#capitol-police

#capitol-police

Jay Johnston, a comic actor known for his work on the animated sitcom Bob's Burgers, was arrested in California on Wednesday and charged with felony obstruction of police officers during the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.The actor was identified in police body camera footage pushing against officers and aiding other rioters at the Capitol, according to the F.B.I.

The man who attacked US Rep. Angie Craig in her Washington, DC, apartment earlier this year pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting the Minnesota Democrat and two metro police officers who attempted to arrest him after the incident.Kendrid Hamlin, who has a lengthy criminal history in DC, plead guilty in federal court to each of the three counts he faced, including assaulting a member of Congress and two counts of assaulting law enforcement.

Brooklyn Congress Member Hakeem Jeffries is on his way to becoming the next top Democrat in the House as he formally launched his bid for the position Friday.In a letter, shared with amNewYork Metro by an aide to Jeffries, sent to his Democratic House colleagues, the rep spelled out why they should name him the successor to outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Paul Pelosi was hospitalized due to the attack, and a Monday evening statement from Nancy Pelosi cited a potentially "long recovery process for her husband."Increasing resources for Capitol Police would likely require congressional approval.A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday that congressional leaders would explore "every option available" in terms of a legislative response.

News organizations expressed concern that Carlson would use the tapes to push an "ideologically-based narrative."Trump supporters trespass inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.Brent Stirton / Getty Images Two separate groups of media organizations sent letters to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-California) over the weekend, demanding access to thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, which have so far only been released to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

A lawyer representing one of five Proud Boys members on trial for seditious conspiracy asked a federal judge to throw out the case Thursday, saying that federal prosecutors hid plainly exculpatory US Capitol security footage played on Fox News host Tucker Carlson's show.Carlson aired selective pieces of footage this week in an attempt to downplay the violence and defend the pro-Trump mob.

US Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger on Tuesday ripped into Fox News host Tucker Carlson over his commentary about footage from the January 6, 2021, insurrection that he aired Monday night, saying the host cherry-picked from the footage to present offensive and misleading conclusions about the attack.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he agrees with a letter by the Capitol Police chief as he speaks to reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Despite a chorus of widespread attacks on Fox News host Tucker Carlson for his portrayal of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol including from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell House Speaker Kevin McCarthy defended his decision to hand over more than 40,000 hours of related security footage.

Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly said two staffers were injured Monday by a man wielding a bat who came into his district office in Fairfax.Connolly told CNN that the assailant who entered his office and attacked two of his aides did so with a metal bat.The attacker struck one senior aide in the head with the metal bat, he said.

"You're removed.You're breaching protocol and disorder in the committee room," Fallon told Patricia Oliver, as she continued to speak about her son, who was killed in the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.After Joaquin Oliver's death, his parents co-founded a gun reform group and have previously staged civil disobedience actions.

Members of the House and Senate were informed Wednesday that hackers may have gained access to their sensitive personal data in a breach of a Washington, DC, health insurance marketplace.Employees of the lawmakers and their families were also affected.DC Health Link confirmed that data on an unspecified number of customers was affected and said it was notifying them and working with law enforcement.

Who ya gonna believe, me or your own eyes.That old, popular quote has been attributed in one version or another to a variety of funny men, according to the Quote Investigator website.I'll settle for the video clip on YouTube in which Chico Marx utters the line in the classic 1933 Marx Brothers comedy, Duck Soup.

Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell, left, confers with Jackson Police Chief James Davis during a town hall meeting to address youth crime issues in Jackson, Miss., Feb. 14, 2023.Rogelio V. Solis/AP JACKSON, Miss.The majority-white and Republican-led Mississippi Senate voted Tuesday to pass its version of a bill that would allow an expanded role for state police and appointed judges inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, which is led by Democrats.

(WASHINGTON) Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota was assaulted in her Washington apartment building on Thursday, suffering bruises while escaping serious injury in an attack that did not appear to be politically motivated, her chief of staff said.Craig was assaulted in the elevator at about 7:15 a.m., called 911 and the assailant fled, Nick Coe said in a statement.

"Look, January 6 is going to roll around every year, just like Pearl Harbor Day rolls around every year, treated like just another day in the calendar," Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.) said."I want us to keep going until we get a speaker.This is ridiculous stuff."The House will return to session Friday for what is expected to be McCarthy's twelfth attempt to win the top gavel.

President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a $1.7 trillion federal spending bill that includes a number of administration priorities and officially avoids a government shutdown, ending what he called a year of historic progress.It'll invest in medical research, safety, veteran health care, disaster recovery, (Violence Against Women Act) funding  and gets crucial assistance to Ukraine, Biden wrote in a tweet.

"A multibillion-dollar tax cut for the rich should not be the last act of a Democratic Congress," said one critic.Charles Sicknick, the father of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick who died after the events of January 6, declines a handshake from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell during a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony for U.S. Capitol Police and D.C., on December 6, 2022.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Progressive advocacy groups and economic analysts on Tuesday denounced retirement savings-related tax changes embedded in Congress' end-of-year $1.7 trillion spending package, characterizing the pending reforms taken directly from the SECURE 2.0 Act as a "giveaway to the rich."

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., on Thursday declared herself the winner of her congressional race even though the election is still too close to call.Boebert has been locked in a surprisingly tight contest with Democratic challenger Adam Frisch, who led the race on election night.Boebert took a slim lead over the Democrat last week as votes continued to be counted but Frisch cut her lead from 1,122 votes to 551 votes on Thursday as more ballots were cured and counted.