Capitol Riot

A new federal intelligence report warns that adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory could target Democrats and other political opponents for more violence as the movement’s false prophecies increasingly don’t come true

A Chicago police officer was charged in connection with the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6.

A former California police chief and five other men have been indicted on conspiracy charges in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol

FBI Director Chris Wray said Thursday he could neither confirm nor deny that former President Donald Trump, his former aides or members of Congress were or were not under investigation for any role in instigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Appearing before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, Wray was asked by two different Democrats whether the FBI was investigating…

FBI Director Christopher Wray was asked by two Democratic lawmakers Thursday whether the FBI was investigating the role of former President Donald Trump in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. “I’m not aware of any investigation that specifically goes to that,” Wray said when asked the first time. When he was asked by another lawmaker, he said he could neither confirm...

The head of the U.S. Capitol Police union called on acting Chief Yogananda Pittman to step aside Wednesday after a joint Senate committee report on the Jan. 6 pro-Trump riot.

A U.S. Capitol insurrection defendant who is charged with assaulting police on the frontlines said he has no regrets for his actions, has questions about the 2020 election and acknowledges he was seeking to confront lawmakers while in the crowd on Jan. 6.

An Iowa man pictured prominently with a QAnon shirt ahead of a crowd of insurgents inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack is asking a judge to release him from jail saying “he feels deceived, recognizing that he bought into a pack of lies.”

A Senate investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has found broad government, military and law enforcement missteps surrounding the attack

A federal magistrate has declined to order house arrest for a far-right internet troll charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol after court officials raised concerns about his recent encounters with police officers in Arizona

An opera singer who once played Carnegie Hall participated in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, where she attacked a federal police officer with a flagpole, federal authorities said this week. Audrey Ann Southard, 52, of Spring Hill, Florida, was charged Tuesday with a host of offenses, including assault on a federal officer, after she was captured on video...

Facebook had originally suspended then-President Donald Trump in January for an indefinite amount of time.

Ten U.S. Capitol Police officers remain off the job after they were injured as they responded to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, multiple congressional sources and a union official told NBC Washington.

A Florida man who was photographed carrying a large red “Trump 2020” flag inside the Senate chamber during the Capitol riot pleaded guilty Wednesday to reduced charges, NBC News reports. Paul Allard Hodgkins, 38, of Tampa was arrested Feb. 16 after the FBI said it received a tip identifying him among the hundreds seen in photos and videos inside the Capitol. Appearing…

Federal prosecutors told a federal judge Tuesday that they intend to drop a case against a New York man accused of being inside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 siege – marking the first of the nearly 500 Capitol riot cases to collapse for lack of evidence.

Two men in New York and another in New Jersey were among the latest batch of suspects arrested by the FBI related to the events at the Capitol Building on Jan. 6. Christopher M. Kelly was arrested on federal charges at 5 p.m. Wednesday at his residence in New City, New York, law enforcement sources said. The court papers allege…

Falsehoods about the election helped bring insurrectionists to the Capitol on Jan. 6, and now some who are facing criminal charges for their actions during the riot hope their gullibility might save them in court or at least produce some sympathy.

A Northern California man has been charged with assaulting officers guarding the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection.

In a 54-35 vote on Friday, Senate Republicans blocked a measure which would create a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol Building that left five dead and nearly 150 officers injured.

Senate Republicans are poised to block the creation of a special commission to study the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, dashing hopes for a bipartisan panel amid a GOP push to put the violent insurrection by Donald Trump’s supporters behind them.