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'Independent, volitional action': Jan. 6 rioter can't get the Trump-pardon treatment for planning 'assassination missions' of FBI agents, judge rules

Chris PerezMar 11th
'Entirely independent criminal conduct': Trump's Jan. 6 pardons don't cover Capitol rioter's conviction for planning 'assassination missions' of FBI agents, DOJ says

Chris PerezFeb 19th
'Videos are immutable and represent the truth': Jan. 6 footage disappears from public database, prompting lawsuit and order from judge to stop

Chris PerezFeb 12th
'Protect the integrity of our workforce': Jan. 6 rioters barred from holding state government jobs after governor issues directive calling their actions 'disgraceful'

Chris PerezFeb 2nd
'Efforts to … erase the insurrection': Deletion of Jan. 6 database by Trump administration appears to violate federal law, watchdog says

Chris PerezJan 30th
'Traitors get shot': Capitol rioter who 'lit the match' on Jan. 6 ordered to stay away from son who turned him in and is 'terrified' of his dad retaliating

Chris PerezJan 29th
'He really wants to go home': Jan. 6 rioter who fled to Canada after skipping prison sentence gets fleeing justice charge erased and is 'anxious' to come back now

Chris PerezJan 27th
'Galvanized and ready': Family members of Jan. 6 rioters and their victims say they're 'terrified' of what's to come now that Trump pardons actually happened

Chris PerezJan 26th
'It doesn't undo the record': Jan. 6 rioter wants record scrubbed and 'compensation' after Trump pardon — but that's not likely to happen, lawyer says

Chris PerezJan 21st
'Not allowed to enter': Jan. 6 rioter who got green light to attend Trump inauguration must stay away from Capitol as ceremony moves indoors

Chris PerezJan 20th
Jan. 6 rioter known as 'praying grandma' allowed to attend Trump's inauguration because daughter is helping set up stage

Chris PerezJan 16th
'Anticipating a change in policy': Jan. 6 rioter who skipped sentence and 'fled' to Canada faces even more prison time now following arrest

Chris PerezJan 15th
'Obviously you shouldn't be pardoned': JD Vance breaks from Trump's 'had no choice' claims about Jan. 6 rioters and says violent offenders should stay locked up and charged

Chris PerezJan 12th
'A fugitive from US justice': Jan. 6 rioter arrested in Canada after applying for asylum and refusing to report to prison for storming Capitol with his mom

Chris PerezJan 9th
'Kangaroo court': Jan. 6 rioter applies for asylum in Canada after refusing to report to prison for storming Capitol with his mom

Chris PerezDec 28th
Federal judge who agreed to scrap Trump's election fraud case allows Jan. 6 rioter to attend inauguration as other defendants wait for green light

Chris PerezDec 22nd