Investigations

Though federal authorities have arrested more than 200 people on charges related to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol — an unparalleled criminal event in modern history that’s led to the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump — only a small percentage of riot defendants are being kept in custody before trial. A News4 I-Team ana...

Another local inmate has died from COVID-19. Scott MacFarlane reports.

In a year when so many have stayed at home, Jackie Hairston did not. A 35-year U.S. Postal Service employee, she loved her job, deemed essential, inside the busy Ward Circle substation in Northwest D.C. “Yes, she was dedicated,” her brother Melvin told the News4 I-Team. “She was loved by her coworkers; anybody would have love...

Health officials are racing to try to contain the coronavirus inside some of the hardest hit spots in the D.C. area. Several Maryland correctional facilities are suffering an explosion of cases, according to a review by the News4 I-Team. Visits inside Maryland prisons stopped a year ago, leaving Ofe Heng with only Skype calls to stay...

As the region scrambles to vaccinate as many people as possible, the District, Virginia and Maryland have each agreed to vaccinate people who work in essential roles, no matter where they live.  But an analysis by the News4 I-Team finds that, as a result, the District is vaccinating a far larger share of non-residents than its counterparts in ...

There are growing concerns the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was also a superspreader event for the men and women defending it.  Quarantined to a room in a Crystal City hotel, a Virginia National Guard member is positive for COVID-19. Suffering with a fever and congestion, he’s alone and nearly 100 miles from home. His wife talk...

Shoulder injuries have been from the Federal Vaccine Compensation Program making it much harder to get compensated for the most common vaccine injury. Investigative Reporter Jodie Fleischer has details on the impact it could have.

Just as millions of Americans are rolling up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccine, the News4 I-Team has learned the outgoing Secretary of Health and Human Services made it much harder to get compensated for the most common vaccine injury. Just one day before leaving office last week, HHS Secretary Alex Azar signed a new rule to change a p...

Two U.S. Capitol Police officers are suspended and 10 to 15 more are under investigation for their response to the riot two weeks ago, but Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association President Larry Cosme is warning the public not to judge the officers’ actions too quickly. “When you’re under attack, you think differently,”...

Some U.S. Capitol Police officers say they’re worried the violent Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol was a COVID-19 superspreader event.  At least 20 officers have active cases of COVID-19, marking the largest number of cases among the rank and file in months, a Capitol Police union leader said. Scores of supporters of Donald Trump swarmed into the Capitol...

The White House has spent $12,000 to add 25 glass partitions to desks in the East Wing and West Wing as President Joe Biden begins his term in office. The additions are an effort to reduce the risk of COVID19 infections as the Biden administration takes over a White House complex in which the coronavirus spread far and wide during…

Federal officials say about a dozen members of the National Guard have been pulled from inauguration security duties as a precaution. Ten were removed after criminal background checks raised questions. Two others were removed because of “inappropriate comments.” Officials declined to say whether those comments were tied to extremist gro...

U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event. The move comes as prosecutors have charged several current and former members o...