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'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley, who was arrested after storming the Capitol in a fur headdress and horns, has been denied bail

Jacob Chansley AKA Jake Angeli AKA the QAnon Shaman was detained after joining hundreds of others to storm the Capitol on January 6, 2020. Win McNamee/ Staff/ Getty Images A federal judge in Arizona on Friday denied bail to Jacob Chansley, a prominent QAnon conspiracy theorist who was arrested following the attacks on the US Capitol. DOJ prosecutors had argued Chansley — also known as the "QAnon Shaman" or Jake Angeli — was a flight risk and danger to the public because his past statements...
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Prosecutors said the QAnon Shaman was one of the rioters who meant to 'capture and assassinate elected officials' before walking back the claim

Jacob Chansley AKA Jake Angeli AKA the QAnon Shaman was detained after joining hundreds of others to storm the Capitol on January 6, 2020. Win McNamee/ Staff/ Getty Images Justice Department prosecutors said people who participated in the pro-Trump attack of the US Capitol planned to "capture and assassinate elected officials." They made the assessment in a detention memo for Jacob Chansley, also known as the QAnon Shaman or Jake Angeli, who they say left a threat for Vice President Mike P...
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Prosecutors say the QAnon Shaman was one of the rioters who meant to 'capture and assassinate elected officials'

Jacob Chansley AKA Jake Angeli AKA the QAnon Shaman was detained after joining hundreds of others to storm the Capitol on January 6, 2020. Win McNamee/ Staff/ Getty Images Justice Department prosecutors said people who participated in the pro-Trump attack of the US Capitol planned to "capture and assassinate elected officials." They made the assessment in a detention memo for Jacob Chansley, also known as the QAnon Shaman or Jake Angeli, who they say left a threat for Vice President Mike P...
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Pelosi says lawmakers may be prosecuted if they 'aided and abetted' US Capitol riot – live

‘Justice is called for,’ says House speakerDoJ inspector general also launches review of Capitol riotUS suffers as Covid rages and vaccination campaign faltersBillionaires backed Republicans aiming to reverse election resultsKamala Harris: how will the next vice-president wield her power? Join the Guardian for a live conversation on 18 January 5.28pm GMT Donald Trump plans to depart the White House and Washington, DC, on Wednesday morning - before the president-elect, Joe Biden, is sworn in,...
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Cop to Capitol rioters who helped him after others threatened to kill him with his own gun: 'Thank you, but f--- you for being there'

Rioters clash with police using big ladder trying to enter Capitol building through the front doors. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone said that rioters at the US Capitol called for him to be killed with his own gun before some began shielding him and offering some level of protection.  Fanone's message to those who helped him: "Thank you, but f--- you for being there." Five people died as a result of the US Capitol siege, an...
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DC police officer says he was hit with a stun gun during riot

Washington, DC police officers are speaking out following a riot at the US Capitol which resulted in five deaths. CNN's Shimon Prokupecz reports.
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DC officer on riots: I yelled out 'I have kids'

Washington, DC police officers are speaking out following a riot at the US Capitol which resulted in five deaths. CNN's Shimon Prokupecz reports.
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The US government will spend $500,000 deep-cleaning the White House before Biden's inauguration

Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock The White House will get a $500,000 deep-clean before President-elect Joe Biden moves in, CNN reported. The building has been at the centre of three COVID-19 outbreaks. "There's always been a deep clean between administrations, but we've never seen anything like this," presidential historian Kate Brower Andersen told ABC. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The US government will spend almost $500,000 on a deep clean of the White House before Pr...
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DC police officer: I was tasered several times during riot

Washington, DC police officers are speaking out following a riot at the US Capitol which resulted in five deaths. CNN's Shimon Prokupecz reports.
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U.S. Foreclosure Activity Drops To 16-Year Low In 2020

Foreclosure Starts and Completions Hit New Record Lows Nationwide Amid Pandemic Irvine, CA – Jan. 14, 2021 (PRNewswire)– ATTOM Data Solutions, licensor of the nation’s most comprehensive foreclosure data and parent company to RealtyTrac (www.realtytrac.com), a foreclosure listings portal, today released its Year-End 2020 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows foreclosure filings— default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 214,323 U.S. properties in 2020...
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What we know about potential armed protests ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration

