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Jury to deliberate in major 6 January case against Proud Boys
Fp Staff •The jury will begin deliberating Wednesday to decide whether the onetime Proud Boys national chairman and four co-defendants are guilty of seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors allege was a desperate plot to keep Trump in the White House
Donald Trump indicted: What does it mean for his political career and US democracy?
•After much buildup in the media, a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former US president Donald Trump. His indictment, and the frenzy it has already created, demonstrate just what a dangerous and unstable time this is for American democracy. The road is probably about to get even rockier
New York braces for Donald Trump’s indictment after ex-president urges protests
Fp Staff •If indicted, it would be the first-ever criminal case against any US president. In his call for protests, the former President raised concerns for law enforcement that supporters might engage in violence similar to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol in Washington
'Finish the job': Biden exhorts Congress in State of Union address, says ‘optimistic’ about America’s future
Fp Staff •Biden's address before Congress and tens of millions of television viewers was a chance for the Democrat, who is expected soon to announce a bid for a second term, to pitch his centrist, populist vision of a country healing after Covid and the turmoil of Donald Trump's presidency
Trump aide follows him on golf course with a laptop to boost ego with 'positive' articles, says report
Fp Staff •Meanwhile, the House panel that investigated last year's attack on the US Capitol recommended Monday that criminal charges be filed against former president Donald Trump
Donald Trump criminal referral: What the US Justice Department could do
•The House Select Committee laid out an ambitious plan for the prosecution of former US president Donald Trump and several of his associates. However, it is unclear how closely the special counsel’s office in charge of the Justice Department’s own investigation will follow the committee's path
US: Rioter gets 5 years in prison for assaulting cops at Capitol
•Ronald Sandlin, 35, of Millington, Tennessee, pleaded guilty in September to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers
Explained: Who are the Oath Keepers and why are they on trial?
•Members of the anti-government group, founded in 2009, have been charged with seditious conspiracy in the 6 January riot at the US Capitol. Prosecutors say the members spent weeks amassing weapons, and readying armed teams outside Washington to stop Joe Biden from becoming president
Capitol riots probe panel blames Donald Trump for 'attempted coup' on 6 January
•Testimony on Thursday showed how Donald Trump desperately clung to his own false claims of election fraud, beckoning supporters to the Capitol on 6 January, 2021, when Congress would certify the results, despite those around him insisting Joe Biden had won the election
Donald Trump slams US Congress inquiry into Capitol Hill Riots; calls probe a 'Kangaroo Court'
•In a statement, Donald Trump said Democrats created the narrative of 6 January to detract from the much larger and more important truth that the 2020 election was 'rigged and stolen'