CAPITOL RIOT

The FBI announced a $30,000 reward for a Lakeland man wanted in connection with the Capitol Riots on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a release by the agency.

A federal judge approved Riley June Williams' request to break her house arrest and go to Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire this weekend.

An attorney for a Titusville man charged in connection with the Capitol riot claims attorneys in the case cannot agree on strategy, and he is asking to be tried separately.

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to allow text messages be used in the case against a Marion County man charged in connection with the Capitol riot.

Plea negotiations have reportedly broken down in the case of an Orlando man charged for his role in the Capitol Hill riot.

Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.

For Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., investigating who was responsible for the riot at the U.S. Capitol Building is vital and personal.

A Florida man has pleaded guilty to three felony charges related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol during the January 2021 insurrection.

A federal judge ruled the trial of two Florida Oath Keepers members will stay in Washington, D.C.

The unexpected hearing, scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, was announced with 24 hours' notice while lawmakers are away from Washington on a two-week recess. The committee had said last week that there would be no more hearings until July. Among other investigative evidence, the committee recently obtained new footage of Trump and his inner circle taken both before and after Jan. 6 from British filmmaker Alex Holder. It is uncertain if Holder's footage will be shown at the hearing Tuesday. The panel has used live interviews, video testimony of its private witness interviews and footage of the attack to detail what it has learned.

An Ormond Beach man who was highlighted in a new video released by the January 6 Select Committee last week is asking a federal judge to delay is trial.

Three more arrests have been made in Central Florida in connection with the Jan. 6, Capitol riot, bringing the total of arrests in the area to 30.

“I would like to see the Justice Department investigate any credible allegation of criminal activity on the part of Donald Trump,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a committee member who also leads the House Intelligence Committee. Additional evidence is set to be unveiled this week in hearings that will demonstrate how Trump and his advisers engaged in a "massive effort" to spread misinformation and pressured the Justice Department to embrace his false claims. They left no doubt their own view as to whether the evidence is sufficient. "We will follow the facts wherever they lead,” Garland said in his speech at Harvard University’s commencement ceremony last month. Schiff appeared on ABC’s “This Week,” and Raskin spoke on CNN’s “State of the Union."

“I would like to see the Justice Department investigate any credible allegation of criminal activity on the part of Donald Trump,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a committee member who also leads the House Intelligence Committee. Additional evidence is set to be unveiled this week in hearing s that will demonstrate how Trump and his advisers engaged in a "massive effort" to spread misinformation and pressured the Justice Department to embrace his false claims. They left no doubt their own view as to whether the evidence is sufficient. "We will follow the facts wherever they lead,” Garland said in his speech at Harvard University’s commencement ceremony last month. Schiff appeared on ABC’s “This Week,” and Raskin spoke on CNN’s “State of the Union."

Florida leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers were spotlighted during the first televised hearing of the January 6 Select Committee on Thursday.

The former Florida leader of the Proud Boys pleaded not guilty to seditious conspiracy charge in the Capitol Riot in the Washington, D.C. courtroom Thursday.

The former Florida leader of the Proud Boys, alongside other leaders of the far-right group, is charged with conspiracy charges in the Capitol Riot as of Monday, court documents show.

A central Florida man has pleaded guilty to a felony charge related to storming the U.S. Capitol during the January 2021 insurrection.

An Orlando man charged in connection with the riot on Capitol Hill pleaded guilty to a charge of civil disorder.

The seditious conspiracy prosecution is the boldest publicly known attempt so far by the government to prosecute those who attacked the U.S. Capitol. The group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes, and eight others have pleaded not guilty to seditious conspiracy and other charges. A conviction under the seditious conspiracy charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years, compared with five years on the lesser conspiracy charge that others associated with the militia group are facing. Those charged with seditious conspiracy are accused of working together to use force to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power. While four other people connected with the Oath Keepers have pleaded guilty to obstruction of Congress and the lesser conspiracy charge, Ulrich is the second person to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy.

A Central Florida man was arrested in connection with the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Officials say a Florida man who attacked police officers while storming the U.S. Capitol during the January 2021 insurrection has been arrested.

A Marion County woman charged for her involvement in the Capitol Hill riot is asking a federal judge to move her trial out of the District of Columbia.

Capitol Riot Police Officer FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. His plea agreement includes a provision to cooperate in the ongoing Justice Department cases against other Proud Boys members. Donohoe — who had been president of a local Proud Boys chapter in North Carolina — has close ties to the group's leader, Enrique Tarrio. A New York man, Matthew Greene, became the first Proud Boys member to plead guilty to conspiracy in December. Several Proud Boys also entered the Capitol itself after the mob smashed windows and forced open doors, the indictment says.

