By David Sharp | Associated Press SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — The diversity, equity and inclusion coordinator of public schools in South Portland, Maine, has resigned and left the state, saying he fears for his family’s safety after receiving a threatening letter from a white supremacist. The attack on Mohammed Albehadli, who came to the U.S. … Read more
By Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz | Associated Press NEW YORK — Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump seized an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil trial Thursday, unleashing a barrage of attacks during a six-minute diatribe before being cut off by the judge. … Read more
By Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated Press WASHINGTON — A home owned by the judge overseeing the federal election subversion case against former president Donald Trump was targeted by a fake emergency call Sunday night, the latest in a spate of similar false swatting reports at the homes of public officials in recent days. Police responded … Read more
WASHINGTON: A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plotto attack the US Capitol nearly three years ago. Charles Donohoe was the second Proud Boy to plead guilty to conspiring with other group members to obstruct the January 6, … Read more
By Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday asked the federal judge presiding over his election subversion case in Washington to recuse herself, saying her past public statements about the former president and his connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol … Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested the use of pardons and commutations in the cases of Proud Boys members and others sentenced for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol. (You can check out his comments in the clip below) The GOP candidate, in an interview with Newsmax’s Eric Bolling on Wednesday, … Read more
The interview with Newsmax’s Eric Bolling severely downplayed the prominent roles of Proud Boys gang members Zachary Rehl, Joe Biggs and Ethan Nordean. All received double-digit sentences after being convicted of seditious conspiracy for planning, encouraging and orchestrating the siege. Bolling characterized their participation as “nonviolent” and suggested they “could have simply been charged with … Read more
By Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated Press WASHINGTON — A former member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group who smashed a window at the U.S. Capitol in the building’s first breach of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison — and then defiantly declared as he walked out … Read more
By Michael Kunzelman | Associated Press WASHINGTON — A former organizer of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Thursday to 17 years in prison for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election. The sentence … Read more
A federal judge on Thursday will consider whether to impose the steepest sentences yet on two former leaders of the Proud Boys who stormed the U.S. Capitol seeking to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election defeat, after a jury convicted them of seditious conspiracy. Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence Joseph Biggs to 33 … Read more