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...
by Jim Heath | Feb 9, 2021 | Headlines, Impeachment, Trump
Sen. Mike Shirkey, the highest ranking Republican elected official in Michigan, said he believes the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol was not carried out by supporters of former Donald Trump, calling the idea a “hoax” and stating that the attacked was...
