Evidence Mounts that Capitol Breach Was Pre-Planned, Eroding Incitement Allegation in Trump Impeachment Trial
As former President Donald Trump’s Tuesday impeachment trial approaches, there is a growing body of evidence in criminal complaints and affidavits that the Jan. 6 Capitol breach had been pre-planned, undercutting the allegation leveled against Trump that he is guilty of “incitement to insurrection.”
A number of FBI affidavits filed in support of various charges including conspiracy against accused participants in the Capitol breach show evidence of pre-planning, reinforcing an argument made by critics of the impeachment trial against Trump, namely that participants couldn’t have been incited by the president to break into the building if they had earlier planned to do so.
Disproportionate number of current and former military personnel arrested in Capitol attack, CNN analysis shows
CNN s Sara Sidner takes a closer look at the people arrested in the Capitol riot, which includes several US veterans.
Posted: Jan 31, 2021 1:40 PM
Updated: Jan 31, 2021 1:40 PM
Posted By: By Sara Sidner, Anna-Maja Rappard and Marshall Cohen, CNN
Active military personnel and veterans are over-represented among the first 150 people to be arrested and have records released for federal offenses in the violence and insurrection at the US Capitol.
Analysis by CNN of Pentagon records and court proceedings show 21 of the 150, or 14%, are current or former members of the US military. That is more than double the proportion of servicemen and women and veterans in the adult US population, calculated from Census Bureau and Department of Defense statistics. In 2018, there were 1.3 million active-duty members of the services and 18 million veterans. Together, they comprised jus
‘Oath Keeper’ Militia Leaders Charged With Plotting Capitol Attack
‘Oath Keeper’ Militia Leaders Charged With Plotting Capitol Attack
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WASHINGTON The Department of Justice is bringing sedition and conspiracy charges against paramilitary and militia group leaders, members and participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
Three people associated with the Oath Keepers, an extremist paramilitary organization that heavily recruits from military, law enforcement and first-responder personnel or veterans, were formally indicted for conspiring to obstruct Congress on Wednesday.
Jessica Marie Watkins, 38, and Donovan Ray Crowl, 50, of Ohio and Thomas Caldwell, 65, of Virginia face charges of “conspiracy, obstructing an official proceeding, destruction of government property, and unlawful entry on restricted building or grounds,” the Department of Justice said in a press release.
Federal judge rules to detain Longview, Carthage men accused in siege of US Capitol Ryan Nichols arrives for detention hearing at the Tyler federal courthouse. (Source: KLTV) By Stewart Smith | January 22, 2021 at 5:21 PM CST - Updated January 24 at 11:44 AM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Two East Texas men who joined the U.S. Capitol Building riot Jan. 6 were ordered to be detained until trial.
Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell handed down the ruling Friday evening after hours of testimony by and cross examination of witnesses regarding the actions of Ryan Nichols, 30, of Longview, and Alex Kirk Harkrider, 33, of Carthage during the siege of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.