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Capitol insurgent from San Diego area sentenced to 3 months in prison in tentative ruling

SAN DIEGO — A former longtime Coronado resident was tentatively sentenced to three months in prison Tuesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol rampage, an attack that federal prosecutors called "a criminal offense unparalleled in American history."

Tribune News Service

Pentagon expected to OK National Guard for DC truck convoys

A U.S. official says the Pentagon is likely to approve 700 to 800 unarmed National Guard troops in response to requests for assistance by the District of Columbia and the U.S. Capitol Police ahead of planned truck convoys

The Independent UK

Capitol Police request National Guard as trucker convoy expected for State of the Union

WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense is considering a request from U.S. Capitol Police and the Washington, D.C., government to have the National Guard help respond to an expected truck convoy aimed at disrupting traffic around the Capitol ahead of the March 1 State of the Union.

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Will Bunch: Right now, a US toddler is starving because of Senate cowards

It was two years ago this month that a working single mom turned anti-poverty activist from Wheeling, West Virginia, named Amy Jo Hutchison sat before a U.S. House committee on Capitol Hill and tried to educate members of Congress about the relentless hard work of being poor in America in…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

US Capitol security fencing may remain to keep copycat trucker protest from disrupting State of the Union

Prominent conservatives are hoping a US copycat of Canadian trucker protests will energise opposition to the Democratic Party

The Independent UK

Donald Trump’s new social media app hit with teething trouble after launch

Truth Social marks former president’s return to social media after being banned in wake of Capitol insurrection

Evening Standard

EXPLAINER: How fake electors tried to throw result to Trump

State attorneys general and the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol are digging deeper into the role that fake slates of electors played in the desperate effort by former President Donald Trump to cling to power after his 2020 defeat

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‘This should terrify the nation’: the Trump ally seeking to run Arizona’s elections

Mark Finchem, a supporter of the ex-president’s ‘big lie’ about the 2020 election, could soon oversee voting in the state

The Guardian - US

Trump suffers legal setbacks in Washington, New York

The National Archives said Trump took classified documents; a federal judge refused to dismiss lawsuits against him over the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol; and another judge ruled he must testify in a lawsuit over the Trump Organization’s business practices.

Chicago Sun-Times

Militia leader charged with Jan. 6 sedition to remain locked up

WASHINGTON — Elmer Stewart Rhodes, the Yale Law School graduate who founded the right-wing Oath Keepers militia group, lost his bid to be freed from jail while he awaits a trial for seditious conspiracy over his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Tribune News Service

Trump fails to get lawsuits over Jan. 6 Capitol riot thrown out

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump must face lawsuits accusing him of inciting the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, a federal judge ruled, rejecting the former president’s immunity and free-speech arguments.

Tribune News Service

Capitol girding for potential trucker protest at State of Union

WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police are preparing for a possible protest by a convoy of truckers arriving in Washington around the date of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.

Tribune News Service

Stewart Rhodes: Leader of Oath Keepers militia denied bail ahead of trial for seditious conspiracy

Rhodes stands accused of trying to ‘oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power’

The Independent UK

Oath Keepers leader to stay jailed until Capitol riot trial

A federal judge has refused to free Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from jail while he awaits trial on charges that he plotted with other members of his far-right militia group to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s electoral victory

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Court in Civil Case Holds Trump's Jan. 6 Speech Could Be Constitutionally Unprotected Incitement

But the claims against Donald J. Trump, Jr. and Rudy Giuliani are dismissed.

Tribune News Service

Trump fails to get lawsuits over Jan. 6 Capitol riot thrown out

Donald Trump must face lawsuits accusing him of inciting the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, a federal judge ruled, rejecting the former president’s immunity and free-speech arguments.

The Independent UK

Judge rejects Trump bid to quash conspiracy lawsuits adding it is ‘plausible’ he ‘sparked’ Capitol riot

Federal judge rejects ex-president’s ‘immunity’ claims to shield him from multiple lawsuits

The Independent UK

Judge rejects effort by Trump to toss Jan. 6 lawsuits

A federal judge has rejected efforts by former President Donald Trump to toss out lawsuits filed by lawmakers and two Capitol Police officers that claim his actions led to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection

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Republicans ask Pelosi to release pre-riot security footage they say will disprove ‘reconnaissance tours’ claims

Representative Rodney Davis says he has viewed security footage which vindicates Republicans from accusations of having aided pro-Trump rioters

The Independent UK

Infamous Capitol rioter Jenna Ryan released from jail and immediately resumes sharing conspiracy theories

Trump supporter’s prolific social media presence have made her one of 6 January’s most recognisable names

Roll Call

Capitol Police briefing Hill staff on potential trucker rally in DC - Roll Call

Capitol Police are briefing congressional staff on Friday on planning efforts regarding a potential trucker convoy protest in D.C.

Roll Call

Photos of the week ending Feb. 18, 2022 - Roll Call

Photos of the week: With the House gone, the Senate worked to finish another continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown.

Salon

Texas GOP hopefuls back Trump's lies

“We’ve seen across the board, the Democrats have always cheated,” claims one Republican. (Fact check: Um, no)

The Independent UK

Reservist, nurse charged with running fake vaccine card scam

Federal authorities say a Marine Corps reservist charged in last year’s U.S. Capitol riot also schemed with a nurse to steal, forge and sell hundreds of coronavirus vaccination cards

The Independent UK

‘Chilling’ text sent by pro-Trump Republican before Capitol riot suggests knowledge of what was to unfold, report says

‘We’re driving a stake in the heart’ of the country, member of Congress warned

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