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At least six people seen guarding Trump ally Roger Stone The Times reviewed hundreds of videos and photos, as well as research from the Capitol Terrorist Exposers, that showed the six people, all associated with the Oath Keepers, guarding Stone on Jan. 5 and 6 and later inside the Capitol during the breach.  Stone made two public appearances on Jan. 5, near the Supreme Court and later by the White House, during which five of the individuals were seen providing security for Trump’s longtime f...

The Speaker said in a "Dear Colleague" letter that the impeachment trial and Ret. Gen. Russel Honoré’s initial security review into how to prevent a similar incident make it “clear” that “we must get to the truth of how this happened.” “To protect our security, our security, our security, our next step will be to establish an outside, independent 9/11-type Commission,” she said.  ADVERTISEMENT The commission would “investigate and report on the facts and causes relating to the...

The Louisiana Republican slammed Trump for not activating the National Guard and not instructing the mob that overtook the Capitol to back down “at the first opportunity,” saying he instead waited two hours before requesting the rioters leave.  Cassidy noted that because Trump decided not to testify in front of the Senate, he relied on the timeline, Trump’s tweets and his actions when determining his vote. The senator cited the former president’s promotion of unfounded claims of widesp...

“I thought it was a great speech,” Wallace said following Biden’s inauguration ceremony. ADVERTISEMENT “I thought this was the best inaugural address I ever heard,” he added.  Wallace called attention to the fact that “obviously” the speech “was colored by the emotion” of the Capitol riots two weeks ago, when a mob of former President Trump “There was a mob of thugs, of insurrectionists, of domestic terrorists on the inaugural stand,” the Fox News host said. “And Joe Bi...

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris arrive for their inauguration ceremony. "The insurrection wasnt an attack on Congress or on a party, it was an assault on our democracy and on the peaceful transition of power and the will of the people, he said. "While that mob failed ... it did embolden armed groups across our country and provoked new threats to American cities. Kristi Johnson, assistant director in charge of the FBI-Los Angeles field office, said the agency is ...

“Boebert deserves to be judged on the merit of her ideas, on her actions and on her words, which are damning enough, without her critics fabricating tours or circulating grainy photos of protesters next to photos of her mother,” the editors wrote. “That’s as bad as the Antifa-led-the-insurrection conspiracies.” The staff editorial also labeled Rep. Steve Cohen Cohen’s office did not immediately return a request for comment on the editorial board’s criticism. The board noted that ...

“We learned a lot about our system of government over the last four years with a president who disdains democracy, and as you have said numerous times has other agendas,” Clinton said. “What they all are, I don’t think we yet know."  ADVERTISEMENT “I hope historically we will find out who he’s beholden to, who pulls his strings,” she continued. “I would love to see his phone records to see whether he was talking to Putin the day that the insurgents invaded our Capitol.” The 2...

ADVERTISEMENT But the Army secretary said the FBI’s vetting has not surfaced any problems, and there has not been any evidence of insider attacks after attending a three-hour security drill for the inauguration. ”We’re continually going through the process, and taking second, third looks at every one of the individuals assigned to this operation,” McCarthy told the AP.  “The question is, is that all of them? Are there others?” said McCarthy. “We need to be conscious of it and we ...

By Justine Coleman - 01/17/21 04:09 PM EST   Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said Sunday that he hopes Americans will come to realize that the Trump presidency was a “failed experiment.”  Johnson, who served as Homeland Security secretary under former President Obama, told CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” that he thinks history will not remember the Trump presidency and “those who supported it kindly” even if the Senate decides not to convict Trump of inciting th...

The danger to the public and to law enforcement officers from explosive devices during protests planned in all 50 states between now and Inauguration Day "is substantial," the FBI warned in a new awareness bulletin obtained by ABC News.