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FBI: DC Pipe Bombs Were Planted Night Before Riot

There's now $100K reward for suspect in security footage shown by 'Washington Post'

(Newser) - A $100,000 reward is up for grabs as the FBI says it's using "every tool in our toolbox" to track down the person or persons responsible for planting two pipe bombs near the US Capitol. An FBI release on Friday noted that on Jan. 5, the day...

Capitol Police's Fence Idea Meets With Pushback

DC mayor is no fan of the idea, for one

(Newser) - The acting chief of the US Capitol Police would like to see permanent fencing installed around the Capitol in the wake of the Jan. 6 storming of the building—and she's not the first to make that suggestion. In a Thursday statement , Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman said a 2006...

AOC Won't Work With Cruz: 'You Almost Had Me Murdered'

'There's a lot of partisan anger and rage on the Democratic side,' senator says

(Newser) - When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Thursday about individual investors being blocked from buying shares of certain companies by Robinhood, a trading app, many messages of support were posted. But one responder wasn't welcome at this party, Politico reports. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas retweeted her post, which said...

2nd Officer Takes His Own Life After Capitol Attack

DC officer Jeffery Smith died by suicide on Jan. 15

(Newser) - Washington, DC, police disclosed for the first time Tuesday that a DC officer who responded to the Capitol riot took his own life days later. Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee told House lawmakers that Jeffery Smith, a 12-year veteran of the force, died by suicide on Jan. 15, nine...

Acting Capitol Police Chief Apologizes to Congress

Pittman admits the department should have been prepared for the Jan. 6 attack

(Newser) - Acknowledging that the Capitol Police department "failed to meet its own high standards" during the Jan. 6 riot, the agency's acting chief apologized to a House committee on Tuesday. The police department knew there was a "strong potential for violence" that day but didn't do enough...

Oregon GOP's 'False Flag' Theory Draws a Backlash

'Oregonian' editorial board wonders where state's 'mainstream Republicans' have gone

(Newser) - As the Senate gears up for Donald Trump's second impeachment trial , tied to the violent Capitol riot on Jan. 6, Oregon's Republican Party has its own take on what happened that day. To wit, per the Guardian : They insist that evidence is increasingly pointing to the DC attack...

Despite Threat, Son Told FBI About Father's Role in Riot

He first contacted feds weeks before Capitol attack

(Newser) - A Texas man arrested for his role in the Capitol riot had threatened to shoot his "traitor" children if they turned him in, according to the FBI. But Guy Reffitt didn't know that 18-year-old son Jackson had reported him to the FBI weeks earlier, the New York Times...

All Capitol Rioters May Not Be Charged

Justice Department debates whether nonviolent suspects should go free

(Newser) - Since the attack on the US Capitol on Jan. 6, investigators have been working to identify and arrest the rioters. Now, prosecutors are considering what to do with them, the Washington Post reports. About 800 people breached the building, but among that group, some people committed acts of violence and...

Capitol Rioter Charged With Threatening Congresswoman

Garret Miller allegedly wanted to kill Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

(Newser) - A Texas man authorities say was among the mob that swarmed the US Capitol has been charged with threatening New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Per CNN , Garret Miller tweeted "Assassinate AOC" in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot in response to the Democrat's call to "impeach"...

Woman Accused of Swiping Pelosi Laptop Gets Out of Jail

Lawyer says charges against Riley Williams have been 'overstated'

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania woman who allegedly swiped a laptop from Nancy Pelosi's office during the Capitol riot has been released on house arrest pending trial—and Riley William's lawyer has begun what the Philadelphia Inquirer calls an attempt to "reframe the narrative" around the case. In a court...

Hawley and Cruz Face Ethics Complaint

Democrats ask whether the two senators worked with rally organizers before Capitol attack

(Newser) - Republican Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz face an ethics investigation over their roles in fighting the certification of President Biden's electoral victory and the Jan. 6 rally that turned into an attack on the US Capitol. "By proceeding with their objections to the electors after the violent...

Siblings of 2 Congressmen Call for Removal From Office

Ariz. Reps. Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar face family's blame for Capitol riot

(Newser) - Critics of lawmakers who backed President Trump's election challenges want them removed from office, and those critics sometimes include their own relatives. Two of Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs' four siblings are calling for the Republican's removal in a letter to the editor at the Arizona Republic . William Biggs...

Post: Army 'Falsely Denied' Flynn Brother Was on Capitol Call

General doesn't share brother's QAnon views, former Army secretary says

(Newser) - There's no sign that Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn shares the extreme views of his brother, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, but the military still denied for days that he was in the room for a Jan. 6 call in which the Capitol Police pleaded with reluctant officials for help,...

Alleged Capitol Rioter Sent Selfie to the Wrong Person

The recipient, a State Department agent, was the brother of the man's girlfriend

(Newser) - A retired New York City firefighter once accused of hurling racist abuse has been detained after allegedly sending a Jan. 6 photo of himself inside the Capitol Rotunda to his girlfriend's brother, who happens to be a State Department agent. In the midst of the riot, an unnamed Diplomatic...

Feds Charge Militia Members With Planning Capitol Attack

They received chilling messages when inside Capitol

(Newser) - Prosecutors are now going after alleged organizers of the Capitol attack as well as participants. A criminal complaint Tuesday accused three alleged members of the far-right Oath Keepers of conspiring against the United States, among other offenses, reports Reuters . Prosecutors say Thomas Caldwell, a 65-year-old Navy veteran who allegedly has...

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GPS Reading Leads to Arrest

Bryan Betancur, who's tracked while on probation, belongs to white supremacist groups: FBI

(Newser) - Being on probation, Bryan Betancur knows his movements are tracked electronically by parole and probation officers. After his GPS monitor showed the Maryland man was in the US Capitol on the afternoon of Jan. 6—during the mob attack—he was arrested. Federal court documents say Betancur has said he...

McConnell Blames Trump for Provoking Mob

The crowd was 'fed lies' before attack, majority leader tells Senate

(Newser) - Sen. Mitch McConnell hasn't said how he'll vote in the impeachment trial of President Trump, but he was clear about where he stands on the accusation Tuesday. "The mob was fed lies," the majority leader said on the Senate floor, the Hill reports. "They were...

FBI Says Rioter Threatened to Shoot 'Traitor' Children

'You know what happens to traitors'

(Newser) - A member of the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 threatened to kill his children if they turned him in, according to court documents. Guy Reffitt's wife told FBI investigators that when the Texas man argued with his son and daughter about his trip to Washington, DC,...

GitHub's HR Head Resigns After Worker Fired Over Nazi Line

GitHub says employee can have his job back

(Newser) - Tech company GitHub says a Jewish worker who was fired for warning that Nazis were among the Capitol rioters can have his job back. The worker was fired from the Microsoft subsidiary on Jan. 8, two days after he posted a message on Slack directed to DC-area colleagues during the...

New Video Shows Inside Look at Siege of Capitol

'New Yorker' contributor Luke Mogelson filmed with his phone

(Newser) - Luke Mogelson is a war correspondent who has written dispatches from Afghanistan and Syria. But his latest hits much closer to home. Mogelson entered the US Capitol (as a journalist) when rioters took it by storm on Jan. 6. He wrote a first-person account for the New Yorker , and the...

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