Charging documents for Glen Wes Lee Croy include photos that appear to show him posing with a bust of Lincoln inside the Capitol during the insurrection.
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A truck flying the flag of the III Percenter anti-government militia group at a rally for President Donald Trump in downtown Colorado Springs on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, the same day former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential race, denying Trump a second term.
Many of the hundreds of suspects charged with storming the U.S. Capitol came from small towns across America where they made no effort to hide even extreme political views.
But in many cases, even in rural areas where the local police and deputies might have the best chance of spotting extremists, law enforcement was unaware of the militia members and others operating in plain sight.
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U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn, flanked by Special Agent in Charge Dean Phillips for the FBI Denver Division, left, and Pueblo Chief of Police Troy Davenport announce the arrest in a plot to bomb Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colo., Nov. 4, 2019.
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Colorado’s U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn told CPR News he will resign effective Feb. 28.
Dunn, an appointee of former President Trump, was among the more than 50 top federal prosecutors across the country who were asked to resign as President Biden’s Department of Justice begins to install their own picks for the top jobs.
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Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., one of the Democratic House impeachment managers, arrives as opening arguments begin in former President Donald Trump s impeachment trial, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021.
The political show, that is.
This week, two Coloradans took center stage at the second impeachment trial of former president Trump, while back at the state capitol, state lawmakers are warming up for the restart of the legislative session, with plenty of big policies and political drama waiting in the wings. Our hosts Bente Birkeland, Andy Kenney, and Caitlyn Kim are together again to talk about it all.