Jan. 6 attack

These far-right media figures are getting center stage under Trump

4:16pm February 20, 2025

The Trump administration has welcomed far-right media figures in the White House briefing room and elsewhere, even as it restricts access for established news outlets.

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A Jan. 6 defendant tells NPR why she turned down Trump's pardon

8:27pm January 23, 2025

Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge and spent 60 days behind bars for her role in the Capitol riots, says she no longer believes the lies President Trump promoted.

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Trump Supporters Hold "Stop The Steal" Rally In DC Amid Ratification Of Presidential Election

Trump offers long-promised pardons to some 1,500 January 6 rioters

8:03pm January 20, 2025

On the campaign trail, Trump regularly featured the stories of Jan. 6 defendants he labeled "hostages" and "patriots."

Former 'Bob's Burgers' actor sentenced to 1 year in prison for role in Capitol riot

2:01am October 29, 2024

Jay Johnston expressed regret that he “made it more difficult for the police to do their job" on Jan. 6.

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Trump’s Bedminster club hosted an alleged Nazi sympathizer who stormed the Capitol

3:00pm September 12, 2024

At two events, Donald Trump’s New Jersey golf club hosted a convicted Jan. 6 rioter known for extreme antisemitic and racist comments, whom prosecutors described as a ‘white supremacist.’

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Man sentenced to 20 years for attacking police in Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol

6:15pm August 09, 2024

by The Associated Press

A California man with a history of political violence was sentenced to 20 years in prison for repeatedly attacking police with flagpoles and other makeshift weapons during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are arguing that he enjoys immunity from prosecution.

Politics & Government

Judges push back against Trump's immunity claim in the election interference case

4:32pm January 09, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

Lawyers for the former president made a sweeping argument that he enjoys blanket immunity from federal prosecution for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio speaks at a rally in Delta Park on Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore.

Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentencing delayed in Jan. 6 case

11:49am August 30, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Prosecutors are seeking 33 years for Tarrio. Also set to be sentenced later this week are Tarrio's codefendants: Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola.

Former Washington Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone pictured in Washington, D.C., July 21, 2022.

Politics & Government

Jan. 6 rioter who used a stun gun on Officer Michael Fanone sentenced to prison

4:25pm June 21, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Daniel Joseph "DJ" Rodriguez, 40, of Fontana, Calif., was sentenced to 12.5 years. Officer Fanone served on the Metropolitan Police Department Officer for nearly two decades before resigning in 2021.

This artist sketch depicts the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and four others charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack.

2 more Oath Keepers are sentenced to prison terms for the Jan. 6 Capitol attack

2:00pm May 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

A federal judge sentenced Army veterans Jessica Watkins, of Woodstock, Ohio, to more than eight years in prison and Kenneth Harrelson, of Titusville, Fla., to four years in the 2021 riot.