Capitol insurrection

Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plot, according to feds

By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors are employing an unusual strategy to prove that leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group orchestrated a violent plot to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory.

Tucker Carlson’s scorn for Trump revealed in defamation lawsuit filings

By David Bauder, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

The defamation lawsuit against Fox News by a voting machine company is revealing some bluntly negative behind-the-scenes Fox attitudes toward Donald Trump.

Fox News star Tucker Carlson ramps up Jan. 6 lies with footage provided by House Republicans

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's decision to unleash a trove of Jan. 6 Capitol attack footage to Fox News' Tucker Carlson has launched a wholesale Republican effort to rewrite the history of the deadly siege.

Justice Department says Trump can be sued by Capitol Police for Jan. 6 actions

By Associated Press

The Justice Department says former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Speaker McCarthy grants Tucker Carlson access to Jan. 6 surveillance footage

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

A hard-right political commentator, Carlson says his team is spending the week at the Capitol poring through the video and preparing to reveal their findings. But granting such high-profile access to sensitive security details to such a deeply partisan figure…

Biden fires Architect of the Capitol over alleged abuses

By Lisa Mascaro, Colleen Long, Associated Press

An inspector general report released last year found "administrative, ethical and policy violations" by Blanton, including that he abused his government vehicle and misrepresented himself as a law enforcement official.

WATCH: ‘No place for political violence,’ Biden says in condemning Pelosi attack

By Hannah Grabenstein

President Joe Biden concluded his State of the Union address Tuesday night by remembering the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and by encouraging Americans to embrace democracy and reject political extremism.

Some Capitol rioters apologize in court for Jan. 6, downplay crimes after

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

Some Jan. 6 defendants who have expressed remorse in court for joining the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol have later struck a different tone or downplayed the deadly riot publicly.

New Jersey man sentenced to prison for attacking Capitol officer who later died

By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

A New Jersey man who joined a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for using pepper spray to assault police officers, one of whom died a day after the siege.

Jury finds 4 Oath Keepers guilty of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 case

By Michael Kunzelman, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

Four members of the Oath Keepers were convicted Monday of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack in the second major trial of far-right extremists accused of plotting to forcibly keep President Donald Trump in power.