Author: Mark Hosenball
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Judge sentences rioter ‘QAnon Shaman’ to over 3 years in prison
WASHINGTON • A federal judge Wednesday sentenced the U.S. Capitol rioter known as the “QAnon Shaman” for his horned headdress to 41 months in prison for his role in the deadly Jan. 6 attack by followers of then-President Donald Trump. Prosecutors had asked U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth to impose a longer 51-month sentence on…
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ept. 11 victims’ families push U.S. watchdog to investigate FBI’s ‘lost’ evidence
WASHINGTON • Family members of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, airplane attacks asked a U.S. government watchdog on Thursday to investigate their suspicions that the FBI lied about or destroyed evidence linking Saudi Arabia to the hijackers. The request in a letter to Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz said “circumstances make it…
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Sources: FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated
WASHINGTON • The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials. Though federal officials have arrested more than 570 alleged participants, the FBI at this point believes…