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Trump Justice Department To Investigate January 6 Prosecutors Trump Justice Department To Investigate January 6 Prosecutors
Trump Justice Department To Investigate January 6 Prosecutors The Trump administration will investigate prosecutors who oversaw the criminal cases against Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack defendants, according to a brand-new report. Earlier report - Trump Ends All Jan. 6 Cases With Pardons, Dismissals, Commutations, Signs Flurry Of Orders Calling the probe a "special project," Ed Martin, the acting US Attorney for Washington, DC, asked prosecutors to turn over notes, documents, files emails and other information related to the cases in an email on Monday, Jan. 27, the Wall Street Journal reports. Hours after being sworn in to a second non-consecuti…

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by Joe Lombardi
Politics
Accused Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Convicted Of Child Abuse One Year After NJ Defamation Case Accused Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Convicted Of Child Abuse One Year After NJ Defamation Case
Accused Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Convicted Of Child Abuse One Year After NJ Defamation Case The father of a Pennsylvania woman who was accused of stealing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's laptop was convicted of sexually abusing a girl on Wednesday, Oct. 30 — just two days after the trial began, according to court documents and the Dauphin County District Attorney's office.  Rickey Williams, 55, — a security guard from Dauphin County — touched the girl when she was between the ages of 8 and 18. Judge William T. presided over the trial.  She came forward about the abuse within two weeks after police allegedly caught him soliciting a video of a 14-ye…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
NJ Gym Owner Who Punched Officer At Capitol Riots Wants Financial Help While Jailed NJ Gym Owner Who Punched Officer At Capitol Riots Wants Financial Help While Jailed
NJ Gym Owner Who Punched Officer At Capitol Riots Wants Financial Help While Jailed A New Jersey gym owner who punched a police officer during the Jan. 6 Capitol Riots has raised more than $30,000 in an online campaign. The Department of Justice on Wednesday apparently sought the harshest sentence in the attacks yet for Scott Fairlamb, a former MMA fighter, of Sussex County.  That will mean a 44-month stint in federal prison and a $2,000 restitution payment, according to NJ Advance Media. While jailed, Fairlamb launched a GiveSendGo campaign to help raise money.  Fairlamb writes that since the insurrection, he's suffered a heart attack and been f…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Busted On Child Porn Charges In Undercover Sting Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Busted On Child Porn Charges In Undercover Sting
Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Busted On Child Porn Charges In Undercover Sting The father of a Pennsylvania woman who stole Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's laptop was busted on child porn charges after asking an undercover detective posing as a teenage girl online to film herself using the bathroom, news reports say. Rickey Williams, 55, -- a security guard from Dauphin County -- was communicating with the detective under the belief he was a girl on the Snapchat app, Fox43 says citing the criminal complaint. During the course of this alleged communication, Williams, of Steelton, requested a video of the girl using the bathroom, Local21news reports. …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Report: PA Police Detective Divorces Wife After Being Spotted With Another Man At Capitol Riot Report: PA Police Detective Divorces Wife After Being Spotted With Another Man At Capitol Riot
Report: PA Police Detective Divorces Wife After Being Spotted With Another Man At Capitol Riot A police detective from the Pittsburgh area filed for divorce from his wife after she was allegedly seen in videos taking part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots with another man, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Michael Heinl, a 30-year member of the Shaler Police Department, asked his wife, Jennifer Heinl, 55, of Ross, not to travel to D.C. prior to the rally, but she did anyway, the news outlet reports. The FBI identified her through her association with Kenneth Grayson, of Bridgeville -- the man seen in videos talking to her inside the Rotunda, the outlet reports. A review of Gr…

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by Nicole Acosta
News
Feds Arrest Warren County Oath Keeper Seen With Trump Ally Roger Stone Before Capitol Riots Feds Arrest Warren County Oath Keeper Seen With Trump Ally Roger Stone Before Capitol Riots
Feds Arrest Warren County Oath Keeper Seen With Trump Ally Roger Stone Before Capitol Riots A tattoo artist from Warren County with ties to the Oath Keepers militia group has been arrested. Roberto Minuta, 36, of Hackettstown, was seen with former President Donald Trump’s longtime advisor Roger Stone before the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol. Minuta, who reportedly served as Stone's bodyguard, was wearing a baseball hat and military-style vest with the Oath Keeper logo prior to the violent insurrection on Jan. 6, prosecutors said. After his greeting with Stone, Minuta can be seen among the crowd that approached the Capitol and interacting with Capitol Police officers while wear…

