Category: U.S. Capitol

Democrat’s Jan. 6 Falsehood Sparks a Donnybrook with GOP in US House Judiciary Committee

What was supposed to be a hearing about provocateur Ray Epps before the House Committee on the Judiciary on Sept. 21 quickly devolved into a shouting match between Democrat lawmakers pushing a Jan. 6 falsehood and Republicans who insisted that being labeled “conspiracy theorists” won’t stop efforts to learn the truth. If the goal of…


Alleged Oath Keepers Jan. 6 Radio Traffic Actually ‘A Recording of People Watching TV,’ Former Attorney Says

A Twitter post by the U.S. House Jan. 6 Select Committee purporting to contain walkie-talkie traffic between Oath Keepers at the Capitol on Jan. 6 is actually “a recording of people watching TV,” a former Oath Keepers attorney contends. Jonathon Moseley, who formerly represented Oath Keepers defendant Kelly Meggs, said the audio snippets released by…


Trio Found Guilty of Assaulting or Helping Assault Officers at US Capitol on Jan. 6

Three men were found guilty on Sept. 13 of assaulting of helping assault law enforcement officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Patrick McCaughey III, 25, was found guilty of aiding or abetting or assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers and other charges, including disorderly conduct on restricted Capitol grounds with a weapon….


Oath Keepers Founder Asks Court to Appoint Special Master in Jan. 6 Seditious-Conspiracy Case

Nearly a week after getting slapped down by the federal judge overseeing his criminal case, Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III filed a flurry of new motions asking that a special master be appointed to oversee discovery evidence, separating his case from other co-defendants, and again requesting a trial delay. Just a day before…


EXCLUSIVE: ‘Suspicious Actors’ Who Conspired to Raid Capitol on Jan. 6 Never Arrested, Attorney Alleges

Members of an Ohio-based Christian group called the Salt and Light Brigade were among the “suspicious actors” who breached the police lines on the east side of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and engaged in a “stunning conspiracy” to commit illegal acts that were falsely ascribed to the Oath Keepers, a defense attorney…


EXCLUSIVE: Trump Supporter Shot with Police Munition on Jan. 6 Required Surgeries Costing $250,000

Mark Griffin never saw it coming. He stood at the police line on the west side of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, engaged in friendly conversation with officers about why he had come to Washington. Without warning, police picked up the metal bicycle racks that served as barricades and rushed forward into the…


Judge Convicts Three Men of Charges From Jan. 6 US Capitol Breach

A federal judge has convicted three men of obstruction of an official proceeding for taking part in the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021. Robert Morss of Pennsylvania, Geoffrey Sills of Virginia, and David Judd of Texas were found guilty of obstruction on Aug. 23. All three were also convicted of assaulting, resisting, or…


Former Police Officer Who Testified Against Friend Avoids Prison for Jan. 6 Riot

A former Virginia police officer who testified against a friend and former supervisor he joined at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, avoided prison time on Aug. 16 for his role in it. Former Rocky Mount Police Officer Jacob Fracker, who previously pleaded guilty to conspiring with his fellow officer to obstruct Congress from…


Former Police Officer Who Testified Against Friend Avoids Jan. 6 Prison Sentence

A former Virginia police officer who testified against a friend and former supervisor he joined at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, avoided prison time on Aug. 16 for his role in it. Former Rocky Mount Police Officer Jacob Fracker, who previously pleaded guilty to conspiring with his fellow officer to obstruct Congress from…


EXCLUSIVE: Video Used to Charge Jan. 6 Defendant Exonerates Him on Charge of Assaulting Police, Attorney Says

Maybe it was the death threat delivered by a fellow law-enforcement officer while he stood shackled in belly chains. Perhaps it was being described as a “terrorist” by a federal judge who will preside over his trial. It could have been being released on bail by a U.S. magistrate judge in Tennessee, only to be…