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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of rioters have been charged, convicted and sentenced for joining the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. Unlike their cases, Samuel Lazar’s appears to have been resolved in secret — kept under seal with no explanation, even after his release from prison.Lazar, 37, of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, was arrested in July 2021 on charges that he came to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, dressed in tactical gear and protective goggles, and used chemical spray on officers who were desperately trying to beat back the angry Donald Trump supporters.There is no public record of a conviction or...

A longtime political operative known for pulling unhinged stunts in the service of Democrats was allowed to get dangerously close to the president today. Wearing a suit and posing as a member of the press pool, Ryan Clayton screamed "Trump is treason!" and threw a handful of Russian flags at the president as he walked alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on his way to a GOP Senate lunch at the Capitol. Clayton, who was arrested at the scene, is a member of the Robert Creamer group "Americans Take Action," according to Project Veritas' James O'Keefe.Tuesday's incident wasn't the first time...

"[The current FBI] was competent at cracking the case; [Christopher Wray's] was competent at corruption and obstructing it." —Mike Benz. Dressed for government work?Do you have any idea what tapestry of corruption and crime is attached to the little thread of the J6 / DNC / RNC pipe bomber suspect arrested yesterday by the FBI? Consider this: suspect Brian Cole, Jr., is alive and probably talking, unlike, say, Jeffrey Epstein and Thomas Matthew Crooks in other matters of public interest. Let’s hope he is under FBI protection in custody, lest something. . . say. . . happen to him. As...

Let’s review some of the evidence about the January 6 bombs the FBI had for years.*1300, DNC Headquarters. A DC Metro police car and Secret Service vehicle are parked at the DNC, mere feet from the pipe bomb left there supposedly 17 hour earlier. Kamala Harris is inside the building. A man wearing a backpack is seen on video approaching each vehicle and speaking with those inside. He was later identified as a Capital police officer. They get out of their vehicles and stand there, chatting. Another Secret Service agent is standing within 10 feet of the very visible, Hollywood-issue...

The Trump administration blamed Biden for failing to catch the Jan 6 pipe bomb suspect - with Dan Bongino even alluding to a 'massive cover up.' 'There is a massive cover-up, because the person who planted those pipe bombs—they don’t want you to know who it was, because it’s either a connected anti-Trump insider, or this was an inside job,' Bongino said in 2024. 'Those bombs were planted there. This was a setup. I have zero doubt.'

The suspect’s grandmother, Loretta, told The New York Post: “He’s almost autistic-like because he doesn’t understand a lot of stuff. I hope he is not talking.” She also alleged: “He’s very naive…He would not hurt a fly. He’s just not that kind of person. I don’t believe this at all. He’s not a terrorist.” The grandmother told The Post that Cole works for the family’s bail bondsman company, “Brian Cole Bail Bonds.” She added that he also worked for DoorDash for a time. “He doesn’t have any ties to DC,” she added. “I don’t even know how they included him...

"Less lethal" instructor Kerkhoff departed the @CapitolPolice roughly six months after January 6. Colleagues learned she joined a three-letter federal intelligence agency. "She promptly scrubbed her social media, phone numbers, and email accounts." https://t.co/TfflaypgFh pic.twitter.com/nzcWS1DzsJ— Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) November 7, 2025

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Thanks to the good work of Blaze Media’s Steve Baker, we now have a plausible suspect in the January 6 pipe bomb plot, a former Capitol Police officer and reportedly a current CIA associate by the name of Shaun Rae Kerkhoff.“While nothing is 100% certain and everyone is innocent until proven guilty,” Baker posted on X, “gait recognition software identified a 94% match. Video proximity tracking and human analysis by federal intel sources take it to what I’m told is a 96-98% certainty.”For all the reporting on Baker’s discovery—and it’s important to note that Kerkhoff has not been charged nor...

A computer program that compared the bomb suspect’s gait to that of Shauni Kerkhoff produced a 94% match. A forensic analysis of a female former U.S. Capitol Police officer’s gait is a 94%-98% match to the unique stride of the long-sought Jan. 6 pipe-bomb suspect, according to a Blaze News investigation confirmed by several intelligence sources. A source close to a congressional investigation of Jan. 6 additionally told Blaze News evidence has emerged recently that pointed toward law enforcement possibly being involved in the planting of the pipe bombs. ‘They were f**king in on it.’ A software algorithm that analyzes...

