How a Trump mob froze American democracy
Marc Fisher, Meagan Flynn, Jessica Contrera and Carol D. Leonnig, The Washington Post
Jan. 7, 2021
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1of14Tear gas is fired at supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Photo for The Washington Post by Evelyn HocksteinShow MoreShow Less
2of14Supporters of President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Photo for The Washington Post by Evelyn HocksteinShow MoreShow Less
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Pentagon, lambasted for heavy response in the past, on sideline during Capitol melee
Paul Sonne, Dan Lamothe, Missy Ryan and Alex Horton, The Washington Post
Jan. 6, 2021
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President Trump supporters scaled the walls at the Capitol during a massive protest on Jan. 6, 2021.Washington Post photo by Michael Robinson Chavez
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon scrambled to deploy more than a thousand National Guard forces to help protect the Capitol on Wednesday after they had remained on the sidelines during a limited early deployment while rioters stormed Congress.
The absence of authorized military personnel while chaos upended the certification of the presidential election was a stark contrast to the military s role in protests over racial violence in June, when National Guard helicopters flew perilously low over crowds of protesters, front-line forces massed near the city, and Pentagon leaders were criticized for appearing to support President Donald Trump s heavy-han
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Jovanta Marquez Johnson, 27, Detroit, Mich., has been charged with tying up a man and a woman, robbing them at gunpoint and threatening to kill them at a northeast Minot apartment complex on Tuesday, according to Minot police.
He has been charged with two counts of Class B felony armed robbery, two counts of Class C felony terrorizing and two counts of Class C felony felonious restraint in district court in Minot.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court, Johnson, who was known to the victims as “Jay,” had been helping someone move into another apartment and had been staying at the apartment as a guest. The male victim had gone into a back room to make a phone call and the woman was watching television in a bedroom. Johnson then ran past the bedroom and confronted the male victim in the back room while holding a gun. Johnson pointed the gun at the other man. Johnson said he would have killed the other man if they were in Detro