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Capitol Riot Costs Will Exceed $30 Million, Official Tells Congress

WASHINGTON — The top operations and maintenance official of the United States Capitol told lawmakers on Wednesday that the costs of the Jan. 6 attack will exceed $30 million, as his office works to provide mental health services, increase security and repair historical statues and other art damaged in the riot. “The events of Jan. […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 24, 2021, 6:32 pm
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Ex-Security Officials Spread Blame for Failures of Capitol Riot

Mr. Sund testified that the F.B.I. report reached the Capitol Police the day before the attack, but not him directly. He said that an officer assigned to a law enforcement joint terrorism task force received the document and sent it to an unnamed intelligence division official on the force. “It did not go any further […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 23, 2021, 7:34 pm
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Retired N.Y.P.D. Officer Charged in Capitol Riot

A retired New York police officer who once was part of the security detail at City Hall was charged on Tuesday with assaulting a police officer with a metal flagpole during the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6. The former officer, Thomas Webster, served in a New York Police Department unit that provided […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 23, 2021, 6:04 pm
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NBC: Retired NYPD Officer To Face Charges For Alleged Pipe Attack In Capitol Riot

A retired NYPD officer who surrendered at the FBI’s Hudson Valley office Monday is expected to face charges over allegations that he used a pipe to attack Capitol Police during the Jan. 6 insurrection, according to a report. Thomas Webster is expected to appear in federal court on Tuesday after being taken into custody Monday in […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 23, 2021, 2:00 pm
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President Biden: Live Updates on Capitol Riot Hearing, Stimulus and Covid Deaths

Paul D. Irving and Michael C. Stenger, the former sergeants-at-arms of the House and Senate, have come under scrutiny since the Capitol attack. Both have resigned.Credit…Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times Two Senate committees are scheduled to begin an investigative hearing Tuesday to scrutinize the security breakdowns that failed to prevent the deadly rampage […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 23, 2021, 9:04 am
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The Capitol Riot Investigation: What to Watch For Today

WASHINGTON — A series of bipartisan investigative hearings will begin Tuesday in the Senate to scrutinize the security breakdowns that failed to prevent the deadly Capitol riot, the most violent attack in more than 200 years on the building where Congress meets. At a joint meeting of two Senate committees, lawmakers will have a chance […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 23, 2021, 5:00 am
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Bipartisan Senate Inquiry on Capitol Riot Will Begin With Scrutiny of Security Failures

WASHINGTON — As House leaders haggle over the formation of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a bipartisan group of senators is pressing ahead with a series of investigative hearings to scrutinize the security breakdowns that failed to prevent the deadly pro-Trump rampage. The inquiry begins on Tuesday with […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 22, 2021, 8:33 pm
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National Guard Deployment at the Capitol Riot Was Delayed by Confusion and Inaction

“I continued to follow up with Mr. Irving, who was with Mr. Stenger at the time, and he advised that he was waiting to hear back from congressional leadership, but expected authorization at any moment,” Chief Sund said in his letter. Yet it appears that Mr. Irving, who had told Chief Sund days earlier that […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 21, 2021, 7:11 pm
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More Oath Keeper Suspects Charged in Capitol Riot Plot

Echoing earlier filings, the new indictment notes that on Jan. 4, Mr. Rhodes issued a call to action on his organization’s website urging “all patriots” to “stand tall in support of President Trump’s fight to defeat the enemies foreign and domestic who are attempting a coup.” The repeated references in the filings to Mr. Rhodes, […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 19, 2021, 6:23 pm
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Justice Dept. Confronts Increasingly Complex Capitol Riot Inquiry

WASHINGTON — Justice Department officials are adding prosecutors and agents to their sprawling investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol as it moves into a more complicated phase and they strategize about how to handle the large caseload, including trying to stave off a potential backlog in the courts, according to law enforcement […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 19, 2021, 6:18 pm
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57 elected Republicans were part of the Jan. 6 rally and riot. Thousands want to run against them

“Thousands of people looked at the January 6th insurrection and said, ‘That’s not democracy,’” Litman told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. x ICYMI: I joined @maddow to talk about how @runforsomething is recruiting & supporting candidates to run against the 57 GOP electeds who participated in the insurrection, the hundreds more who enabled the Big Lie, and, tbh, […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 17, 2021, 10:30 am
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CNN and NBC Paid Black Lives Matter Leader John Sullivan $35,000 a Piece for His US Capitol Riot Footage

Antifa-Black Lives Matter leader John Sullivan Antifa-Insurgence leader John Earl Sullivan was arrested in Utah after the US Capitol riots.As reported previously Antifa protester John Sullivan was caught on video posing as a Trump supporter during the rioting at the US Capitol on January 6th. CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Antifa Protester John Sullivan Brags About Posing […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 16, 2021, 11:22 pm