[ 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 … Read more
[ Ex-Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro said he’s feeling “pissed” that he’s going to prison, which he reported to Tuesday to begin serving a four-month sentence in Miami for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena. “I’m pissed. That’s what I’m feeling right now,” he said. “But I’m also afraid of only one thing. … Read more
[ Former President Trump on Monday said among his first actions if he is reelected in November would be to free rioters imprisoned for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. “My first acts as your next President will be to Close the Border, DRILL, BABY, DRILL, and Free the January … Read more
[ Michael Sparks, the man accused of being the first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been convicted on charges that he interfered with police and obstructed Congress from certifying the election results. A federal jury in Washington, D.C. convicted Sparks, 46, a Kentucky resident, on all six charges he … Read more
[ Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan vowed Friday that his new company will cover the former President Trump’s legal woes differently than the media has thus far. “We will stop with this charade that this is a legal story,” Hasan said Friday evening in an interview on NewsNation’s “Cuomo.” “Like you and I both worked … Read more
[ A Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol rioter who smoked marijuana in a senator’s office was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on Thursday. New York state native Brandon Fellows, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden to 37 months in prison, plus five months for a contempt of court charge. He was … Read more
[ Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley poked at former President Trump Friday over an apparent mix-up about the Indiana GOP primary ballot deadline. Her quip came after Trump criticized Haley on Truth Social for “still scrambling” to get her name to appear on the Hoosier State ballot. “Nikki Haley still scrambling in Indiana with democrat … Read more
[ Ryan Samsel, one of the individuals who prosecutors accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted Friday on multiple felony counts, along with four co-defendants. Samsel was one of the first people to confront the police on Jan. 6 outside the Capitol, with prosecutors … Read more
[ Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to deny a request to delay sentencing for a rioter who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, alleging that he wants to remain incarcerated. Brandon Fellows was convicted on Aug. 31, 2023, of felony obstruction of an official proceeding and felony entering and remaining in a restricted building. … Read more
[ Sarah Matthews, an ex-staffer of former President Trump, donated to Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s campaign, despite Trump’s recent warning against doing so. “Done,” Matthews wrote on X, formerly Twitter, alongside a link to donate to the former South Carolina governor’s campaign. “Join me in donating to @NikkiHaley here.” Her pledge follows Trump’s push to … Read more
