by jpitney | Jul 28, 2021 | Congress, House of Representatives, Insurrection
Text of the Statement: Thank you very much, Chairman Thompson. Thank you to all of my colleagues on this committee, and thank you to each of the witnesses appearing before us today. It is because of you — you held the line, you defended all of us, you defended the...
by jpitney | Jul 15, 2021 | Congress, Crime, Insurrection
From GWU: Today’s Numbers The number of federal cases against individuals involved in the Capitol Hill Siege stands at 537. According to our latest analysis of the cases: The average age of individuals was 39-years-old. Individuals came from 43 states and the...
by jpitney | Jul 11, 2021 | Insurrection
From the US Department of Justice: Tuesday, July 6th, marks six months since the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress in the process of affirming the presidential election results. As estimated by the Architect of...
by jpitney | Jul 6, 2021 | Civility, Democracy, Elections, Insurrection
Benjy Sarlin at NBC: There’s no legal avenue for Trump to reverse the 2020 results. But a half-dozen scholars who study democracy and election laws told NBC News they are increasingly worried that 2024 could be a repeat of 2020, only with a party further remade in the...
by jpitney | Jul 3, 2021 | Autism, Crime, Insurrection, Journalism
Alex Mann at The Capital Gazette: A neurologist testified Friday afternoon that the man who murdered five Capital Gazette employees has autism spectrum disorder, one of the diagnoses his defense attorneys are basing his insanity claims on. The gunman who fatally shot...
by jpitney | Jun 10, 2021 | Congress, Insurrection
Two Senate Committees — Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs and Rules & Administration — issued a joint report on security failures on January 6. Major findings: The federal Intelligence Community—led by FBI and DHS—did not issue a threat...
