During the four years of the Civil War, the confederates never got closer to Washington than Fort Stevens. Until today, when insurrectionist supporters of @realDonaldTrump paraded through the U.S. Capitol Building carrying the Confederate battle flag.
Jordan Fischer
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Senior reporter at @BLaw covering the Supreme Court. Previously, courts & investigations at @WUSA9. Hot sauce enthusiast. Opinions my own.
Washington, DC
Joined March 2015
- In which the Brits and Americans debate whose country is sillier.
- I get why people are mad at the press. I do. We have privileged jobs. But I promise you that when we're all gone, when the companies you work for use pandemic relief to do stock buybacks and pad CEO bonuses instead of helping you, they aren't going to write about it themselves.The level of anger directed at the media from these protestors was alarming. As always, I will tell a fair and unbiased story today.
00:00 - The DOJ wants 27 months in prison for Jaquelyn Starer, the 70 y/o Massachusetts doctor who pleaded guilty to punching an officer in the head on Jan. 6. Prosecutors say the attack was "entirely incongruent with her sworn oath as a physician to do no harm."
- BREAKING: Julian Khater, 33, of Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 80 months (6 years, 8 months) in prison for assaulting USCP Officers Brian Sicknick and Caroline Edwards on Jan. 6, 2021.
- ICYMI: Guy writes book about participating in the Capitol riot Guy now arrested thanks to book he wrote about participating in the Capitol riot. wusa9.com/article/news/n…
- 🚨 SENTENCE: Despite a plea for a probation-only sentence, Dr. Jaquelyn Starer, 70, will serve prison time for punching an officer in the face on Jan. 6. Judge Kelly said Starer tried to "get into the bowels of the Capitol like a heat seeking missile."
- NOW: Thomas Robertson, an ex-VA cop convicted of multiple felonies for his role in Jan. 6, was resentenced today to 6 years. Robertson's attorney argued he deserved a sentence far lower than his original 87 months, saying he's now "a broken man."
- NEW: During a contempt hearing today, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said he's tens of millions in debt and has no money to pay the $56,000 he owes in court-ordered sanctions to voting systems company Smartmatic. "I'm in ruins," he said.
- As he was led out of court today, Daniel Rodriguez yelled, "Trump won!" "He'll have 13 years to think about that," Mike Fanone told reporters outside.
- NEW: Daniel Rodriguez's attorneys say he admired and idolized Donald Trump — who he saw as "the father he wished he had." Prosecutors are decidedly less sentimental. They say he's a violent criminal and they want him to serve 14 years behind bars.
- NEW: U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden has revoked bond for Hatchet Speed, a Navy reservist charged w/ entering the Capitol, following his conviction in Virginia for possessing unregistered silencers.
- NEW: The FBI says the latest defendant charged in the Capitol riot — Adam Ryan Obest, of Maryland — took the day off work from his federal job at the Dept. of Health and Human Services on Jan. 6. He's facing multiple felony counts.








