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A man from Texas was sentenced on Wednesday for charges related to an assassination threat he made against US lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as to his participation in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Miller was sentenced to 38 months in prison on [...]

On December 22, 2022, the US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol released its 845-page Final Report. The Report described events leading up to, during, and in the aftermath of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. It also set out information about the individuals who were involved [...]

“That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the entire Torah; the rest is commentary…: Rabbi Hillel, Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 31a Israel’s continuous support for Donald J. Trump represents a grim irony of Jewish history. Even before the latest revelations concerning this former president’s anti-Semitic outbursts (that is, his [...]

Nicholas Ochs, founder of the Proud Boys Hawaii chapter, Friday pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Ochs and fellow defendent Nicholas DeCarlo of Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty to only one of seven charges in their [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday announced new charges and convictions for those involved with the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol. The DOJ charged an attorney for the Oath Keepers militia group with conspiracy and obstruction. On the same day, one man was sentenced to ten years in prison and [...]

Proud Boys affiliate Joshua Pruitt was sentenced Monday to four years and seven months in prison for his involvement in the January 6 insurrection. He must also pay $2,000 in restitution. Pruitt was charged with obstruction of an official proceeding and signed a plea agreement June 3. The sentencing memorandum details Pruitt’s involvement with the [...]

Police officer Thomas Robertson was sentenced Thursday to 87 months in prison for his participation in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. According to court documents, Robertson, 49, and co-defendent Jacob Fracker, were both officers with the Rocky Mount, Virginia, Police Department and were off duty when they headed for Washington, DC, in Robertson’s [...]

Canadian law students and young lawyers are reporting for JURIST on national and international developments in and affecting Canada. Mélanie Cantin is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Ottawa, and a 1L at the University of Ottawa. Canada’s LGBTQ+ population numbers upwards of one million people, and the country ranks as the safest in the world [...]

The US Congress Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol Thursday held its third public hearing and presented evidence of a “pressure campaign” by former president Donald Trump to persuade former vice president Mike Pence to refuse to certify Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory. In a January 6, 2021, [...]

Former Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio and two other members have pleaded not guilty to seditious conspiracy in relation to their alleged roles in storming the US Capitol on January 6 last year. Five Proud Boys members were indicted by a grand jury on Monday for “seditious conspiracy and other charges for their actions before and [...]