US Capitol Riot

An Arlington man will face felony charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice says.

The House Jan. 6 committee’s final report provides a gripping narrative of Trump’s monthslong effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

George Amos Tenney III, of South Carolina, was the first rioter to open a set of doors to the Capitol Rotunda from inside, allowing others to enter, prosecutors said.

Law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 were honored Tuesday with Congressional Gold Medals nearly two years after they fought supporters of then-President Donald Trump in a brutal and bloody attack.

During Thursday’s hearing on the riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Jan. 6 committee played behind the scenes footage of Democrat and Republican lawmakers coordinating with law enforcement for assistance as rioters broke through doors and windows.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., revealed texts from the Secret Service in the days surrounding the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, challenged Americans to consider whether the republic could withstand another attack on U.S. institutions and elections, including the January 6 riots. “Our institutions only hold when men and women of good faith make them hold.”

Messages show that hours after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election, the leader of the Oath Keepers extremist group was discussing how to push President Donald Trump to go further in his fight to cling to power

During a visit to Wilkes University on Tuesday, President Joe Biden blasted members of the GOP who continue to support participants of the Jan. 6 riot. “Let me say this to my MAGA Republican friends in Congress: don’t tell me you support law enforcement if you won’t condemn what happened on the 6th.”

Steve Bannon was found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress by a Washington, D.C., jury on Friday.

A Secret Service official testified to the Jan. 6 committee that members of former Vice President Mike Pence’s detail feared for their lives during the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

From taking no action to adding “fuel to the flames,” the House select committee laid out former President Donald Trump’s movements during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Jan. 6 committee on Thursday released never-before-seen footage of then-President Donald Trump taping his video address to the U.S. Capitol rioters, during which he ignored a prepared statement to deliver “off the cuff” remarks.

Matthew Pottinger, former deputy national security adviser, testified Thursday before the Jan. 6 committee that former President Donald Trump’s tweets during the U.S. Capitol riot enflamed tensions and escalated violence.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2001, U.S. Capitol riot shared witness testimony on Thursday about then-President Donald Trump’s failure to call for law enforcement intervention during the riot.

During Thursday’s hearing on the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, confirmed that the House select committee will reconvene in September for additional hearings. “Doors have been opened, new subpoenas have been issued, and the dam has begun to break.”

During her closing statement at Tuesday’s January 6 committee hearing, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., revealed that former President Donald Trump called a witness after a prior hearing.

Stephen Ayres, who was convicted of participating in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, testified Tuesday before the House select committee that he was driven to enter the Capitol Building after listening to former President Trump’s speech at the Ellipse. “The president got everybody riled up and told everybody to head on down. So we basically [were] just...

Former spokesman for the Oath Keepers extremist group Jason Van Tatenhove testified Tuesday before the Jan. 6 committee that he believes that without intervention, domestic extremism groups could incite violence in future elections. “We’ve gotten exceedingly lucky that more bloodshed did not happen.”

Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Arizona, told the Jan. 6 committee that she had security concerns ahead of the planned protest at the U.S. Capitol — adding that once the attempts to overturn the 2020 election failed, Trump supporters would “go nuts.”