Capitol Riot

President Donald Trump is claiming that Joe Biden’s pardons for members of the House Jan. 6 committee are invalid because Biden didn’t use a real pen.

President Donald Trump said he intended to fire some of the FBI personnel who worked on Capitol riot cases, asserting without providing evidence that some of them were “corrupt.”

A top Justice Department official accused the FBI’s acting leaders of “insubordination” in a Wednesday memo in which he sought to soothe anxiety inside the bureau over the potential for a broad purge of agents involved in investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Two lawsuits filed Tuesday on behalf of anonymous agents demand an immediate halt to the collection and potential dissemination of names of investigators who participated in probes of the Jan. 6, 2021 riot

Thousands of FBI employees who participated in investigations related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol are being asked to complete in-depth questionnaires about their involvement in the inquiries.

A northwest Indiana man was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop days after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump for a misdemeanor related to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot.

The DOJ employees had been involved in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation that led to Trump’s classified documents and Jan. 6 cases.

The Miami man in charge of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys says he might sue the federal government.

Enrique Tarrio, leader of the extremist group Proud Boys, talked with reporters Friday about violence against police officers, serving time in prison, and his role in the Jan. 6 riots. NBC6’s Steve Litz reports

A federal judge has barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington without the court’s approval. This comes after President Donald Trump commuted the extremist group leader’s 18-year prison sentence in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued the order two days after Rhodes visited Capitol Hill, where the Texas resident met with at...

What’s next for the Proud Boys? Enrique Tarrio says he’s looking forward to spending time with his boys and his family – but an expert on extremism says the sweeping pardons could serve to encourage groups like them.

President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon virtually every person charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was made at the last minute as the inauguration approached — and it surprised some of his supporters and aides. 

Waves of people imprisoned for crimes at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were released from D.C.’s jail to cheers late Tuesday after President Donald Trump pardoned them on his first day back in office.

Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader and the most well-known Jan. 6 defendant, is expected to return to Miami after being pardoned by Trump. NBC6’s Lorena Inclan reports

Trump issued “a full, complete and unconditional pardon” to people punished for their involvement in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including those who assaulted law enforcement officers.

It’s a sensitive issue in the law enforcement community, much of which supported Trump in the election.

President Donald Trump on his first day in office issued nearly 1,500 pardons in connection with the Jan. 6 riots, including those who assaulted police officers. NBC6’s Ari Odzer spoke to former federal prosecutors and police officers about the pardons.

“The fact that I have to do this, to try to afford my family some degree of protection, is outrageous,” Fanone said. “But we are in an age of government lawlessness.”

Some Republicans on Capitol Hill were particularly critical of the pardons for those convicted of assaulting police officers, while others declined to defend Trump’s move.

The newly freed founder of the anti-government group the Oath Keepers stood outside the D.C. jail early Tuesday, awaiting the release of Jan. 6 defendants after President Donald Trump issued sweeping pardons, including of people convicted of brutal assaults on officers at the U.S. Capitol.