A federal district judge has issued an order barring certain January 6 defendants with commutations from entering Washington, D.C., or the U.S. Capitol building. The filing says the order went into effect at noon on Friday. Fox News reports: In the filing, Judge Amit P. Mehta specified the order applied to “Defendants Stewart Rhodes, Kelly […]
With minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden issued pardons to his family members. The pardon applies to James Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John Owens, and Francis Biden, the White House announced. “I believe in the rule of law, and I am optimistic that the strength of our legal institutions will ultimately […]
Virginia Republicans announced their top priorities for the new year, with curbing fentanyl deaths among them. Under current case law, it is difficult to charge a drug dealer with the murder of a user who died from fentanyl they had purchased unless they are in the proximity of that dealer, according to GOP legislators. State […]
United States Capitol Police have identified the man arrested Wednesday after allegedly trying to light a car on fire while President-elect Donald Trump was paying his respects to former President Jimmy Carter, who was lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. Virginia man Adrian J. Hinton, 35, is the suspect, police announced on […]
Federal agents uncovered a disturbing discovery in a Virginia home… The FBI found the largest hoard of homemade explosive devices in the agency’s history last month in Virginia. Brad Spafford was taken into custody on Dec. 17 at his farm outside of Norfolk, Virginia, on a single-count criminal complaint that accused him of failing to […]
Federal authorities arrested a freshman at George Mason University in Falls Church, Virginia this week for allegedly planning a terrorist attack against Israel’s general consulate in New York. Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, 18, faces 20 years in federal prison if convicted of trying to teach someone how to manufacture an explosive with intent to […]
A West Virginia state delegate-elect was arrested after allegedly threatening to kill multiple lawmakers, reportedly after being informed he might be dropped from his GOP caucus position. Del-elect Joseph de Soto, a medical doctor from Gerrardstown which is located approximately 100 miles west of Washington, D.C. allegedly threatened several other delegates, including the Speaker of the House […]
A suspect accused of breaking into a Donald Trump campaign office outside of Washington, D.C. has been arrested, according to reports. Toby Shane Kessler, 39, was detained on Saturday by the University of California, San Francisco Police Department for squatting in a campus dorm, the Loudoun County sheriff’s office said in a release on Thursday. […]
On Monday, capitol police arrested a Congressional staffer for Rep. Joe Morelle’s (D-N.Y.) office. The staffer was identified in a statement as 38-year old Michael Hopkins and he was arrested for allegedly carrying ammunition, including a high-capacity magazine, into the Cannon House Office Building. Chad Pergram, senior congressional correspondent for Fox News, posted a statement from […]
The threats of political violence are still on the rise… Nearly a dozen of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees and other appointees tapped for the incoming administration were targeted Tuesday night with “violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them,” prompting a “swift” law enforcement response. The “attacks ranged from bomb threats to ‘swatting,’” according to Trump-Vance transition […]
