Author: Rachel Weiner

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Multiple officers testified about how they ended up in a tunnel they believed was the last line of defense between rioters and lawmakers.

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The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that the masks, required by a county sheriff, were “inherently prejudicial.”

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A federal appeals court blocked an investigation into the state attorney general over a negative campaign ad in which he is accused of lying.

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The panel agreed with a lower court judge who found the Department of Justice’s arguments misleading.

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A 2018 rule barring administrative workers from expressing views on or participating in politics expressing views is unconstitutional, the court ruled.

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Prosecutors asked for probation, saying the former police officer helped convict a man he called “Dad.”

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Judge Thomas F. Hogan said he was increasingly irritated by Jan. 6 defendants who expressed no responsibility or remorse for their actions.

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The sentence for former Rocky Mount officer Thomas Robertson matches the highest punishment issued to a Capitol riot defendant so far

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Floyd Roseberry’s bomb threat last summer forced an evacuation of staffers and residents on Capitol Hill. His lawyer said he was on the wrong medication.