Capitol Riot Police Officer FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Two other Capitol riot defendants already have been tried on federal charges arising from the siege on Jan. 6, 2021. Dozens of Capitol riot defendants have pleaded guilty and been sentenced, but Martin is the first to testify at a trial. On March 8, a jury decided the first Capitol riot trial by convicting a Texas man, Guy Reffitt, of storming the Capitol with a holstered handgun. Robertson's trial resumed on Wednesday with testimony from a Metropolitan Police Department officer who supervised other officers during the riot.

Capitol Riot Police Officer FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A trial starts this week for a former Virginia police officer charged with storming the U.S. Capitol with a fellow officer who has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors. The federal judge presiding over former Rocky Mount police officer Thomas Robertson's trial in Washington, D.C., questioned prospective jurors for several hours on Monday and again on Tuesday. Robertson’s trial will be the first for somebody accused of entering the Capitol building during the riot. On March 8, a jury decided the first Capitol riot trial by convicting a Texas man, Guy Reffitt, of storming the Capitol with a holstered handgun.

Capitol Riot Police Officer FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday, April 4, 2022, for the case against former Rocky Mount police officer Thomas Robertson. The federal judge presiding over former Rocky Mount police officer Thomas Robertson's trial in Washington, D.C., questioned prospective jurors for several hours on Monday, the first day of jury selection. Robertson’s trial will be the first for somebody accused of entering the Capitol building during the riot. On March 8, a jury decided the first Capitol riot trial by convicting a Texas man, Guy Reffitt, of storming the Capitol with a holstered handgun.

The former Viera High School teacher who was arrested last year in connection with the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced in federal court Wednesday.

A $15,000 reward is being offered for any information that could lead to the arrest of a Lakeland man accused of assaulting multiple police officers during the Capitol riot, the FBI announced Friday.

An Orlando man charged in connection with the riot on Capitol Hill is expected to agree to a plea deal, according to testimony in court.

A leader in the far-right Proud Boys extremist group will remain jailed until his trial on charges that he remotely led a plot to stop Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory.

A leader in the far-right Proud Boys extremist group will remain jailed until his trial on charges that he remotely led a plot to stop Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory.

A Texas man charged with storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun on his waist is the first Jan. 6 defendant to go on trial.

Capitol Riot Arrests FILE - Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. The committee reportedly hopes to have a final report in the fall. For the Jan. 6 report, The New Yorker is working with Celadon Books on a paperback and e-book that would come out immediately after the report's release. New Yorker editor David Remnick will provide an introduction. “The New Yorker is proud to partner with Celadon Books in presenting and making sense of what promises to be an important historical document, the first comprehensive portrait of the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol," Remnick said in a statement Thursday.

Texas realtor Jenna Ryan served a 60-day prison sentence after pleading guilty to parading on Capitol grounds.

President Joe Biden is ordering the release of Trump White House visitor logs to the House committee investigating the riot of Jan. 6, 2021, once more rejecting former President Donald Trump’s claims of executive privilege.

A Sanford firefighter who pleaded guilty to a charge for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors was sentenced in federal court to two years of probation.

Capitol Riot Arrests The Statement of Facts supporting the arrest warrant for Eric Gerwatowski, 31, of New Hyde Park, N.Y., on charges stemming from last year's riot at the U.S. Capitol, is photographed on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) (Jon Elswick)Information gathered and posted by a network of online sleuths led to the arrests Tuesday of two men charged separately with storming the U.S. Capitol last year, the FBI said in court filings. In March, HuffPost reported that online sleuths used facial recognition software to connect images of Beddingfield at the Capitol to his mugshot after a December 2019 arrest in North Carolina. Beddingfield, a resident of Johnston County, North Carolina, spent about 30 minutes inside the Capitol, the FBI says. Beddingfield was on probation for a criminal conviction in North Carolina, and his probation officer identified him in photos of the riot, the FBI says.

Three Central Florida members of the Oath Keepers group will still go to trial in April for their alleged roles in the Capitol Hill riot, according to federal court documents, despite a new indictment being handed down.

Federal authorities say a man charged this week with storming the U.S. Capitol last year performed rap songs about the riot in videos posted on his YouTube channel.

Lawmakers and insurrectionists reflect on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, one year later.

On Jan. 6, 13 Florida Congress members unsuccessfully voted to object to electors from Arizona and Pennsylvania.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday downplayed aspects of the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol, adding he didn’t intend to watch “nauseating” media-driven, one-year anniversary remembrances.

Florida leads the nation with the number of residents arrested in connection with the Capitol Hill riots, according to data provided by the U.S. Department of Justice.

