Tag: January 6

The Justice Department told the court a retrial would harass eight men whose sentences Trump had already commuted. Two Oath Keepers who pleaded guilty and cooperated keep their convictions.

The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.

The recent convictions against the Proud Boys will only strengthen the state’s ability to target the left.

Even John F. Kennedy recognized that when confronted with extreme abuse of power, we are left with no alternative. 

Rebellions of the enslaved can aptly be classified as insurrections. This much is clear as we debate the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

Trump could still be president if he were as good at scheming a coup as at debunking, then crashing democratic systems.

Chair Bennie Thompson said hearings into the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump would resume sometime in July.

If Garland indicates he has not conducted an investigation of Trump and he has no plans to do so, even after receiving the Jan. 6 committee’s full report, Biden should fire him immediately and begin the search for a new, highly competent individual who will properly conduct the Justice Dept. business.

The defeat of Donald Trump in 2020 was supposed to put an end to America’s delusional national politics. The...

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