by Jim Heath | Apr 23, 2021 | Headlines
A third member of the far-right Proud Boys group was arrested this week on conspiracy charges related to his role in the Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill. The Justice Department announced Friday that it arrested Matthew Greene, 33, of Syracuse, N.Y., and that he made his...
by Jim Heath | Mar 2, 2021 | FBI, Headlines
FBI Director Christopher Wray made clear today the FBI deemed the the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol a case of domestic terrorism. “That attack, that siege, was criminal behavior, plain and simple, and it’s behavior that we, the FBI, view as domestic...
by Jim Heath | Feb 13, 2021 | Headlines, Impeachment, Trump
The United States Senate voted 57-43 to acquit Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, as Republicans in a Senate still bruised from the most violent attack on the Capitol in two centuries banded together to reject the charge that he incited the Jan. 6 attack....
by Jim Heath | Feb 11, 2021 | Headlines, Proud Boys, Trump
A member of the far-right group Proud Boys blamed Donald Trump for his participation in the deadly riot at the US Capitol, saying he was led astray by the outgoing president, who is currently facing an impeachment trial for allegedly inciting insurrection. An attorney...
by Jim Heath | Feb 9, 2021 | Headlines, Impeachment
His daughter asked him not to go. “It was the day after we buried her brother, our son Tommy, the saddest day of our lives,” said Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.), the lead House impeachment manager. But Raskin knew he couldn’t stay home on Jan. 6, he explained on the...
