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Kansas man who pushed Capitol police officer in Jan. 6 riot is sentenced to prison

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas man who pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting or impeding a federal officer during the Capitol riot was sentenced Wednesday to 20 months in prison and two years of supervised release.

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GOPers call "bulls**t" on Tucker J6 spin

Capitol Police chief says Carlson segment "filled with offensive and misleading conclusions"

Salon

As state-run police expand into Jackson, some welcome the help. Others see racism

To help combat Jackson's per capita murder rate, which is one of the worst in the country, the state Legislature expanded the reach of the Capitol Police. City leaders say they've been sidelined.

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Fox News host under fire from capitol police for trying to paint January 6 insurrection as ‘peaceful’

Tucker Carlson has sought to defend the action of the pro-Trump mob

Evening Standard

Mississippi Senate OKs bill that expands police in majority-Black state capitol

Supporters of the bill say they are trying to improve public safety in Jackson but critics say the bill is a paternalistic attempt to intrude on local decision-making and voting rights in the capital.

WEKU

Trump demands release of Jan. 6 attackers after Tucker Carlson airs Capitol footage on Fox News

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday demanded the release of imprisoned violent Jan. 6 attackers after Fox News host Tucker Carlson aired previously unseen security footage from the storming of the Capitol.

Tribune News Service

Tucker Carlson attacks critics but offers little new in second part of Jan 6 video ‘scoop’

Senior Republicans, including Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, had criticised Fox News host’s attempt to whitewash the Capitol riot

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Capitol Police chief accuses Tucker Carlson of using ‘cherry-picked’ Jan 6 footage to push agenda

Fox host insists rioters who assaulted cops, smashed windows and defaced offices were ‘meek’

The Independent UK

Mississippi Senate OKs bill affecting majority-Black city

The majority-white and Republican-led Mississippi Senate has passed its version of a bill to allow an expanded role for state police and appointed judges inside the majority-Black and Democrat-led capital city of Jackson

The Independent UK

Tucker and Trump’s problematic new love affair with the ‘QAnon Shaman’

Costume-wearing rioter pleaded guilty to one felony charge in late 2021

The Independent UK

Despite McConnell's rebuke, McCarthy defends Jan. 6 tape release to Fox News

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell joined U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger in slamming Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 program. Carlson began a two-part show series on the insurrection Monday night.

WEKU

Senate Republicans condemn Tucker Carlson portrayal of Jan. 6. attack

"It was not peaceful. It was an abomination."

Axios

Tucker Carlson amplifies Jan. 6 lies with GOP-provided video

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to unleash a trove of Jan. 6 Capitol attack footage to Fox News’ Tucker Carlson has launched a wholesale Republican effort to rewrite the history of the deadly siege

The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson downplays Jan 6 violence with Fox News segment falsely depicting ‘peaceful’ riot

Highly watched Fox News personality airs false election claims and santises the Capitol attack using footage exclusively provided to him by Kevin McCarthy in his bid for the speaker’s gavel

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Slain man's mother decries plan to expand Mississippi police

The mother of a 25-year-old Black man who was shot to death by Mississippi Capitol Police last year is telling state lawmakers that she strongly opposes giving the state-run police department wider territory to patrol inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson

Roll Call

House Administration Republicans turn to public in Jan. 6 inquiry - Roll Call

The House Administration committee is asking the public about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, as it investigates the federal government’s response.

Tribune News Service

Judge in Kansas man’s Jan. 6 case wants more info on video given Tucker Carlson, others

A federal judge on Friday delayed ruling on a Topeka man’s request to release video in his Capitol riot case that he says shows undercover Metropolitan Police officers inciting protesters on Jan. 6.

Tribune News Service

Q&A: Bryan Steil on the importance of doing the ‘homework’

Bryan Steil wasted no time getting the House Administration Committee off the ground.

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Trump Can Be Sued for Jan. 6 Riot Harm, Justice Dept. Says

Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol, the Justice Department said Thursday in a federal court case testing Trump's legal vulnerability for his speech before the riot. The Justice Department told a…

Tribune News Service

Trump not immune from lawmaker lawsuits over Jan. 6 attack, US says

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers and Capitol Police officers should be able to pursue civil lawsuits against former President Donald Trump over actions he took leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the Justice Department told a federal appeals court Thursday.

The Independent UK

Justice Dept: Trump can be sued by police for Jan. 6 actions

The Justice Department says former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol

Tribune News Service

Democrats on House Administration panel vexed by decision on Jan. 6 footage

WASHINGTON — Democratic members of the House panel possessing the records from the Jan. 6 Capitol attack are angered and left with a litany of questions after Speaker Kevin McCarthy unilaterally decided to share footage of the attack with Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

Roll Call

Bryan Steil on the importance of doing the 'homework' - Roll Call

Steil's agenda includes reviewing the composition of the Capitol Police Board and holding legislative agencies more accountable.

Roll Call

House Administration Democrats vexed by decision on Jan. 6 footage - Roll Call

Democrats on the panel possessing Jan. 6 Capitol attack records are angered Speaker Kevin McCarthy shared footage with Fox's Tucker Carlson.

The Independent UK

Kevin McCarthy defends giving trove of Jan 6 footage to Tucker Carlson: ‘It almost seems like the press is jealous’

The speaker says “everyone’s gonna get” access to the footage amid concerns of an ideologial Fox News narrative

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