Tag: Capitol
Former police officer sentenced to record sentence for Capitol attack
The 56-year-old man wrestled a police officer down and held him down. The policeman was seriously injured when several others punched and kicked him while he was being restrained. The…
seven years in prison for a Capitol rioter
The rioters of the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol in Washington are sanctioned one after the other. This Monday, one of them was given the heaviest…
Assault on the Capitol: how Trump “opened the floodgates to disorder” and let it happen
The day of January 6 was to be placed under the sign of democracy. The parliamentarians should have certified the victory of Joe Biden in the presidential election, and his…
The US expert on the night’s Capitol hearings: “The last word has not been said”
Tonight, Swedish time, the committee investigating the storming of the Capitol holds the last scheduled hearings. But according to Erik Åsard, professor emeritus of North American studies at Uppsala University,…
USA: The hearing on the storming of the Capitol ends
The live hearing on the storming of the Capitol is now entering its final day. On Thursday, the committee is expected to release previously unseen videos that are said to…
the Secret Service deleted text messages sent the day of the assault on the Capitol
The Secret Service, responsible in particular for the protection of the President of the United States, erased text messages from several agents sent the day of the assault on Congress…
Capitol Theater prepares for its first post-COVID season
The Chatham Capitol Theater is tuning up for its first season of performances since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022-23 Capitol Theater Presents season will begin in September…
“Take me to the Capitol now!” : how Trump tried to join the rioters
The American winter which slapped the cheeks despite the clear blue sky of January 6, 2021 had not dampened the ardor of Donald Trump. Already suspected of having fomented the…
Storming the Capitol: How Trump and his supporters threatened elected officials to stay in power
Pressure, intimidation, threats … The boss of the elected Republicans of Arizona recounted, Tuesday, June 21, the methods of Donald Trump and his lawyers to try to convince him to…
Assault on the Capitol: Trump “lit the fuse” of the attack, according to the commission of inquiry
The storming of the Capitol was the “culmination of an attempted coup”. The parliamentary commission of inquiry led by the Democrat Bennie Thompson delivered, on the night of Thursday to…