Jan. 6

Poop on Pelosi's desk, a neo-Nazi tiki torch: Mysterious statues are popping up in D.C.

12:03pm October 29, 2024

Two politically pointed statues have mysteriously appeared in the nation’s capital in the leadup to the election: a pile of poop on the former House speaker's desk and a hand holding a tiki torch.

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The Jan. 6 riot included Marines. The military is wrestling with the consequences

6:00am October 26, 2024

A Marine and his buddies joined the mob that entered the Capitol on Jan. 6. They were not the only Marines there. NPR asked the Corps' top officer a question: Do the Marines have an extremism problem?

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A federal judge last week ordered Peter Navarro to report to a Florida prison on March 19.

Politics & Government

Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro to go to prison after Supreme Court rejects his appeal

6:04pm March 18, 2024

by NPR Washington Desk

Last week, a federal appeals court ordered Navarro to surrender to a federal prison in Florida on March 19 to serve his four-month sentence.

Prosecutors are seeking a partial gag order against former President Donald Trump.

Politics & Government

Judge imposes partial gag order against Trump in election-interference case

3:18pm October 16, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

The limited gag order bars the former president from making statements targeting prosecutors and court personnel as well as inflammatory statements about likely witnesses.

Proud Boys members including Zachary Rehl, left, Ethan Nordean, center, and Joseph Biggs, walk toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.

Proud Boys leaders sentenced to a combined 32 years for Jan. 6 riot

4:35pm August 31, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl were convicted alongside former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio and other fellow members of the group.

Lawyers say they expect former President Donald Trump to wade into commentary, and personal attacks, on people involved in bringing him to justice across four separate criminal indictments in four different jurisdictions.

Politics & Government

Trump tests the tolerance of judges and even his own lawyers

12:40pm August 18, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

Former President Donald Trump's rhetoric could be setting him up for an ugly clash with judges overseeing the criminal cases against him.

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump on Tuesday at a Department of Justice office in Washington.

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The charges facing Trump in the Jan. 6 investigation, explained

10:31pm August 01, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, witness tampering, conspiracy against the rights of citizens, and obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding.

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A D.C. police lieutenant is accused of tipping off a leader of the Proud Boys

2:16pm May 19, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Shane Lamond allegedly used his position in the Metropolitan Police Department's Intelligence Branch to share information with Enrique Tarrio, a leader with the far-right extremist group

Riley June Williams, accused of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, has been granted permission to attend the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire.

The woman accused of stealing Pelosi's laptop gets to attend Renaissance Faire

9:53am August 20, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Riley Williams is typically only allowed to leave home for work, court proceedings or approved outings. This weekend, that may include jousting and a make-believe renaissance wedding.

Then-President Donald Trump is seen on the screen above the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection on Thursday in outtakes from his Jan. 7, 2021, video in which he refused to say he had lost the election.

As Jan. 6 panel pauses, the U.S. faces a fourth fall of Trump (with a fifth in view)

5:00am July 24, 2022

by Ron Elving

Even if the January 6 investigation had wrapped this week, the former president would still be looming over the fall landscape like a rising harvest moon.