Another Coloradan has been arrested for allegedly storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Timothy Wayne Williams, 38, of Trinidad was arrested Friday for being part of the mob that forcefully entered the Capitol as Congress was certifying the results of the presidential election. Williams is charged with several crimes, according to the U.S.
The U.S. Capitol on Feb. 9, 2021.
Despite a last minute push by the family of fallen Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick and another officer injured after a pro-Trump mob stormed of the U.S. Capitol, Senate Republicans are poised to block a vote on a bill that would create a bipartisan commission to examine the events of January 6.
In the evenly divided Senate, 10 Republicans would have to vote yes to avoid the filibuster. So far, only three have gone on record saying they support the creation of the commission.
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has come out against the measure, which would have followed the model of the 9/11 Commission, much to the chagrin but not to the surprise of Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet.
Image from Hunter Palm s Arrest Warrant
Authorities arrested a man in Denver this week for his alleged involvement in the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot. Several of his actions, including allegedly invading Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi s office, were caught on video.
Among the videos Hunter Palm turned over to the FBI, one allegedly shows him joining a crowd on the way to Pelosi s office. Near him, someone can be heard saying, We re gonna kill her. As they reach the door of her office, another shouts, Come on you (expletive) Pelosi, get the (expletive) outta here.”
Once inside the Speaker s conference room, Palm approaches a locked laptop, asking people around him, who s good at hacking? Who s good at hacking? Photos from others in the crowd show him sitting with his feet up on the conference table, wrapped in a version of the American flag. The video captures him saying, I think I like my new dining table. I pay for it.
Violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Logan Grover of Erie, Colorado, first came to the FBI s attention about two weeks after the attack, when informants reported a Facebook post he made ahead of traveling to Washington, D.C.
According to the post, which the FBI included in its statement of fact about his arrest, Grover wrote, If you accept the reality that the election was stolen, than (sic) you cannot accept Biden as the new president & neither can I.
Further in the post, Grover wrote this was his first protest and he wasn t sure what to do, concluding, I have no interest in violence. Sadly I recognize that violence is highly likely. I am not certain what is going to happen tomorrow. I am certain I need to be here.
Credit Integrity First for America / integrityfirstforamerica.org
In August of 2017, white supremacists and neo-Nazi groups violently attacked a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. There were numerous injuries and one death. Since, armed protesters have invaded the Capitol building in Lansing and led an insurrection at the nation s Capitol. Tonight, State Representative Felicia Brabec of Ann Arbor will moderate a discussion put forth by Integrity First for America, a non-partisan, non-profit civil rights organization supporting a lawsuit by a group of Charlottesville residents.
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