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☆ Iranians strike to mark 2019 protests in fresh rebuff to ruling clerics
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

In the latest protests, the rights activist HRANA news agency said 344 people have been killed, including 52 minors. Videos shared on social media showed strikes and gatherings in several cities and towns. On Monday, the European Union imposed additional sanctions over the crackdown on protests and French President Emmanuel Macron characterised the unrest as a revolution. A video on 1500Tasvir showed people running down a street in Tehran's western neighbourhood of Shahrak Gharb after several gunshots could be heard. The 1500Tasvir account also showed a video of people at a metro shouting "death to the dictator", a slogan referring to Khamenei.

☆ Jan. 6 committee staffers told preliminary plan for final report would focus largely on Trump, not on law enforcement failures, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dilanianmug.Jpg | Ken Dilanian | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

The final report — much like the committee’s hearings — seems to be shaping up to be “all-Trump,” one source said. The “blue team” examined the preparedness and response of law enforcement agencies. Some staffers remain hopeful that members of the Jan. 6 committee might push back on the current plan and incorporate their research into the final report. The committee needs to release its final report before a new Congress is seated in January. Congress has oversight over and controls the funding of federal law enforcement agencies.

☆ A Capitol rioter pleaded guilty to assaulting police with a skateboard despite yelling, 'We will not concede,' on January 6
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Feds said the son hit a police officer with a skateboard emblazoned with the words "White Fang." The father was charged with fighting a police officer over a baton at the Capitol doors. Prosecutors alleged Grady Owens struck a police officer with a skateboard on the west lawn of the Capitol. Owens' father was arrested two weeks after, on April 16, in Austin, Texas, according to court records. Grady and Jason Owens each face a maximum sentence of 8 years in prison, according to the US attorney's office in Washington, DC.

☆ Jan. 6 rioter invokes Epstein after getting a five-month sentence for smashing in a Capitol window
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 rioter who smashed in a window at the U.S. Capitol invoked Jeffrey Epstein moments after he was sentenced to five months in federal prison Thursday. Faulkner told the court he supported former President Donald Trump because he believed Trump was "combatting human trafficking," a seeming reference to the QAnon conspiracy theory. Troy Faulkner wears a "Faulkner Painting" jacket while smashing a window at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. While leaving the courthouse after his sentencing, Faulkner walked about to news cameras outside and made a comment to the media about Epstein. Faulkner, his attorney said during his sentencing hearing, was "at a better place" than he was when he smashed in a Capitol window.

☆ Capitol rioter who bragged about destroying media equipment and told his friend he wanted to 'get busted' pleads guilty to Jan. 6 charges
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Virginia man who destroyed media equipment on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty to two felonies on Friday. More than 900 people have pleaded guilty in connection to the riot thus far. On Friday, Haynes pleaded guilty to one felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding and one felony count of destruction of property. Photographs from the scene show Haynes among a group of rioters who damaged tens of thousands of dollars worth of media equipment, including cameras, tripods, and lights, prosecutors said. In text messages to friends throughout the day, Haynes boasted about breaking "lotsa stuff" and kicking "the fake news ass."

☆ A timeline of threats against Nancy Pelosi — from the January 6 death threats to a claim about beheading her 'jihadist style' — that preceded the attack on her husband
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A man who violently attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, may have been looking for her. Nancy Pelosi has faced several threats, including some that resulted in charges or conviction. "Nancy Pelosi is apart [sic] of a satanic cult and so are the people who work closely with her. A relative had informed her of a text Meredith sent in which he threatened Pelosi, prosecutors said. "The attacker who injured Paul Pelosi was looking for Nancy Pelosi, likely wanting to finish the job."

WASHINGTON — A former Capitol Police officer who warned a Jan. 6 defendant about a post that said he was inside the Capitol building was found guilty on one count of felony obstruction of justice by a jury on Friday. Michael Riley was indicted in October 2021 on two counts of obstruction of justice and resigned from the Capitol Police force shortly thereafter. The jury had been deliberating since Tuesday afternoon, by far the lengthiest deliberations of any Jan. 6-related jury trial. “I never intended for any of this to happen.”Jacob Hiles, circled in red, at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “He was thinking, how do I get this rioter, my Facebook friend, from being caught up in this grand jury investigation," Dohrmann argued.

☆ Guilty: A former Capitol police officer was convicted on a charge he obstructed the January 6 investigation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A jury found former Capitol police officer Michael Riley guilty Friday of obstructing the investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack. The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on the charge related to his urging the rioter to remove posts. During the weeklong trial, prosecutors presented multiple messages Riley exchanged with Hiles beginning on January 7. In the first message, Riley introduced himself as a Capitol police officer and warned Hiles to delete social media posts placing him inside the Capitol on January 6. "Hey Jake, im a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance," Riley wrote to Hiles.

