Author: Spencer S. Hsu

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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes faces a prison sentence up to 25 years in the first punishments for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

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Lt. Shane Lamond told Henry “Enrique” Tarrio police had a warrant out for him in advance of his arrest in the burning of a Black Lives Matter flag, prosecutors say.

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The Justice, Treasury and State departments announced a crackdown on global ransomware suspect Mikhail Matveev, setting a $10 million reward for his arrest and announcing economic sanctions.

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Worrell’s mistreatment at the D.C. jail led a judge to order his pretrial release and jail authorities to be found in contempt.

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The Justice Department said it will ask a U.S. appeals court to stop former president Donald Trump from being questioned under oath on May 24.

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Josiah Colt, the first to set foot on the Senate floor on Jan. 6 and first to flip in a U.S. cooperation deal, is a “poster child” for reconciliation, his lawyer says.

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Hatchet M. Speed was found guilty of obstructing Congress’s confirmation of the 2020 election results and committing other misdemeanors.

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The defense filing came after a Friday evening memo by prosecutors asking a federal judge to sentence Rhodes to 25 years in prison and eight followers to at least 10 years behind bars, in the first punishments to be handed down to defendants convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Capitol riot.

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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four others are set to be the first sentenced in Capitol breach for seditious conspiracy in late May.