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Trump ally Bannon faces possible prison for contempt

Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump's former aide Steve Bannon arrived in court Friday to hear a judge hand down his sentence for refusing to testify in the congressional probe of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

AFP

Facial recognition used in arrest of N.Y. lawyer accused of attacking police at Capitol riot

John O'Kelly previously represented a 9/11 conspiracy theory group in a failed lawsuit.

Axios

Steve Bannon expected to appeal contempt of Congress conviction

Appeal to contend ex-Trump strategist should’ve been allowed at trial to argue he defied Capitol attack subpoena on advice of lawyers

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‘Everything we f***ing planned for’: Oath Keepers trial reveals dozens of Jan 6 messages as members stormed Capitol

Frustrated by Trump’s response, Stewart Rhodes was prepared to ‘rise up in insurrection’ without him as the militia group planned to breach the Capitol, according to prosecutors

The Independent UK

Ex-Trump aide Bannon faces possible prison for contempt

Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump's former aide Steve Bannon faces possible prison time Friday, when a judge will set his sentence for refusing to testify in Congress' probe of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

AFP

Editorial: As Election Day nears, Jan. 6 committee hearing serves as a reminder that democracy is on the ballot

The House select committee’s ninth and likely final hearing involving the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol cemented the case that former President Donald Trump and his supporters plotted a coup.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Bristol mayor likens ACORN renters' protest to deadly Capitol attack

Marvin Rees criticised for calling City Hall demo an “exercise in entitlement and privilege"

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Capitol Police detain three armed suspects near Supreme Court

U.S. Capitol Police shut down streets around the Supreme Court and Library of Congress on Wednesday afternoon while investigating a suspicious vehicle — leading to the arrest of two men and a woman.

Tribune News Service

Far-right ex-UCLA student sentenced to 3.5 years in prison over Capitol insurrection

Christian Secor, a follower of white nationalist Nick Fuentes, was among a group of rioters pushing through a doorway into the Capitol.

Axios

GOP chairwoman of Georgia's Taylor County and husband plead guilty to Jan. 6 charge

ATLANTA — The chairwoman of the Taylor County Republican Party has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge related to her participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

Tribune News Service

Ex-UCLA student linked to extremists gets Jan. 6 prison term

A former UCLA student who stormed the U.S. Capitol while waving a flag promoting a far-right extremist movement has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for his role in a mob’s attack on the building

The Independent UK

A former UCLA student was sentenced to over three years in prison for Capitol riot

Christian Secor, a former UCLA student and follower of the far-right racist livestreamer Nick Fuentes, was sentenced on Wednesday for obstructing congress during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

WEKU

Oath Keeper wanted to stop Biden win ‘one way or the other’

WASHINGTON — A military veteran who stormed the U.S. Capitol with the Oath Keepers testified that members of the far-right militia group were set on stopping the certification of the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021, with violence, if necessary.

Tribune News Service

New January 6 video contradicts Republican’s claims about Nancy Pelosi

Steve Scalise questioned whether Democrats sought help on January 6, but video shows him standing near Pelosi as she called for national guard troops

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Editorial: The Baltimore comes out in Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi can be a polarizing figure, representing, for some, far-left politics and entrenched Democratic leadership. Her San Francisco district is upscale, urban and liberal. In short, it’s the epicenter of the California left coast. Yet every once in a while, the 82-year-old speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives,…

Reason

'Pro-Democracy' Journalism's Problem With the Facts

Influential media critic Margaret Sullivan demonstrates the perils of letting narrative get ahead of verification.

Salon

"Most important" elections ever?

Brad Woodhouse of the Defend Democracy Project: These are no ordinary midterms; they'll determine America's future

Tribune News Service

Justice Department requests prison sentence for Steve Bannon

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department recommended a sentence of six months in prison and a $200,000 fine for Steve Bannon on charges that he defied a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene now claims she was a ‘victim’ of Jan 6. Her past comments paint a more complicated picture

Outspoken pro-Trump Georgia congresswoman insists she is a ‘victim’ of the attempted insurrection, in which five people died

AFP

US seeks six months in jail for ex-Trump aide Bannon

Washington (AFP) - The US Justice Department asked a judge Monday to sentence Donald Trump's former aide Steve Bannon to six months in prison for refusing to testify in Congress's probe of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

The Independent UK

In Wisconsin, voters shrug off GOP candidate’s Jan. 6 tie

Republicans see a chance to pick up a House seat in western Wisconsin where retired Navy SEAL Derrick Van Orden nearly won two years ago against Democratic incumbent Ron Kind

AFP

Biden calls latest January 6 testimony 'devastating'

Portland (AFP) - US President Joe Biden on Saturday said the latest testimony and video evidence presented by lawmakers probing the deadly 2021 attack on the Capitol -- including footage of House leaders asking for help -- was "devastating."

Tribune News Service

Secret Service minimized threats before Jan. 6, documents show

A Secret Service unit responsible for identifying threats repeatedly downplayed advance warnings of potential violence on Jan. 6, 2021, newly released documents show, a lapse that is now part of the House investigation into the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Salon

We get it: He's guilty. Does it matter?

Donald Trump is encircled by multiple investigations. He could end up broke and in jail. His fans do not care

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: Jan. 6 hearings were memorable even without many soundbites

What will we remember from the House hearings investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol?

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