Insurrection

Democratic senators want to keep Trump on the ballot in 2024, even as he faces potential disqualification under the 14th amendment

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 10:21

Former President Donald Trump in Iowa on January 6, 2024.
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'We didn't do enough': 2020 interview with Proud Boys leader Tarrio foreshadows Capitol violence

Wed, 09/06/2023 - 14:22

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio faces a 22-year sentence for planning the January 6 insurrection. An interview with Tarrio from Election Day 2020 seemingly foreshadowed what would happen three years later.

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A convicted Jan. 6 rioter says he threw up on the Capitol building because he drank too much peach schnapps, inhaled tear gas, and was out of shape

Thu, 07/27/2023 - 13:42

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Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they try to storm the US Capitol surrounded by tear gas in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. — Pro-Trump supporters clash with police and security forces at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021.
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A Florida man supported Obama and didn't vote for Trump. Then he stormed the Capitol, pepper-sprayed cops, broke a $2,900 window, and got 4.5 years in prison.

Sun, 03/19/2023 - 13:21

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Court photos of Mitchell Todd Gardner II, 34, of Seffner, Florida, at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.
United States District Court for the District of Columbia

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A Compass real-estate agent hired — then quickly fired — a woman after she was accused of taking part in the Capitol riot and linked to COVID-19 denial and anti-LGBTQ rallies

Thu, 01/26/2023 - 16:02

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Bryna Makowka yells and waves her finger while next to a masked police officer — The Associated Press identified the woman on the left as Bryna Makowka. Here, she is part of a group protesting COVID-19-vaccine mandates in Los Angeles.
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