memeorandum: Three Men Charged in Connection with Events at U.S. Capitol (U.S. Department of Justice)

3:20 PM ET, January 9, 2021

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Three Men Charged in Connection with Events at U.S. Capitol — WASHINGTON - Three men were charged today in federal court in the District of Columbia in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. — Jacob Anthony Chansley, a.k.a. Jake Angeli, of Arizona …

Brad McElhinny / WV MetroNews:

Derrick Evans resigns W.Va. House after entering U.S. Capitol with mob — Derrick Evans, facing federal charges for entering the U.S. Capitol with a mob, has resigned from West Virginia's House of Delegates. — “I hereby resign as a member of the House of Delegates, effective immediately …

Discussion: Axios, Bloomberg, ABC News, Mother Jones, DNyuz and TheBlaze

Your Side / WFLA-TV:

Tampa Bay man seen carrying lectern at U.S. Capitol riot arrested in Pinellas County — PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office inmate search shows that the man seen carrying a lectern through the U.S. Capitol during a riot Wednesday has been arrested.

Discussion: Associated Press, pcsoweb.com, Business Insider, Breitbart, KNSD-TV, NBC News, The Intellectualist and NBC4 Washington

Sophia Barnes / NBC4 Washington:

Capitol Rioter Seen in Horned Hat, Carrying Spear Arrested: US Attorney — A man photographed in the U.S. Capitol carrying a 6-foot spear and wearing a horned helmet as a pro-Trump mob breached the building Wednesday has been arrested and charged, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia said.

Discussion: ABC News, NBC News, DNyuz and Joe.My.God.

Arizona Republic:
Jake Angeli, who wore fur hat and horns as mob raided U.S. Capitol, arrested and charged

Discussion: The Hill and Rolling Stone

Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Arizona QAnon supporter who allegedly stormed Capitol in fur, horns, and face paint arrested

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, WOWK-TV, The Root and Arizona Republic

Washington Post:
Two prominent figures in Capitol riot charged

Discussion: Associated Press, KDFX-TV and DNyuz

Politico:

Trump went ‘ballistic’ after being tossed off Twitter — President Donald Trump has many prized possessions. But few seemed to inspire as much personal joy as his Twitter feed. Trump routinely boasted of the social media bullhorn he possessed. He credited it with launching his political trajectory.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Sun, DNyuz, Talking Points Memo, Slate, Metro.co.uk, Joe.My.God., Mediaite, Towleroad Gay News, New York Times, Washington Post, Axios and NBC News, more at Techmeme »

Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:

Senior Trump Official: We Were Wrong, He's a ‘Fascist’ — On Friday afternoon, 48 hours after the U.S. Capitol was stormed by violent insurrectionists encouraged by Donald Trump in an attempt to overthrow the government in protest of his election loss, a senior member of his administration spoke to me while he was driving to work.

Discussion: DNyuz, Ohio Capital Journal, Mother Jones, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA

Nancy Scola / Politico:
The war between Silicon Valley and Washington takes a new turn

Discussion: Fox News, RedState and Breitbart, more at Mediagazer »

Twitter:
Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump

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Peter Aitken / Fox News:
‘Hang Mike Pence’ trends on Twitter after platform suspends Trump for risk of ‘incitement of violence’

Discussion: New York Post and DNyuz

Kelly Tyko / USA Today:
Rush Limbaugh deactivates his Twitter account after President Trump permanently banned

Discussion: Joe.My.God., Townhall, Breitbart and DNyuz

Houston Chronicle:

Resign, Senator Cruz. Your lies cost lives. — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is among a number of GOP lawmakers claiming without evidence that voter fraud was widespread during the November election. (Eli Imadali/American-Statesman/TNS) — In Texas, we have our share of politicians …

Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart, Raw Story, HotAir, Townhall and Joe.My.God.

Politico:

Election gambit blows up on Hawley and Cruz — Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz have positioned themselves as heirs to President Donald Trump's base. But their decision to embrace Trump's election challenge is fueling major blowback — even as they remain largely unrepentant after this week's deadly riot.

Discussion: NBC News, Forbes, Houston Chronicle, Business Insider, Raw Story, Bloomberg, Conservative News Today, Mediaite, Fox News and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »

ExpressNews.com:
Impeachment for Trump; expulsion for enabler Cruz

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA

Washington Examiner: Tim Scott, not Ted Cruz, has the right election commission idea

Amy Gardner / Washington Post:

‘Find the fraud’: Trump pressured a Georgia elections investigator in a separate call legal experts say could amount to obstruction — President Trump urged Georgia's lead elections investigator to “find the fraud” in a lengthy December phone call, saying the official would be a “national hero …

Discussion: New York Magazine, CBS News, CNN, Business Insider, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, CNBC, Mediaite, Law & Crime, The Week, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mother Jones, Raw Story and Political Wire

Associated Press:

'He's on his own': Some Republicans begin to flee from Trump — NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's steadfast grip on Republicans in Washington is beginning to crumble, leaving him more politically isolated than at any other point in his turbulent administration.

