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Another "unruly passenger" was arrested Monday evening in the Miami airport after a police officer pulled his gun on the man.

While many passengers have been arrested due to fights over masks, this man was furious that his chartered flight was canceled, KRON4 reported. Two men then broke out into a fight over the flight in the middle of terminal H.

The Justice Department has officially indicted James Robert Elliott, 24, known as "Jim Bob" on six counts for his involvement in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

The Illinois man was arrested for assaulting law enforcement with a flag pole, classified as a dangerous weapon in the indictment. Other charges include civil disorder, assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers with a dangerous weapon, and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon said the DOJ statement.

A few legal experts are speaking out about the importance of Michael Cohen's lawsuit against former President Donald Trump's administration and Attorney General Bill Barr. According to them, it's among the most important cases dealing with the behavior of the previous White House.

Cohen is alleging that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was told that the only way he'd be released from prison to house arrest during the COVID outbreak was if he signed over his rights. The Justice Department told him that if he gets to go home he can't appear on television or write a tell-all book.

Conservative pundit Dan Bongino spent many of his radio episodes complaining about the mask mandate, attacking lockdowns, and ranting about vaccine mandates during the pandemic.

As the Washington Post pointed out, Bongino ranted that, despite being vaccinated, he didn't agree with any vaccine mandate. In fact, he drew a line when it comes to the company that broadcasts his show across the country.

The House Select Committee on Jan. 6 revealed Monday that they are considering wire fraud charges for Republican officials who tried to make money off of the "Big Lie," the false allegation that the 2020 election was fraudulent.

Law professor Jennifer Taub, who penned "Big Dirty Money," explained on Twitter that 18 US Code 1341 and 1343, which made mail fraud and wire fraud a crime, could be applied in the cases of Republicans who lied in their fundraising solicits to get cash.

A major donor to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints very publicly declared that he's leaving the church because he believes that they are "doing harm to the world."

The Daily Beast reported that Jeff T. Green sent a 900-word letter to LDS President Russell Nelson saying that he believes most members of the church are "good people trying to do right." However, "the church is actively and currently doing harm in the world."

Speaking to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) attacked colleague Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who said over the weekend he could not support the "Build Back Better" bill.

Behind the scenes, Manchin is reportedly telling people that he thinks people in West Virginia will take the child tax credit, turn around and spend it on drugs instead of their children. He also reportedly believes that people will take paid family leave policies and use them to go on a hunting vacation.

New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt this week has written a summary of the developments of the House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6 and the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

According to Schmidt, the idea that the committee was thinking of criminal referrals came last week when Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) cited 18 US Code 1505, which makes it illegal to obstruct government operations.

David Cay Johnston, who wrote a biography of former President Donald Trump, alleged during an MSNBC appearance Monday that all of Trump's desperate legal filings simply reek of emotional desperation instead of logical legal arguments.

"I think Letitia James' office will have to fight to get Donald to come and testify particularly because at some point you'll see the lawyer raise the bootstrapping argument," he said while discussing Trump's lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James. "Donald is reduced to lawyers who are not well known but certainly know how to channel in their pleading his emotional fury at things going against him. The lawsuit itself just reeks of emotional rather than legal argument. That is how Donald works and it is not going to work with any judge."

Rosanne Boyland died on Jan. 6 after she collapsed just outside the doors of the U.S. Capitol. She had been hooked into the QAnon conspiracy world and became an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump.

Her family feared that as a former addict she was exchanging alcohol with a kind of Trump addiction. While her family has several problems with the investigation that has followed her death, they're also angry about the ways the GOP is using her to push their own agenda.