Topic: us-capitol-protest

Federal agent who joined crowd during US Capitol riot suspended

Federal agent who joined crowd during US Capitol riot suspended

Brad Heath, Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 07:57 AM

WASHINGTON) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has suspended an agent who was outside the Capitol when a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the building, his lawyer said, in the first known case of authorities examining the conduct of a fellow federal agent during the deadly riot. Read more »

Trump sued for Capitol attack under 'Ku Klux Klan Act'

Trump sued for Capitol attack under 'Ku Klux Klan Act'

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 17 06:22 AM

WASHINGTON - A senior Democratic congressman sued former president Donald Trump Tuesday, accusing him of violating the 19th century "Ku Klux Klan Act" by supporting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Read more »

Auschwitz survivor saddened by U.S. Capitol attack

Auschwitz survivor saddened by U.S. Capitol attack

Jonathan Oatis and Rollo Ross, Reuters
Posted at Jan 27 10:29 AM

As the 76th anniversary on Wednesday of the liberation of Auschwitz draws closer, Bill Harvey, who survived the concentration camp, said he was shocked by displays of anti-Semitism during the U.S. Capitol riot. Read more »

House sends Trump impeachment article to Senate, triggering trial

House sends Trump impeachment article to Senate, triggering trial

Chris Lefkow and Elodie Cuzin, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 26 09:21 AM

WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives presented a single article of impeachment to the Senate on Monday accusing Donald Trump of inciting the storming of the Capitol, setting in motion the first-ever impeachment trial of a former president. Read more »

Nancy Pelosi's stolen lectern back at the Capitol

Nancy Pelosi's stolen lectern back at the Capitol

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 07:19 AM

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's lectern was back in its rightful spot at the Capitol Wednesday, a week after it was stolen during the violent incursion of the building by a mob of Trump supporters.  Read more »

Off-duty cops, other officials face reckoning after rallying for Trump in D.C.

Off-duty cops, other officials face reckoning after rallying for Trump in D.C.

Linda So, Andrea Januta and Mike Berens, Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 07:18 AM

From off-duty police to firefighters, state lawmakers, teachers, municipal workers and at least one active-duty military officer, dozens of public servants from across the United States joined the protests in Washington that turned into a siege on the U.S. Capitol. The mob’s violent effort aimed to block Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s election as president. Read more »

How Trump’s pied pipers rallied a faithful mob to the Capitol

How Trump’s pied pipers rallied a faithful mob to the Capitol

Joseph Tanfani, Michael Berens and Ned Parker, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 10:07 AM

Weeks before mobs besieged the Capitol building in Washington, a bright red bus crisscrossed the United States, emblazoned with a huge image of President Donald Trump in suit and tie with a clenched fist above his shoulder. Read more »

Facebook has no plans to lift Trump ban, Sandberg says

Facebook has no plans to lift Trump ban, Sandberg says

Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 12 07:29 AM

Facebook Inc's operations chief Sheryl Sandberg said on Monday the world's largest social network had no plans to lift its block on the accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump, as the company clamped down on a phrase that has become a rallying cry for the president's supporters.   Read more »

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