Washington, DC, and states across the country are heightening security and preparing reinforcements this week ahead of potential armed protests from Saturday up to at least Inauguration Day on Wednesday.
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Trump plans to leave Washington, DC, before the inauguration because he doesn't want to fly out as an ex-president or ask Biden to borrow Air Force One, report says

Donald Trump on Air Force One in 2017. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump wants to leave Washington, DC, before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on Wednesday, CNN reported. His aim is to avoid leaving the White House as an ex-president, CNN said. A source suggested Trump didn't want to ask Biden if he could borrow Air Force One. Biden is due to be sworn in at about midday on Wednesday amid a heightened security presence prompted by the riot at the US Capitol....
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Trump plans to leave Washington before the inauguration because he doesn't want to fly out as an ex-president or ask Biden to borrow Air Force One, report says

Donald Trump seen on Air Force One in 2017. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump wants to leave Washington DC before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on January 20, CNN reported. His aim is to avoid leaving the White House as an ex-president, CNN said. It also suggested Trump doesn't want to ask Biden if he can borrow Air Force One. Biden is due to be sworn in around midday on January 20, amid a heightened security presence prompted by the riot at the US Capito...
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'Kind of unbelievable': US republicans in Britain mull over Trump impact

Diaspora of expats voice loyalty, but also withering disgust over Capitol storming – and fatigue Watching history unfold in Washington DC from her home in London, Jan Halper-Hayes admitted to being slightly incredulous about the images of Donald Trump supporters storming the US Capitol.“It was kind of in some ways unbelievable,” says the long-term activist in the Republican party and former vice-president of its UK branch. She claims she has received “good information” to indicate that “Antifa p...
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Dozens of people on the FBI's terrorists watchlist were in DC during the siege on the Capitol showing yet another security failure

US Capitol Police officers fight back a pro-Trump mob outside the Capitol building on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Dozens of people on the FBI's terrorist watchlist were in Washington, DC, during the siege on the Capitol last week, The Washington Post reported.  The FBI warned some on the list not to go, but dozens still went.  It's not clear if any of those already arrested for charges relating to the ransacking of the Capitol were o...
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US Capitol on high alert ahead of Biden's inauguration

In the aftermath of last week's Capitol riots, Washington DC is preparing with extreme security measures.
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Secret Service pays high rent for apartment near Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's home for toilets and office space for agents

The US Secret Service is renting a small studio apartment in Washington, DC, near the home of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, a source with knowledge of the service's activities told CNN on Thursday, in order for agents to use the bathroom and have office space.
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FBI affidavit details how a Trump supporter turned over evidence to a 'nice FBI lady' and explained walking into 'big boss' Nancy Pelosi's office

Rioters clash with police using big ladder trying to enter Capitol building through the front doors. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images An FBI affidavit filed this week details at length how one Trump supporter who participated in the Capitol siege turned over evidence of his potential crimes to an FBI agent. In an email to the agent, whom the defendant addressed as "Nice FBI Lady," he attached multiple videos that allegedly featured his voice and footage recorded inside ...
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Biden's inauguration day will be unlike any other in history. Here's what to expect.

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (L) looks on as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden (R) delivers remarks on January 08, 2021 in Wilmington, Delaware. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn into office in front of the US Capitol around 12 p.m. on January 20. Celebrities Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez will perform at the ceremony, Biden's inaugural committee announced on Thursday. Biden and Harris will then speak to the nation...
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'Cowboys for Trump' leader plans to bring guns to DC on the day of Biden's inauguration

Otero County Commission Chairman and Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin rides his horse on 5th avenue on May 1, 2020 in New York City. Jeenah Moon/Getty Images Couy Griffin, founder of Cowboys for Trump, said Thursday that he plans to bring multiple guns to Washington, DC, on the day of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Griffin, a county commissioner in New Mexico, said he would keep one of the guns on the front seat of his car. DC law prohibits keeping a firearm in the pass...
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GOP lawmaker and Army veteran who voted for Trump's impeachment says he's buying body armor over death threats

