Capitol Insurrection

More Right-Wing Extremists Arrested for Threatening Congress

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Staff Report – The Federal Bureau of Investigation continues to make arrests of right-wing extremists for threatening members of Congress, according to new announcements from the United States Department of Justice. Jaap Willem Lijbers, a Dutch national and member of the Bugaloo Bois, was arrested Tuesday on a federal criminal complaint charging him with illegal…

Capitol Insurrection Investigation: Senate Hearings Probe Defense Officials

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By Glynn Wilson – The public will get another chance to hear from Defense Department, intelligence agency and law enforcement officials this week in another Congressional hearing called to investigate the violent insurrection at the United States Capitol on January 6. It was a historic tragedy for American democracy incited by the former president and…

Evidence the Racist, Trump Insurrection is Not Over

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Pennsylvania Lawyer Indicted For Threatening To Murder Members of the Senate – Staff Report – In a case of clear evidence that the right-wing, racist Trump insurrection against American Democracy is not over, a Conservative Pennsylvania lawyer has been arrested and indicted by a federal grand jury for threatening to murder members of the United…

Man From Maine Man Arrested and Charged in Capitol Breach

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Staff Report – A man from Lebanon Maine was arrested Thursday and appeared in U.S. District Court Friday on charges stemming from his assault on local law enforcement officers, as well as other crimes, during the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 that disrupted a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress in the…

Another Member of the Proud Boys Charged with Obstructing an Official Proceeding

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Staff Report – Another member of the Proud Boys, a nationalistic, chauvinist domestic terrorist organization, was arrested Thursday and charged in federal court in the District of Columbia with obstructing or impeding an official proceeding, among other charges, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Ethan Nordean, aka Rufio Panman, 30,…

Proud Boys Charged With Conspiracy in Capitol Insurrection

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By Glynn Wilson – The New York Times is now reporting that the first “conspiracy” to obstruct Capitol Police and Congress charges have been filed against two members of the far-right nationalist group the Proud Boys as of Friday night, according to federal prosecutors investigating the violent riot and insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on…

Oath Keepers Indicted in Federal Court for Conspiracy to Obstruct Congress

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By Glynn Wilson – Three individuals associated with the Oath Keepers, a radical right-wing paramilitary group focused on recruitment of current and former military, law enforcement and first responders, were indicted Thursday in federal court in the District of Columbia for conspiring to obstruct Congress in a violent insurrection on Jan. 6. Jessica Marie Watkins,…

More Domestic Terrorists Arrested and Charged in U.S. Capitol Breach

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Staff Report – More charges and arrests are coming to light in the violent attack on the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 from the U.S. Department of Justice, according to press releases just out from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in spite of a report out from The Washington Post over the weekend that…

FBI Jacksonville Arrests Pensacola Man Wanted in U.S. Capitol Siege

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Staff Report – The FBI Jacksonville Field Office has taken Jesus Rivera of Pensacola, Florida, into custody for his role in the riot and assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has charged Rivera with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or…

More Men Arrested For Capitol Insurrection, in Kentucky and California

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Staff Report – More and more participants in the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 are being investigated and arrested every day, and law enforcement officers are focusing on right-wing militia groups and Republicans for leading the unprecedented acts of sedition and coup attempt in the nation’s capital. Kentucky Man Arrested and Charged…