Discussion: New York Times, NBC News, Washington Examiner, Foreign Affairs, Sputnik News, DCReport.org, Foreign Policy, Trending Politics, Jacobin, Business Insider and The Week

Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
The One Good Thing the MAGA Mobs Smashed? The Trump Kids' Futures.

Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos

New York Times:
Democrats Ready Impeachment Charge Against Trump for Inciting Capitol Mob

Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Majority of Americans want Trump removed immediately after U.S. Capitol violence - Reuters/Ipsos poll

Discussion: Joe.My.God., Bloomberg, Raw Story, Associated Press, Blue Virginia, DNyuz, Common Dreams, Vanity Fair and Forbes

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Trump's Legacy: Voters Who Reject Democracy and Any Politics but Their Own

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, National Review, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Daily Kos and HotAir

Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:

An Air Force Combat Veteran Breached the Senate — As insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol this week, a few figures stood out. One man, clad in a combat helmet, body armor, and other tactical gear, was among the group that made it to the inner reaches of the building.

Discussion: Dallas Morning News, The Atlantic, Daily Kos, Business Insider, Task & Purpose, Juanita Jean's, DNyuz and Political Wire

Washington Post:

‘The storm is here’: Ashli Babbitt's journey from capital ‘guardian’ to invader — The politician she revered above all others had lost an election. She'd struggled with crippling amounts of debt. Her home state of California was locking down again because of a virus she believed was fiction.

Discussion: New York Post, The Sun and DNyuz

NBC News:

Republican AGs group sent robocalls urging march to the Capitol — An arm of the Republican Attorneys General Association, a national group representing the top law enforcement officers in their states, sent out robocalls encouraging people to march to the U.S. Capitol the day before the building was stormed by a pro-Trump mob.

Discussion: WSFA-TV, Washington Times, TheGrio, Business Insider and Democratic Attorneys …

Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Pro-Trump dark money groups organized the rally that led to deadly Capitol Hill riot

Discussion: NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Mercury News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Talking Points Memo

Rebecca Traister / The Cut:

‘It Was No Accident’ Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on surviving the siege. — On Wednesday, January 6, Pramila Jayapal, a Democratic congresswoman from Washington State, was sitting in the gallery above the House chamber, watching the proceedings to count the Electoral College vote and certify …

Politico:

McCarthy and Scalise face internal dissension after Capitol riot — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise are facing backlash from their Republican colleagues for standing by President Donald Trump after he incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol this week …

Discussion: National Journal, HotAir, SARAH PALIN, The Week and Raw Story

Harry Enten / CNN:
The events of this week show the GOP has a big problem

Discussion: Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Mock Paper Scissors

Jane Mayer / New Yorker:

A Palm Beach Proud Boy at the Putsch — Bobby Pickles, a purveyor of far-right T-shirts, joined the horde of balding dudes in dad jeans at the Capitol, because Donald Trump, he says, is “like punk rock.” — As federal law-enforcement officials consider investigating the President's role …

Discussion: Althouse

SiriusXM:

“Something Else Is Going On”: James Clyburn Asks How Rioters Found Out The Location Of His Office — ABOUT THIS CLIP — Majority Whip James Clyburn to Joe Madison: “They posted pictures ransacking Nancy Pelosi's office. And something else is going on here Joe.

Discussion: Fox News, National Review, Washington Times, Washington Examiner and The Intellectualist

Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
James Clyburn says “somebody on the inside” of Capitol was “complicit” in letting rioters inside the building

Discussion: Politico, The Root, Talking Points Memo and DNyuz

Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:

The Only Thing Worse Than A NIMBY Is A YIMBY … Nobody likes a NIMBY. The “Not In My Backyard” resident is the one who objects to the building of a homeless shelter or methadone clinic in their neighborhood, because it will negatively affect their property values and possibly bring them into contact with the poor.

Washington Post:

Companies backed Trump for years. Now they're facing a reckoning after the attack on the Capitol. — ‘It was a classic Faustian bargain,’ one critic says. ‘They should have known from the beginning.’ — The bargain with the business world worked like this: They mostly tolerated President …

Discussion: Raw Story and HotAir

CNN:

Decoding the extremist symbols and groups at the Capitol Hill insurrection — Photo Illustrations by Priya Krishnakumar, CNN — How the US Capitol riot unfolded, minute by minute — This story contains images and descriptions of extremist groups and their beliefs.

Discussion: New York Post, Joe.My.God., TechCrunch and Washington Examiner

Brian McEntee / Slate:

D.C. Residents Put Up With Overbearing Security for 20 Years. It Did Nothing. — You develop a certain psychic geography as a bike commuter in D.C. You know places, but from the outside only. Most people here aren't Hill staffers or journalists or tour guides—we don't actually go into the U.S. Capitol …

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Eschaton and Politico

Randall Lane / Forbes:

A Truth Reckoning: Why We're Holding Those Who Lied For Trump Accountable — Yesterday's insurrection was rooted in lies. That a fair election was stolen. That a significant defeat was actually a landslide victory. That the world's oldest democracy, ingeniously insulated via autonomous state voting regimens, is a rigged system.