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☆ Trump has sharp exchange with NBC's Kristen Welker after she asked if he watched the January 6 riot unfold on TV in the White House dining room
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump had a sharp exchange with NBC's Kristen Welker when pressed about his response on January 6. The ex-president has been criticized for his response to the riot hours after it first began. "Tell me how you watched this all unfold," Welker asked the former president. Welker then asked: "What did you do when the Capitol was under attack, though?" AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter Welker asked if Trump called military or law enforcement when the Capitol was first attacked, Trump again pushed back.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of rioters have been charged, convicted and sentenced for joining the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. There is no public record of a conviction or a sentence in Lazar's court docket. Lazar was sentenced in Washington’s federal court on March 17 to 30 months in prison, according to the Bureau of Prisons, but there’s no public record of such a hearing. Questions about Lazar’s case have been swirling for months, but the details of his conviction and sentence have not been previously reported. The judge overseeing Lazar’s case in May rejected a request from media outlets — including the AP — to release any sealed records that may exist.

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REUTERS/Kevin Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreWASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday opposed Donald Trump’s request to remove the federal judge overseeing the criminal case accusing the former U.S. president of attempting to subvert the results of the 2020 election. The case, which accuses Trump of three schemes to try to overturn his defeat by Democratic President Joe Biden, is one of four criminal cases facing Trump as he runs to retake the White House. U.S. prosecutors said Chutkan’s remarks do not clear the high legal bar that requires federal judges to remove themselves from a case. Judges typically recuse if they have a financial interest in the outcome or a personal connection to someone involved. Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; additional reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Scott Malone and Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ US Opposes Trump Request to Remove Judge in Federal Election Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Andrew GoudswardWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday opposed Donald Trump’s request to remove the federal judge overseeing the criminal case accusing the former U.S. president of attempting to subvert the results of the 2020 election. The case, which accuses Trump of three schemes to try to overturn his defeat by Democratic President Joe Biden, is one of four criminal cases facing Trump as he runs to retake the White House. U.S. prosecutors said Chutkan’s remarks do not clear the high legal bar that requires federal judges to remove themselves from a case. Judges typically recuse if they have a financial interest in the outcome or a personal connection to someone involved. (Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; additional reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Scott Malone and Daniel Wallis)

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Shroyer hosts a daily show called “The War Room With Owen Shroyer” for the website operated by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Shroyer didn't need to set foot inside the Capitol because many of his followers did, prosecutors argued. Political Cartoons View All 1154 Images“Shroyer helped create January 6,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing. Outside the Capitol, Shroyer stood in front of a crowd with a megaphone and yelled, “The Democrats are posing as communists, but we know what they really are: they’re just tyrants, they’re tyrants. Shroyer is one of two Infowars employees arrested on Capitol riot charges.

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☆ I watched the newly-public security camera footage from January 6. I saw things I hadn't seen before — including eerie scenes of lawmakers fleeing for their safety on one of the darkest days in Americ
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

House Republicans have begun to make January 6 security camera footage publicly available. I watched as lawmakers fled for safety — and banded together — while rioters besieged the Capitol. AdvertisementAdvertisementRoger Stone in front of the O’Neill House Office Building, where the January 6 security camera footage can be viewed, in December 2021. Upstairs, I focused on a lone security camera in front of the House chamber. On another security camera in Longworth House Office Building, I watched lawmakers of both parties gathering near the secure location where they sheltered for the duration of the riot.

