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Mark Hosenball
After 48 years in full time journalism, Mark Hosenball recently retired as an investigative reporter for the international news agency Reuters; previously he worked with Yahoo News' Michael Isikoff at Newsweek for 17 years, and before that worked for NBC News, the London Sunday Times, Fairchild Publications, London Evening Standard and Time Out magazine's London edition.
Yahoo NewsProsecutors move forward on Jan. 6 riot probes after Proud Boys convictions
A federal jury in Washington found the leader and three senior members of the Proud Boys militia movement guilty of seditious conspiracy charges Thursday in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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‘I truly apologize’: 2 Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy testify in their own defense
Zachary Rehl, president of the Philadelphia chapter of the Proud Boys, became the first member of the far-right group to testify in his own defense on seditious conspiracy charges for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot.
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Ex-Proud Boys member says group did not plan violence on Jan. 6 — but the riot didn't surprise him
Ex-Proud Boys member Jeremy Bertino said Monday that while he never heard the group or its leaders outline a specific plan for violence on Jan. 6, 2021, the outbreak of violence did not surprise him.
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Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial adjourns for weekend following testimony showing Capitol Police being overwhelmed by Trump supporters
Five members of the far-right Proud Boys group are on trial for seditious conspiracy and other charges relating to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, associate convicted of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 riot
A federal jury on Tuesday found the Oath Keepers' leader, Stewart Rhodes, and one of his top associates guilty of seditious conspiracy for their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S Capitol.
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Judge orders Newt Gingrich to testify before Georgia grand jury in 2020 election probe
A judge has ordered former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to testify before a Georgia grand jury that is investigating the alleged attempt by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to illegally interfere in the November 2020 presidential election.
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Prosecutors press Rhodes on inflammatory messages to fellow Oath Keepers
During cross-examination Monday in his trial on seditious conspiracy charges, Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes likened his militia group to the patriots who fought in the American Revolution.
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Oath Keepers member felt elated before entering Capitol on Jan. 6. Now he feels ashamed.
Before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, Oath Keepers member Graydon Young said the lead-up to the riot was "exhilarating." Today, Young told a federal judge and jury in the sedition trial of five Oath Keepers: "I feel extremely ashamed."
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Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison for criminal contempt of Congress
Steve Bannon, ex-White House strategist and adviser to former President Donald Trump, was sentenced Friday to four months in prison and a $6,500 fine for refusing to appear before the House Jan. 6 committee.
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1st week of Oath Keepers trial delivers trove of evidence and denials
The first week of the seditious conspiracy trial of Oath Keepers militia leader Stewart Rhodes and four associates who joined him at the Jan. 6, 2021, rally hours before the riot at the U.S. Capitol included vastly different depictions of the threat the defendants posed that day.
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Oath Keepers trial: Witness says he never heard members discuss plans for Jan. 6 violence
A prosecution witness who traveled to Washington, D.C., with fellow members of the Oath Keepers militia movement in the days before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol testified Wednesday that he never heard any fellow Oath Keepers discussing plans for violence.
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Fewer than 2 dozen Oath Keepers attended Jan. 6 riot, FBI agent testifies
An FBI agent testified Tuesday in the seditious conspiracy trial of members of the Oath Keepers militia that fewer than two dozen members of the group were present in the nation’s capital when Trump supporters engaged in a riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Oath Keepers leader's rhetoric became aggressive in lead-up to Jan. 6, prosecutors say
Stewart Rhodes and four co-defendants are facing multiple charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, including a rarely used charge of seditious conspiracy that carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
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Oath Keepers members discussed bringing firearms to D.C. ahead of Jan. 6 riot, trial messages show
"If we'd had guns I guarantee we would have killed a hundred politicians," said a Jan. 6, 2021, text message prosecutors presented as evidence Thursday in the sedition trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and four of his alleged associates.
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'We must defeat them': Oath Keepers messages urged members to fight to keep Trump in power
After the presidential election won by Joe Biden, members of the Oath Keepers militia group immediately began discussing possible efforts to block Biden's accession to the White House, prosecutors argued at the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and four of his alleged associates.
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Prosecutors: Oath Keepers leader, rioters planned to violently block transfer of power on Jan. 6
The leader and members of the Oath Keepers militia group were prepared to engage in serious violence after the November 2020 election to try to block Joe Biden from taking office as U.S. president, a prosecutor told a federal court jury in Washington on Monday.
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Opening arguments to begin in sedition trial of Oath Keepers leader, rioters over Jan. 6
Opening arguments are set to begin next week in the trial of Stewart Rhodes, the head of the Oath Keepers militia group, which helped lead the violent efforts to enter the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Alleged Nazi sympathizer sentenced to 4 years in prison for Jan. 6 riot
A federal judge sentenced Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, who once sported a Hitler-style mustache, to four years in prison for his conviction on five federal charges stemming from his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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Ex-Virginia police officer sentenced to more than 7 years in jail for role in Jan. 6 riot
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Virginia police officer to 87 months in jail for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, matching the longest prison term handed down for one of the convicted rioters to date and illustrating how former members of law enforcement and the military participated in the violent insurrection.
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Dem lawyer found not guilty of lying to FBI over alleged Trump-Russia link
A federal jury on Tuesday found Michael Sussmann, a former lawyer at a firm that represented Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 campaign, not guilty of lying to an FBI official over an alleged link between Donald Trump and a Russian bank.