Tag Archives: rioters

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Special counsel Jack Smith has a plan for how to illustrate Donald Trump’s influence over the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Prosecutors will show a map of people gathered around the Ellipse to hear Trump say, “we’re going to the Capitol” to “fight like hell,” then follow those supporters in real time as they head down Pennsylvania Avenue to where lawmakers were certifying President Biden’s victory.

A few days after the Capitol insurrection last January, the FBI got two tips identifying an Ohio man named Walter Messer as a participant, and both cited his social media posts about being there. To verify those tips, the FBI turned to three companies that held a large amount of damning evidence against Messer, simply as a result of his normal use of their services: AT&T, Facebook, and Google. AT&T gave the FBI Messer’s telephone number and a list of cell sites he used, including one… Source link

Arnold Schwarzenegger has hit out at Donald Trump and compared rioters at the US Capitol to Nazis who have brought the country to an “unforgivable point”. Schwarzenegger, who was the governor of California as a member of the Republican Party, said in a video on Twitter Trump misled people “with lies” and “is a failed leader”. “President Trump is a failed leader. He will go down in history as the worst president ever,” the Hollywood actor said in the video. Thousands stormed the… Source link

Metropolitan Police, Capitol Police, and the National Guard have expelled the group of violent pro-Trump rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol Building on Wednesday afternoon. Washington remains under an emergency 6 p.m. curfew as Congress reconvenes to certify the 2020 Electoral College vote. Check the Yahoo News live blog for the latest. Video Transcript [DISTANT SPEECH] [SHOUTING] [YELLING] – This is America! – More slow. – Yeah. – USA! USA! USA! HUNTER WALKER: The guard is moving forward following… Source link

As the dust was clearing amid the chaos of President Donald Trump’s supporting storming the U.S. Capitol, Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers asked a pointed question while speaking with reporters Wednesday. Rivers, speaking ahead of Wednesday’s game against the Washington Wizards, wanted to know what would have happened if it was a mob of Black people breaching the Capitol, breaking windows and grappling with police. It’s pretty disturbing, obviously, sad. But what it’s not is… Source link