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Capitol Riot

The latest news on the investigations into the Jan. 6 riot and the trials of those accused of breaching the Capitol.


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Georgia Republican convicted in Jan. 6 riot walks out during televised congressional primary debate

Chuck Hand is one of at least four people convicted of Jan. 6 crimes running for Congress this year.
Georgia Republican Chuck Hand
Georgia Republican Chuck Hand

The RNC hires a prominent 'Stop the Steal' advocate to help craft its 2024 platform

Ed Martin, who was hired by the RNC in May, pushed to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 loss and marched outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Ed Martin speaks
Ed Martin speaks

Officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 booed at Pennsylvania state House

Republicans jeered at former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and former U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell as they were visiting the state House.
Image: capitol police officers Harry Dunn Aquilino Gonell
Image: capitol police officers Harry Dunn Aquilino Gonell

Jan. 6 rioter caught in a woman's Bumble dating app sting sentenced to prison

Andrew Taake was out on bond on a charge of soliciting a minor when he attacked law enforcement on Jan. 6. A young woman launched a sting operation that got him caught.
Photo Illustration: A Bumble screen showing Andrew Taake and a photo of Jan 6, 2021 matching
Photo Illustration: A Bumble screen showing Andrew Taake and a photo of Jan 6, 2021 matching

Jan. 6 rioter caught in a woman's Bumble dating app sting sentenced to prison

Andrew Taake was out on bond on a charge of soliciting a minor when he attacked law enforcement on Jan. 6. A young woman launched a sting operation that got him caught.
Photo Illustration: A Bumble screen showing Andrew Taake and a photo of Jan 6, 2021 matching
Photo Illustration: A Bumble screen showing Andrew Taake and a photo of Jan 6, 2021 matching

Key Trump allies charged in fake electors scheme in Wisconsin

Trump-aligned attorney Kenneth Chesebro, Trump's head of Election Day operations Mike Roman, and former Trump campaign attorney James Troupis were charged Tuesday.
Kenneth Chesebro at the Fulton County Courthouse October 20, 2023 in Atlanta.
Kenneth Chesebro at the Fulton County Courthouse October 20, 2023 in Atlanta.

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Mother of Jan. 6 officer Michael Fanone swatted after he called Trump 'authoritarian'

Fanone was abducted by the mob on Jan. 6 and nearly killed when a MAGA-hatted rioter who believed Trump's lies about the 2020 election drove a stun gun into his neck.
Image: Michael Fanone
Image: Michael Fanone

FBI arrests 'dreaded' Jan. 6 defendant it says rammed 'Trump' sign into police line

William George Knight shoved an officer during the Capitol attack, the FBI said, after "ramming" a giant metal-framed "TRUMP" sign into police officers.
Knight wit dreadlocks, right, with a large crowd at the Capitol .
Knight wit dreadlocks, right, with a large crowd at the Capitol .

Ex-Boston police officer who assaulted a Capitol Police officer with a chair on Jan. 6 is sentenced

Joseph Fisher, who helped with the manhunt for one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, called his conduct at the Capitol riot "egregious."
Joseph Fisher smokes a cigarette outside the Capitol.
Joseph Fisher smokes a cigarette outside the Capitol.

Jan. 6 rioter who attacked cops lashes out at Trump-appointed judge after 12-year sentence

Christopher Quaglin said that Donald Trump would be back in the White House in eight short months and called the judge who sentenced him Trump's "worst mistake of 2016."
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january 6 riot rioter us capitol

'Sedition Panda' convicted of assaulting officer on Jan. 6 after judge calls his defense 'absurd'

Jesse James Rumson, dubbed "Sedition Panda" because of the costume head he wore on Jan. 6, will be sentenced in September.
Jesse James Rumson wears a panda headpiece in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.
Jesse James Rumson wears a panda headpiece in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.