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Trump Aides, GOP Senators Look for Way Out on $1.8B Fund

As backlash grows, Republicans consider their options

(Newser) - President Trump's plan for a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people claiming political persecution is facing such fierce blowback that aides are weighing whether to scrap it to secure GOP support for immigration enforcement money. More than a dozen Republican senators, including Trump ally Lindsey Graham, have privately...

DOJ Pulls Jan. 6 'Propaganda,' Moves to Drop Sedition Cases

Proud Boys, Oath Keepers are among the rioters who would benefit

(Newser) - The Justice Department is taking steps to dismantle some of the most prominent remnants of its Jan. 6 criminal investigation, including cases against members of far-right groups and an online archive of case updates. Late Friday, federal prosecutors in Washington asked judges to drop the most serious charges brought in...

Jan. 6 Cops Respond to Trump's $1.8B Payout Fund With Lawsuit

Two officers say 'slush fund' rewards Capitol rioters

(Newser) - A fresh legal fight over Jan. 6 is targeting not rioters, but a new Trump administration fund. Two officers who defended the Capitol that day have filed suit to halt a nearly $1.8 billion program they say is designed to financially reward those who attacked it, reports the New ...

Blanche Won't Rule Out Payouts to Violent Rioters

Democrats grill acting AG over new 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'

(Newser) - Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday wouldn't rule out the possibility that violent rioters at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will be considered for payouts from a new $1.776 billion fund to compensate individuals who believe they were targeted politically. Testifying before Congress for the...

Trump Pick Resigns at Treasury After 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'

General counsel Brian Morrissey steps down after creation of $1.8B fund for Trump allies, J6ers

(Newser) - A senior Treasury official is out just as a controversial new pot of money comes in. Brian Morrissey, the department's general counsel, stepped down on Monday, mere hours after the Trump administration rolled out a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund," three people familiar with the situation tell...

Feds Move to Toss Jan. 6 Conspiracy Convictions

Justice Department asks court to throw out convictions of Proud Boys, Oath Keepers leaders

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms for leading members of the far-right extremist groups in attacking the US Capitol to keep President Trump in office over...

Trump Isn't Immune From Jan. 6 Lawsuits, Judge Rules

Speech at rally, phone call seeking votes in Georgia weren't official acts, judge finds

(Newser) - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Trump can be sued over his conduct surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, rejecting his claim of broad civil immunity for key actions after the 2020 election. US District Judge Amit Mehta found that Trump's speech at the "Stop the...

Jan. 6 Rioters Want Millions Over Officers' Use of Force

Proud Boys members are among plaintiffs in class-action filing

(Newser) - A group of people who were part of the Jan. 6 mob at the US Capitol now say they're the victims—and they want to be compensated. In a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court in Florida, several rioters and rallygoers are seeking tens of millions of dollars in...

DC Pipe Bomb Suspect: Trump Pardoned Me

Brian Cole Jr. tests sweeping defense, which administration plans to fight

(Newser) - The man charged with planting pipe bombs at the DNC and RNC headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is trying a sweeping defense : he's protected by presidential pardon. Attorneys for Brian Cole Jr.—charged with transporting and using explosives—argue in a new court...

Years Overdue, Capitol Plaque Honoring Officers Goes Up

Law required installation of Jan. 6 marker by March 2023

(Newser) - A plaque honoring law enforcement officers who defended the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was finally mounted inside the building before dawn Saturday, three years after Congress' own deadline to put it up passed. Around 4am, two members from the Architect of the Capitol installed the bronze marker on...

Virginia Democrats Pass Rules on How to Teach About Jan. 6

Legislature passes measure, now in the hands of Democratic governor

(Newser) - Virginia is poised to become the first state to explicitly bar public schools from teaching that Jan. 6 was peaceful or that the 2020 election was marred by sweeping fraud. The Democratic-controlled legislature has passed a bill that would require any Jan. 6 instruction to describe the attack as "...

Pardoned Capitol Rioter Gets Life Sentence

Andrew Paul Johnson was convicted of molesting 2 children in Florida

(Newser) - A Florida handyman who was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for molesting two children had been convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but was pardoned by President Trump. Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, is among several Jan. 6 defendants who have been charged with new crimes...

Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Charged Over Threats Against Officer

Influencer Jake Lang allegedly threatened officer with execution at Jan. 6 anniversary event

(Newser) - A man whose Jan. 6 case vanished with Donald Trump's return to the White House is back in court—this time over what he allegedly said, not what he did, reports NBC News . Jake Lang, a pardoned Capitol rioter and self-described pro-Trump influencer, has been charged in DC Superior...

Trump Sues BBC for $10B Over January 6 Speech Edit
BBC on Trump's $10B
Lawsuit: 'His Claim Fails'
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BBC on Trump's $10B Lawsuit: 'His Claim Fails'

Broadcaster seeks to dismiss his complaint over what he says was deceptively edited Jan. 6 speech

(Newser) - The BBC wants US President Trump's complaint against it dismissed. On Monday, the UK broadcaster filed a motion to nix the American leader's $10 billion suit alleging that it had deceptively edited a speech he made to supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, per NBC News . The BBC said...

Jan. 6 'Podium Guy' Running for Office in Florida

Pardoned Jan. 6 participant challenges incumbent for Manatee County seat

(Newser) - The man once photographed grinning with Nancy Pelosi's lectern is now asking voters to hand him an official one. Adam Johnson, dubbed "Podium Guy" or "Lectern Guy" after an image of him carrying the then-House speaker's lectern during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack went viral,...

Latest Entry in Race Is Rioter Who Took Pelosi's Lectern

Adam Johnson seeks county commission seat in Florida

(Newser) - A Florida man who posed for photos after taking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern during the Capitol riot has filed for public office in Florida. Election records show Adam Johnson filed Tuesday—the fifth anniversary of the attack—as a Republican to run for an at-large seat on the...

Missing Jan. 6 Plaque Will Go Up at the Capitol

Senate took action

(Newser) - The Senate has agreed to display a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, rebuffing House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has said the commemorative memorial does not comply with the law , the AP reports. The action happened swiftly, with brief debate, in floor...

Anniversary of Capitol Riot Was Marked in Very Different Ways

Democrats held vigil, former Proud Boys leader retraced rioters' steps to Capitol

(Newser) - Five years ago outside the White House, outgoing President Trump told a crowd of supporters to head to the Capitol—"and I'll be there with you"—in protest as Congress was affirming the 2020 election victory for Democrat Joe Biden. A short time later, the world watched...

New White House Site Blames Dems, Police for Capitol Riot

It claims Democrats staged 'real insurrection' on Jan. 6

(Newser) - A new official website from President Trump's White House is marking the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack by flipping the script on who was to blame. The site, launched Tuesday, accuses Democrats—and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in particular—of engineering what it calls...

A Plaque to Honor Jan. 6 Officers Is MIA at the Capitol

On 5th anniversary of Capitol riot, will it be remembered as 'seminal moment' or 'weird one-off'?

(Newser) - On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, an official plaque honoring the police officers on duty that day is nowhere to be found. It's not on display at the Capitol, as is required by law. Its whereabouts aren't publicly known, though the...

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