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Only 5 percent of registered voters say the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 or former President Trump's alleged election subversion efforts are their most prominent memory from his time in the White House, according to an analysis of a survey released Monday. Pollsters for The New York Times and Siena College asked…

Four “Three Percenter” militia members were sentenced to prison Friday over charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Erik Scott Warner, 48; Felipe Antonio Martinez, 50; Derek Kinnison, 42 and Ronald Mele, 54, all hail from California, according…

Two heavy-hitters in the House Democratic Caucus have endorsed former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn in his bid for Congress. “Proud to endorse @libradunn for Congress in #MD03! Harry will defend our Democracy and fight for the people of Maryland,” former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a Friday post on the social…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he would appoint a special counsel to determine whether sentences for those convicted of charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol were “appropriate,” arguing it would “restore peace” and “restore” trust in the U.S. government. Kennedy, who is mounting a third-party bid for the…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent candidate running for president, sent out a fundraising email Thursday that called the defendants who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, “activists,” but his team later backtracked, saying it was an error. The emails, sent to his supporters Thursday, said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a “political prisoner”…

Former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Ronna McDaniel said Sunday that she doesn’t support former President Trump’s promise to free people imprisoned for crimes related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Trump has repeatedly promised to pardon who he calls “patriots,” claiming they were jailed for political reasons after a violent mob broke into the…

A St. Louis Cardinals fan accused of storming the Capitol in all red during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack pleaded guilty Friday to charges related to the insurrection. The man, who legally changed his name from Daniel Donnelly, Jr. to Rally Runner in 2017, pleaded guilty in the District of Columbia to a felony offense…

A man from Colorado has been sentenced to over five years in prison for aiding in dragging a law enforcement officer into a crowd during the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, as per prosecutors. Aside from the sentence, Jeffrey Sabol, 53, was also given three years of supervised release and was ordered to…

Michael Cohen, who was Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, said Peter Navarro, a former adviser to Trump, “has no idea what he’s in store for.” Cohen’s comments come after Navarro was the first Trump White House official to go to prison due to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Navarro held a…

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said he disagreed with former President Trump’s characterization of the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters at the Capitol, saying that he believes in the U.S. judicial system. I don’t believe they’re hostages. I believe in our judicial system, and I believe, though, Martha, as you’ve seen because you reported them, some of…