More than 1,000 people were charged with federal crimes for their conduct during a riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Federal prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of more than two months for Virginia man Robert Keith Packer, who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" sweatshirt. More
May 16, 2022
A federal judge scheduled a trial next year for a far-right internet troll after the man, known to his social media followers as "Baked Alaska," balked at pleading guilty on Wednesday to a criminal charge stemming from the U.S. Capitol riot. More
May 11, 2022
A New York City judge's son who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a furry "caveman" costume has been sentenced to eight months in prison . 35-year-old Aaron Mostofsky was also sentenced to one year of supervised release and ordered him to perform 200 hours of community service. More
May 6, 2022
DENVER (KOAA) – A Colorado woman who was the girlfriend of a man who pleaded guilty to being inside the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6 insurrection was arrested Tuesday on charges of her own tied to the same events. Jennifer Horvath faces federal charges of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building […] More
May 4, 2022
By DAVE COLLINS HARTFORD, Conn. A Connecticut woman who stormed the U.S. Capitol during the January 2021 insurrection was sentenced Friday to five weekends in jail, 60 days of home confinement and a $2,500 fine, while her daughter will serve 90 days of home confinement. Jean Lavin, 57, and her daughter, Carla Krzywicki, 20, appeared […] More
April 22, 2022
North Carolina man and Proud Boys member Charles Donohoe pleaded guilty to conspiring to stop Congress from formally certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election victory. More
April 8, 2022
Jacob Fracker, former Virginia police officer who pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol with another off-duty officer, testified that he had hoped the mob could overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election . More
April 7, 2022
Former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino were held in contempt of Congress on Wednesday for their monthlong refusal to comply with subpoenas rendered by the House committee's investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. More
April 6, 2022
Federal judge acquitted New Mexico man Matthew Martin of misdemeanor charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol and engaged in disorderly conduct during the Jan. 6 riot. More
April 6, 2022
His lawyers have said the evidence against Tarrio was weak and relies mostly on text messages and social media. More
April 6, 2022
Lonnie Leroy Coffman, Alabama man who parked a pickup truck filled with weapons and Molotov cocktail components near the U.S. Capitol on the Jan. 6 riot sentenced to nearly four years in prison. More
April 1, 2022
David Blair, Maryland man who waved Confederate flag attached to lacrosse stick during Jan. 6 Capitol siege, pleaded guilty to interfering with a police officer who was trying to disperse a crowd of rioters. More
March 29, 2022
A federal judge ordered the release of more than 100 emails from Trump adviser John Eastman to the House committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. More
March 28, 2022
The outcome of Griffin’s trial could have a ripple effect, helping other Capitol riot defendants decide whether to let a judge or a jury decide their case. More
March 22, 2022
Couy Griffin is one of the few riot defendants who isn't accused of entering the Capitol or engaging in any violent or destructive behavior. More
March 21, 2022
A leader in the far-right Proud Boys extremist group will remain jailed until his trial on charges that he remotely led a plot to stop Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory. More
March 16, 2022
A Texas man was convicted on Tuesday of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, a milestone victory for federal prosecutors in the first trial among hundreds of cases arising from last year’s riot. More
March 8, 2022
Federal prosecutors on Monday finished presenting testimony against a Texas man who is the first person to be tried on charges related to the riot at the U.S. Capitol last year. More
March 7, 2022
Duke Edward Wilson, Idaho man who hit a police officer with a pipe as part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison. More
March 4, 2022
Rocky Hardie, a key government witness at the trial of Guy Wesley Reffitt, said he didn't believe Reffitt would act on his talk of dragging lawmakers out of the Capitol. More
March 4, 2022
Jackson Reffitt secretly recorded his father, Guy Wesley Reffitt, describing his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot. More
March 3, 2022
A Texas militia member who is the first person to be tried for the assault on the U.S. Capitol "lit the match that started the fire" when a mob charged at police officers guarding the building, a prosecutor said Wednesday during the trial's opening statements. More
March 2, 2022
The first Capitol riot defendant to be tried is Guy Wesley Reffitt, a Texas man charged with bringing a gun onto Capitol grounds and interfering with police officers who were guarding the building on Jan. 6, 2021. More
March 1, 2022
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department launched one of the largest and most complex criminal investigations in its history after a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol over a year ago. Now it’s time for a jury to hear some of the government’s evidence about the unparalleled […] More
February 28, 2022
A Florida man who grabbed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's podium and posed for photographs with it during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Friday to more than two months in prison. More
February 25, 2022
A New Jersey man has admitted stealing two microphones from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Robert Lee Petrosh, of Mays Landing in southern New Jersey, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government property of less than $1,000. More
February 14, 2022
A Maryland man who was draped in a Confederate flag when he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, pleaded guilty Wednesday to joining the attack as a mob disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden's election as president. More
February 9, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of a New York City judge who referred to himself as a “caveman” eager to protest Donald Trump’s presidential election loss pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges he stormed the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Aaron Mostofsky was seen inside the Capitol wearing a fur costume and a […] More
February 2, 2022
A man who identified himself as a believer in the QAnon conspiracy theory was sentenced on Wednesday to three years and eight months in prison for assaulting police officers at the Capitol during last year's riot. Nicholas Languerand called himself a patriot, but the judge who sentenced him said the rioters who invaded the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, don't deserve that description. More
January 26, 2022
A tentative trial date has been set for two men charged in the assault of a police officer who died after defending the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday scheduled a June 6 jury trial for George Tanios of Morgantown, West Virginia, and Julian Khater of State College, Pennsylvania. More
January 21, 2022
