Politics Aug 31 Two ex-Proud Boys leaders get long sentences in Jan. 6 Capitol attack The 17-year prison term for organizer Joseph Biggs and 15-year sentence for leader Zachary Rehl are some of the longest sentences handed down yet in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack.
Politics Aug 30 Judge’s illness delays sentencing for former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case The Justice Department is seeking a 33-year prison sentence for the 39-year-old Tarrio, who's from Miami. That's nearly twice the length of the longest prison term so far among hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions.
Politics Aug 28 Judge sets March 4 trial date for Trump’s federal election subversion case The Republican ex-president was charged earlier this month in a four-count indictment with scheming to undo the result of the election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
Politics Aug 11 Judge warns Trump against ‘inflammatory statements,’ agrees to limited protective order in 2020 election case “Your client’s defense is supposed to happen in this courtroom, not on the internet,” U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan told Trump's lawyers.
Politics Aug 11 Judge hears arguments over protective order in Trump’s 2020 election case At the start of Friday's hearing, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said she is prepared to rule immediately on some of the defense’s proposed revisions and plans to issue a protective order “as quickly as possible” after the hearing.
Politics Aug 09 Trump wants his election conspiracy trial moved away from Washington. That won’t be easy Trump and his attorney say they're eyeing West Virginia, which Trump easily won in 2020. But there's a notoriously high bar for proving the jury pool is so biased or tainted by pretrial publicity that the trial must be moved.
Politics Aug 03 Trump pleads not guilty to federal felonies related to the 2020 election Trump pleaded not guilty to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orchestrating a brazen and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to block the peaceful transfer of presidential…
Politics Aug 03 Trump to appear in DC court over alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election Donald Trump is due in federal court in Washington, D.C., to answer charges he sought to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss.
Politics Aug 02 The judge assigned to Trump’s Jan. 6 case is known to hand down tough sentences to Capitol rioters Judge Tanya Chutkan often has handed down prison sentences in Jan. 6, 2021, riot cases that are harsher than what Justice Department prosecutors recommended.
Politics Jun 01 Oath Keeper who guarded Roger Stone before Jan. 6 attack gets over 4 years in prison Roberto Minuta was among six Oath Keeper members convicted by jurors of seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors said was a violent plot to stop the transfer of power from Trump to President Joe Biden after the 2020 election.