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High-Profile January 6 Rioter Released Despite Pending Gun Charge

Guy Reffitt, a high-profile January 6 rioter, released post-pardon by Trump despite pending gun charges.

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The first rioter tried on Jan. 6 charges gets reduced prison sentence after Supreme Court decision

A Texas man who was the first rioter to go on trial for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has been resentenced on Friday to nearly seven years in prison

The Independent UK

To plead or not to plead? That is the question for hundreds of Capitol riot defendants

Hundreds of people charged with storming the U.S. Capitol three years ago have had a powerful incentive to plead guilty rather than go to trial

The Independent UK

‘They fought for freedom’: the nightly vigil to sanctify the January 6 rioters

On DC’s ‘Freedom Corner’, activists are convinced the January 6 attackers are political prisoners persecuted by the government

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Donald Trump promises pardons and apologies for US Capitol convicts if elected again

The riots in Washington on January 6 last year followed Trump's election defeat to Joe Biden, with 140 law-enforcement officials injured in the chaos and four people dying

Daily Mirror

Time is running out. The Department of Justice must indict and convict Trump

If Trump or any of the likely Republican nominees win in 2024, they will immediately move to protect those who attempted to overturn the 2020 election

The Guardian - US

Trump news – live: Jan 6 criminal probe reportedly subpoenas former deputy White House counsel

Follow for the latest news on the primaries in advance of the US midterm elections

The Independent UK

"Trump deserves life in prison"

"Trump deserves life in prison if my father is in prison for this long"

Salon

U.S. Kills Al Qaeda Leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri. Will It Matter?

Plus: Judge rejects "terrorism" label for January 6 defendant, dozens of abortion clinics have closed since June, FTC staff recommended against Meta lawsuit, and more...

Reason

Trump news – latest: Jan 6 texts ‘wiped’ from Pentagon officials’ phones, court documents reveal

Endorsement claimed by both frontrunners in key race for open seat

The Independent UK

Trump news – live: Confusion as ex-president appears to endorse multiple ‘Erics’ in Missouri

Endorsement claimed by both frontrunners in key race for open seat

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Militia member Guy Reffitt gets longest jail term so far for Capitol riot after being turned in by son

A man convicted of storming the US Capitol with a gun has been given the longest jail term so far connected to the riot after being turned in by his son.

The Independent UK

Daughter of jailed Capitol rioter says Trump ‘deserves life in prison’

‘Trump deserves life in prison if my father is in prison for this long’

The Guardian - US

US Capitol attack: militia member gets longest prison sentence yet

Man with ties to Three Percenters, who said he planned to violently drag Pelosi from building, sentenced to seven years

The Texas Tribune

Texan who prosecutors say “lit the match” of Jan. 6 riot sentenced to more than 7 years in prison

Guy Reffitt, a 49-year-old Wylie resident, never entered the Capitol but helped ignite the crowd “into an unstoppable force,” a prosecutor at his trial said. His sentence is the longest given out so far from the Jan. 6 riot.

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The Independent UK

Guy Reffitt: Militia member given longest sentence yet for role in Capitol riot

Reffitt told his children not to report him because ‘traitors get shot’

The Independent UK

Man who stormed Capitol with gun gets 87 months in prison

A Texas man convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun helmet and body armor was sentenced on Monday to 87 months — more than seven years — in prison

Axios

Federal prosecutors seek 15-year sentence, the longest thus far, for Capitol rioter

Guy Reffitt was the first Jan. 6 defendant to go to trial and was found guilty on all charges earlier this year.

WEKU

How Trump's 'will be wild!' tweet drew rioters to the Capitol on Jan. 6

In the cases against the hundreds of Capitol riot defendants, attorneys repeatedly reference how Trump's tweet motivated rioters to come to Washington, D.C. — sometimes with weapons and armor in tow.

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: A Texas teen put his country first — and the 'Big Lie' Republicans to shame

I can barely keep count of the people I know who have had a falling out with family members or friends over Donald Trump, his corrosive racism, COVID denialism or his undying, narcissistic insistence that he won the 2020 presidential election.

The Independent UK

FBI has hundreds of names of Capitol riot suspects but DOJ needs more lawyers to prosecute them, report says

More than 775 Capitol rioters have been arrested and more than 225 have pleaded guilty

The Independent UK

Man who testified at his Capitol riot trial awaits verdict

A federal judge is set to deliver a verdict in the trial of a New Mexico man who claims a police officer waved him into the U.S. Capitol building after a riot erupted on Jan. 6, 2021

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