WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on President Donald Trump's impeachment and the fallout from the Jan. 6 attack of the Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local): 9:50 p.m. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is condemning the assault on the U.S. Capitol in his formal letter of resignation. Azar says he will resign at noon on Jan. 20, when President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in. Azar wrote in his letter to President Donald Trump, dated Jan. 12: “The attacks on the Capitol were an assault on our democracy and on the tradition of peaceful transitions of power that the United
January 16, 2021
A registered sex offender in Escambia County has been sentenced to life in prison for new child sex crimes.
Travis M. Butler, of Pensacola, was sentenced Friday to life imprisonment on federal charges of enticing a minor for sexual activity and producing child pornography. Butler pled guilty to the charges during a pretrial conference just two days before his federal jury trial was due to begin, according to, Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
“Butler is a sexual predator who has repeatedly victimized underage girls for his own purposes,” said Keefe. “He has inflicted harm on far too many girls, but his trail of devastated young lives will come to an end behind bars.”
WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on President Donald Trump's impeachment and the fallout from the Jan. 6 attack of the Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local): 5:50 p.m. President-elect Joe Biden says even a scaled-down inauguration with thousands of troops and law enforcement authorities will give the world “a clear sign that America is coming back.” Biden said Friday at a virtual reception for inauguration donors that he has “complete confidence” in law enforcement's ability to ensure “dignity, peace and security for this event.” He says his own team is working closely with law
Florida man arrested after threatening to kidnap, violently confront possible protesters at state Capitol
Suspect accused of wanting to confine protesters using firearms
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. â The FBI announced Friday a Florida man faces charges of violently threatening protesters at a pro-Trump rally scheduled for Sunday at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee.
Authorities arrested Daniel Alan Baker after they said he issued a call to arms for like-minded individuals to violently confront protesters at the Capitol.
According to federal law enforcement, he called for others to join him in encircling the protesters and confining them at the capitol using firearms.
Baker created a Facebook event titled, “Defend Tallahassee” on January 12, 2021 according to the affidavit. Baker allegedly used this new page to post the following:
“‘We advocate a diversity of tactics and organizing elsewhere than this event page. Peaceful friends are welcome and will be protected. Direct action friends are also welcome and encouraged.”
Even had the sixth of January not happened, even had the riots not taken place, if any right winger of any degree of fringe, no matter how far from the middle or even if he was raised by wolves in a cave until old enough to say he doesn’t support Twitter bans would be the BIGGEST STORY IN THE WORLD and every Republican would be asked about it on every Sunday show by pious and pompous Tappers and Fat, Dumb, and Bald Guys forever.