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N.J. among states with most number of suspects in attack on U.S. Capitol Updated Feb 03, 2021; And the Garden State is among the states with the most suspects. Several news and academic organizations are keeping track of those charged. While the lists change daily, use information from differing sources - local police, federal prosecutors and court documents - New Jersey ranks in the top five in most. CBS News reported Jan. 29 that 179 suspects had come from 39 states, and 18 hailed from Texas, followed by 14 from New York, 13 from Florida and 11 from California. They had nine from New Jerse...

Media Credit: Grace Hromin | Assistant Photo Editor Mary McCord, a POE fellow, said the “radicalization” and violence present during the Capitol riot share similar parallels with foreign terrorist organizations in how participants used social media to share ideas. A panel of media experts unpacked social media’s role in domestic terrorism last week as they reassessed the U.S. Capitol riot. Three faculty members and two staff members from the Program on Extremism covered topics like the rise of conspiracy theories through QAnon, social media companies’ accountability and their legal c...

FBI offers $75,000 reward for Capitol pipe bomb suspect AFP 1/21/2021 AFP © - This image obtained from the FBI shows a poster offering a reward for information on a suspect who allegedly planted bombs during the January 6 assault on the US Capitol The Federal Bureau of Investigation increased to $75,000 its reward Thursday for help in identifying the person who placed two pipe bombs during the January 6 assault on the US Capitol. The person, seen in a security video wearing a loose grey hoodie and black gloves, with face covered by a coronavirus mask, is believed to have...

InfoRiskToday May 5, 2021 Compliance euroinfosec) • January 15, 2021     Capitol riot suspect Aaron Mostofsky (Source: New York Post, as cited in criminal complaint) Many of the insurrectionists who marched on the Capitol on Jan. 6 and violently forced their way into the building livestreamed their activities or boasted about them via social media. So far, those self-identifying actions have helped law enforcement authorities identify some of the more than than 70 individuals charged. The riot, which occurred as la...

Stefani Reynolds / Getty Images They came prepared for war. Leroy Coffman parked his Red GMC Sierra pickup truck a stone's throw from the US Capitol Building at 9:15 on January 6. Inside the truck, legal documents allege, were 11 Molotov cocktails containing a napalm substance, a handgun, shotgun, rifle, crossbow with bolts, several machetes, camouflage smoke devices and a stun gun. Coffman also reportedly had two other guns on his person. Also in his car, the documents claim, were handwritten notes about elected officials and what was believed to be contact information for talk show hosts an...