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Bozell’s father is Brent Bozell III, who founded the Media Research Center, Parents Television Council and other conservative media organizations. Political Cartoons View All 1148 ImagesThe judge is scheduled to sentence Bozell on Jan. 9. Prosecutors said that before the riot, Bozell helped plan and coordinate events in Washington in support of Trump's “Stop the Steal” movement. He smashed a window next to the Senate Wing Door, creating an entry point for hundreds of rioters, according to prosecutors. In a pretrial court filing, Bozell's lawyer denied that Bozell helped overwhelm a police line or engaged in any violence against police.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury began weighing contempt of Congress charges against Trump White House official Peter Navarro on Thursday over his failure to cooperate with a subpoena from the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. A defense attorney argued Navarro didn’t purposely ignore the House Jan. 6 Committee. A judge has ruled the executive privilege argument isn’t a defense against the charges, finding Navarro couldn’t show that Trump had invoked it. Navarro was the second Trump aide to face contempt of Congress charges after former White House adviser Steve Bannon. Trump now faces a federal indictment in Washington, D.C., and a state indictment in Georgia over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.

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CNN —A federal jury in Washington, DC, has begun deliberating the criminal contempt of Congress charges against former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro. He is the second ex-aide to former President Donald Trump to be prosecuted for his lack of cooperation with the committee. Prosecutors told the jury during closing arguments Thursday that Navarro “made a choice” not to comply with a February 2022 subpoena. Quick moving trial with limited defenseNavarro joined the Trump White House to advise on trade and became a well-known face of the Trump administration, while earning a reputation for sparring behind the scenes with his White House colleagues. Multiple sources of legal trouble for the former Trump aideNavarro’s service as a Trump White House aide has generated continuing legal troubles for the former trade adviser – troubles that go beyond the criminal case.

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"Mr. Tarrio was the ultimate leader, the ultimate person who organized, who was motivated by revolutionary zeal,” U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said prior to announcing the sentence. “That conspiracy ended up with about 200 men amped up for battle encircling the Capitol.”Tarrio’s is the latest in a series of sentencings for former Proud Boys members convicted of seditious conspiracy. Notably, Tarrio was not among the hundreds of other Proud Boys members who breached the Capitol. Tarrio was released the next day but ordered to leave the city, so he watched and gave commands from a hotel in Baltimore. “There’s no comparing anybody that was there – including myself – with George Washington or any of the Founding Fathers,” Tarrio said.

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☆ Meet Fabian Nelson, Mississippi’s First Openly L.G.B.T.Q. Legislator
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Maggie Astor | More About Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

We feel like we’re in a new place.”What I want people to understand is Mississippi now has somebody that’s going to fight for every single person. I’m going to fight for people in District 66 — those are the people I represent. legislation comes up, which I know it will, I am going to fight that every single day. I’m not only going to the Capitol to fight against anti-L.G.B.T.Q. And then the next thing you know, we’ve got a harmful piece of legislation coming out.

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Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to criminal charges related to his involvement in a sweeping scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia and waived his right to appear at an arraignment scheduled for next week. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges and denied wrongdoing in all the cases against him. He continues to repeat unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged and stolen” and that the indictments that followed amount to a witch hunt and election interference. In reality, Trump lost the general election to Biden, and, in Georgia specifically, he lost by some 11,779 votes. Trump faces 13 criminal charges in Georgia, the most serious of which is violating the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO.

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Joseph Biggs, a onetime lieutenant in the Proud Boys, was sentenced on Thursday to 17 years in prison after his conviction on charges of seditious conspiracy for plotting with a gang of pro-Trump followers to attack the Capitol and disrupt the peaceful transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021. Mr. Biggs’s sentence was one of the stiffest penalties issued so far in more than 1,100 criminal cases stemming from the Capitol attack and among only a handful to have been legally labeled an act of terrorism. It was just over half of the 33 years the government had requested and just shy of the 18-year term given in May to Stewart Rhodes, the leader of another far-right group, the Oath Keepers militia, who was also found guilty of sedition. One of Mr. Biggs’s co-defendants, Zachary Rehl, is scheduled to be sentenced in front of Judge Kelly on Thursday afternoon. The Proud Boys — who had been fighting on the streets since 2017 for a range of far-right causes — became a central focus of the F.B.I.’s investigation into Jan. 6 within days of the Capitol attack.

