Capitol Riot

Investigators found no evidence of undercover FBI employees at the Capitol, but the presence of FBI informants could further fuel right-wing “fedsurrection” conspiracy theories.

Defendant Russell Taylor organized a group of “fighters” to travel to D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021 in response to Trump’s tweet telling supporters the day “will be wild.”

A former D.C. police officer accused of tipping off former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio before Tarrio’s arrest in D.C. in the lead-up to the U.S. Capitol riot took the stand in his own defense Friday.

A Texas man who was the first rioter to go on trial for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has been resentenced on Friday to nearly seven years in prison.

An imprisoned far-right extremist group leader who was the top target of the federal investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has balked at answering a prosecutor’s questions about the attack. Former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio was a defense witness on Thursday at the trial of a police officer accused of leaking him confidential...

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio testified in the trial of a former D.C. police lieutenant charged with helping the extremist group. News4’s Mark Segraves reports the trial’s most anticipated witness spent hours sparring with prosecutors and the judge, who threatened to hold him in contempt.

Former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio is expected to testify on Thursday at the trial of a retired Washington, D.C., police officer accused of leaking confidential information to the far-right extremist group leader after Tarrio and other Proud Boys burned a stolen Black Lives Matter banner. Attorneys for former Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond plan to call Tarrio...

Prosecutors say former Lt. Shane Lamond was a “double agent” for the Proud Boys. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

A trial is underway for a police officer charged with leaking confidential information to Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio after the extremist group’s members burned a stolen Black Lives Matter banner in the nation’s capital.

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.