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Trump indicted for efforts to overturn results of 2020 presidential election

Donald Trump was charged Tuesday in a Justice Department investigation into his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the run-up to the violent riot by his supporters at the US Capitol.

France 24

Formerly allies, now rivals: Ex-US VP Pence joins Republican primary race against Trump

The former US vice president is launching a bid for the White House. This is no normal set of circumstances for Mike Pence, who was loyal to former US President Donald Trump for years, only parting ways with him after the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. Pence is…

France 24

From Yale to jail: Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers 'general'

Washington (AFP) - To Stewart Rhodes, his conviction for leading the far-right Oath Keepers militia in the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol made him America's premier political prisoner -- the equivalent of Russian dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

AFP

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Defiant far-right leader jailed over role in US Capitol attack

The founder of the Oath Keepers group has been sentenced to 18 years in jail over his role in the US Capitol riots.

The New Daily

Oath Keepers chief gets 18 years for Jan. 6 plot to attack US Capitol

The leader of the right-wing Oath Keepers group was ordered to serve 18 years in prison for his role in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol and conspiring to use force to keep Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 presidential election.

Tribune News Service

A U-haul truck, a Nazi flag and threats to kill the president: What we know about the White House crash

The incident will no doubt be setting off alarm bells around Capitol Hill – coming at a time when lawmakers and government officials have faced growing threats and just two years after Donald Trump supporters succeeding in storming the US Capitol in the January 6 riot. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK

Four far-right Proud Boys convicted of sedition over Capitol attack

Washington (AFP) - Four members of the far-right Proud Boys were convicted of seditious conspiracy on Thursday for their roles in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former president Donald Trump.

AFP

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Ex-Proud Boys leader blames Trump for January 6 attack

‘It was Donald Trump’s words, it was his motivation, it was his anger that caused what occurred on January 6 in your amazing and beautiful city,’ says lawyer

The Independent UK

Trump, Facing Potential Indictment, Holds Defiant Waco Rally

Facing a potential indictment, Donald Trump took a defiant stance at a rally Saturday in Waco, disparaging the prosecutors investigating him and predicting his vindication as he rallied supporters in a city made famous by deadly resistance against law enforcement. With a hand over his heart, Trump stood at attention…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Donald Trump provokes riots at rally - and dangerously played videos of Jan 6 insurrection

Trump began the rally by playing a song, 'Justice for All', that features a choir of men imprisoned for their role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol

Daily Mirror

Trump camp slams 'political' prosecution, Democrats brace for 'unrest'

Washington (AFP) - Senior Republicans Sunday echoed Donald Trump's claim that a looming indictment in a hush-money case would amount to political "persecution," while Democrats warned his call for protests could trigger a repeat of chaos his supporters unleashed at the US Capitol.

AFP

Right-wing troll who sexually harassed AOC on steps of US Capitol sues her for blocking him on Twitter

AOC blocked Alex Stein in July 2022 when the far-right provocateur shouted lewd and derogatory comments at her as she walked up the steps of the US Capitol

The Independent UK

Pence says history will hold Trump 'accountable' for Capitol attack

Washington (AFP) - Former US vice president Mike Pence said Saturday that history would hold former president Donald Trump "accountable" for his role in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, US media reported.

AFP

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