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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 counts for illegally entering the Capitol. More than four months later, a prosecutor notified the judge i...

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 during the riots and was only 70 feet away from the woman who was shot. The tipster said he possibly...

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 demands. This reflects the high stakes of cases stemming from the worst violence at the Capitol in modern...

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 they were at the Capitol in January. He is also one of the few of those men whom justice has slapped...