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Des Moines, IA, United States

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Recent articles by Michael:

Feds: Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plot

The seditious conspiracy trial, which started nearly two months ago, is one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. → Read More

Feds: Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plot

The seditious conspiracy trial, which started nearly two months ago, is one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. → Read More

Feds: Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plot

The seditious conspiracy trial, which started nearly two months ago, is one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. → Read More

Feds: Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plot

The seditious conspiracy trial, which started nearly two months ago, is one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. → Read More

Ex-member: Proud Boys were 'tip of the spear' after election

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Proud Boys member who pleaded guilty to plotting with group leaders to violently stop the transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden told jurors Tuesday t... → Read More

DC officer often fed information to Proud Boys leader, messages show

A D.C. police officer provided the Proud Boys leader with internal information about law enforcement operations weeks before the Jan. 6 riot, messages show. → Read More

Messages: Officer often fed information to Proud Boys leader

A jury has heard testimony about Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio's private communications with a police officer who provided him with internal information about law enforcement operations in the weeks before members of Tarrio's far-right extremist group stormed the U.S. Capitol → Read More

Messages: Officer often fed information to Proud Boys leader

A jury heard testimony about the Proud Boys leader's private communications with a police officer who provided him with internal information about law enforcement operations. → Read More

Bickering bogs down Capitol riot trial of Proud Boys leaders

The seditious conspiracy trial of five Proud Boys leaders charged in the Capitol riot has been going on for a month now in federal court in Washington, and bickering between → Read More

Rioter who menaced officer with Confederate flag gets prison

A Delaware man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate battle flag as he stormed the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to prison. → Read More

Sorry, not sorry: Some 1/6 rioters change tune after apology

A series of Jan. 6 defendants have expressed regret in court for joining the pro-Trump mob that rattled the foundations of American democracy only to strike a different tone or downplay the riot after receiving their punishment. → Read More

Sorry, not sorry: Some 1/6 rioters change tune after apology

A series of Jan. 6 defendants have expressed regret in court for joining the pro-Trump mob that rattled the foundations of American democracy only to strike a different tone or downplay the riot after receiving their punishment. → Read More

Sorry, not sorry: Some 1/6 rioters change tune after apology

Some Jan. 6 defendants who have expressed remorse in court for joining the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol have later struck a different tone or downplayed the deadly riot publicly → Read More

Sorry, not sorry: Some 1/6 rioters change tune after apology

WASHINGTON (AP) — Appearing before a federal judge after pleading guilty to a felony charge in the deadly Capitol riot , former West Virginia lawmaker Derrick Evans expressed remorse for letting down his family and his community, saying he made a “crucial mistake." → Read More

Four Oath Keepers convicted of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

Four members of the Oath Keepers have been convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack in the second major trial involving far-right extremists accused of plotting to forcibly keep President Donald Trump in power → Read More

Four Oath Keepers convicted of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

It’s another major victory for the Justice Department, which is also trying to secure sedition convictions against the former leader of the Proud Boys and four associates. → Read More

Four Oath Keepers convicted of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

It’s another major victory for the Justice Department, which is also trying to secure sedition convictions against the former leader of the Proud Boys and four associates. → Read More

Four Oath Keepers convicted of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

It’s another major victory for the Justice Department, which is also trying to secure sedition convictions against the former leader of the Proud Boys and four associates. → Read More

Four Oath Keepers convicted of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

It’s another major victory for the Justice Department, which is also trying to secure sedition convictions against the former leader of the Proud Boys and four associates. → Read More

Man who propped feet on Pelosi desk guilty in Jan. 6 case

An Arkansas man who propped his feet up on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the U.S. Capitol riot has been convicted of joining a mob’s attack on the building two years ago → Read More