The massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, highlights disparities in how federal laws regulate rifles and handguns. The shooter bought two rifles days after his 18th birthday. By Kiah Collier and Jeremy Schwartz – ProPublica and The Texas Tribune – Co-published with ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. The fact that the gunman responsible…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Maryland man who was among the youngest charged with participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Tuesday to nearly three years in prison. Matthew Ryan Miller, 23, of Cooksville, Maryland, was sentenced in the District of Columbia for assaulting law enforcement officers and…
The First Amendment Guarantee of ‘Free Speech’ Only Applies to Government Censorship, Not Moderation by Private Social Media Companies – By Glynn Wilson – In an important ruling that should make it clear to the American people why the Constitutional right of free speech does not apply to private companies, including social media platforms like…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Trump supporter from Missouri and an admitted member of the right-wing domestic terrorist group the Proud Boys pleaded guilty this week in federal court to a felony charge for obstructing police during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions disrupted a joint session…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Another Trump supporter from Florida was arrested and charged this week for assaulting police officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob breached the building and disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying the electoral votes confirming Joe Biden as president.…
Virginia Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Felony Conspiracy – New Mexico Man Found Guilty – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A reward of $15,000 is being offered in exchange for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Jonathan Daniel Pollock, 23, of Lakeland, Florida, for his role in connection with the violence at…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Trump supporter from Wisconsin was arrested last week for assaulting police and using a deadly or dangerous weapon during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted the peaceful transfer of power by delaying a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Trump supporter from New York was arrested this week for assaulting police during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted the peaceful transfer of power and delated a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying the electoral votes that showed Joe…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The radical domestic terrorists who got sucked into Donald Trump’s insurrectionist message against a legitimate election and followed the former president into the violent breach of the citadel of American Democracy on Jan. 6, 2021, are being taken out one by one and shown the inside of federal…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice announced four more arrests of Trump supporters involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection in the past week from Maryland, Tennessee, Texas and Michigan. A Maryland man was arrested this week on charges stemming from the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,…
Select Committee Plans Public Hearings in April – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol indicated for the first time on Wednesday that there was enough evidence to charge former President Donald Trump and some of his allies with conspiracy to commit fraud…
Staff Report – ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal jury in St. Paul, Minnesota found three former police officers guilty of federal civil rights offenses this week for their involvement in the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 that sparked international outrage and spawned a movement of protest against racist, corrupt cops who…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON. D.C. — A Massachusetts man was arrested this week for assaulting police during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying the electoral votes confirming Joe Biden as the winner in the presidential election of 2020. Vincent…
By Glynn Wilson — WASHINGTON, D.C. — It shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that being offered payment in cryptocurrency to hide nuclear submarine secrets in a peanut butter sandwich and a chewing gum package might be an under cover agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, not a spy for Russian dictator…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Virginia man was arrested Thursday for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of counting the electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020. Markus Maly, 47, of Fincastle, Virginia, is…
Texas Man Arrested for Making Election-Related Threats to Government Officials – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Department of Justice has pivoted in its investigation of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to arresting and charging alleged domestic terrorists who pose a continuing threat to elections. In the first criminal case…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol announced subpoenas Tuesday demanding documents from Rudy Giuliani and the legal team that pursued false claims of voter fraud in a series of lawsuits for former President Donald J. Trump. Chairman Bennie G. Thompson announced the…
Staff Report – ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general around the country in continuing the court fight to end Facebook’s illegal efforts to stifle competition and protect its monopoly power. The coalition filed an appeal brief on Friday arguing that the district court’s…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oath Keepers extremist group founder and leader Stewart Rhodes, 56, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday and charged with seditious conspiracy — the toughest charge to date in the ongoing investigation — along with 10 of his cohorts involved in planning for insurrection on Jan. 6,…
FBI Arrests Other Insurrectionist from Florida and Colorado – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A man who watched and cheered the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, then moved to the front of the Trump mob and hurled a fire extinguisher, a plank and a long pole at police officers, was sentenced Friday to…