GOP Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan said lawmakers are taking new precautions amid fears of violence following President Donald Trump's second impeachment. Jeff Kowalsky/Getty Images GOP Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan on Thursday said that he and other colleagues are buying body armor over death threats linked to their impeachment votes.  "It's sad that we have to get to that point, but you know our expectation is that someone may try to kill us," Meijer told MSNBC.  Meijer was among 10 G...
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner spent $100,000 of taxpayer money renting a bathroom so Secret Service agents didn't have to use theirs

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump walk on the South Lawn of the White House on November 29. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have spent $100,000 on accommodations for their Secret Service detail after barring the agents from using their bathrooms, The Washington Post reported. Law-enforcement officials told The Post that the president's daughter and his son-in-law barred the Secret Service agents from using their 6.5 bathrooms when they first moved into their mansio...
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No alcohol or guns: Airlines tighten security for Inauguration Day

Airlines and the Transportation Security Administration are stepping up security for flights to and from Washington, DC, amid threats of additional violence.
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No alcohol and no checked guns: Airlines tighten security for Inauguration Day

Airlines and the Transportation Security Administration are stepping up security for flights to and from Washington, DC, amid threats of additional violence.
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Airbnb host leaves savage review for MAGA guest who was a Capitol attacker

• POINT: "We stormed the Capitol."• COUNTERPOINT: "I don't recommend renting to Melissa." A man who rented his home on Airbnb in Washington, DC, realized in horror that he'd hosted individuals who were participants in the MAGA Capitol mob attack. — Read the rest
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Melania Trump didn't know whether she'd be attending Biden's inauguration until the president tweeted that he'd skip it

ia n Melania Trump wearing a red coatdress that Vogue said in March 2017 was reminiscent of the gown Nancy Reagan wore for her husband's swearing-in ceremony. Justin Sullivan / Staff / Getty Images First lady Melania Trump found out that she wouldn't be attending President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration when her husband tweeted about it, CNN reported. Before the president's tweet on January 8, the first lady wasn't sure whether he would break from tradition and refuse to attend, symb...
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Despite New Stimulus, More Than 3 Million Renters Facing COVID-19 Unemployment Bear Extreme Housing Cost Burden

– Recently finalized stimulus package will help, but rent burdens continue to exceed affordability threshold – Zillow estimates more than 3 million renters who were employed last March remained unemployed as of November, largely due to widespread layoffs in high-contact industries like hospitality and restaurants. – Unemployed U.S. renters will typically spend 43% of unemployment insurance income on rent because of $300 weekly payments in the newly passed stimulus package, down from 81.2% ...
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2 Virginia police officers were arrested after taking a selfie inside the Capitol during the insurrection

Officers Jacob Fracker (left) and Thomas Robertson (right) of the Rocky Mount Police Department in a selfie taken inside the Capitol. US Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia Two Rocky Mount, Virginia, police officers were arrested on Tuesday and charged in connection with last week's Capitol breach.  The criminal complaint included a picture of Jacob Fracker, 27, and Thomas Robertson, 49, posing in front of a statue inside the Capitol after it was stormed by a pro-Trump mob on January 6...
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Trump impeachment: attention turns to Senate after House votes to impeach – live

Biden to set out Covid vaccination and economic rescue package plans Full report: Donald Trump impeached a second timeDonald Trump’s second impeachment: five key takeawaysTroops deployed to US Capitol ahead of inaugurationKamala Harris: how will the next vice-president wield her power? Join the Guardian for a live conversation on 18 January 10.13am GMT The National Guard has started to move into Washington en masse in an attempt to prevent violence in the run up to the inauguration of Joe Bi...
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Trump moped alone in 'self-pity mode' at the White House residence as he was impeached for the 2nd time, reports say

President Donald Trump. AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump was isolated and despondent at the White House residence as the House of Representatives voted to impeach him for the second time on Wednesday, reports say. Trump was impeached for his role in inciting protesters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6. Five people died as a result. Sources told CNN he was in "self-pity mode" and "holed up in the residence." A senior administration official told The Washington Post: "The pr...
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