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Published
August 9, 2021

Judge asks why Capitol rioters are paying only $1.5 million for attack. Taxpayers will pay over $500 million

The judge challenged the toughness of the Justice Department's stance in a plea hearing for a man who admitted to one of four nonviolent misdemeanor counts of picketing in the U.S. Capitol.
Published
August 7, 2021

Husband-wife Seattle police officers fired for being at Capitol insurrection

Five people died as a result of the riot, and four officers who were there died by suicides.
Published
August 5, 2021

U.S. judge rejects claims that Jan. 6 riot defendants are ‘political prisoners’

In a string of plea and sentencing hearings in the riot cases, federal judges appointed by presidents of both parties have condemned such claims.
Published
August 4, 2021

Leonard Pitts: If these conservatives were honest, they’d admit that blue lives don’t matter to them

Will people like Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham ever be able to muster empathy for the cops who defended the Capitol?
Published
August 1, 2021

Maine Voices: Can America remain a democracy? Authoritarianism raises its ugly head

We need to elect leaders who appeal to our better selves, who inspire us to be strong and unafraid, who give us specific reasons to be optimistic.

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Published
July 31, 2021

Jan. 6 committee faces unprecedented choice of whether to call Republican lawmakers to testify

Legal experts said there is little precedent for forcing lawmakers to testify as part of a congressional inquiry if they resist a subpoena, an issue members of the Jan. 6 panel said they have yet to fully investigate.
Published
July 28, 2021

Leonard Pitts: Police officers refuse to let deniers shove the horror of Jan. 6 off the stage

Donald Trump and his enablers have been trying to murder memory. At a hearing Tuesday in Washington, memory fought back.
Published
July 27, 2021

‘This is how I’m going to die’: Capitol officers testify about attacks by Jan. 6 rioters

Along with graphic video of hand-to-hand fighting, the officers described being beaten as they held off the mob that broke through windows and doors and interrupted the certification of Democrat Joe Biden's presidential win.
Published
July 26, 2021

Democrats move to elevate Cheney’s role on Jan. 6 commission

The Wyoming Republican will be one of two members of the nine member panel to deliver an opening statement at the committee's first public hearing Tuesday.
Published
July 18, 2021

In Trump’s Jan. 6 recast, attackers become martyrs, heroes

Months after Donald Trump’s supporters besieged the Capitol, the ex-president and his supporters are revising their account of that day.