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Partway through a crowded hearing Tuesday involving multiple defendants in the alleged Oath Keepers conspiracy to attack Congress on Jan. 6…

US Department of Justice Photo of Christopher Kelly outside the US Capitol on Jan. 6 included in his charging papers WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors disclosed Tuesday that for the first time they’re dropping one of the 450-plus cases filed against people accused of descending on the US Capitol on Jan. 6. Christopher Kelly of New York was arrested two weeks after the insurrection and charged with obstruction of an official proceeding, which is a felony crime, and several misdemeanor count...

Indiana Man Arrested for Role in Capitol Riot WASHINGTON — A Vincennes man was arrested earlier this week in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Jonathan Ace Sanders, Sr. is charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. Court papers say an anonymous tip was received by the FBI on Jan. 12. The tipster said that “Jon Sanders” bragged that he was at the Capitol building ...

Few plea bargains in U.S. Capitol riot cases as prosecutors stand firm Reuters | May 22, 2021 12:31 AM EDT Pro-Trump protesters storm the U.S. Capitol to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, (Photo : REUTERS/Ahmed Gaber) Nearly four months after the U.S. Capitol attack, just one of more than 440 people charged has pleaded guilty, a sign of tough conditions set by prosecutors for plea deals and resistance by defense lawyers to their deman...

Many of the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6 walked away with a stolen souvenir, but they all left behind endless news stories about their arrests. Just this Monday, on May 17, a Denton man became the 23rd North Texan arrested in connection with the riots. In the unwinding, strange saga of the Capitol insurrectionists, here are 10 of the wildest exposures so far. Robert Chapman Robert Chapman from New York was one of the many men who posted on Bumble, of all places, that ...

By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly four months after the U.S. Capitol attack, just one of more than 440 people charged has pleaded guilty...

US Marine officer charged in Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection Major Christopher Warnagiris is the first active duty military officer to be charged over the attack, in which several hundred Trump backers stormed the seat of the US legislature and shut down a session confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the November presidential election. A Trump supporter gestures to other demonstrators as they try to break into ...

US Marine officer charged in Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection AFP 1 hr ago AFP © Olivier DOULIERY Police hold back supporters of then-president Donald Trump outside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, before the crowd broke through and stormed the legislature A US Marine major was arrested Thursday on charges of participating in the violent January 6 assault on the Capitol by supporters of former president Donald Trump, the Justice Department said. Major Christopher Warnagiris is...

BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "[ DEMONS & WIZARDS] treated us very well. They were nice to us. I didnt talk to them terribly much. I talked most to Hansi and maybe their manager also. But I talked to Jon Schaffer about — I dont know — three times maybe, [for] anywhere from five minutes to half an hour. And he seemed nice enough, honestly. Very American. But apparently he was part of a group called the Oath Keepers" — a large but loosely organized collection of individuals, some of whom are associ...

Justice Dept. Starts to Seek Plea Deals in Capitol Riot Cases Prosecutors are negotiating agreements as they confront a sprawling investigation with hundreds of defendants. If many of the more than 400 defendants charged in connection with the Capitol attack on Jan. 6 plead guilty, it will relieve Washington’s federal court of the burden of conducting scores of trials at once.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times May 7, 2021 The prosecutors overseeing the vast investigation into the riot at...