All posts tagged "Rioters"

A pattern has emerged as another Jan. 6 rioter has landed in legal trouble, as Republicans have aimed to minimize the insurrectionist rioters and whether they were armed, according to an MSNBC report Monday.

John Emanuel Banuelos, 40, was arrested last month on kidnapping and sexual assault charges on Oct. 17, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois, NBC reports. Banuelos reportedly lives in Utah, where an arrest warrant was issued in Salt Lake County on Oct. 1.

His sister apparently lives in the Chicago area, where he was arrested sitting in a ride-share vehicle outside a fast food restaurant, Fox 32 Chicago reports. He currently remains in custody....

Special Counsel Jack Smith's big plan to prove links between Donald Trump and Jan. 6 rioters is reportedly going away.

Smith, who was recently hit with a sanctions motion in the federal election subversion case, previously announced in court documents his intention to use Google location data to track MAGA rioters from Trump's speech all the way into the Capitol.

But that plan is not going to be around for long, according to the Washington Post's Saturday report....

Matthew Graves, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, is warning that a "pervasive" campaign of threats is growing against the prosecutors working on January 6 riot cases, reported Politico on Friday.

Graves made the comments in an interview with congressional investigators working for the House Judiciary Committees, whose transcript was obtained by Politico.

“People are trying to fuel the sentiment of stoking ire against these dedicated civil servants,” said Graves. “And you really don’t even know the extent of it because it’s not group affiliated.”...