Capitol Riot

A former U.S. Capitol Police officer who witnessed the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, was disappointed but not surprised by Special Counsel Jack Smith’s announcement this week he will drop election interference charges against President-elect Donald Trump. “We expected it, we saw it coming, we knew it was a possibility when Donald Trump won the election, so we had time…

A former U.S. Capitol Police officer who witnessed the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, was disappointed but not surprised by Special Counsel Jack Smith’s announcement this week he will drop election interference charges against President-elect Donald Trump. News4’s Aimee Cho spoke with him.

A Donald Trump supporter who was among the first rioters to breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been convicted of plotting to kill FBI special agents who investigated him over his crimes at the Capitol.

An ex-Army soldier who was previously court-martialed for shooting a handcuffed Iraqi civilian was sentenced to over four years in federal prison on Monday for assaulting officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Leander Antwione Williams, a linebacker who played with the Lions in the 2016 season, is charged with two felonies in connection with the attack on the Capitol in 2021.

Zachary Alam was one of the first rioters sentenced since this week’s electoral victory by President-elect Donald Trump.

Ed Kelley, who faces charges over Jan. 6 and plotting to murder FBI special agents, is an anti-abortion activist and was the fourth rioter to enter the Capitol, federal authorities say.

Steve Bannon, the right-wing podcast host and former Donald Trump campaign official, was released from federal Bureau of Prisons custody on Tuesday.

Jay Johnston, known for his roles in the television comedies “Bob’s Burgers” and “Arrested Development,” was sentenced on Monday to one year in prison for his part in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Jay Johnston pleaded guilty in July to interfering with police officers during a civil disorder, a felony punishable by a maximum prison sentence of five years.

A new memorial has been placed on the National Mall a few blocks west of the Capitol that depicts what can only be described as a bronze poop emoji atop former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk.

Dana Jean Bell, who yelled at an officer who later died by suicide, “regrets ever having responded to Trump’s call,” her lawyer wrote. She was sentenced to 17 months in prison.

Trump also called special counsel Jack Smith “a sick puppy” — a term he frequently deploys against figures he dislikes.

Former President Donald Trump faces federal election interference charges related to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Here’s what you need to know.

A judge overseeing the federal election interference case against Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected the former president’s claim that he was actually concerned about foreign influence and interference in the 2020 election — rather than the false claims about domestic voter fraud that he repeated in the weeks before the Jan. 6 attack.

A retired New Jersey State Police trooper who stormed the U.S. Capitol with a mob of Donald Trump supporters has been sentenced to probation instead of prison.

Stephen Chase Randolph’s actions knocked out a Capitol police officer. He was identified by a facial recognition hit on his girlfriend’s Instagram page.

A U.S. Army soldier has been arrested in Hawaii on charges that he repeatedly struck a police officer with a flagpole during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol more than three years ago, officials say.

Donald Trump is persisting in saying he won the 2020 election and he’s taking no responsibility for what unfolded at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

When asked about the Jan. 6 insurrection, former President Donald Trump put the blame on the then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.