More Rioters Just Got Prison Time for Actions on January 6
Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. John Minchillo/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Justice Department announced on Friday that Nicholas Ochs, the founder of the Hawaii Proud Boys chapter, was sentenced to four years…
Family of Fallen Jan. 6 Officer Snub McCarthy and McConnell at Gold Medal Ceremony
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, at a ceremony to commemorate law enforcement officials who responded to the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, several award recipients and their families snubbed the nation’s top Republicans, Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell. Among those…
This MAGA PAC Raised Nearly $2 Million Off the Trucker Protests. Where Did All the Money Go?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Alex Phillips was standing one block from the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, when he warned an interviewer that members of Congress who went along with certifying the results of the presidential election would suffer the consequences in…
Oath Keepers Founder Convicted of Sedition in Capitol Attack
Grace Molteni/Mother Jones; Collin County Sheriff’s Office/AP, Mihoko Owada/STAR MAX/IPx/AP; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A jury has convicted Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, of seditious conspiracy and other crimes, a milestone in the Justice Department’s sprawling…
An Oath Keeper Took the Stand in Her Own Defense. It Went Badly.
Grace Molteni/Mother Jones; Jose Luis Magana/AP, Montgomery County Jail/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Jessica Watkins, an Oath Keeper charged with seditious conspiracy, struggled Thursday under cross examination by prosecutors—at one point shouting that the 2020 election had been stolen from Donald Trump. “Half…
Republicans Will End the January 6 Committee. They May Also Investigate It.
Representative Bennie Thompson, Chair of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol. Jabin Botsford/Pool/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Republican have won control of the House of Representatives, and that means the January 6 committee will be…