Lev Parnas' lawyer releases video of Trump talking with Parnas -- after president says he never spoke with him

At least one House Republican defended the Islamophobic slurs made by Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).

The first-term GOP lawmakers have publicly smeared Omar for her Muslim faith by suggesting she's a terrorist, and Greene attacked Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) for calling on Boebert to apologize, but Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) suggested the right-wing pair were just representing the interest of their deeply conservative constituents, reported the Washington Post.

A New York man who is a member of the right-wing Proud Boys group has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for unlawfully possessing firearms including “ghost guns,” and ammunition, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Defense.

Jonathan M. Cuney, 38, is described in the press release as a member of the Proud Boys since 2018. He has a prior conviction for gun trafficking of which he pled guilty to in 2015.

According to WBEZ, Darren Bailey, a Republican candidate for governor of Illinois, is trying to distance himself from a Capitol rioter with close ties to his campaign.

Another report from Wednesday detailed the arrest of the Chicago-area former write-in legislative candidate. "62 year old Lawrence Ligas of Logan Square was charged with four counts in a criminal complaint released by federal authorities yesterday," reported Benjamin Cox for WLDS. "Charges include entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building and parading in a capitol building. According to an FBI affidavit, someone was able to identify Ligas who saw him quoted in an NPR article at the riot."