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NEW: A Jan. 6 defendant who sprayed chemicals at a line of 15 police officers delivered a tearful apology in court today before a judge gave him a 68-month sentence. “You were an insurrectionist,” the judge said.
MORE: Alina HABBA indicates she no longer represents Trump in the E. Jean Carroll matter. This comes shortly after a federal judge in Florida sanctioned her and Trump nearly $1 million for filing frivolous litigation.
The House, in an attempt to expand the “weaponization” subcommittee to 21 members, appears to have inadvertently shrunk it to 12 and given Dems a supermajority.
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JUST IN: A federal judge in Florida has sanctioned Donald Trump's attorneys *$938,000* for what he says is a pattern of abusing the court system for political purposes It's Judge MIddlebrooks' second blistering sanctions order against Habba et al
Don't think this one has fully sunk in yet: A member of Congress suggested that GOP-controlled states anoint Trump electors **before those states were even called.** This wasn't overturning the election. This was scrapping democracy before the votes were even counted.
Jacquelyn STARER, a doctor from Ashland, Mass., literally throwing her long career away by striking a cop in the rotunda on Jan. 6. She's been arrested on felony charges, DOJ announed today.
! PELOSI says the acting Secretary of Defense "has to answer for where the National Guard was yesterday."
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