☆ Attack on Pelosi's husband echoes threats pro-Trump rioters made on Jan. 6 while stalking the Capitol's halls
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

after breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home. Paul Pelosi was hospitalized; Speaker Pelosi was in Washington, DC, with a security detail. "Where's Nancy Pelosi?" as he confronted the House speaker's husband, Paul, who was hospitalized following the violent attack. Testifying against Capitol rioter Guy Reffitt, the witness specifically remembered joking about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's head hitting the stairs on the way out of the building.

[1/2] Police clear the U.S. Capitol Building with tear gas as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather outside, in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File PhotoOct 28 (Reuters) - A former U.S. Capitol Police officer was convicted on Friday of obstructing an FBI investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by deleting Facebook messages he sent to a rioter afterward, federal prosecutors said. Jurors deadlocked on a second obstruction of justice count against Riley, prosecutors said. The obstruction of justice conviction carries a statutory maximum of 20 years in prison, although federal sentencing guidelines typically call for less time behind bars. Prosecutors say Riley was not on duty at the Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6 but became aware of the events there.

☆ Paul Pelosi's attacker was searching for the House speaker and shouting 'Where is Nancy?': reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An assailant reportedly asked Paul Pelosi, "Where's Nancy?" during an early morning attack. A source briefed on the attack told CNN that the intruder shouted "Where is Nancy? Paul Pelosi, 82, was attacked while Speaker Pelosi was in Washington, DC, with her protective detail, authorities have said. The attack left Paul Pelosi hospitalized with blunt force trauma to his head and body, per the AP.

☆ Assailant who attacked Paul Pelosi with hammer was searching for the House speaker and shouting 'Where is Nancy?': reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An assailant reportedly asked Paul Pelosi, "Where's Nancy?" during an early morning attack. at the speaker's husband, Paul Pelosi, after breaking into the home just before 2:30 a.m.A person briefed on the situation also told the Associated Press that the assailant was looking for Nancy Pelosi and shouted: "Where is Nancy?" Paul Pelosi, 82, was attacked while Speaker Pelosi was in Washington, DC, with her protective detail, authorities have said. The attack left Paul Pelosi hospitalized with blunt force trauma to his head and body, per the AP.

☆ Capitol Rioter Gets 7-1/2 Years in Prison for Assault on Officer Michael Fanone
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Jan Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

About 140 police officers were assaulted during the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to the Justice Department. WASHINGTON—A Tennessee man received a 7-1/2-year prison sentence for dragging a police officer into a mob of rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, the second-most severe punishment handed down for a defendant linked to that day’s attack on the Capitol. Calling him one of the “most serious offenders” during the Capitol riot, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson imposed the 90-month sentence on Albuquerque Cosper Head during an emotional court hearing Thursday in the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 rioter who dragged former D.C. Police Officer Michael Fanone into the crowd on the steps of the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to 7.5 years in federal prison on Thursday. Albuquerque Head, circled in red, on the steps in front of a tunnel at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. District Court for D.C.“Show him the same mercy that he showed me on Jan. 6 … which is none," Fanone said. Jackson described former Officer Fanone as Head’s “prey” and his “trophy.” She also described Fanone as “protecting America” during the riot. That's who Officer Fanone was, that's what Officer Fanone was doing."

☆ A judge sentenced a Capitol rioter to more than 7 years in prison, saying he'd assaulted Officer Michael Fanone like 'he was your prey'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Calling him one of the "most serious offenders," a federal judge on Thursday sentenced Capitol rioter Albuquerque Head to more than 7 years in prison for pulling then-police Officer Michael Fanone into the pro-Trump mob during the January 6, 2021 attack. Prosecutors alleged that Head grabbed hold of a riot shield during the January 6 attack and used it against police officers protecting the Capitol. In the aftermath of the January 6 attack, Fanone has emerged as one of the highest-profile police officers who protected the Capitol that day. Ahead of Head's sentencing, prosecutors recommended that he receive an 8-year prison term. Prosecutors showed scarring on Michael Fannone's neck in a court filing recommending an 8-year prison term for Albuquerque Head.

☆ 'Loudmouth' Capitol rioter who said elected officials were 'all going to be executed' sentenced to 4 years in prison
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Memphis man who filmed himself inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Matthew Bledsoe was convicted by a jury in July on several Capitol riot charges. More than 900 people have been arrested on Capitol riot charges, and more than 400 have pleaded guilty. On Friday, US District Judge Beryl Howell sentenced Bledsoe to four years in prison on the obstruction charge, as well as multiple 12- and six-month terms on the other counts. More than 900 people have been arrested on Capitol riot charges and more than 400 have pleaded guilty thus far.

