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U.S. Capitol police chief: attack on Pelosi’s husband bolsters case for more security

U.S. Capitol police chief: attack on Pelosi’s husband bolsters case for more security

THE attack on U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband highlights the need for more money to protect lawmakers in a bitterly divided political climate, the head of the Capitol Police. Authorities are monitoring thousands of cases across the country to stop potential threats, U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said in a statement just hours before the man accused of beating Pelosi's husband with a hammer was expected to make his first court appearance. The attack was politically motivated, according to prosecutors, who said in court papers that the accused, David Wayne DePape, 42, said that he wanted to kidnap…
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Trump is not ‘man enough’ to testify in Jan. 6 probe, Pelosi says

Trump is not ‘man enough’ to testify in Jan. 6 probe, Pelosi says

RICHARD COWAN and KATHARINE JACKSON FORMER President Donald Trump is too much of a coward to obey a subpoena from the U.S. Congress compelling him to testify to a special committee investigating his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested. "I don't think he's man enough to show up. I don't think his lawyers will want him to show up because he has to testify under oath," Pelosi said in an interview with MSNBC. "We'll see if he's man enough to show up," she added. On Friday, the select committee…
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Accused U.S. Capitol rioter wanted to drag Pelosi from building, prosecutor says

Accused U.S. Capitol rioter wanted to drag Pelosi from building, prosecutor says

JAN WOLFE THE Texas man who is the first person to stand trial for joining January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol told a friend he wanted to drag Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi out of the building, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. Guy Reffitt, of Wylie, Texas, is the first of some 750 people charged with joining the riot by Donald Trump's supporters to face trial in Washington. Reffitt has pleaded not guilty to five charges, including carrying a semi-automatic handgun while on Capitol grounds. "The defendant was the tip of this mob's spear," federal prosecutor…
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Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians

Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians

U.S. law enforcement is investigating whether a woman took a laptop computer or hard drive from the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the January 6 siege of the Capitol and tried to sell the device to Russian intelligence, according to a court filing. A woman identified in a warrant logged January 17, 2021, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as Riley June Williams, a Pennsylvania woman accused of unlawfully breaching the U.S. Capitol building and directing people to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office is seen in an undated driver's license photograph. FBI/Handout…
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Man who sat at Pelosi aide’s desk faces charges; FBI probes officer’s death

Man who sat at Pelosi aide’s desk faces charges; FBI probes officer’s death

SARAH N LYNCH and MAKINI BRICE A West Virginia state lawmaker and a man pictured sitting at an aide's desk in U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office are among those facing federal charges stemming from the siege on the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters, federal prosecutors have announced. In a related development, Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen announced the FBI would team up with Washington's police department to jointly investigate the death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was injured while defending the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. "Just because you've left the D.C. region, you…
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Pelosi spoke to top U.S. general about restraining Trump

Pelosi spoke to top U.S. general about restraining Trump

HOUSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday she spoke to the top U.S. military commander about taking precautions to ensure that Republican President Donald Trump cannot initiate hostilities or order a nuclear strike in his remaining two weeks in office. "The situation of this unhinged president could not be more dangerous, and we must do everything that we can to protect the American people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy," Pelosi said in a letter to colleagues. The development as at least one Senate Republican said they would consider supporting a possible effort by congressional Democrats…
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Trump concedes no coronavirus relief deal before Nov. 3 election

Trump concedes no coronavirus relief deal before Nov. 3 election

U.S President Donald Trump has acknowledged that a coronavirus economic relief deal would likely come after the November 3 election, with the White House unable to bridge differences with fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate as well as congressional Democrats. "After the election we'll get the best stimulus package you've ever seen," Trump told reporters at the White House before leaving on a campaign trip. Trump and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi have traded blame for the impasse over another large stimulus package worth around $2 trillion to help Americans weather the pandemic. "We'll always talk about it because…
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