Latest 2021 United States Capitol riot News

Trump attends wake of slain New York officer, calls for 'law and order,' to show contrast with Biden

Mar. 28, 2024 17:10 PM EDT

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Donald Trump attended Thursday's wake of a New York City police officer gunned down in the line of duty and called for “law and order,” as part of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's attempt to show a contrast with President Joe Biden and focus on...

A vocal revolt: MSNBC personalities object to NBC News' hiring of Ronna McDaniel as a contributor

Mar. 26, 2024 12:51 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The internal furor over NBC News’ decision to hire former Republican National Committee head Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor spread Monday, with MSNBC personalities Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki, Nicolle Wallace, Joy Reid, Lawrence O'Donnell and Joe Scarborough all using their...

Maryland panel OKs nomination of elections board member

Mar. 25, 2024 20:32 PM EDT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland Senate panel voted Monday night to support a Republican nominee to the state elections board to replace a previous board member who resigned this year when he was charged with participating in the January 2021 rioting at the U.S. Capitol. The vote...

Oath Keepers' son emerges from traumatic childhood to tell his own story in a long shot election bid

Mar. 24, 2024 09:14 AM EDT

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — The eldest son of one of America’s most infamous seditionists is building a new life since breaking free from his father's control — juggling work, college classes and volunteer firefighting. And Dakota Adams has tossed one more ball in the air this...

Cardinals super fan known as Rally Runner pleads guilty to storming Capitol in face paint

Mar. 22, 2024 12:50 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A St. Louis Cardinals super fan known as Rally Runner pleaded guilty on Friday to storming the U.S. Capitol while wearing red face paint and red clothes, fueling a baseless conspiracy theory that government plants secretly incited the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. The...

Man who helped drag police officer into mob gets over 5 years in prison for Capitol riot attacks

Mar. 21, 2024 12:37 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Colorado man who helped other rioters drag a police officer into a mob storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to more than five years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. Jeffrey Sabol ripped a baton from an officer's hands before...

Peter Navarro is 1st Trump White House official to serve prison time related to Jan. 6 attack

Mar. 19, 2024 18:45 PM EDT

MIAMI (AP) — Former White House adviser Peter Navarro reported to prison Tuesday for a contempt of Congress conviction, becoming the first senior Trump administration official to be locked up for a crime related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Navarro was sentenced to four...

Trump asks Supreme Court to dismiss case charging him with plotting to overturn 2020 election

Mar. 19, 2024 18:11 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to dismiss an indictment charging the former president with conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election, renewing their arguments that he is immune from prosecution for official acts taken in the White...

Supreme Court opens new frontier for insurrection claims that could target state and local officials

Mar. 19, 2024 16:16 PM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two recent U.S. Supreme Court actions have opened the door to a new legal frontier in which local and state officials can be disqualified from office for life for engaging in “insurrection" or providing “aid and comfort” to enemies of the Constitution, based on a...

Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House

Mar. 19, 2024 10:24 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White...