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Insurrectionists who invaded the US Capitol planned to take members of Congress hostage and perhaps execute them in a military-style offensive, prosecutors have alleged.

Noah Calderon’s Google search queries included the Columbine High School shooters, how to make bombs, and the names of several local public schools.

Noah Robert Calderon, who also was found with child pornography, displayed fascination with high-profile mass shooters, including Columbine High School gunmen, online.

Larry Brock Jr., 53, the Air Force Academy grad arrested on charges connected to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the nations Capitol, needs financial help to pay his legal defense expenses, according to a funding site. Larry Brock Sr. and Lynda Davison set up the givesendgo.com account (the site bills itself as "The Leader in Christian fundraising") that so far has raised $1,210 of its $20,000 goal. The site paints Brock, who graduated from the Academy in 1989 and achieved the rank of lieutenant col...

Highly-trained ex-military and cops counted among Capitol rioters By Michael Biesecker, Jake Bleiberg and James Laporta Published  Timeline of the riot at the US Capitol on Jan. 6 What started as a congressional and democratic exercise in the peaceful transfer of power, devolved into death, destruction and chaos. WASHINGTON (AP) - As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor t...

/ This undated photo provided by the Grapevine Texas Police Department shows, Larry Rendall Brock Jr. During the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, Brock was photographed on the Senate floor wearing a helmet and heavy vest and carrying zip-tie handcuffs. The retired Air Force officer was arrested in Texas and charged Sunday, Jan. 10 in federal court in the District of Columbia. A retired Air Force officer who was part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week ...

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The pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to "capture and assassinate elected officials," federal prosecutors said in court documents.

The Justice Department is requesting an omission of a claim made in a court filing that says U.S. Capitol rioters intended to kill or capture lawmakers.

Jan 15, 2021 FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. An Arizona man seen in photos and video of the mob wearing a fur hat with horns was also charged Saturday in Wednesdays chaos. Jacob Anthony Chansley, who also goes by the name Jake Angeli, was taken into custody Saturday, Jan. 9. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) PHOENIX (AP) — Federal prosecut...