US citizen Evan Neumann has been granted asylum in Belarus after fleeing “political persecution” by the FBI in the form of six charges stemming from his alleged participation in the January 6 riot in Washington, DC, local media outlets have reported. The Belarusian news outlet BelTA confirmed Neumann had received …
Read More »US re-erecting Capitol fence for Biden speech – media
Security preparations for a possible Freedom Convoy protest in Washington during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech on March 1 will reportedly include reinstallation of an unscalable barrier around the US Capitol complex. Fox News reported on the fencing initiative on Sunday, citing concerns that truckers will use …
Read More »Judge rejects Trump’s immunity request over Capitol riots
A judge has rejected former US President Donald Trump’s attempts to have lawsuits accusing him of sparking the January 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol dismissed, ruling on Friday that Trump should not be immune from civil damages. District Judge Amit Mehta claimed that the complaints from nearly a dozen …
Read More »Share of Americans who blame Trump for Capitol riot revealed
A steadily decreasing number of Americans believe former President Donald Trump carries full or partial blame for the riot at the US Capitol in 2021, according to a new survey. The trend is true for both Republicans and Democrats. A Pew poll published on Tuesday surveyed more than 5,100 people …
Read More »GOP says Capitol riot was ‘legitimate political discourse’
The Republican National Committee has censured Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for aiding the Democrat-led “persecution” of the Capitol Hill rioters, whom the party said were engaged in “legitimate political discourse.” The rebuke comes after former President Donald Trump suggested pardoning the rioters should he be re-elected. The RNC …
Read More »Trump makes pledge to Capitol rioters
Former US President Donald Trump has said he will pardon supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6 last year if he wins the election in 2024. Addressing the crowd at a ‘Save America’ rally in Conroe, Texas late on Saturday, Trump promised to make sure they were treated fairly …
Read More »A year on from the Capitol riot, America remains divided, disillusioned, and angry
Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and herself the Representative of the people of Wyoming in the House of Representatives, has said it best: Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, “is clearly unfit for future office” and should “never be anywhere near the Oval …
Read More »Jail might be radicalizing Capitol rioter even further, son says
Guy Reffitt, one of numerous people facing charges stemming from the January 6 Capitol riot, may be “more enthusiastic” about his actions thanks to his time behind bars, his son has said. Jackson Reffitt, 19, told Vice News this week that jail might not be the best deterrent for Capitol …
Read More »‘Worse than the Civil war’: US media fixated on Capitol riot while left-wing radicalism goes unpunished
One year after the US Capitol riot, Washington seems worried about domestic terrorism only when conservatives are perpetrators, but polling suggests no one outside the establishment echo chamber is swayed by the skewed narrative. As a GOP congressman held up nearly identical photos of federal buildings being breached – one …
Read More »Trump ‘rallied the mob to attack’, Biden says in Capitol riot anniversary speech
US President Joe Biden targeted Donald Trump during a speech on the anniversary of the January 6 Capitol riot, claiming he “rallied the crowd” to attack the Capitol and then watched the destruction unfold on television. Biden accused rioters of attempting to overturn the election results and ”subvert the constitution” while Trump …
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