Washington — The campaign of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. disowned language used in a fundraising email on Thursday that referred to those facing charges in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot as “activists” who have been “stripped of their Constitutional liberties.” The email urged supporters to sign a petition calling for the … Read more
Hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants accused of assaulting police officers – CBS News Watch CBS News A CBS News review has found that hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants have been accused of assaulting members of law enforcement during the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Former President Trump’s comments praising them as “patriots” and calling them … Read more
By Lisa Mascaro | Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Republicans are launching a vast reinvestigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, seeking to push the blame away from Donald Trump, who has been indicted over his actions or his supporters in the mob siege trying to overturn the 2020 election. As … Read more
Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court for another pause in his January 6 election conspiracy case Monday, as his attorneys work on an appeal of a decision that soundly rejected his claims of presidential immunity. Last week, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Trump is not shielded from prosecution on federal charges that he … Read more
Donald Trump‘s trial on election conspiracy charges will not start on March 4, as a federal judge pulled it from the court’s schedule. The vacating of the date is not a surprise, as other proceedings in the case have been put on hold as Trump’s lawyers pursue appeals after the judge, Tanya Chutkan, refused to … Read more
Former President Donald Trump was in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to attend a hearing on whether he is immune from prosecution for his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. As his attorney John Sauer argued before a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, media coverage quickly zeroed … Read more
The lives changed by Jan. 6 attacks The lives changed by Jan. 6 attacks 09:45 Authorities arrested three Jan. 6 fugitives on Saturday, three years to the day after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. The three people being sought were: Jonathan Daniel Pollock, Olivia Michele Pollock and Joseph Daniel … Read more
Former US president Donald Trump on Tuesday appealed a ruling by Maine’s Democratic secretary of state barring him from the ballot over his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. He was expected to also ask the US Supreme Court to rule on his eligibility to return to the presidency in … Read more
Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday allowed a lawsuit brought by a group of U.S. Capitol Police officers against former President Donald Trump to move forward, ruling that Trump is not entitled to absolute immunity from civil lawsuits. The suit focuses on Trump’s alleged conduct surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the … Read more
By Marshall Cohen and Devan Cole | CNN The Colorado Republican Party says it has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn the unprecedented state Supreme Court ruling that removed Donald Trump from Colorado’s 2024 ballot. The Colorado GOP was also a party in the case and is fighting to preserve its right to include Trump on … Read more
