A federal court of appeals on Tuesday denied a prominent Jan. 6 defendant’s effort to overturn his misdemeanor trespass conviction. In March 2022, Couy Griffin, the founder of “Cowboys for Trump” and a former New Mexico county commissioner, was convicted on one count of entering a restricted area on the Capitol grounds and acquitted on...
An Ohio man is accused of bringing a massive “Trump” sign that rioters used as a “battering ram” against a line of officers guarding the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Jeffrey Newcomb, 41, faces charges of assaulting officers, obstruction, trespassing and disorderly conduct, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced in a press release. Related...
Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows tried to sue the head of the National Archives (NARA) and special counsel Jack Smith to get his hands on records that may have aided his defense in the 2020 election-focused Georgia RICO case, but that effort came to an end Tuesday due to a basic “jurisdictional...