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☆ McConnell Releases Letter Declaring Him ‘Medically Clear’ to Work After Episode
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Annie Karni | More About Annie Karni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

After Wednesday’s spell, a spokesman said Mr. McConnell planned to be examined by a doctor before continuing on to his next event, but no update was provided about a diagnosis. But the second public episode, which took place on Wednesday in Covington, Ky., increased the pressure on Mr. McConnell to offer some explanation of what was going on. It also prompted at least one call from the Republican establishment outside Congress for Mr. McConnell to give up his leadership post. Mr. McConnell’s latest medical incident came at the tail end of Congress’s long summer recess, a time when senators are traveling all over the world on official trips. Mr. McConnell spoke with members of his leadership team on Wednesday after the incident, and connected on the phone with President Biden on Thursday.

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☆ Donald Trump is facing 4 criminal cases. Photos of documents piled beside a toilet could be the most damaging to his election chances.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Walt Hickey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Donald Trump is facing a number of legal problems that may have an impact on his electoral chances. AdvertisementAdvertisementSo eh, they all do that is the lens that will define the public perception of the Trump indictments. Ipsos has polled Americans on their thoughts following each of the indictments Trump has faces, and the apples-to-apples comparison here is very compelling. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn all but one case, most independents think he should be charged with a crime. Independents think it's bad, but not that bad, and it truly depends on how persuadable voters are when it comes to eh, they all do that.

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☆ Tennessee lawmakers open special session in wake of school shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Brad Brooks | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Protesters gather near the Tennessee State Capitol building ahead of a special session on public safety to discuss gun violence in the wake of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Seth Herald Acquire Licensing RightsAug 21 (Reuters) - Tennessee lawmakers on Monday opened a special session focused on public safety that was sparked by a deadly school shooting earlier this year, as hundreds of protesters marched on capitol grounds demanding change. Hundreds of protesters demanding tougher gun laws arrived at the Tennessee capitol in Nashville. Lee called the special session in response to the murder of three children and three staff members at The Covenant School in March in Nashville. The shooting triggered intense protests at the state capitol and led to the expulsion of two Democratic lawmakers after they helped lead protests from the House floor.

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It remains unclear why Mr. Chesebro was with Mr. Jones’s group outside the Capitol or how he came to be with them. A lawyer for Mr. Jones said that Mr. Jones was unaware that Mr. Chesebro had been following his entourage that day. Wearing a red MAGA hat, Mr. Chesebro can be seen joining Mr. Jones’s group outside the Capitol shortly before 2 p.m. that day, according to the photographs and video reviewed by The Times. Mr. Jones and Mr. Alexander were among the first “Stop the Steal” activists to draw attention from federal prosecutors investigating the Capitol riot. As early as April 2022, Mr. Jones reached out to the Justice Department in an unsuccessful effort to secure an immunity deal in exchange for information.

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☆ Kenneth Chesebro, alleged architect of fake electors’ plot, followed Alex Jones around Capitol grounds on January 6th
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Andrew Kaczynski Em Steck Yahya Abou-Ghazala | Andrew Kaczynski | Em Steck | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But a CNN investigation has placed him outside of the Capitol at the same time as his alleged plot to keep Trump in office unraveled inside it. CNN was able to place Chesebro at the protest through publicly available databases with photos and videos from that day. Shroyer, who had previously signed a deferred prosecution agreement in another case saying he would not engage in disorderly conduct on the Capitol grounds, was charged with four misdemeanors. Later, the group, including Chesebro, make their way halfway up the steps of the Capitol Building before heading down. Chesebro follows members of the group as they depart the Capitol grounds close to 3 p.m.Later, Chesebro can be seen walking near the Peace Monument at the front of the Capitol.

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☆ Trump proposes April 2026 trial in federal election subversion case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump is asking the federal judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith’s criminal election subversion case against him to set the trial for April 2026. The federal judge in the documents case has set that trial for May 2024, while the New York case is set to go to trial in March of next year. “President Trump must prepare for each of these trials in the coming months. Several will likely require President Trump’s presence at some or all trial proceedings,” they wrote. “Without question, President Trump’s obligation to diligently prepare for this case does not end because of other pending matters,” the attorneys said.

