Capitol Riots

Federal prosecutors have recommended an eight-month prison sentence for a Maryland man who pleaded guilty to shoving a police officer with a lacrosse stick attached to a Confederate battle flag during last year’s riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Ivanka Trump acknowledged that she had been persuaded by statements by the former attorney general, William Barr, that talk of election fraud was false.

A deputy attorney general for Virginia has resigned after social media posts she made praising Capitol rioters on Jan. 6, 2021 and claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 election were brought to light.

One year since the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the events of that day stick with the first responders who came to the aid of police and protesters during a uniquely dangerous situation.

One year since the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the events of that day stick with the first responders who came to the aid of police and protesters during a uniquely dangerous situation. U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell found himself in hand-to-hand combat on the west front tunnel of the Capitol building. “I almost lost my life,” Gonell...

Nearly a year after the insurrection at the Capitol, new cases keep surfacing in D.C. federal court. News4’s Scott MacFarlane has been reviewing the case files and has an update.

An Alabama man accused of hitting a Capitol police officer with a flagpole on Jan. 6 was arrested Wednesday after another riot suspect identified him, according to the Justice Department.

A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has voted unanimously to hold former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress

News4’s Scott MacFarlane has a conversation with Landon Copeland, a defendant in the Jan. 6 insurrection. The defendant says the Sep. 18 protest will be a dud, but is confident Donald Trump is coming back to office.

Internal police emails reveal more gun incidents, more arrests, and more safety warnings in areas near the White House, in the hours before the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6. The News4 I-Team’s Scott MacFarlane reports.

Organizers paid tribute to the heroic efforts of D.C. and Capitol police officers for their work during the Jan. 6 insurrection. News4’s Derrick Ward takes viewers to Congressional Cemetery for the story.

At least a dozen people charged in the Jan. 6 riot have cited crowd psychology to explain their out-of-character behavior or have claimed they became trapped in the flow of the crowd and were carried against their will into the Capitol.

Former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller is scheduled to testify next week about the Pentagon’s role in responding to the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol

Chaos in the courtroom for a defendant charged in the U.S. Capitol riots, and an unorthodox request from another. News4’s Scott MacFarlane covers the fallout and the criminal cases now arising from the insurrection.

News4’s Scott MacFarlane obtained the video and explains that the judge cited it as a reason to keep the suspects in the attack behind bars.

Federal authorities have released videos showing Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick being attacked with a chemical spray as the pro-Trump mob descended on the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection.

During the second day of the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump, Rep. Stacey Plaskett, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., played senators never-before-seen security footage that shows the moment rioters breached the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.

At the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Stacey Plaskett shows various scenes of rioters making threats against Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., was emotional sharing her experience getting death threats for being a Muslim woman before she was even sworn into office and how she felt watching the riots at the Capitol building unfold on Jan. 6.

The suggestion of permanent fencing to secure the U.S. Capitol sparked debate in D.C. News4’s Shomari Stone spoke to some residents.