/tags/u-s-capitol-siege U.S. Capitol Siege en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:15:48 GMT /politics/2024-11-05/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-indiana-montana-absent-condemn-election-violence-naag-letter The Republican has a fraught relationship with the national group that issued the letter. Indiana and Montana also did not sign on. Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:15:48 GMT /politics/2024-11-05/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-indiana-montana-absent-condemn-election-violence-naag-letter Lauren McGaughy /texasstandard/2023-01-06/texans-involved-jan-6-2021-capitol-riot-face-charges-prison-time Texas was the state with the second most defendants related to the attack, behind Florida. Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:22:44 GMT /texasstandard/2023-01-06/texans-involved-jan-6-2021-capitol-riot-face-charges-prison-time Sarah Asch /crime-justice/2022-12-19/the-jan-6-committee-is-voting-on-criminal-referrals The House panel investigating the Capitol riot announced four criminal referrals for former President Donald Trump. Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:31:40 GMT /crime-justice/2022-12-19/the-jan-6-committee-is-voting-on-criminal-referrals Rachel Treisman /politics/2022-11-18/doj-names-jack-smith-as-special-counsel-to-oversee-trump-criminal-investigations The department's former public integrity chief, most recently a war crimes prosecutor, will oversee the case of the security documents found at the former president's estate and key aspects of Jan. 6. Fri, 18 Nov 2022 19:08:41 GMT /politics/2022-11-18/doj-names-jack-smith-as-special-counsel-to-oversee-trump-criminal-investigations Carrie Johnson, Ryan Lucas /crime-justice/2022-10-03/oath-keepers-planned-an-armed-rebellion-prosecutor-tells-jury-in-sedition-case Using text messages, video and recorded calls, the DOJ is arguing that the defendants set out to overturn the 2020 election results by storming the Capitol and interrupting the electoral vote count. Mon, 03 Oct 2022 23:10:09 GMT /crime-justice/2022-10-03/oath-keepers-planned-an-armed-rebellion-prosecutor-tells-jury-in-sedition-case Carrie Johnson /politics/2022-09-27/ted-cruz-votes-against-bipartisan-bill-to-stop-another-insurrection The Texan objected to certifying Arizona’s electoral votes as rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The bill, which Cruz voted against in committee on Tuesday, would make a similar move in the future meaningless. Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:56:26 GMT /politics/2022-09-27/ted-cruz-votes-against-bipartisan-bill-to-stop-another-insurrection Matthew Choi /politics/2022-09-10/is-america-a-democracy-or-a-republic-yes-it-is Election denialism has become not only a thing but a movement. And if critics call this an attack on democracy, some election deniers respond by saying the U.S. is not a democracy, it is a republic. Sat, 10 Sep 2022 14:00:41 GMT /politics/2022-09-10/is-america-a-democracy-or-a-republic-yes-it-is Ron Elving /politics/2022-09-08/two-constables-four-police-chiefs-and-over-3-000-other-texans-were-members-of-the-oath-keepers-report-says A recent analysis of Oath Keepers� membership rolls leaked last year found that Texas had more members of the far-right extremist group than any other state � and the most who worked as elected officials, law enforcement officers or members of the military. Thu, 08 Sep 2022 19:39:40 GMT /politics/2022-09-08/two-constables-four-police-chiefs-and-over-3-000-other-texans-were-members-of-the-oath-keepers-report-says Sneha Dey and William Melhado /crime-justice/2022-08-17/geoffrey-shough-donald-trump-stop-the-steal-2020-presidential-election Authorities say Geoffrey Shough was one of the first rioters to breach a line of police at the U.S. Capitol. Wed, 17 Aug 2022 21:07:15 GMT /crime-justice/2022-08-17/geoffrey-shough-donald-trump-stop-the-steal-2020-presidential-election Andrew Weber /crime-justice/2022-08-08/trump-says-fbi-agents-searched-his-mar-a-lago-home-in-florida Former President Trump said FBI agents executed an "unannounced raid" at his home in South Florida Monday. His son said it was related to documents taken from the White House when Trump left office. Mon, 08 Aug 2022 23:49:31 GMT /crime-justice/2022-08-08/trump-says-fbi-agents-searched-his-mar-a-lago-home-in-florida Deepa Shivaram, Ryan Lucas