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☆ Analysis: Trump's fourth indictment moves America closer to an election precipice
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“Call it election interference or election manipulation—it is a dangerous effort by the ruling class to suppress the choice of the people. Video Ad Feedback 'Much bigger than Watergate': John Dean weighs in on Georgia indictment 00:38 - Source: CNNA damning tale of alleged wrongdoingIndictments represent the best presentation of the evidence by the prosecution. But unelected citizens also played a role – like Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, who have said the extreme pressure Trump inflicted on them ruined their lives. So a fourth Trump indictment is unlikely to be any more ruinous to his political career than the previous three – at least, in the Republican primary, where rivals like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have so far failed to take advantage of Trump’s political liabilities without alienating vast numbers of his supporters.

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Not long ago, Iowa was the center of the Democratic political universe. In 2019, two dozen presidential candidates roamed the Iowa State Fair to grill pork chops and admire the famed butter cow as they vied for the state’s caucusgoers. Now, as Republican presidential candidates flock to the fair, Iowa Democrats are at their lowest point in decades. “It is so bad,” said Claire Celsi, a Democratic state senator from West Des Moines. Deep in the minority, Democrats in the State Legislature have squabbled among themselves, ousting their party’s State Senate leader in June after a dispute over personnel.

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☆ Mike Pence Has Reached His Fork in the Road
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Matt Flegenheimer | More About Matt Flegenheimer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Trump was the nation’s essential man, Mr. Pence long attested, and more than that, “a good man.” (He does not use that adjective anymore.) Asked in the interview if he saw himself as an example to other Republicans who remain devoted to the former president, Mr. Pence did not say no. “He doesn’t really have a unique selling proposition,” said Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, who has both praised Mr. Pence for what he did on Jan. 6 and been accused of helping to perpetuate Mr. Trump’s election lies. “In terms of John F. Kennedy’s ‘Profiles in Courage,’ I think that Pence is a very admirable person. “Campaigns should be about something more important than the candidate’s election,” he said.

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☆ Live updates: Trump indicted in special counsel's 2020 election interference probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Aditi Sangal | Leinz Vales | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

In November 2021, Chutkan forcefully rejected Trump’s attempts to block the House select committee investigating January 6 from accessing more than 700 pages of records from his White House. “Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President,” Chutkan wrote in her ruling. At a December 2021 sentencing hearing, she looked ahead to the 2024 election, saying that “every day we are hearing about reports of anti-democratic factions, people plotting potential violence in 2024." … He went for one man.”At a sentencing hearing on October 4, 2021, she acknowledged the nationwide attention on the Capitol riot cases. At that same hearing, she also rejected comparisons between January 6 and the 2020 protests against racial inequality.

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☆ Why Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 Trump Indictment Is So Smart - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Randall D. Eliason | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But when it comes to Mr. Trump and the senior people around him, this obstruction charge is much broader than the assault on the Capitol. And aiding and abetting is part of the theory of the obstruction charge in Count 3. It’s a belt-and-suspenders approach: If a legal issue arises that weakens or eliminates one charge, the others remain, and the case can continue. One charge that was not included in the indictment falls under 18 U.S.C. This charge was part of the referral from the Jan. 6 committee.

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The charges were first reported by The Detroit News. Mr. DePerno denied any wrongdoing and said that his efforts “uncovered significant security flaws” in a statement from his lawyer, Paul Stablein. The criminal inquiry in Michigan has largely been overshadowed by developments in Georgia, where a grand jury is weighing charges against Mr. Trump for trying to subvert the election, but both are part of the ongoing reckoning over the conspiracy theories about election machines promoted by Mr. Trump and his allies. The efforts to legitimize the falsehoods and conspiracy theories promoted widely by Mr. Trump and his allies continued long after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and after Mr. Biden took office. In Arizona, such efforts included the discredited election audit of Maricopa County led by Republicans in the state legislature.

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