Donald Trump
The Far-Right Troll Known As “Baked Alaska” Just Blew Up His Own Jan. 6 Plea Hearing
Gionet was set to plead guilty to a misdemeanor for parading at the Capitol. He proclaimed his innocence instead. A trial is set for March 7.
Zoe Tillman
A Third Oath Keeper Has Agreed to Cooperate with Prosecutors In The Seditious Conspiracy Case
William Todd Wilson was the first Oath Keeper to breach the Capitol building, prosecutors claim.
Ken Bensinger
Republicans Don’t Have To Win Jan. 6 Subpoena Challenges To Run Down The Clock
A judge dismissed the RNC’s claims against the Jan. 6 committee, but paused the effect of his ruling while the GOP pursues an appeal.
Zoe Tillman
An Ex-Cop Told A Jury That Video Of His Alleged Assault On A Police Officer On Jan. 6 Actually Showed Acts Of Self-Defense
Thomas Webster is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly assaulting a police officer on Jan. 6.
Zoe Tillman
A Police Officer Testified About The Moment The Mob Broke Through The Line At The Capitol On Jan. 6
Thomas Webster claims he acted in self-defense. Officer Noah Rathbun denied that he invited Webster to fight or punched the man in the face.
Zoe Tillman
A New York Man Doesn’t Deny He Swung A Flagpole At Police On Jan. 6. He’s Claiming It Was Self-Defense.
Thomas Webster’s trial kicked off with dueling videos from the Capitol and competing theories of what they showed.
Zoe Tillman
Alleged Capitol Rioters Are Trying To Shake Off Codefendants They Think Will Look Worse To A Jury
With more Jan. 6 trials looming, defendants are angling to face a jury solo.
Zoe Tillman
Republicans Have Picked An Election Denier To Run Michigan’s Elections
Kristina Karamo, who has falsely said that Donald Trump won the 2020 election, is now the Republican nominee for Michigan secretary of state.
Sarah Mimms
Taxpayers Footed The Bill For The Capitol Insurrection. The DOJ Might Make Jan. 6 Defendants Cover More Of It.
Prosecutors recently bumped up the cost estimate of the Capitol attack from $1.49 million to $2.73 million.
Zoe Tillman
A Proud Boys Leader Pleaded Guilty To Conspiracy In The Jan. 6 Attack And Will Cooperate
Charles Donohoe said he was aware that Proud Boys leaders were considering “storming” the Capitol at least two days before the attack.
Zoe Tillman
Steve Bannon Can’t Blame His Lawyer As A Defense Against Contempt Of Congress Charges, A Judge Ruled
The judge found Bannon couldn’t get around binding precedent from a federal appeals court.
Zoe Tillman
A Judge Handed Down A Mixed Verdict In “Cowboys For Trump” Leader Couy Griffin’s Jan. 6 Case
The judge acquitted Griffin of a second charge for disorderly conduct.
Zoe Tillman
The Government Was Forced To Reveal Mike Pence's Jan. 6 Location During The "Cowboys For Trump" Leader's Trial
The trial featured the first official confirmation of where former president vice president Mike Pence went during the Capitol attack.
Zoe Tillman
Trump Was Mostly Absent From The First Jan. 6 Trial. That Could Change.
“It’s not about Trump,” defendant Guy Reffitt, found guilty for joining the insurrection, texted a few weeks earlier.
Zoe Tillman
Florida Republicans Are Creating An Office Of Election Crimes As Trump's Fraud Claims Continue To Spread
The bill comes as Republicans continue to prop up Donald Trump’s lies about election fraud.
Sarah Mimms
Wisconsin Republicans Paid $676,000 For A Trump-Supporting Ex-Judge To Tell Them To Decertify The 2020 Election, Which They Cannot Do
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos hired a former judge to investigate the 2020 election following pressure from Donald Trump and his supporters.
Sarah Mimms
Donald Trump Can’t Claim Immunity Against Being Sued For Jan. 6, A Judge Ruled
A judge dismissed claims against Trump’s son and Rudy Giuliani but ruled that the former president had to face at least some of the claims against him.
Zoe Tillman
Trump Supporters Believe Wisconsin Withdrew Its Electoral College Voters For Joe Biden. It Never Happened.
An inaccurate story from Gateway Pundit that has since been updated is going viral among election conspiracy theorists.
Sarah Mimms
Donald Trump Is Once Again In Court Arguing He Can’t Be Sued For What He Said While President
Trump wants a judge to dismiss three lawsuits seeking to hold him responsible for the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Zoe Tillman
The House Voted To Find Trump’s Former Chief Of Staff Mark Meadows In Contempt For Defying The Jan. 6 Committee
What happens next is up to the Department of Justice.
Matt Berman
DC Is Suing The Proud Boys And Oath Keepers For Conspiring To Storm The Capitol
The lawsuit from the DC attorney general’s office joins cases filed by members of Congress and police officers injured during the Jan. 6 attack.
Zoe Tillman
The Pro-Trump Conspiracy Internet Is Moving From Facebook To Your Doorstep
The New Hampshire Voter Integrity Group is one of many volunteer efforts searching for Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud in states across the country.
Sarah Mimms
The Trump Administration Violated Federal Law By Muzzling Personnel During The COVID-19 Outbreak
Trump appointee Michael Caputo warned government employees last year not to speak with the media, records obtained by BuzzFeed News revealed.
Jason Leopold
Trump Lost Again In His Bid To Stop The Jan. 6 Committee From Getting His White House Records
The DC Circuit gave Donald Trump 14 days to petition the US Supreme Court before lifting an order that blocked Congress from getting the documents.
Zoe Tillman
Donald Trump's Former Chief Of Staff Told A Member Of Congress He "Loved" A Plan To Undermine The Election Days Before Jan. 6
The charges against Meadows mark the third Trump ally to be hit with contempt of Congress in the Jan. 6 investigation.
Kadia Goba
A Court Probed Whether Saying "She's Not My Type" In Response To A Rape Allegation Is Part Of A President’s Job
The Justice Department wants to take over Donald Trump’s defense against writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit, a move that would end the case.
Zoe Tillman
The Biden White House Is Officially Decked Out In Christmas Decorations, And TBH They Did It Way Better Than Trump
Deck the halls.
Jen Adams
“SNL” Just Cast Their New Donald Trump Actor, And His Impression Is — Quite Frankly — Bone-Chilling
James Austin Johnson might've just nabbed an Emmy nomination.
Evelina Zaragoza Medina
People Are Calling Out The Celebrities Who Don't Deserve Their Fame, And It's Eye-Opening
People are calling out Hollywood's anti-vaxxers, racists, abusers, jerks, and more.
Stephen LaConte
I Am Slightly Side-Eyeing At Addison Rae's Response To A Question About Former President Trump
"I consider myself a friendly person, and so introducing myself does not mean I stand behind anything that any respective person condones.”
Natasha Jokic
