on April 2, police said Monday. Noah Green, 25, was driving a blue sedan just after 1 p.m. on Friday when he entered the north gate on Constitution Avenue and rammed into two on-duty Capitol Police officers with the vehicle, the Metropolitan…


US Capitol Attacker May Have Suffered From Drugs or Mental Illness: Family

The man who allegedly rammed a car into a barrier at the U.S. Capitol on April 2 may have been suffering from drugs or mental illness, his family says. Noah Green, 25, was violently ill the night before he allegedly carried out the attack, brother Brendan Green told the Washington Post. Brendan Green, who had…


Suspect Who Rammed Car Into Capitol ID’d as Noah Green

The suspect who crashed a car into a U.S. Capitol barrier was identified Friday as Noah Green, according to law enforcement officials. Officials told various media outlets that Green, 25, who has connections to Virginia and Indiana, was identified as the suspect in the case. Those media reports said social media accounts belonging to him…


Proud Boys Conspired on Encrypted Channels to Breach US Capitol, Prosecutors Allege

Leaders in the Proud Boys group conspired to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6 to interrupt and obstruct Congress’s certification of electoral votes, according to newly unsealed court documents. Ethan Nordean, 30, is president of a Proud Boys Chapter in Washington state; Joseph Biggs, 37, of Florida, is a self-described Proud Boys organizer; Zachary Rehl,…


No Indication Ashli Babbitt, Woman Shot in US Capitol, Was Armed: Lawyer

Law enforcement officers inside the U.S. Capitol had no reason to believe Ashli Babbitt, the woman one of them shot dead, was armed, according to her family’s lawyer. Babbitt was fatally shot inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 after breaching the building with hundreds of others, interrupting a joint session of Congress. She was struck…


Ashli Babbitt Family Considers Lawsuit in Capitol Shooting Death

The family of the woman shot dead inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 is considering filing a lawsuit against the officer who shot her. The lawsuit would allege constitutional violations, Terrell Roberts, a lawyer for Ashli Babbitt’s family, told The Epoch Times, including excessive use of force. “That will be filed against the officer,…


FBI Accuses Trump Appointee Federico Klein of Assaulting Officers During Capitol Riot

An appointee of former President Donald Trump has been charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, according to a new court filing. Federico “Freddie” Klein resisted law enforcement officers, attempted to steal from them, and assaulted them, an FBI special agent wrote in an affidavit. In one portion of surveillance footage, a man appearing to…


Medical Examiner’s Report on US Officer Brian Sicknick’s Death Not Yet Complete

The cause of death is not yet clear for U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, the agency said on Friday. “The medical examiner’s report on Officer Brian Sicknick’s death, which followed the attack on the Capitol on January 6, is not yet complete. We are awaiting toxicology results and continue to work with other government…