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440 have been arrested in the Capitol riot investigation but the FBI is still looking for suspects accused of vicious attacks on officers By Clare Hymes, Cassidy McDonald May 7, 2021 / 4:47 PM / CBS News The Department of Justice said as of Thursday, they had arrested approximately 440 people in connection with the Capitol riot on January 6. But four months after the attack, the FBI is still searching for suspects accused of vicious attacks on officers and members of the...

Under-the-radar court case helps piece together cop dragging during Capitol riot The Justice Department has built out one of its most gripping and complex investigations to date from the January 6 insurrection in a court case which has gotten far less attention than others about at least five rioters who dragged and beat police with flag poles and a crutch on the US Capitol steps. Investigators’ illustration of the violence in court contrasts notably from the rhetoric of right-wing commentato...

USA TODAY WASHINGTON — A federal judge said he was "inclined" to order that a Jan. 6 Capitol riot suspect remain in detention on Monday after prosecutors presented video footage of the man dragging a police officer down the steps of the Capitol and into a mob and physically assaulting officers. Jack Wade Whitton, a 30-year-old CrossFit instructor from Georgia, was identified by the government as the man in new officer-worn body camera footage also kicking officers and saying, "Youre goin...

I fed him to the people | Georgia man charged with dragging officer into mob during Capitol riot Jack Whitton is the 5th person charged in the attack of DC Police Officer dragged into the violent mob Author: Eric Flack, Stephanie Wilson, Jordan Fischer Published: 4:08 PM EDT April 5, 2021 Updated: 2:15 PM EDT April 13, 2021 WASHINGTON — A fifth man is now charged in one of the most vicious attacks on DC Police Officers during the siege on the US...

CrossFit Instructor Who Beat Officer with a Crutch Is ‘Danger to the Community’ and Should Stay Jailed Ahead of Trial, Prosecutors Argue Jerry Lambe Jack Wade Whitton Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C. on Monday asked a federal judge to reconsider allowing a man accused of assaulting several police officers with a weapon during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol to be released from prison on bond, arguing that he poses a serious threat to the safety of the community. A...

More than a third of the people charged with assaulting law enforcement officers were accused in clashes on the West Terrace, the site of some of the “heaviest violence” that day.

Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune “They had learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.” –Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Capitol Seizure “Political Violence, Risk Aversion, and Non-Localized Disease Spread: Evidence from the U.S. Capitol Riot” (PDF) [NBER]. Smartphone data. “On January 6, 2021, the U...

Trump supporter Peter Stager of Conway, Arkansas, has been indicted on seven charges for his role in the Capitol riots.

Trump supporter Peter Stager of Conway, Arkansas, has been indicted on seven charges for his role in the Capitol riots.

Arkansas man arrested for beating officer with American flag at Capitol riot indicted on several charges Conway man Peter Stager is being indicted on several counts, including aiding and abetting, assault, civil disorder, and more. Author: THV11 Digital Updated: 4:26 PM EST February 18, 2021 LITTLE ROCK, Ark — A Conway man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection to the riots at the countrys Capitol.  Peter Stager was arrested at his home in Con...