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Iced Earth Guitarist and Oath Keeper Jon Schaffer’s Jan. 6 Insurrection Sentencing Delayed
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Jan. 6 Rioter Miles Adkins Caught Bragging He Drank a Coors Lite Inside the Capitol
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Quick Glance: School Board Member Boasted Drinking During Capitol Riot: FBI
  • A Virginia school board member was taken into custody by federal authorities on Tuesday after it was revealed that he had proudly consumed Fireball and Coors Light during the Capitol storm on January 6, 2021, as documented by court records.

  • Miles Adkins, a member of the Frederick County School Board in Virginia, is now facing four misdemeanor charges linked to his supposed involvement in the Capitol incident, based on details provided in the FBI affidavit.

  • Evidence confirming his role in the event was gathered from correspondence he shared with acquaintances on Facebook detailing his trip arrangements to Washington, D.C., in addition to images posted on social media while he was present in the Capitol, as reported by the FBI.

  • The charges against Adkins encompass various misdemeanor offenses, such as unauthorized entry and presence in a restricted structure, disruptive behavior within a confined facility, disorderly conduct within the Capitol premises, and engaging in unlawful picketing at the Capitol.
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St. Cloud woman sentenced to federal prison for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot: Traci Isaacs admitted destroying online posts and text messages that revealed her ...
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Liz Cheney's 'Oath and Honor' spotlights dangers of a potential 2nd Trump presidency
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6 Takeaways From Liz Cheney’s Book Assailing Trump and His ‘Enablers’: In a memoir to be published next week, the former congresswoman described how Republicans ...
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6 Takeaways From Liz Cheney’s Book Assailing Trump and His ‘Enablers’
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New report links dozens of Chicago police to a national extremist group: Plus more worries about hate crimes spurred by Israel-Hamas war. It's the week in ...
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New report links dozens of Chicago police to a national extremist group
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Does Trump’s Violent Rhetoric Matter?: It’s not just bluster; American tolerance for violent political speech has gone up.
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Does Trump’s Violent Rhetoric Matter?
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Elon Musk tweeted about a college student. Now the billionaire is facing a libel lawsuit
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Former Oath Keeper Ray Epps, a target of Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, pleads guilty
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Quick Glance: Ray Epps Charged in Capitol Riot Conspiracy Theories
  • On January 6, 2021, Mr. Epps was outside the Capitol.

  • The following day, he was seen on another video whispering into the ear of a man who charged at police lines during the riot.

  • Conspiracy theories circulated online alleging that Mr. Epps was secretly working for the FBI after the riot.

  • These theories contributed to the belief, common in right-wing circles but lacking evidence, that government agents instigated the riot.
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Revealed: far-right Oath Keepers kept up dues payments after Capitol attack: Venmo records show members of rightwing militia paid vice-president for months after ...
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Revealed: far-right Oath Keepers kept up dues payments after Capitol ...
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Oath Keeper-Linked Texas Sheriff Convicted of Violating Inmate Rights: Texas Sheriff Jeff Lyde, who has ties to the Oath Keepers, was convicted after he kept a ...
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Oath Keeper-Linked Texas Sheriff Convicted of Violating Inmate Rights
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Here are the 5 longest Jan. 6 sentences so far: A handful of defendants have been sentenced to more than a decade of incarceration over their actions during the ...
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Here are the 5 longest Jan. 6 sentences so far
Quick Glance: Proud Boys Nordean and Pezzola Convicted for US Capitol Riot
  • Dominic Pezzola, 46, convicted of assaulting police and obstructing an official proceeding, sentenced to 10 years in prison.

  • Ethan Nordean, 33, led the group on January 6, 2021, and received 18 years for a more serious charge of seditious conspiracy.

  • Before being sentenced, Nordean apologized for his lack of leadership that day.

  • One of the longest sentences for Capitol riot defendants.
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Prison for the Proud Boys. Now What?: The leaders are behind bars, but the resentments and outrage they’ve tapped remain at large.
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Prison for the Proud Boys. Now What?
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Secret Service Under Scrutiny After Oath Keepers Emails Revealed: The protective agency has been criticized for appearing to have worked with a right-wing ...
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Secret Service Under Scrutiny After Oath Keepers Emails Revealed
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Feds Request Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Get Stiffest Jan. 6 Sentence Yet: Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes holds the current record after he was ...
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Quick Glance: Justice Department seeks 33-year prison term for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case
  • The Justice Department is seeking a 33-year prison sentence for Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents filed on Thursday.

