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Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A trial starts this week for a former Virginia police officer charged with storming the U.S. Capitol with a fellow officer who has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday, April 4, 2022, for the case against former Rocky Mount police officer Thomas Robertson. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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Ex-police officer faces jury trial on Capitol riot charges
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press
Sun,04/03/22-11:10PM , 107 Reads
Over a year ago, two off-duty police officers from a small town in Virginia were charged with storming the U.S. Capitol together. A trial for one of them starts this week. The other could be a key prosecution witness.
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Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. An Alabama man who parked a pickup truck filled with weapons and Molotov cocktail components near the U.S. Capitol on the day of last year's riot was sentenced Friday, April 1, 2022, to nearly four years in prison. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

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Man who parked weapons near Capitol on 1/6 gets prison
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press
Fri,04/01/22-10:47AM , 96 Reads
An Alabama man who parked a pickup truck filled with weapons and Molotov cocktail components near the U.S. Capitol on the day of last year's riot was sentenced Friday to nearly four years in prison.
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Otero County, New Mexico Commissioner Couy Griffin gestures as he speaks outside the federal court after receiving a verdict in his trial, Tuesday, March 22, 2022 in Washington. A federal judge has convicted Griffin of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds, but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct during the riot that disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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Official guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds Jan. 6
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press
Mon,03/21/22-11:26PM , 116 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday convicted an elected official from New Mexico of illegally entering restricted U.S.
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Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin gestures before getting into a car after the first day of his trial in federal court in Washington, Monday, March. 21, 2022. Griffin is charged with illegally entering Capitol grounds the day a pro-Trump mob disrupted certification of Joe Biden's presidential election victory on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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Capitol riot trial opens for Cowboys for Trump founder
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press
Mon,03/21/22-5:00AM , 153 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — An elected official from New Mexico went to trial Monday with a judge — not a jury — set to decide if he is guilty of charges that he illegally entered the U.S.
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