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More Tri-State Arrests in Capitol Riot Case as Fallout From Deadly Siege Continues
The fallout in connection to the deadly U.S. Capitol siege continues, as another alleged participant from the tri-state area was charged in connection to the events that unfolded on Jan. 6. Jeffrey Sabol turned himself in to FBI in Rye, New York, NBC 4 New York has learned. He is charged with obstruction of a law enforcement officer or federal…
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Man in Minnesota Charged With Threatening Member of Congress
A marijuana industry activist who was temporarily living in Minnesota has been charged with threatening a member of Congress
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Biden Orders Review of Domestic Violent Extremism Threat
President Joe Biden has directed his intelligence community to study the threat of domestic extremism in the United States
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More Tri-State Arrests Made in Riot at U.S. Capitol
One of the suspects arrested traveled to D.C. from Rockland County with his brother, a retired NYPD cop, and a group of Proud Boys. The other suspect is a South Jersey man, who boasted online about reaching House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
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More Tri-State Arrests in Capitol Riot Case, Including NYC Sanitation Worker
Two men in New York and another in New Jersey were among the latest batch of suspects arrested by the FBI related to the events at the Capitol Building on Jan. 6. Christopher M. Kelly was arrested on federal charges at 5 p.m. Wednesday at his residence in New City, New York, law enforcement sources said. The court papers allege…
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U.S. Soldier Charged With Planning Attacks on NYC With ISIS
A U.S. soldier is facing charges after allegedly helping ISIS plan attacks on landmarks including the 9/11 Museum in Lower Manhattan. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
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Rockland County Man Arrested in Connection to U.S. Capitol Riots
The FBI has arrested a Rockland County man, suspected of taking part in the Capitol riots.
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Biden to Keep Christopher Wray on as FBI Director
President Joe Biden will keep Christopher Wray on as FBI director, a White House official told NBC News on Thursday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki prompted some raised eyebrows in law enforcement and intelligence circles on Wednesday when she declined to say in a news briefing whether Biden had confidence in Wray. The inspectors general of the Justice Department and...
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NJ Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Tells Her Story of Sheltering During the Capitol Riots — Then Contracting COVID-19
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) announced she has tested positive for the coronavirus and believes she was exposed during protective isolation during the deadly U.S. Capitol attacks. The 75-year-old lawmaker and cancer survivor joined LX News to talk about why she thinks the vaccine saved her life, her experience during the riot, and her hopes for brighter days.
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Feds: U.S. Soldier Conspired to Plot Attacks on 9/11 Memorial, Maximize Lethality on Troops
A U.S. soldier is facing charges he communicated with someone he thought was a member of ISIS to plan attacks on New York City landmarks — including the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan — and provide tactical military advice to terrorists, federal officials said Tuesday. Cole James Bridges, 20, of Stow, Ohio, is charged with attempted material support for terror and…
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Feds: NY Court Worker Called for ‘Public Executions' of Top Dems in Online Posts
Another man in New York has been arrested by federal authorities after he allegedly threatened to murder or incited others to murder members of Congress, according to the criminal complaint obtained by News 4 Tuesday. The man, identified as Brendan Hunt, was arrested in Queens following a raid by the FBI — but he wasn’t at the siege in the…
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NY Court Worker Arrested for Violent Threats
The Queens man was arrested after threatening to murder, or calling for others to murder, some of the top Democratic members of Congress and urging violence on Inauguration Day. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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U.S. Soldier Allegedly Conspired to Plot Attacks on 9/11 Memorial
A U.S. soldier is facing charges he communicated with someone he thought was a member of ISIS to plan attacks on New York City landmarks – including the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan, law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation tell News 4.
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NY Court Employee Arrested for Threats Against Elected Officials
Another man in New York has been arrested by federal authorities after he allegedly threatened multiple elected officials online, multiple officials with direct knowledge of the investigation tell NBC New York. The man, identified as Brendan Hunt, was arrested in Queens following a raid by the FBI — but he wasn’t at the siege in the U.S. Capitol on...
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Queens Man Arrested for Threatening Elected Officials Online
Brendan Hunt is accused of threatening elected officials, following the Capitol riots earlier this month.
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Texas Man Who Stormed Capitol Threatened to Kill His Family: FBI
The FBI has arrested a Wylie man who is accused of threatening to kill his own family members if they turned him in for participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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Documentary ‘MLK/FBI' Probes When Bureau Bugged Martin Luther King Jr.
“MLK/FBI,” which IFC Films will release in theaters and on-demand Friday, chronicles one of the darkest chapters in the bureau’s history: the yearslong surveillance and harassment of King. Where others saw a leader of the highest order, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI saw a suspect — a potential communist and a threat to white America.
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FBI Vetting Guard Troops in DC Amid Fears of Insider Attack
U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
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Trump Should Not Be Prosecuted for Capitol Riot Incitement, Former FBI Director James Comey Says
“The country would be better off if we did not give him the platform that a prosecution would for the next three years,” James Comey told Sky News.
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State Capitols Boarded Up, Fenced Off, Patrolled by Troops
Chain-link fencing surrounds state capitols and police and National Guard troops are on patrol or standby in advance of possible violence leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden