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Jan. 6 Arrests Continue Brisk Pace in 2024, Nearing 1,400 Mark
The 122 arrests through April 5 outpace the 70 arrests in 2023 and the 50 arrests in 2022, DOJ data show. Nearly 7 in 10 guilty pleas are for misdemeanors.
Judicial Watch Fights DOJ Attempt to Move Ashli Babbitt Lawsuit to Washington
DOJ wants to move the $30 million wrongful-death case from San Diego, but Aaron Babbitt’s attorney says the law gives deference to his client.
After a Pause, Jan. 6 Arrests Are Now Sharply Increasing
The FBI is making arrests and the DOJ is filing charges at the quickest pace in three years, pushing the expected total up to 2,150 arrests by 2026.
Journalist Appears in Federal Court in Leg and Belly Chains to Face Jan. 6 Misdemeanors
Stephen Baker of Blaze Media said the FBI’s charging document is not about behavior, but rather ‘all about my words. Everything.’
Journalist Faces Arrest on 4 Charges Over Jan. 6 Presence at Capitol
Prosecution of Blaze Media’s Stephen Baker decried by colleagues.
DOJ Adds Charges Against Brothers Who Said They Shielded Rosanne Boyland on Jan. 6
Aaron James and Isaac Westbury face a combined 17 criminal counts along with two other brothers and their stepfather for their actions on Jan. 6, 2021.
Landmark Supreme Court Case Could Upend Jan. 6 Prosecutions
The decision will affect more than 330 defendants and could eliminate the DOJ’s unprecedented and novel use of a law designed for white-collar crime.
Journalist Steve Baker Gets Christmas Reprieve on Arrest for Jan. 6 Charges
FBI’s postponing of surrender date is ‘quite a fast turnaround of events in less than 36 hours.’
Jan. 6 ‘Raindrop Theory’ of Collective Guilt Is Unconstitutional, Defense Attorney Says
‘A defendant cannot be found guilty merely as a result of being near someone else committing a crime,’ attorney John Pierce wrote.
61 Percent of Jan. 6 Defendants Received Prison Sentences, Report Says
The U.S. Department of Justice report states that 1,185 people have been arrested for alleged Jan. 6-related crimes in the past 33 months.
Challenges to Jan. 6 Obstruction of Congress Prosecutions Pile Up at US Supreme Court
Novel use of a corporate-fraud statute gives federal prosecutors ‘unbridled, standardless discretion to effectively make up their own law,’ new filing says.
Independent Journalist Receives Jan. 6 Grand Jury Subpoena
Independent journalist Steve Baker believes a Jan. 6 grand jury subpoena he received on Aug. 7 is part of an attempt by actors at the U.S. Department of Justice to ’silence' him.