☆ Ex-Capitol Police officer charged with obstruction tells jury he is 'embarrassed' over Facebook chat with Jan. 6 rioter
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Riley testified that he regrets reaching out to Hiles “every day” and that this has been “the worst year" of his life. Riley was charged in October 2021, and resigned from the department that month, although the details of his departure and current status have been concealed from jurors. Riley, who fishes in his free time, befriended Hiles, a boat captain with a social media following, shortly before the Capitol attack. “I was mad at myself and I was mad at Jake,” Riley testified. Assistant U.S. Attorney Anne P. McNamara asked Riley if he had wanted Hiles charged.

☆ Former employees at merchandise startup Spring complained about working with creators who spread misinformation and conspiracy theories, but said the company turned a blind eye: 'These people make the
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

A second former Spring staffer echoed the first's concerns, telling Insider they were uncomfortable with the company letting Godlewski earn revenue using Spring's services. Five former staffers at Spring told Insider it was an open secret that the platform worked with problematic creators, oftentimes because these creators made the company a lot of money. All of the former employees Insider talked to spoke on condition of anonymity to protect career prospects. Five former employees told Insider that We Are Change, and other storefronts like it, were some of the platform's bestsellers. Most staffers knew about it, the first former employee told Insider, and kept it hidden from leadership.

☆ Ex-Air Force enlistee jailed after pleading guilty to 'outrageous' conduct on Jan. 6
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

"You make your bed, you gotta lie in it," U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said before ordering the man detained. As part of his plea, he admitted that he used chemical spray on officers at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and helped force them to retreat. / FBI"I plead guilty," Bilyard told the judge. After he attacked officers and smashed the window on Jan. 6, Bilyard reported to Air Force basic training. More than 870 defendants have been arrested in the Jan. 6 attack investigation, and more than 350 have pleaded guilty.

WASHINGTON — An ex-police officer "betrayed" his sworn oath by warning a fellow Donald Trump supporter who entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 to remove his Facebook content about the attack, a federal prosecutor told a jury Tuesday. Afterward, Riley told Hiles he would give him a tour of the Capitol next time. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Dohrmann told jurors Tuesday that "there was nothing legal or funny about what happened at the Capitol on Jan. "He was duped" by Hiles, Macchiaroli said. "He made a mistake, he had a lapse in judgment," Macchiaroli added, arguing that Riley didn't intend to obstruct a federal grand jury.

☆ January 6 trial: Ex-Capitol police officer 'betrayed' his oath by warning a rioter to delete Facebook posts, prosecutors say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Prosecutors accused a former Capitol police officer of telling a January 6 rioter to delete evidence. But the following day, prosecutors say, Riley messaged Hiles directly over Facebook to urge him to remove posts — including selfies and videos — admitting his presence inside the Capitol. Kicking off Riley's trial on Tuesday, Dohrmann displayed several messages Riley exchanged with Hiles over Facebook in the weeks after January 6. "You see, the defendant never wanted these Facebook messages to see the light of day," she said. Despite Riley's encouragement to delete his Facebook messages, Hiles never removed them, allowing them to be used as evidence against the former Capitol police officer, Dohrmann said.

☆ A man and his stepson were charged with assaulting police officers on Jan. 6 after telling investigators, 'conservatives don't protest, they have jobs'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A man and his stepson were arrested this week on several Capitol riot charges. Prosecutors say Richard Slaughter and Caden Paul Gottfried fought cops in a Capitol tunnel Jan. 6. Richard Slaughter, 40, and Caden Paul Gottfried, 20, were arrested and charged Wednesday for their role in the January 6, 2021 insurrection. Gottfried was also in the tunnel and used his body weight to push against the guarding officers, according to prosecutors. Slaughter was sworn in as an Orting School District school board director in December 2021.

☆ A cop put on a MAGA hat to save fellow officers on Jan. 6 – and an Oath Keeper helped
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +18 min

“Escorted!”The man escorting them, with the bullhorn in the Eddie Bauer jacket, was a member of the far-right Oath Keepers organization. Three other Oath Keepers — Joshua James, Brian Ulrich and William Todd Wilson — have already pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy. Johnson wasn’t aware that Nichols was an Oath Keeper, nor of who the Oath Keepers were, his lawyer said. ‘They’re being scapegoated’The Oath Keepers charged in the seditious conspiracy, according to the government’s evidence, came prepared on Jan. 6. The judge overseeing the Oath Keepers case said that the evidence can be introduced only if the defendants witnessed it directly.

☆ Romance novel model pleads guilty to dragging officer down Capitol steps on Jan. 6
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Barnhart pleaded guilty on Wednesday to assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon before U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan. “Are you pleading guilty because you are guilty?” Sullivan asked during the virtual hearing. Logan Barnhart at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Internet sleuths investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack identified Barnhart with the help of facial recognition technology. To confirm the match, the sleuths said they were able to find Instagram posts showing Barnhart wearing the same sweatshirt and hat that he wore on Jan. 6.

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