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The leader of the North Carolina Chapter of the Proud Boys Friday pleaded guilty to felony charges for his actions associated with the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. Charles Donohoe, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting or impeding officers.  Donohoe has also agreed to help [...]

A Virginia state court has disbarred Jonathon Moseley, an attorney who has represented January 6 Capitol riot defendants, finding that Mosely violated six of the Virginia State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct. The Circuit Court of Prince William County found that Moseley violated “professional rules that govern safekeeping property; meritorious claims and contentions; candor toward [...]

A judge in the Central District of California Monday ruled that former President Donald Trump and right-wing attorney John Eastman must turn over 101 emails surrounding the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol to the House Committee investigating the insurrection. In January, the committee subpoenaed Chapman University, where Eastman was employed at the time [...]

A federal judge Tuesday found Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin guilty of trespassing on US Capitol grounds during last year’s January 6 Capitol violence. The second defendant to go on trial on charges stemming from the riot, Griffin was convicted on a charge of entering a restricted area and acquitted of disorderly and disruptive [...]

A jury found January 6 Capitol rioter Guy Reffitt guilty Tuesday on all five counts he faced in the first federal trial related to the riot. Reffitt was found guilty of carrying a holstered handgun onto restricted grounds of the Capitol, transporting guns to Washington, D.C., obstructing Congress’ joint session to certify the Electoral College [...]

A standing committee of the State Bar of Texas filed a complaint in the District Court of Dallas County, Texas against former president Donald Trump’s attorney Sidney Powell, claiming that she engaged in misconduct by pursuing baseless lawsuits alleging fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The complaint, which was filed on March 1, was released [...]

The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced Tuesday that Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio was arrested in Miami after being named Monday in an indictment in the related to the January 6, 2021 insurrection. The Proud Boys are a Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) designated hate group with violent white supremacist [...]

The House Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol said Wednesday that there was enough evidence to conclude that former President Donald J. Trump and some of his allies might have conspired to commit fraud and obstruction by misleading Americans about the outcome of the 2020 election and attempting to overturn the result. According [...]

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) confirmed Friday that it found classified documents among 15 boxes former President Donald Trump took from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago residence. US National Archivist David Ferriero confirmed the finding in response to a letter from Carolyn Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform for [...]

The US District Court for the District of Columbia denied former President Donald Trump’s motion Friday to dismiss three lawsuits seeking to hold him accountable for the January 6 US Capitol Attack of 2021 (“Jan 6 Attack”). In doing so, the judge held Trump lacked absolute immunity and First Amendment protection. The plaintiffs, who include [...]