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Rolling Stone is out with an exclusive that features interviews with two unnamed organizers of the Jan. 6 protest in DC, both of whom are cooperating with the House panel...

The two witnesses are cooperating with the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot. The bombshell report details how members of Trumps orbit helped the riot happen.

In this image included in an FBI document, Janesville resident Michael Fitzgerald is said to be marked within the the red box shortly after he and others broke through a police line and entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.  U.S. DISTRICT COURT Federal authorities have charged a Janesville man with taking part in the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 by supporters of former President Donald Trump that left one police officer dead. A criminal complaint filed on Friday in U.S. Di...

At some point, the decision was made to direct attendees at the rally outside of the White House toward the Capitol that day, ensuring a critical mass of people that might not otherwise have been there.

The Straits Times Much is still unknown about the planning and financing of the storming of the Capitol.PHOTO: NYTIMES PublishedJan 17, 2021, 1:00 pm SGT https://str.sg/JzQe They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Get unlimited access to all stories...

US Capitol breach: Online fundraisers, frenzied calls for revolution fueled 6 January violence A few prominent firebrands, an opaque pro-Trump nonprofit and at least one wealthy donor had campaigned for weeks to amplify the president’s false claims about his defeat, stoking the anger of his supporters Jake Angeli (centre), a QAnon adherent known as the Q Shaman, with other Trump supporters who swarmed the Capitol. By Erin Schaff ...

Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images On the day of the insurrection at the US Capitol, a group of Christians were in DC taking part in the “Jericho March.” It wasn’t the first such event; others had taken place in late 2020 both in DC and at state capitals, inviting participants to sing, pray, listen to speakers, and march around Capitol buildings with the aim of calling for “election integrity.” (The Jericho March website has been updated with a statement from its org...

Hundreds of thousands Trump supporters turned out at the nation’s capital on Jan. 6 on the day of a joint session of Congress to count the Electoral College votes and certify former Vice President Joe Biden as President Elect. As a working journalist with 25 years experience, and having covered local and state events and politics, I was more than curious to attend the Washington, D.C. rallies held in response to what is perceived to be a “stolen election.” I joined with my brothe...

click to enlarge Trump tweeted "Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!" and thousands of insurrectionists heeded the call  The invasion of the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday was stoked in plain sight. For weeks, the far-right supporters of President Donald Trump railed on social media that the election had been stolen. They openly discussed the idea of violent protest on the day Congress met to certify the result. "We came up with the idea to ...