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4 From Fairfield County Pardoned By Trump For Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
As he promised, President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of or pardoned some 1,500 people who took part in the riots at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. While the riots caused consternation and fear throughout the nation's political infrastructure, Trump has maintained that those in prison or on trial were political prisoners and "hostages," targeted by former President Joe Biden's Justice Department. “What they’ve done to these people is outrageous,” Trump said as he signed a flurry of executive orders in the Oval Office on Monday, Jan. 20, hours after being inaugurated, acc…
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Two Proud Boys Charged With Conspiracy For Capitol Rampage
Two members of the far-right Proud Boys group from New York, including a Hudson Valley resident, are the first people involved in the deadly pro-Trump rampage on the United States Capitol to face federal conspiracy charges. Prosecutors say they worked together to obstruct and interfere with law enforcement officers protecting Congress during the final certification of the 2020 presidential election. The two are Dutchess County resident Will Pepe, age 31, of Beacon, and Dominic "Spaz" Pezzola, age 53, of Rochester. Pepe worked as a laborer at Metro-North’s rail yard…
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CT Officer Retires After Ties To Far-Right 'Proud Boys' Surface
A police officer in Connecticut has turned in his gun and badge after being tied to a far-right-leaning radical group that is known to engage in violent incidents over political differences. Kevin Wilcox retired from the East Hampton Police Department last month, according to town officials, a week after the Associated Press reported that he had been a Proud Boys member who made online payments to group leaders. Wilcox had been with the department since 1999. He was previously scheduled to leave his position later this year, according to reports. The Proud Boys were established during the …