4 Capitol riot suspects, including man seen in Pelosi's office, face federal charges

election, federal authorities said in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.Hundreds of supporters of Donald Trump stormed the building to disrupt the final, largely ceremonial act by the House and Senate to count electoral votes and declare Joe Biden the winner of the election.

about how he believes “dominant online platforms have contributed to and stoked the conditions for a crisis of hate, a crisis of health and a crisis of truth.” On January 6, . In the attack, people were injured, killed, and high-ranking politicians' lives were threatened.

Donald Trump who has voiced various conspiracy theories, once telling a German news station that a shadowy criminal enterprise is trying to run the world under a communist agenda and that he and others are prepared to fight, with violence.According to a statement filed in federal court by an FBI agent, Schaffer “has long held far-right extremist views.” The statement said that: "During an interview in 2017, Schaffer ...

Ellise Shafer administratorFar-right social media personality Tim Gionet, also known as “Baked Alaska,” has been arrested by the FBI following his involvement in the Jan.

Ellise Shafer administratorJames Murdoch, the son of Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch, has spoken out against “media property owners” that spread disinformation leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.In an interview with the Financial Times on Friday, Murdoch said that the attack on the Capitol is a consequence of the election disinformation championed by President Donald Trump and circulated by media outlets.“The damage is profound,” Murdoch told the Financial Times.

The retired firefighter who appears to be the man caught on camera throwing a fire extinguisher that hit at least three officers at the Capitol during a riot was arrested Thursday, officials said.  Robert Sanford, of Chester, Pa., faces three federal felony charges including assaulting a police officer, the Wall Street Journal reported.  Video footage of the incident shows the man hurling a fire extinguisher officers attempting to control a mob outside of the west side of the Capitol.

A Chicago-area man accused of storming the Capitol last week allegedly told agents who showed up to arrest him: "Wow, you’re pretty good," court papers show. Kevin James Lyons was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building without authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds for allegedly taking part in Jan.

Klete Keller, a gold-medalist Olympic swimmer who competed alongside superstars Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, has been charged in connection with the riot at the Capitol last week, apparently captured on video wearing his Team USA jacket in the rotunda.

A firefighter in central Florida was arrested by FBI agents and released on a $25,000 bond Tuesday after a photograph surfaced online showing him inside the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection Jan.

Former law enforcement agents are sounding off in the wake of news that the FBI received information there would be a potential "war" in Washington Jan. 6 – the day thousands stormed the U.S.

A Virginia man who wore a  "Camp Auschwitz" sweatshirt during the riots at the U.S. Capitol last week was arrested Wednesday morning.  Robert Keith Packer was arrested in Newport News, Va., by the FBI's Norfolk Joint Terrorism Task Force, a spokesperson for the Norfolk field office confirmed to Fox News.  Robert Keith Packer of Newport News, Va.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s chief of staff, Sarah Groh, said in the midst of last week’s Capitol riots, she came to find that the panic buttons had been torn out of the Massachusetts Democrat’s office.  As pro-Trump protesters barreled their way through security and into the Capitol, Pressley’s staffers barricaded the entrance to the office with furniture and water jugs, she said.

The Georgia man who was found dead after being charged in connection with the US Capitol riot shot himself in the chest, reports said Tuesday. The Fulton County Medical Examiner ruled that Christopher Stanton Georgia died by suicide, according to local outlet 11Alive News.

The FBI and Department of Justice said on Tuesday that more than 170 people have been charged in connection with last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol, but the investigation has only just gotten momentum.

The lawyer for a Florida man pictured last week inside the U.S. Capitol carrying the lectern of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as rioters stormed the building told reporters Monday that the photo may be problematic for his client’s defense and acknowledged that he is "not a magician." Attorneys Dan Eckhart and David Bigney appeared outside a Tampa courthouse on Monday with their client, 36-year-old Adam Christian Johnson.

A Georgia man charged in connection with last week’s violent US Capitol riot has since died, according to a local report. Christopher Stanton Georgia, 53, died at his home in Alpharetta on Saturday, Atlanta-based outlet 11Alive News reported.

Hawaii Proud Boys leader Nick Ochs is expected to appear in federal court in Honolulu on Monday after flying back from Washington, D.C., where he allegedly stormed the U.S. Capitol with a crowd of pro-Trump demonstrators, interrupting the official Electoral College certification.  Nicholas "Nick" R. Ochs, a resident of Hawaii, has been charged with one count of unlawful entry into restricted buildings or grounds.

Two more men were charged in federal court in connection with Wednesday’s riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice announced Sunday.