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A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for attacking a police officer with a Donald Trump flag during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot

PHILADELPHIA — A Montgomery County man who beat a Washington, D.C., police officer with a Trump flag during the Capitol riot was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison Friday — one of the harshest punishments imposed so far for a person accused in the Jan. 6 attack.

As the events of the January 6 insurrection unfolded, Fox News pivoted between obfuscation and inflammatory falsehoods — all the while internally pleading with Trump to stop the carnage.

Fox News coaxed its viewers into believing the ‘Big Lie’ that the US election was stolen, one that helped stoked the Capitol Hill insurrection.

Lachlan Murdoch has sent Crikey a series of letters threatening to sue over the publication of an article referencing the role of Fox News in the Capitol Hill riots. Below is a summary of what they said.

Mike Pompeo says he “never seriously” tried to use the 25th Amendment to remove former President Donald Trump from office after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Katherine Schwab flew to riot with Jenna Ryan, who infamously tweeted she would not be jailed for her actions because she is white

There was a time, not that long ago, when it wouldn’t have been major news for a top Republican to say the party should respect law enforcement and cooperate with a congressional investigation. In that sense, the buzz over former Vice President Mike Pence’s defense this week of the FBI,…

Former US vice-president Mike Pence says he will consider testifying before the committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riots if he receives an invitation. But will he be summonsed?