Capitol Insurrection

Convicted January 6 rioter appointed to sensitive Pentagon counterterrorism job - report

Elias Irizarry, 24, was appointed to a post in the Defense Department’s Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, the Washington Post reported. 

A mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. Picture taken January 6, 2021.
The US Capitol building is pictured at 5:04 pm, five years after the building was overrun by pro-Trump supporters, in Washington, DC, US, January 6, 2026

White House posts new January 6 account ahead of fifth anniversary

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump gestures as he addresses House Republicans at their annual issues conference retreat, at the Kennedy Center, renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center by the Trump-appointed board of directors, in Washington, DC, US, January 6, 2026.

Trump declares he will get impeached if Republicans lose midterms, plans to meet health insurers

Police officers stand guard as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington

On This Day in 2021: January 6 US Capitol insurrection riots


Ex-Trump aide Bannon to seek dismissal of criminal contempt of Congress charges

Bannon, 68, has pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress for defying the committee's subpoena requesting testimony and documents as part of its inquiry into January 6.

White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon boards a vehicle as US President Donald Trump prepares to depart Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, US, April 9, 2017.

Jury selection ongoing in Trump ex-adviser Bannon's contempt of Congress trial

Bannon reversed course this month and announced that he wanted to testify before a public committee hearing, nearly 10 months after defying the subpoena.

 Steve Bannon, talk show host and former White House advisor to former President Donald Trump, speaks to reporters after leaving US District Court in Washington, US, June 15, 2022.

US Capitol riot probe examines Trump circle's ties to extremists

The House of Representatives committee held its seventh hearing in five weeks focused on two pro-Trump groups that investigators say helped plan the attack.

Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) sit next to other committee members as they lead the seventh public hearing by the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, US, July 12, 2022.

Oath Keeper brought explosives to DC ahead of Jan. 6 attack, prosecutor says

In a court filing, federal prosecutors alleged that Jeremy Brown, an Oath Keepers member from Florida, drove explosives to a Virginia hotel in his recreational vehicle.

A mob of supporters of then-US President Donald Trump climb through a window they broke as they storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, US, January 6, 2021.

Letters to the Editor July 3, 2022: Enormous difference

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection hearing: 4 key takeaways from day 6

Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony focused on what Mark Meadows and Donald Trump knew about the attack in the days before and on Jan. 6, informed by her close working proximity to both men.

 FORMER US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando on Saturday.

Trump wanted to join Jan. 6 Capitol riot, tried to grab limo steering wheel

On social media, Trump denied having grabbed the wheel.

 Former US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally to boost Ohio Republican candidates ahead of their May 3 primary election, at the county fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio, U.S. April 23, 2022.

Donald Trump, American democracy and a deep, dark tunnel - opinion

Nowhere, it seems, is there the wisdom to understand that democracy depends, first and foremost, upon being fair to people you disagree with.

 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS pose before the opening of a hearing last week of the House select committee tasked with investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol building

Defendant in Jan. 6 case denies boyfriend planned to shoot up synagogue

Williams' lawyers said the claim that her boyfriend once plotted a mass shooting at a synagogue was untrue.

 Riley Williams, one of the accused Jan. 6 insurrectionists, appears outside the federal courthouse in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Jan. 26, 2021.

Jan. 6 filing: US marine was jailed for plot to attack synagogue

The revelation came in a filing by federal prosecutors arguing against a request by an alleged insurgent, Riley Williams, to loosen restrictions pending her trial.

 Riley Williams, one of the accused Jan. 6 insurrectionists, appears outside the federal courthouse in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Jan. 26, 2021.