Capitol riot

Police attempt to clear the US Capitol Building with tear gas as supporters of US President Donald Trump gather outside, in Washington, US January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
World+Biz

US Supreme Court raises bar for obstruction charge against Trump, 6 Jan rioters

The court, in the decision authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, took a narrow view of the obstruction statute, saying that prosecutors must show that a defendant "impaired the availability...

An image of former President Donald J. Trump is shown on a screen during the seventh public hearing by the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, U.S., July 12, 2022. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS
Politics

Capitol riot panel to vote on pursuing Trump criminal charges: Report

An image of former President Donald J. Trump is shown on a screen during the seventh public hearing by the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, U.S., July 12, 2022. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS
USA

Trump incited Capitol riot after 'unhinged' White House meeting, panel told

Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Georgia Secretary of State Chief Operating Officer Gabriel Sterling appear for testimony during the fourth hearing on the January 6th, 2021, investigation in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. June 21, 2022. Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS
USA

US Capitol riot panel subpoenas White House counsel under Trump

Former US President Donald Trump displayed on a screen during a hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US on 21June 2022. Photo: Reuters
USA

Trump allies sought pardons after supporting his attempts to overturn election

US Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards and British filmmaker Nick Quested, are sworn during the hearing of the US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, June 9, 2022. Photo: Reuters
USA

Trump advisers say they told him election fraud claims were illegitimate

US Rep. Adam Kinzinger gets emotional as he speaks during a hearing by the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 27, 2021. Photo :Reuters
USA

Republicans censure Cheney, Kinzinger, call 6 January probe attack on 'legitimate political discourse'

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks about the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, during an appearance on the John Catsimatidis radio show in New York City, New York, US, September 10, 2021. Photo: Reuters
USA

Giuliani, other pro-Trump lawyers hit with subpoenas over 6 January attack

Oath Keepers founder, Stewart Rhodes, speaks during the Patriots Day Free Speech Rally in Berkeley, California, US, 15 April, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
USA

Oath Keepers founder pleads not guilty to sedition in US Capitol attack

Insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the US Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. For many rioters who stormed the US Capitol, self-incriminating messages, photos and videos that they broadcast on social media before, during and after the Jan. 6 insurrection are influencing even the sentences in their criminal cases. Among the biggest takeaways from the Justice Department’s prosecution of the Jan. 6 insurrection is how large a role social media has played, with much of the most damning evidence coming from rioters own words and videos. Photo: UNB/AP
USA

Capitol rioters' social media posts influencing sentencings

Jacob Chansley, holding a sign referencing QAnon, speaks as supporters of US President Donald Trump gather to protest about the early results of the 2020 presidential election, in front of the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center (MCTEC), in Phoenix, Arizona November 5, 2020. Photo :Reuters
USA

Judge sentences US Capitol rioter 'QAnon Shaman' to over three years in prison

Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon exits the Manhattan Federal Court, following his arraignment hearing for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US August 20, 2020. Photo :Reuters
USA

Trump adviser Bannon charged after defying Capitol riot subpoena

In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to open a door of the US Capitol as they riot in Washington. New internal documents provided by former Facebook employee-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen provide a rare glimpse into how the company, after years under the microscope for the policing of its platform, appears to have simply stumbled into the Jan. 6 riot. Photo: UNB/ AP
Tech

Amid the Capitol riot, Facebook faced its own insurrection