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February 24, 2021

DC City Council calls for Capitol security fencing to be removed

Members of the Washington D.C. City Council called Wednesday for the removal of three miles of security fencing placed around the U.S. Capitol as a defensive measure in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot.

February 24, 2021

House Judiciary witness compares U.S. Capitol rioters unfavorably with Civil War secessionists

Malcolm Nance, a Democratic witness before the House Judiciary Committee, said the attack by pro-Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol last month was in a certain respect more deplorable than when the South seceded from the Union. 

February 24, 2021

McConnell says Pelosi commission proposal to investigate Jan. 6 has 'partisan slant,' won't be 'legitimate'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday attacked the proposal from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a 1/6 commission, alleging that her framework would make the inquiry partisan and illegitimate in the eyes of the American people.

February 24, 2021

New York GOP leader who calls himself 'Republican Messiah' charged in Capitol riot

A  New York City GOP leader who calls himself "The Republican Messiah" on social media has been charged in connection to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection after FBI used news footage to identify him by a Knights of Columbus jacket worn in the storming of the building.

February 24, 2021

Capitol police union slams 'dysfunction' at riot hearing as cops suffer crushed spinal discs, brain injuries

After ex-officials responsible for security at the Capitol on Jan. 6 testified before Congress Tuesday, the police union representing the rank-and-file reacted to the leadership "dysfunction" on display at the hearing and demanded U.S. Capitol Police Acting Chief Pittman also submit her resignation, citing "systemic failures" and intelligence breakdowns that left about 140 officers injured.

February 24, 2021

Ex-Capitol Police chief criticizes Pelosi pick for Capitol probe, says 'complicit' comments ‘disrespectful’

Former U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Chief Steven Sund called recent comments by retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré "disrespectful" to USCP officers who were defending the Capitol on Jan. 6 during an exchange with Sen. Josh Hawley at a Senate hearing Tuesday. 

February 24, 2021

Trump should focus on 2022 elections, not 2024, in CPAC address: Newt Gingrich

Former President Donald Trump should focus on next year's midterm elections when he addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this weekend, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told "Hannity."

February 23, 2021

Laura Ingraham: Democrats pushing to criminalize 'an entire political movement in America'

The Biden administration and congressional Democrats are using last month's deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol to lay the groundwork to criminalize "an entire political movement in America," Laura Ingraham warned Tuesday.

February 23, 2021

Hawley decries 'outrageous' Honoré appointment: 'He has no business leading a security review'

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., expressed strong opposition Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's choice of retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré to lead the investigation into the security of the U.S. Capitol after the Jan. 6 attack by a pro-Trump mob.

February 23, 2021

Ex-NYPD cop beat police officer with flag pole at Capitol riot: feds

A former NYPD cop once assigned to guard City Hall and the mayor’s residence at Gracie Mansion was arrested for allegedly beating a police officer with a pole at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, prosecutors and police sources said Tuesday.