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News Articles: Jan. 6 attack

Former CBS News correspondent Lara Logan, who has increasingly embraced unfounded conspiracy theories in recent years, is one of several fringe media figures who have surfaced at Trump administration events.

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These far-right media figures are getting center stage under Trump

The Trump administration has welcomed far-right media figures in the White House briefing room and elsewhere, even as it restricts access for established news outlets.

February 21, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik and
  • Tom Dreisbach
Pam Hemphill turned down a pardon for her role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

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  • Politics

One of the Jan. 6 defendants has turned down Trump's pardon

Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge and spent 60 days behind bars for her role in the Capitol riots, says she no longer believes the lies President Trump promoted.

January 23, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Trump offers long-promised pardons to some 1,500 January 6 rioters

On the campaign trail, Trump regularly featured the stories of Jan. 6 defendants he labeled "hostages" and "patriots."

January 21, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Actor Jay Johnston emerges from the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, after being sentenced to one year in prison for his part in a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol nearly four years ago.

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  • Law

Former 'Bob's Burgers' actor sentenced to 1 year in prison for role in Capitol riot

Jay Johnston expressed regret that he “made it more difficult for the police to do their job" on Jan. 6.

October 29, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A man, identified as Ryan Kelley in a sworn statement by an FBI agent, gestures as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump make their way past barriers at the U.S. Capitol during a protest against the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

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  • Elections

Law enforcement officials prepare for possible post-election violence in D.C.

The threat of political violence will likely hang over the nation’s capital in the weeks following Election Day, security experts say, despite intensive preparations by law enforcement officials determined to avoid another Jan. 6 insurrection.

October 21, 2024
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By:
  • Jennifer Shutt
 In court papers, prosecutors described Timothy Hale-Cusanelli as a "Nazi sympathizer" who went to work at a Naval Weapons Station with a "Hitler mustache."

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  • Investigations

Trump’s Bedminster club hosted an alleged Nazi sympathizer who stormed the Capitol

At two events, Donald Trump’s New Jersey golf club hosted a convicted Jan. 6 rioter known for extreme antisemitic and racist comments, whom prosecutors described as a ‘white supremacist.’

September 12, 2024
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Man sentenced to 20 years for attacking police in Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol

A California man with a history of political violence was sentenced to 20 years in prison for repeatedly attacking police with flagpoles and other makeshift weapons during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

August 09, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Jay Johnston has pleaded guilty to a felony charge related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He's seen here in an image from an FBI affidavit.

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  • Law

Actor Jay Johnston of 'Bob's Burgers' and other comedies pleads guilty in Jan. 6 case

In his career, Johnston has repeatedly portrayed police officers and agents, from Arrested Development to The Sarah Silverman Program and Men in Black II. His actions against police cost him a job.

July 09, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
This image from police body-worn camera video, contained and annotated in the Justice Department’s sentencing memorandum for Jack Wade Whitton, shows Whitton at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Whitton, a Georgia business owner, has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for striking an officer with a metal crutch and dragging him, head first and face down, into the crowd on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace during the riot at the Capitol.

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  • News

Man who bragged that he ‘fed’ an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison

A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for his repeated attacks on law enforcement during the insurrection.

May 02, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are arguing that he enjoys immunity from prosecution.

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  • Law

Judges push back against Trump's immunity claim in the election interference case

Lawyers for the former president made a sweeping argument that he enjoys blanket immunity from federal prosecution for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

January 09, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio speaks at a rally in Delta Park on Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore.

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  • Law

Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentencing delayed in Jan. 6 case

Prosecutors are seeking 33 years for Tarrio. Also set to be sentenced later this week are Tarrio's codefendants: Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
(Photo Courtesy of Matti Mattila via Flickr.)

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  • News

South Georgia lawyer sentenced in Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol

An Americus lawyer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

August 07, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
This image from U.S. Senate video, introduced at the trial of Bruno Joseph Cua, shows Cua sitting with his feet up in the Senate chamber on Jan. 6, 2021, during the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Cua, who stormed the U.S. Capitol, assaulted a police officer and sat in a Senate floor chair reserved for the vice president was sentenced on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, to one year in prison.

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  • News

High school student who sat in Pence's chair during Capitol riot is sentenced to 1 year in prison

A high school student who stormed the U.S. Capitol, assaulted a police officer and sat in a Senate floor chair reserved for the vice president has been sentenced to one year in prison. Georgia resident Bruno Joseph Cua was 18 when he attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, making him one of the youngest people charged in the riot.

July 26, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A man who was at the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has sued Fox News for defamation. Here, a woman walks by the Fox News headquarters in New York in April.

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  • Media

Fox News hit with another defamation lawsuit — this one over Jan. 6 allegations

Trump supporter and Jan. 6 protester Ray Epps sued Fox News over statements by former star Tucker Carlson that placed Epps at the center of the violent siege on the U.S. Capitol.

July 12, 2023
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Former Washington Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone pictured in Washington, D.C., July 21, 2022.

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  • Law

Jan. 6 rioter who used a stun gun on Officer Michael Fanone sentenced to prison

Daniel Joseph "DJ" Rodriguez, 40, of Fontana, Calif., was sentenced to 12.5 years. Officer Fanone served on the Metropolitan Police Department Officer for nearly two decades before resigning in 2021.

June 21, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
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