Articles Tagged: Capitol riot

An Iowa woman who entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was sentenced Monday to five months in prison.

Leo Kelly, who was charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, says he didn’t intend to disrupt vote that day, but felt invited by Trump to go into the building. His trial is scheduled to begin May 1 in U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia.

An Iowa man was convicted Friday of charges that he led a crowd of rioters in chasing a U.S. Capitol police officer up a staircase and accosting other officers guarding the Senate, one of the most harrowing scenes of the mob’s attack that day.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa's senior Republican, said he would most likely support a measure that aims to ensure a peaceful transition of power from one president to the next after attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

A Cedar Rapids man accused in the Capitol attack Jan. 6 will be tried in a Washington D.C. court Jan. 16.

A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a northern Iowa father and son to prison for their participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

Kenneth Rader, 53, is charged in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with four charges.

Millions of Americans watched the events in Washington last Jan. 6 unfold on live television. Yet the hoaxes, conspiracy theories and attempts to rewrite history persist, muddying the public's understanding of what actually occurred.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines, Iowa, man pictured prominently with a QAnon shirt ahead of a crowd of insurgents inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack asked a judge on Monday to release him from jail, saying "he feels deceived, recognizing that he bought into a pack of lies.”

A bipartisan push to launch an independent and nonpartisan investigation of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol suffered a fatal blow Friday, after nearly all Senate Republicans including Iowa’s banded together in opposition.

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson votes no on Jan. 6 commission but “might support” after criminal investigations

Prosecutors say Kyle Young of Redfield tried to take Washington, D.C., policeman’s gun