  • Prosecutors are also requesting a 33-year prison term for one of Tarrio's co-defendants, Joseph Biggs of Ormond Beach, Florida, who is a self-described organizer of the Proud Boys.

  • They are urging the judge to impose a 30-year prison sentence for Zachary Rehl, who served as president of the Proud Boys chapter in Philadelphia; 27 years in prison for Ethan Nordean of Auburn, Washington, who held the position of a Proud Boys chapter president; and 20 years for Dominic Pezzola, a Proud Boys member from Rochester, New York.

  • Tarrio and his three deputies were also found guilty of two charges similar to those faced by Trump: obstruction of Congress' certification of Biden's victory and conspiracy to obstruct Congress.
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Q&A: How US veterans are being radicalized by domestic terrorists: Ken Harbaugh, producer of the new film "Against All Enemies," said veterans looking for a ...
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Q&A: How US veterans are being radicalized by domestic terrorists
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Capitol Rioter Breaks With Oath Keeper Husband in Shocking Court Moment: Connie Meggs got 15 months in prison for her role in the Capitol attack ...
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Capitol Rioter Breaks With Oath Keeper Husband in Shocking Court Moment
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Capitol Officer Harry Dunn: Trump Should Have Been Arrested 'On Jan. 7': Dunn previously testified against members of the Oath Keepers militia group ...
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Capitol Officer Harry Dunn: Trump Should Have Been Arrested 'On Jan. 7'
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'Trial tax': Proud Boys members complain their long prison sentences punish them for demanding a trial
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Judge convicts one of first Oath Keepers arrested in Jan. 6 riot: Donovan Crowl, part of a line that marched single-file into the Capitol, was convicted of ...
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Judge convicts one of first Oath Keepers arrested in Jan. 6 riot
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This Tool Lets Hackers Dox Almost Anyone in the US: The US Secret Service’s relationship with the Oath Keepers gets revealed, Tornado Cash cofounders get ...
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This Tool Lets Hackers Dox Almost Anyone in the US
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Neo-Nazis Are Using Climate Disasters to Recruit New Members: Experts have been sounding the alarm that the far-right are exploiting climate change and natural ...
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Neo-Nazis Are Using Climate Disasters to Recruit New Members
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Democrats press Homeland Security on domestic extremism in workforce: Reports of Oath Keeper members in the Department of Homeland Security and Border Patrol ...
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Democrats press Homeland Security on domestic extremism in workforce
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Judge to decide fate of two Oath Keepers who breached Capitol on Jan. 6: U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Monday allowed two members of the right-wing militia ...
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Judge to decide fate of two Oath Keepers who breached Capitol on Jan. 6
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Bench trial set for two Oath Keepers, an ex-actor and ex-Marine: An ex-Broadway actor and an ex-Marine — both members of the right-wing militia Oath Keepers — ...
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Bench trial set for two Oath Keepers, an ex-actor and ex-Marine
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Oath Keepers leader warns Trump against trial: ‘You’re going to be found guilty’: Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes warned former President Trump that he will ...
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Oath Keepers leader warns Trump against trial: ‘You’re going to be found ...
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Judge delays verdict in trial for two Oath Keepers : A verdict in the trial of two Oath Keepers in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack is expected ...
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Judge delays verdict in trial for two Oath Keepers 
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U.S. to appeal Jan. 6 sentences of Stewart Rhodes, other Oath Keepers : Rare federal move signals disagreement with court’s punishment of top Capitol attack ...
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U.S. to appeal Jan. 6 sentences of Stewart Rhodes, other Oath Keepers
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‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Actor James Beeks Acquitted of Jan. 6 Charges: James Beeks played Judas in a national tour of “Jesus Christ Superstar” prior to entering ...
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‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Actor James Beeks Acquitted of Jan. 6 Charges
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Oath Keepers Leader Warns Trump About Trial: "You're going to get railroaded," convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes said from prison in a message to ...
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Oath Keepers Leader Warns Trump About Trial
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Supreme Court Gives Prosecutors Ammo in Oath Keepers Capitol Riot Case: "The defense counsel...surely will argue that the judge should not take acquitted conduct ...
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Supreme Court Gives Prosecutors Ammo in Oath Keepers Capitol Riot Case
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Four Oath Keepers sentenced for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy: Prosecutors sought 10 years or more for Oath Keepers Roberto Minuta, Edward Vallejo ...
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Four Oath Keepers sentenced for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Quick Glance: Two Oath Keepers Sentenced for Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy
  • Roberto Minuta and Edward Vallejo each received sentences of less than five years after criticizing the group’s leader.

