While a panel of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld Larry Brock’s conviction, the court said a judge wrongly applied an enhancement that lengthened the recommended prison sentence range under federal guidelines.
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Trump White House official Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months in jail for defying Jan. 6 subpoena
Navarro was the second Trump aide to face contempt of Congress charges, after former White House adviser Steve Bannon.
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Portland man arrested in connection with Jan. 6 riot in U.S. Capitol
Michael Gerard Fournier admitted through an attorney in December 2021 to being at the U.S. Capitol riot, but wasn’t charged until 3 years later.
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Former Maine Senate candidate pleads guilty to assaulting police during Jan. 6 riot
Matthew Brackley, 40, could face up to 8 years in prison after he admitted to entering the Capitol building and forcing his way past police on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Sanford man sentenced to 2 years probation in connection with U.S. Capitol riot
David Ball, who was spotted wearing a sweatshirt with his company’s logo, pleaded guilty to one charge for entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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FBI arrests 3 in Florida on charges of assaulting officers in Jan. 6 insurrection
All are charged with assaulting officers, violent entry into the Capitol, and other felonies. Court records do not list any attorneys for the three.
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Hundreds of convictions, but a major mystery is still unsolved 3 years after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Authorities are still working to identify more than 80 people wanted for acts of violence at the Capitol and to find out who placed pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic national committees’ offices the day before the Capitol attack.
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Clarence Thomas faces calls to recuse himself from Jan. 6 Trump cases
Critics say Thomas’s wife’s publicly documented efforts to challenge the 2020 election results should disqualify him from making decisions on pivotal issues related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Colorado judge finds Trump engaged in insurrection, but rejects ballot challenge
A clause in the 14th Amendment prevents anyone from holding office who ‘engaged in insurrection or rebellion’ against the Constitution.
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Speaker Johnson says he’ll make 44,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage available to the general public
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Donald Trump congratulated the speaker ‘for having the courage and fortitude’ to release the footage.