Ryan Reilly is HuffPost's senior justice reporter, covering criminal justice, federal law enforcement and legal affairs. His beat takes him to places like Ferguson, Missouri and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He started covering the Justice Department in 2009, and was a 2017 Livingston Awards finalist for his reporting on jail deaths. Reilly is based in Washington, D.C. and can be reached at ryan.reilly@huffpost.com; or on Signal at 202-527-9261.
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Merrick Garland: DOJ Will 'Never Stop Working' To Protect Voting Rights
The attorney general said the DOJ will fight back as Republican-led state legislatures pass voting restrictions because of Donald Trump's voter fraud lies.
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'Traitors Need To Be Executed': 'Stop The Steal' Organizer Indicted In Jan. 6 Conspiracy Case
Alan Hostetter, a police chief turned yogi, was indicted along with Three Percenter extremists in a conspiracy to attack the Capitol.
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'I Led The Storm!' Proud Boy Arrested, Allegedly Bragged To Mom About Capitol Riot
Shawn Price sent his mother and others Facebook messages on Jan. 6 saying he led the breach of the U.S. Capitol, the FBI said.
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Trump Impeachment Lawyer Now Defending Oath Keeper Charged In Capitol Breach
Michael van der Veen, a lawyer for Trump during his second impeachment trial, is defending a man affiliated with the far-right militia.
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U.S. Capitol Attack Is Reshaping The Federal Counterterrorism Budget
The Biden administration has requested millions of dollars in new funds for the FBI and Justice Department in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Florida Man Who Stormed Senate Floor With Trump Flag Reaches Plea Deal In Capitol Attack
Paul Hodgkins, who paraded through the Senate chamber with a "Trump 2020" T-shirt and flag, was the second Jan. 6 defendant to strike a plea deal.
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'A Defining Historical Moment': Raphael Warnock On The GOP's Blockade Of Jan. 6 Commission
“All of us are here as representatives of a democracy that folks on the other side have decided they’re not willing to defend," said Georgia's first Black senator.
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The Feds Asked The Public For This Capitol Rioter's Name. He'd Already Given It To Them.
The FBI asked for help IDing a man who sprayed cops with a fire extinguisher. But police body camera footage shows Nicholas Brockhoff naming himself.
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'MAGA Caravan' Organizer Arrested For Assaulting Cops At Capitol
Kenneth Joseph Owen Thomas from Ohio was arrested for repeatedly attacking, punching and hitting police officers during the Jan. 6 riot.
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He Called FBI Agents Nazis. The Feds Just Arrested Him For Storming The Capitol.
In multiple tweets, Adam Weibling defended the Capitol riot and described its participants as "patriots" and "brave."
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Trumper On FBI Capitol Wanted List Attends Giuliani Event For GOPer Who Pushed Big Lie
FBI suspect Sam Lazar posed for photos with Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who backed Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Josh Hawley Says He Doesn't Know If He Saluted Any Rioters, So We Checked
The junior senator from Missouri has been saying he waved to peaceful demonstrators who had nothing to do with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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After Hundreds Of Arrests In Sprawling Capitol Hunt, The FBI Just Made A Pretty Big Mistake
The bureau searched the home of an Alaskan Trump supporter they mistook for the woman who grabbed a laptop from Nancy Pelosi's office.
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Lawyer Says Capitol Defendant Had 'Foxmania' From Watching Too Much Fox News
For roughly six months after he was laid off, Anthony Antonio was in a home where Fox News played constantly, his attorney told a court.
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3 Indicted On Federal Hate Crime Charges In Ahmaud Arbery Death
A federal grand jury indicted Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan in Arbery's killing.
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Judge Struggles Releasing Capitol Defendant Who Claimed He Was On 'Mission' From God
Joshua Matthew Black, who told the FBI that "the Lord" wanted him to "plead the blood of Jesus" in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, will be released from jail.
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Feds Track Down Capitol Rioter With Facial Recognition Hit On His Girlfriend's Instagram
Stephen Chase Randolph was arrested in Kentucky. Federal authorities say he told undercover agents it was "f**king fun" to be in the Capitol mob.
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'Bullhorn Lady' In Trouble With Judge After Defying Court With Mesh Mask
"No reasonable person could think that defendant's 'mask' complied" with Rachel Powell's conditions of release, a judge wrote.
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Metal Guitarist Who Stormed Capitol With Bear Spray Is First Rioter To Plead Guilty
A hundred days after the Capitol insurrection, Jon Schaffer entered a guilty plea and admitted to invading the U.S. Capitol while armed with bear spray.
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DOJ Civil Rights Alums Back Kristen Clarke Ahead Of Ugly Confirmation Battle
More than 80 former officials are supporting the nomination of Kristen Clarke, a longtime civil rights lawyer who would be the first woman confirmed to the job.