Fake news indeed! The British Daily Telegraph has reported that the BBC deceptively edited a speech by Donald Trump to make it look like the President had ordered his supporters to storm the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The footage was aired as part of the BBC documentary Trump: A Second Chance? in October 2024. The ruse involved splicing together two statements made by Trump over an hour apart. This made it seem like Trump had said that “We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be with you and we fight. We fight like hell and if you...

Even on Jan 6, your Sergeant at Arms denied my urgent requests for over 70 minutes, while he was “running it up the chain” for your approval. The Pentagon offered National Guard assistance, but I had to decline because your SAA would not grant me the legal authority as required under federal law (2 U.S.C. §1970). @StephenM @RepLoudermilk @SpeakerJohnson Chief Sund’s Requests for National Guard Support *Jan 3 at 9:24am Pelosi’s SAA Irving “don’t like the optics” * Jan 3 at 11:53am Senate SAA Stenger concurs with Irving * Jan 6 at 12:58 pm Irving needs to “run it up...

A detailed analysis of the Jan. 6 pipe bombs found new problems with the FBI evidence and advances the notion that the case could turn out to be a government-created hoax. A video engineer who spent more than a year examining the pipe bomb evidence submitted a 26-page report to the House Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding Jan. 6. Known on social media as Armitas, the analyst was asked on Oct. 4 to submit his report by the legal counsel for the House Committee on the Judiciary. Armitas said he has been working with a Washington-based FBI...

🚨 The wife of former U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves, who led the prosecution of 1,500+ Jan6ers, is on the Board of Indivisible . This Soros-backed group is the leading organizer of anti-Trump protests and violent Tesla acts. DELETED webpages reveal this connection ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 6:12 PM · Mar 24, 2025 · 23.3K Views

The U.S. attorney is one of the most consequential figures in the District of Columbia’s criminal justice system. Washington might soon learn that lesson firsthand after Donald Trump’s eventual choice for the role — that is, his handpicked sheriff — assumes the reins from U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves. This week, Graves announced that he will officially step down on Jan. 16, four days before Trump steps up to take the oath of office.A cautious and understated prosecutor, Graves will leave with numerous accomplishments under his belt. His targeting of repeat offenders has paid off with reductions in gun- and...

Many thanks to the irreplaceable Julie Kelly for reading Kamala Harris’s new memoir, 107 Days, and posting relevant sections. The section most relevant to Kelly and the folks at Revolver News, who helped break this story, deals with the legendary pipe bombs found on January 6, 2021, near the RNC headquarters in Washington and just outside the DNC HQ. The bottom line: Harris still can’t get her story straight about her activities on January 6, and her lies have been costly for J6ers. In the way of background, for nearly a year after January 6 prosecutors were telling J6 judges...

The Air Force is granting full military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran who was shot to death by police on Jan. 6, 2021, during the Capitol protest. Judicial Watch, which had petitioned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in July to grant the honor, released a letter from Air Force Undersecretary Matthew Lohmeier dated Aug. 15 reversing the Biden administration's denial of a military funeral. "I understand that the family's initial request was denied by Air Force leadership in a letter dated February 9, 2021," Lohmeier wrote in the letter. "However, after reviewing the circumstances of Ashli's death,...

Nancy Pelosi is probably kicking herself over her most recent X post, because it opened a can of worms she never wanted spilled. But TDS got in the way, and she couldn’t help herself. In a desperate effort to smear President Trump’s plan to clean up DC’s deadly streets, Pelosi took to X and claimed that Trump “delayed” deploying the National Guard on January 6… a claim that instantly blew back on her, in a big way, dredging up an old debate about her role that day. ... But even worse for Pelosi was the blistering response from former Capitol...

Join the Fight and Support Revolver Now… Donate… Sign up for our email list… Stay on the bleeding edge… The images we’re about to share with you leave little room for doubt, and for Lt. Michael Byrd, the justice clock may finally be ticking. Until now, this bumbling man has gotten away with murder. And if you know anything about his checkered work past, you know that’s not an exaggeration. Michael Byrd is the very picture of incompetence, quite possibly the poster boy for DEI gone wrong, and his record shows it. Who can forget the time he left his...

Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll is on shaky ground with Department of Justice leaders for refusing to deliver the names of bureau employees involved in Jan. 6 cases and other Trump investigations. President Trump tapped Mr. Driscoll, an FBI veteran, to lead the bureau temporarily while his nominee for director, Kash Patel, goes through the Senate confirmation process. But questions remain over whether Mr. Driscoll can stay in the job before Mr. Patel is confirmed and sworn in. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove on Friday ordered Mr. Driscoll to compile a list of all current and former FBI employees...