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US Capitol riot probe votes to subpoena Trump to testify

Frankie Taggart, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 14 06:42 AM

Lawmakers probing the 2021 attack on the US Capitol voted Thursday to subpoena former president Donald Trump to testify on his role in the violence. Read more »

Ex-cop gets 10 years prison for joining January 6 Capitol assault

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 07:44 AM

A retired New York policeman was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for joining the violent January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol. Read more »

Ex-Trump aide Bannon found guilty of contempt of Congress

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 06:38 PM

A federal jury found Donald Trump's former aide Steve Bannon guilty of contempt of Congress on Friday for defying a subpoena to testify before lawmakers investigating the assault on the US Capitol. Read more »

Ex-Trump advisor agrees to testify at Capitol riot hearings

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 04:41 PM

Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon has agreed to testify in the Capitol riot hearings, days before he was to face trial for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the attack on Congress, US media reported Sunday Read more »

Trump unleashed mob after VP rejected election plot: probe

Frankie Taggart, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 17 09:03 AM

Donald Trump pressured his vice president to go along with an illegal plot to overturn the 2020 US election and whipped up a mob that put his deputy's life in danger when he refused. Read more »

Trump became 'detached from reality': ex-justice chief

Frankie Taggart, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 14 07:07 AM

Former US president Donald Trump lost touch with reality as he deluged aides with wild voter fraud conspiracy theories in the wake of his election defeat to Joe Biden, his top law enforcement official said. Read more »

Trump can be prosecuted for role in Capitol riot: judge

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 19 09:24 AM

Trump’s speech to thousands of supporters gathered in Washington before the assault could ‘reasonably’ be perceived as a ‘call for collective action.’ Read more »

Court pauses release of Trump White House documents

Agence France Presse
Posted at Nov 12 08:38 AM

A US court granted former president Donald Trump's request to temporarily halt release of White House documents that could implicate him in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Read more »

'Trump tries to block testimony on January 6 uprising'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 08 07:23 AM

Former president Donald Trump has told four former senior aides not to comply with a congressional probe into the January 6 attack on Congress. Read more »

'This is how I'm going to die': Police testify on US Capitol riot

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 08:43 AM

WASHINGTON - Four police officers delivered graphic, riveting testimony Tuesday about their violent clashes with rioters while defending the US Capitol on January 6, as a congressional panel launched its probe of the deadly insurrection. Read more »

'Walis tambo' man tagged in US Capitol riot swept to jail

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 03:17 PM

A man seen carrying 'walis tambo' who is suspected to be part of the US Capitol riot last January has been arrested. Read more »

Donald Trump 'egged on' Capitol rioters: Facebook panel co-chair

Virginie Montet, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 10 02:43 PM

WASHINGTON, United States - Donald Trump encouraged the Capitol rioters and so earned his Facebook ban, but the social media giant's rules are in "shambles" and need fixing, the co-chair of the network's oversight panel said Sunday. Read more »

Trump to be allowed back on YouTube when 'risk of violence' falls

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 07:29 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Former US president Donald Trump will be allowed back on YouTube but only when the threat of his inciting violence abates, the head of the popular online video sharing platform said Thursday. Read more »

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 »

US right-wing platform Gab attacked by 'demon hackers' - CEO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 02 08:29 AM

WASHINGTON - The CEO of Gab, a social network favored by the US political right, said the platform had been attacked by "demon hackers" after an activist group released user data described as an important resource for research on the far right. The activist group called DDoSecrets Collective released the data over the weekend to Wired magazine, claiming it offered "a record of the culture" related to the violent siege of the US Capitol on January 6. Read more »

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 »

US Senate acquits Trump as Republicans save him in impeachment again

Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Makini Brice, Reuetrs
Posted at Feb 14 07:24 AM

The US Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday in his second impeachment trial in a year, with fellow Republicans blocking conviction over the former president's role in the deadly assault by his supporters on the US Capitol. Read more »

US prosecutor says Trump probe will look at intent

Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 09:36 PM

WASHINGTON - The prosecutor investigating whether Donald Trump tried to influence the result of Georgia's 2020 presidential election suggested the former president knew what he was doing when he asked a state official to "find" one more vote than he needed to win.   Read more »

If Senate does not convict Trump, 'he can do this again,' Democrats warn

David Morgan and Richard Cowan, Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 07:38 AM

Democratic prosecutors making the case that Donald Trump incited a deadly insurrection by encouraging his supporters to march on the US Capitol warned the Senate on Thursday that if it fails to convict the former president, "he can do this again." Read more »

Twitter sees jump in user base amid US election turmoil

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 10 09:44 AM

Ranks of "monetizable" daily active Twitter users rose 27 percent from a year earlier during the fourth quarter, which ended just days before former president Donald Trump was booted from the service. Read more »