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The FBI says it infiltrated a militia-style group's 'Bible study' after tracking a suspect in the Capitol riot
An FBI special agent says Li Duong hosted meetings of a self-described Bible-study group that discu…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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A New Jersey man is facing charges after his UPS coworkers told the FBI he 'gloated' and showed them videos of his time at the Capitol riot
Donald Smith's coworkers told the FBI he bragged about entering House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office…
Yelena Dzhanova
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A college senior who wrote 'I don't know what treason is' and bragged about her role in the Capitol riot on social media took a plea deal
Gracyn Courtright, who was pictured carrying a "members only" sign inside the Capitol on January 6,…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Why only 13 Capitol riot suspects have pleaded guilty, even though hundreds have been charged, according to a former federal prosecutor
Neama Rahmani said the slow processing of Capitol riot cases was because prosecutors usually invest…
Ashley Collman
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A member of the Air National Guard took leave from work to participate in the Capitol riot, police say
Video footage captured Jamie Lynn Ferguson with the West Virginia Air National Guard inside the Cap…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers met the day before the Capitol Riot. A documentary film crew was present.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers leader Steward Rhodes met in an underground parki…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Parler allegedly warned the FBI of 'specific threats of violence' more than 50 times ahead of the Capitol riot
The Justice Department has previously said insurrectionists used Parler's platform to plan the viol…
Yelena Dzhanova
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A Trump aide outlined how the then-president could redirect anger over the Capitol riot towards 'ANTIFA,' 'crazed leftists,' and the 'fake news media'
"Call me crazy, but ideas for two tweets from POTUS," read Miller's text, outlining how Trump could…
Cheryl Teh
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The leader of the right-wing Oath Keepers was arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the DOJ's Capitol-riot probe
Rhodes' arrest is the most significant to date in the Capitol-riot probe and marks the first time t…
Oma Seddiq,Sonam Sheth
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2 men who Googled 'is it illegal to go into the Capitol' were arrested and charged in Capitol riot
Prosecutors also accused Brian Raymond Jones and Patrick John King of smoking weed inside the Capit…
Erin Snodgrass
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A Capitol rioter said participating in the insurrection gave him 'street cred' and a 'badge of honor' among conservatives
He said the Capitol riot motivated him to start up his own law firm that represents workers who do …
Yelena Dzhanova
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2 men who pepper-sprayed officers at the Capitol riot last year wept as a judge sentenced them to over 3 years in prison
Cody Mattice and James Mault asked Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell for leniency. Howell s…
Yelena Dzhanova
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The Capitol riot defendants may be starting to turn on one another, outing far-right extremist leaders
Several defendants in January's Capitol riot are said to have flipped or to be considering helping …
Cheryl Teh
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As the January 6 hearings focus attention on the Capitol riot, one huge mystery remains.
The night before the Capitol Riot, an individual planted two pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC. Th…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Insurrectionists are rushing to delete evidence of their participation in the Capitol riot, report says
Several rioters have smashed their own phones in an attempt to thwart FBI investigators looking for…
Yelena Dzhanova
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A Capitol riot defendant wants her trial moved to Texas because she says DC is 'too anti-Trump' and 'politically correct'
Attorneys for Jenny Cudd, who was charged in the Capitol riots, said that the trial should be moved…
Cheryl Teh
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Republican lawmakers say Pelosi skirted by House metal detectors installed after the Capitol riot and should be fined
At least two Republican lawmakers who've refused to walk through the metal detectors installed afte…
Yelena Dzhanova
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The FBI has arrested a Capitol riot suspect who boasted on TV that she 'would do it again tomorrow'
Lori Vinson was arrested in Owensboro, Kentucky, on Tuesday. She previously gave multiple TV interv…
Ashley Collman
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Polls show Trump and the GOP's efforts to downplay the January 6 Capitol riot are working
Trump has spent the last year downplaying the Capitol riot and leaning into the lie that the 2020 e…
Eliza Relman
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Capitol-riot suspect accused of attacking police texted his girlfriend that the insurrection was 'so fun,' prosecutors say
The 47-year-old Virginia man was arrested after posting about the Capitol riot online, federal pros…