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Many young Americans are still reeling from their parents’ involvement in the violence of a year ago – and some reported them to the police

BBC News Im ashamed my father was a Capitol Hill rioter Close Over the past five years, Robyn Sweet became more concerned as her father became immersed in far-right conspiracy theories. Then she saw the picture of him in handcuffs inside the US Capitol building on 6 January. Douglas Sweet declined to be interviewed by the BBC. He is one of hundreds of pro-Trump protesters who stormed the US Capitol four months ago. We look at how many people have been arrested, and ask what punishment they migh...

May 10, 2021 9:00 a.m. As Virginia approached the peak of its COVID surge last January, Robyn Sweet was sick with the disease and caring for a patient who was dying from it. Then she heard the news: her father had been arrested for invading the Capitol on Jan. 6. “He felt that he was doing what the President asked him to,” Sweet, who works at a long-term care facility in the Virginia Tidewater region, told TPM. Her father, a participant at the Unite the Right rally in C...

Capitol rioters turned in by friends, family, colleagues, ex-lovers Cassidy McDonald © bstirton / Getty Images Trump Supporters Hold "Stop The Steal" Rally In DC Amid Ratification Of Presidential Election After Chris Ortiz posted a series of Instagram stories from inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, authorities say he got an Instagram message from a high school friend. "CHRIS WHAT ARE YOU DOING," the message said, according to court documents. Ortiz responded, "Participatin...

CBS News Virginia man arrested during U.S. Capitol assault is "brainwashed," daughter says Robyn Sweet was always close to her dad, Doug, growing up in Virginia. As a kid, she considered him her "rock." Her dads career at the shipyards near his home ended back in the early 1990s when he was injured on the job. Sweets parents divorced, and Doug works as a handyman in town. Sweet said she doesnt remember growing up with politics, but things changed when her father began to attend rallies. "When C...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Pushed to the edge by the Capitol riot, people are reporting their family and friends to the FBI Hannah Knowles and Paulina Villegas, The Washington Post Jan. 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Tear gas is fired at a pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.photo for The Washington Post by Evelyn Hockstein. WASHSINGTON - When a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Leslie hoped that this would be her Trump-supporting parents wake-u...

The politically liberal 35-year-old cried about the screenshots from her mothers Facebook page, posts defending the pro-Trump crowds and suggesting that Leslies mom made it at least to the Capitols steps. Then she reported her mom to the FBI - because "actions," she said, "should have consequences."

America’s day of broken glass and other quotes of the week Schwarzenegger on Kristallnacht, Cheney on Trump’s betrayal, Tillerson on the China threat, and much more. “The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack … There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.” — Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming (Tuesday, “Wednesday was the day of broken glass righ...

Authorities Say Man in ‘Camp Auschwitz Shirt at Riot Arrested The sweatshirt also contained the phrase, “Work brings freedom,” a translation of “Arbeit macht frei,” the German phrase that appeared on the camp’s entrance By Ben Finley and Denise Lavoie • Published January 13, 2021 • Updated on January 13, 2021 at 11:44 pm NBCUniversal Media, LLC A man photographed wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt during the U.S. Capitol riot was arrested Wednesday ...

Authorities say a man who was photographed wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt during the U.S. Capitol riot last week has been arrested in Virginia.