Ray Epps, man at center of right-wing Jan. 6 conspiracy, pleads guilty
Under federal sentencing guidelines, Ray Epps will face between zero and six months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of disorderly conduct.
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Under federal sentencing guidelines, Ray Epps will face between zero and six months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of disorderly conduct.
Ray Epps, who's been at the center of a conspiracy theory accusing him of turning peaceful protests on Jan. 6 into a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol, has now been charged by the DOJ.
A jury in Washington, D.C., convicted the former Trump administration official following a trial that lasted just over a day.
Enrique Tarrio received the longest sentence of any defendant so far in the Justice Department's investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
The Trump administration trade adviser was charged after he refused to comply with a subpoena from the now-defunct House Jan. 6 committee.
Six of the more 1,100 Jan. 6 defendants became – or were — fugitives over the course of this summer.
The Proud Boys' Ethan Nordean was sentenced to 18 years in prison, while Dominic Pezzola received a 10-year sentence.
Capitol riot defendant Brandon Fellows, who was found in contempt of court after outbursts about what he called a "Nazi court" and "kangaroo court," alarmed jurors, who feared he might find their home addresses.
Biggs and Rehl were the first of the Proud Boys co-defendants to be sentenced after a jury found them guilty of numerous felony counts tied to the Jan. 6 riot.
Prosecutors have asked federal Judge Timothy Kelly to send Tarrio and a co-defendant to prison for 33 years.
Tom Joscelyn told 60 Minutes that Ray Epps became a far-right scapegoat for the attack on the Capitol with cherry-picked evidence.
Prosecutors had asked the judge to sentence Worrell to 14 years in prison. He was convicted in May of seven counts stemming from his alleged actions on Jan. 6.
The sentence, if imposed, would be by far the longest punishment that has been handed down in the massive Jan. 6 prosecution.
Former President Donald Trump's legal team told the judge that only "genuinely sensitive materials" should be shielded from public view.
Former Vice President Mike Pence is a key figure in the prosecution's case against former President Donald Trump.
Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer says, in charging the former president in the January 6 insurrection, the Department of Justice has boldly declared it will hold our leaders accountable if they violate sacrosanct democratic principles.
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from his efforts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election.
"The attack on our nation's Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy," special counsel Jack Smith said Tuesday.
Retired police officer Michael Fanone asked the judge to "ignore" Thomas Sibick's plea for leniency and called him a "coward and a liar."
Peter Francis Stager was captured on video saying, "Every single one of those Capitol law enforcement officers, death is the remedy. That is the only remedy they get."
The judge in the case called her a "one-person wrecking crew" on Jan. 6, 2021.
Prosecutors had sought a prison term longer than the 18-year-prison sentence received by Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
James Beeks, of Florida, was arrested in 2021, while he was appearing in a production of "Jesus Christ Superstar."
The report slams FBI and DHS analysts for misreading the risks, sluggishly and passively issuing warnings and "finger pointing" in the aftermath of the tragedy.
Daniel Rodriguez admitted to attacking D.C. police officer Michael Fanone with a taser and obstructing Congress during the Capitol riot.