  • Convicted of seditious conspiracy, Roberto Minuta sentenced to four and a half years.

  • Mr. Vallejo, a retired military veteran from Arizona, sentenced to three years in prison, plus one year in home confinement.

  • Sentences for Minuta and Vallejo announced one week after Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes received 18-year prison term for seditious conspiracy in a separate trial.
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Oath Keepers attorney is found incompetent to stand trial in Jan. 6 case: A volunteer for Lawyers for Trump, Kellye SoRelle became Oath Keepers leader Stewart ...
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Oath Keepers attorney is found incompetent to stand trial in Jan. 6 case
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Oath Keepers-linked attorney ruled incompetent to stand trial, will get mental treatment in custody
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Army veteran affiliated with Oath Keepers sentenced to 3 years in prison for role in January 6 riot
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Army veteran affiliated with Oath Keepers sentenced to 3 years in prison ...
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Oath Keepers member pleads guilty to felony in Jan. 6 case: A New Jersey man pleaded guilty Tuesday to obstruction of an official proceeding in connection to the ...
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Oath Keepers member pleads guilty to felony in Jan. 6 case
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Oath Keepers Founder Sentenced to 18 Years for Seditious Conspiracy: The far-right leader, convicted of seditious conspiracy, received the longest prison term ...
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Oath Keepers Founder Sentenced to 18 Years for Seditious Conspiracy
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Member of Oath Keepers pleads guilty in storming Capitol - UPI.com: James Breheny, a 61-year-old from Little Ferry, N.J., pleaded guilty Tuesday to obstruction ...
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Oath Keepers Member Gets More Than Eight Years for Role in Jan. 6 Riot: Jessica Watkins was sentenced to about half the prison time of the far-right group’s ...
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Oath Keepers Member Gets More Than Eight Years for Role in Jan. 6 Riot
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Why the sentencing of Oath Keepers’ Stewart Rhodes is so significant: Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious ...
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Why the sentencing of Oath Keepers’ Stewart Rhodes is so significant
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Oath Keepers Chief Gets 18 Years for Jan. 6 Plot to Attack US Capitol: The leader of the right-wing Oath Keepers group was ordered to serve 18 years in prison ...
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Oath Keepers Chief Gets 18 Years for Jan. 6 Plot to Attack US Capitol
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Stewart Rhodes Sold Out His Far-Right Brethren: In his trial, the Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes turned against other extremists.
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Stewart Rhodes Sold Out His Far-Right Brethren
Quick Glance: Stewart Rhodes Exposes His Far-Right Comrades
  • Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the far-right group the Oath Keepers, received the longest prison sentence yet for a defendant involved in the January 6th insurrection.

  • The judge who sentenced Rhodes explained in detail why he needed to be behind bars for a long time.

  • Despite simmering rivalry between the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers for years, they have collaborated in the past.

  • Rhodes, who considers himself an intellectual, seems to feel stained by alliances with mere racists.
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10 things you need to know today: June 2, 2023: Senate passes debt ceiling deal in time to avert default, another member of far-right Oath Keepers sentenced for ...
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10 things you need to know today: June 2, 2023
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Storming of the US Capitol: 18 years in prison for Oath Keepers leader: Stewart Rhodes, leader of far-right group OathKeepers, sentenced to 18 years in prison ...
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Storming of the US Capitol: 18 years in prison for Oath Keepers leader
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How Seditious Conspiracy Is Different From Insurrection and Treason: A sentencing for a sedition conviction in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol spotlights subtle ...
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How Seditious Conspiracy Is Different From Insurrection and Treason
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Prison sentences for supporters of far-right “Oath Keepers”: On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters violently storm the US Capitol in Washington ...
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Prison sentences for supporters of far-right “Oath Keepers”
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India-born US Judge Amit Mehta gives a dressing down to founder of far-right anti-government militia
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India-born US Judge Amit Mehta gives a dressing down to founder of far-right anti-government militia
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The leader of the right-wing extremist group "Oath Keepers" has been sentenced to the harshest sentence to date after storming the Capitol.

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