A federal district judge issued an order barring certain January 6 defendants with commuted sentences from entering Washington, D.C. or the U.S. Capitol building.
Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned work to the attorney general.
WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 defendant has been rearrested on a firearm charge just one day after federal prosecutors moved to dismiss his Capitol riot case following President Donald Trump’s clemency order.
One of President Donald Trump’s first orders of business following his inauguration this week was to pardon those jailed in relation to convictions stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol.
A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.
A number of pardoned Jan. 6 defendants who got hit with additional charges that weren't directly related to the U.S. Capitol attack still appear to be facing the music, according to court documents. The post ‘Bogus additional charges’: Pardoned Jan.
After a tumultuous tenure clouded by two failed criminal prosecutions against the incoming president, Attorney General Merrick Garland is leaving the Justice Department the same way he came in: trying to defend it against political attacks.
A day that began with the outgoing president’s pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president’s pardon of supporters who violently stormed the Capitol four years ago.
Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, will be sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S. president taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.
Jalise and Mark Middleton, a married couple from Texas, trespassed onto the Capitol grounds and joined thousands of rioters gathered at the building’s West Front. The assembled mob was assaulting a thin line of officers,