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Federal prosecutor Michael Sherwin admitted in an interview aired on Sunday that evidence is “trending towards” charging some Capitol rioters with the crime of sedition. According to 18 USC § 2384, seditious conspiracy occurs “if any two or more persons … conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the [...]

On Friday, unsealed court records from a federal grand jury indictment revealed four Proud Boys leaders have been charged with six counts including conspiracy in relation to the January 6 Capitol attacks. Count one of the indictment claims a conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, under which one may be charged if, “two [...]

Federal officials arrested two men on Monday for assaulting police officer Brian Sicknick during the riots at the Capitol on January 6. Sicknick later died from the injuries. According to the criminal complaint, Julian Elie Khater, 32, of Pennsylvania, and George Pierre Tanios, 39, of West Virginia, were caught on video “working together to assault [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) stated Friday that it expects to charge at least 100 additional suspects in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, explaining that the investigation into the attack is one of the largest investigations the department has conducted. Approximately 300 suspects have already been charged in the Capitol attack, and the [...]

The US Senate voted 70-30 on Wednesday to confirm Merrick Garland to be attorney general. Twenty Republicans joined all 50 Democrats in confirming the nomination. Garland was a federal prosecutor involved in the Oklahoma City Bombing investigation before being appointed to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit where he has [...]

Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell filed a civil lawsuit in federal court against former president Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, and Republican Congressman Mo Brooks on Friday, alleging that the deadly Capitol insurrection on January 6 was a “direct and foreseeable consequence” of the defendants’ unlawful actions. Only the United States Attorney General can [...]

The director of the FFBI told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that there was no evidence that the January 6 Capitol riot was carried out by leftist extremists under the guise of right-wing extremists. In his opening statement, director Christopher Wray told the committee that they have to date charged more than 300 persons [...]

During confirmation hearing on Monday, US Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland spoke out against White supremacy and vowed to keep politics out of his prosecution of the US Capitol attacks that occurred on January 6. Garland stated that he would “begin with people on the ground and work way up to those” involved with the [...]

A federal grand jury on Friday indicted six new members of the Oath Keepers, a right-wing extremist group, for conspiring to prevent Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. The six members were arrested earlier this week and were included as co-defendants in a superseding indictment alleging that the individuals joined in a [...]

Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Chair of the US House Homeland Security Committee, filed a lawsuit against former president Donald Trump, Rudy Guiliani, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, alleging a conspiracy between the four to prevent Members of Congress from discharging their official duties. The lawsuit, which Thompson filed as a private citizen rather than [...]