(Senate Television via AP) (Uncredited)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Facing prison time, many Jan. 6 rioters admit they were wrong to enter the U.S. Capitol and disavow political violence, despite what former President Donald Trump claims in spreading lies about the attack. At least 170 rioters have pleaded guilty and more than 70 have been sentenced. A sampling of what they and their lawyers have said in court:___“Why did I enter the Capitol building? I trusted the President and that was a big mistake.”—Leonard Gruppo, of Clovis, New Mexico, in a letter to the judge sentencing him. ___“The only plan I had was to go to the White House Ellipse to listen to President Trump's speech.

A Marion County man who federal prosecutors have painted as one of the conspirators of the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol says he is an innocent man.

Capitol Riot Justice Garland Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in advance of the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool) (Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday vowed to hold accountable anyone who was responsible for last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, whether they were physically there or not. “We will follow the facts wherever they lead,” Garland said in his speech. Garland also detailed the serious assaults on law enforcement officers, describing in detail how officers were beaten and shocked with stun guns. “Those involved must be held accountable, and there is no higher priority for us at the Department of Justice,” Garland said.

Capitol Riot AP Poll FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. About 3 in 10 Republicans say the attack was not violent, and about another 3 in 10 say it was somewhat violent. Their views were a distinct minority as overall about two-thirds of Americans described the day as very or extremely violent, including about 9 in 10 Democrats. Still, while few Republicans blame Trump, Republicans and Democrats alike overwhelmingly say that the individual rioters had a great deal or quite a bit of responsibility for their actions during the riot. “I think there were strong supporters of President Trump that were there, but I think the people that caused the attacks might not have been true Trump supporters,” said Mary Beth Bell of Jacksonville, Florida.

Capitol Riot AP Poll FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. About 3 in 10 Republicans say the attack was not violent, and about another 3 in 10 say it was somewhat violent. In an AP-NORC poll taken in the days after the attack, 50% said that. Still, while few Republicans blame Trump, Republicans and Democrats alike overwhelmingly say that the individual rioters had a great deal or quite a bit of responsibility for their actions during the riot. “I think there were strong supporters of President Trump that were there, but I think the people that caused the attacks might not have been true Trump supporters,” said Mary Beth Bell of Jacksonville, Florida.

Former President Donald Trump and his supporters have sought to portray the woman who was shot by a police officer during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as a righteous martyr who was unjustly killed.

A New York man has pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol with fellow members of the far-right Proud Boys.

Federal prosecutors are recommending a Marion County man arrested for his involvement in the Capitol Hill riot be ordered to two months home confinements as part of his sentencing in January.

A man from Colorado and another from Florida who are accused of assaulting police officers in separate incidents during the Jan. 6.

The District of Columbia has filed a civil lawsuit seeking harsh financial penalties against far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over their role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.

An independent review has concluded that the Defense Department and its top leaders acted appropriately before and during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

A New Jersey gym owner who punched a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.

Belarus state TV reported that an American who faces criminal charges from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is seeking asylum in Belarus, a move that could heighten tensions between the turbulent former Soviet nation and the United States.

A former Viera High School teacher has pleaded guilty to a charge filed against him as part of the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot.

Federal judges have a thorny question to consider when they sentence military veterans who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January.

Former President Donald Trump is trying to block documents including call logs, drafts of remarks and speeches and handwritten notes from his chief of staff relating to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

Prosecutors are still investigating claims that Riley Williams, from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, intended to send the laptop to Russia, according to CNN.

A Marion County man agreed to a plea deal Friday morning for his involvement in the Capitol riot earlier this year.

The FBI is asking the American public to review the new information and come forward with any information about the possible identity of the bomb-maker.

An Orange County man, who investigators say is a member of the Proud Boys, entered a plea of not guilty Thursday to charges related to the January 6 riot at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

During an appearance on CNN Sunday, moderate Republican senator Susan Collins (Maine) expressed disapproval with Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to reject two of the GOP picks to join the "bipartisan" panel investigating the Capitol Riot.

Four officers who responded to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will give testimony to the newly established, Democratic-led panel investigating the attack.

Four officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection have given emotional accounts of the attack.

Six months after the Capitol insurrection, the Justice Department is still hunting for scores of rioters, even as the first of more than 500 people already arrested have pleaded guilty.

A man from Southwest Florida is accused of taking part in the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. and conspiring with other members of the Oath Keepers from Central Florida head of the attacks, according to the FBI.

New videos released by the Justice Department depict a chaotic scene at the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, particularly against the police officers there to defend the building and its occupants.

A Sarasota-area man pleaded guilty to his involvement in the Capitol Hill riots on Wednesday.

A federal grand jury hands down more indictments against four Central Florida residents for their alleged roles in the Capitol Hill riot.

Officials say Maj. Christopher Warnagiris is believed to be the first active duty military service member to be charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller is set to testify that he was cautious about allowing military intervention during the siege on Jan. 6.

George Tanios and Julian Khater have been accused of conspiring to assault U.S. Capitol Police officers, including Brian Sicknick, who were protecting the Capitol on Jan. 6.