Whatley stood by Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons despite sex crime charges
Whatley is the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.
By Jesse Valentine - July 09, 2026
Whatley is the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.
By Jesse Valentine - July 09, 2026
In January 2021, seven of the 11 California Republicans in Congress refused to certify the 2020 presidential election results, boosting former President Donald Trump’s false claim that he lost in a rigged vote.
By Yue Stella Yu, Cal Matters and Jenna Peterson, Cal Matters - October 24, 2024
The Republican nominee for North Carolina superintendent called for mass arrests and suggested that former President Donald Trump activate the military to stay in power, in a now-deleted video posted after the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot.
By Galen Bacharier, NC Newsline - August 12, 2024
The leader of the Maryland Senate said Republican appointees to the State Board of Elections will have to answer questions about involvement in the failed Jan. 6 insurrection following the recent arrest of a board member.
By Bryan P. Sears, Maryland Matters - January 24, 2024
Scott has promoted conspiracy theories about the far-right attack on the U.S. Capitol
By Jesse Valentine - January 05, 2024
Five people died on January 6, 2021 – including a police officer who was bludgeoned to death.
By Jesse Valentine - January 05, 2024
The last time America elected a president, it led to a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and a failed coup that gravely damaged the political system and marred the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in U.S. history. A year from now, the nation’s voters will decide another presidential contest — likely […]
By Zachary Roth - November 03, 2023
'The attack on our nation’s Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy,' said Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith.
By Associated Press - August 02, 2023
Peter Francis Stager struck the Metropolitan Police Department officer with his flagpole at least three times as other rioters pulled the officer, head first, into the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
By Associated Press - July 25, 2023
Trump supporter Ray Epps is suing the network for promoting a conspiracy theory that he was an FBI plant at the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
By Oliver Willis - July 13, 2023
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is the second prominent Republican to announce a 2024 presidential campaign, following former President Donald Trump.
By Oliver Willis - February 14, 2023
Brett Blanton, the Trump appointee tasked with managing the U.S. Capitol building, was called to resign by several members of Congress because of ‘administrative, ethical and policy violations.’
By Associated Press - February 14, 2023
Potential 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has attracted interest from anti-LGBTQ and anti-vaccine activists, among other conservative Republicans.
By Nick Vachon - January 18, 2023
Rep. Jim Banks’ announcement video touts his work to discriminate against transgender kids and desire to punish China for ‘giving us COVID.’
By Josh Israel - January 17, 2023
Police officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6 and 2020 election officials will also receive the second-highest civilian award in the United States.
By Oliver Willis - January 05, 2023
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack has officially concluded business, although the effects its findings will have remain to be seen.
By Associated Press - January 03, 2023
‘They have no idea what integrity is,’ the brother of the late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick said of their refusal to shake GOP leaders’ hands at a congressional gold medal ceremony.
By Emily Singer - December 06, 2022
Five members of the Oath Keepers right-wing extremist group face several felony charges in addition to seditious conspiracy.
By Associated Press - November 25, 2022
Before the U.S. midterm elections this month, Elon Musk urged his ‘independent-minded’ Twitter followers to vote Republican.
By Associated Press - November 24, 2022
The Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee campaigned with Bannon, who in July was found guilty of contempt of Congress.
By Emily Singer - November 02, 2022
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says, ‘Everybody that I’m helping acknowledges the fact that the elections, you know, were real.’ But many of them don’t.
By Emily Singer - October 21, 2022
By unanimous consent, the bipartisan House Committee investigating the Capitol riots and insurrection is seeking the testimony of former President Donald Trump.
By Associated Press - October 21, 2022
The GOP candidate for US Senate in Pennsylvania has spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and spoke out against protections for voting rights.
By Josh Israel - October 20, 2022
The Georgia Republican nominee opposes voting rights protections and amplified false conspiracies about the 2020 election.
By Josh Israel - October 12, 2022
The Republican nominee for Arizona secretary of state also said the Capitol riot was not an insurrection because law enforcement could not stop the pro-Trump mob.
By Emily Singer - October 10, 2022
The Arizona Republican nominee has pushed false conspiracy theories about the last election while fighting to make it harder to participate in future ones.
By Josh Israel - October 07, 2022
The Ohio Republican was punished for driving drunk on a U.S. air base in Japan in 2001, military records show.
By Associated Press - September 29, 2022
The Arizona gubernatorial candidate has close ties to eight of the 11 people named as ‘alternate’ electors in attempts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
By Emily Singer - September 22, 2022
The Wisconsin Republican once said he ‘wasn’t concerned’ by the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — but would have been if there were ‘Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters.’
By Josh Israel - September 21, 2022
Multiple commercials feature Ohioans with law enforcement experience condemning Majewski’s presence at the insurrection and his comments boasting about it since.
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