A former police officer attacked during the January 6 insurrection was heckled outside the Capitol by a rioter pardoned by Donald Trump. Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn was confronted ...

(FBI) Troy Weeks, 37, of Rensselaerville, was convicted after prosecutors argued he stole an officer’s can of pepper spray and grabbed the inside of a police riot shield during the illegal ...

“The defendant you testified against is being released from the Department of Corrections,” the automated message said, according to former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn. Each of those ...

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Leaders of the far-right organisations at the forefront of the Capitol riot who were released on Donald Trump's orders say they are planning to regroup. In an interview with the BBC on Wednesday ...

The decision was also criticised by the Fraternal Order of Police ... Capitol – why did he bother?” Mr Sicknick said. “What Trump did is despicable, and it proves that the United States ...

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A majority of the charges were related to unlawful entry and disorderly conduct when the mob breached the Capitol, but some were handed multi-year sentences for assault on police officers or other ...

Trump ordered clemency for everyone charged in the assault, when a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol in an unsuccessful effort to overturn his election defeat. Some 140 police officers ...

"I'll be the first member of Congress to offer them a guided tour of the Capitol," she said. Mr Fanone said he felt betrayed. "I was a police officer on January 6, 2021, I heard distress calls ...