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by Zak Failla
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Camden County Man, 33, Arrested In US Capitol Riots, Reports Say Camden County Man, 33, Arrested In US Capitol Riots, Reports Say
Camden County Man, 33, Arrested In US Capitol Riots, Reports Say A 33-year-old man from Camden County is the latest New Jersey resident charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, according to multiple news reports. Lawrence Stackhouse of Blackwood was arrested on Monday and charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds, and disorderly or disruptive conduct, according to USA Today. Stackhouse was identified to law enforcement by co-workers, after he had called out from work on Jan. 5 and 6, the Courier Post reported. He reportedly had been reprimanded for violating his company's policy by displaying politica…

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by Jon Craig
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Dozens Of NJ Residents Find Anti-Trump/GOP Propaganda, Ball Bearing In Bags Outside Homes Dozens Of NJ Residents Find Anti-Trump/GOP Propaganda, Ball Bearing In Bags Outside Homes
Dozens Of NJ Residents Find Anti-Trump/GOP Propaganda, Ball Bearing In Bags Outside Homes UPDATE: A political manifesto of sorts that was left along with a ball bearings in zip-locked bags outside the homes of dozens of Bergen County residents includes a portrait of former President Trump with blood on his hands and dripping from the roof of the White House. The writer who left the bags in residents' driveways and walkways in Closter and Demarest early Wednesday claims to be a former Republican who claims that apparently patriotic neighbors had hidden “deplorable tendencies” that have emerged in the downfall of the former president. Motivated by Trump – whom he calls a variety …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Capitol Riot: Self-Described Dating, Sex 'Expert' From NJ Livestreamed From Inside Capitol Riot: Self-Described Dating, Sex 'Expert' From NJ Livestreamed From Inside
Capitol Riot: Self-Described Dating, Sex 'Expert' From NJ Livestreamed From Inside A self-described dating and sex coach from Camden County live-streamed video to more than 25,000 of his followers from inside the U.S. Capitol during the recent riot, said federal agents who arrested him Thursday. “I was pretty much in the first wave,” said Patrick Stedman, 32, according to the FBI. “[W]e broke down the doors and climbed up the back part of the Capitol building and got all the way into the chambers.” Agents used the video, social media posts and tips from witnesses – including a high school and college classmate of his – to identify and arrest Stedman, who lives with his pa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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How Easy Was It For FBI To Find NJ Man Who Had Ashli Babbitt’s Blood On His Hands? How Easy Was It For FBI To Find NJ Man Who Had Ashli Babbitt’s Blood On His Hands?
How Easy Was It For FBI To Find NJ Man Who Had Ashli Babbitt’s Blood On His Hands? He literally had Ashli Babbitt’s blood on his hands. But that wasn’t what made it simple for the FBI to find and arrest Mercer County’s Thomas Baranyi for his role in last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol building. Baranyi, a 28-year-old Peace Corps volunteer from Ewing who ended up in a viral video showing a reporter his bloody hand, was charged by the FBI Tuesday with disorderly conduct and being in a restricted building. Following a video-conferenced hearing in Newark, U.S. District Judge Cathy Waldor released the former wannabe U.S. Marine on a $100,000 unsecured bond and prohibited hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Twitter, Facebook Lock Trump's Accounts Twitter, Facebook Lock Trump's Accounts
Twitter, Facebook Lock Trump's Accounts Twitter removed tweets from President Donald Trump's account and locked it after he condoned violence at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6. Then Facebook followed suit. Trump posted a message to Facebook and Twitter calling the violent protestors who stormed the Capitol "patriots." Facebook removed the post while Twitter posted a warning label initially, then removed it. Trump's Twitter account was subsequently locked for 12 hours, and Facebook later said he would be blocked for 24 hours. “We’ve assessed two policy violations against President Trump’s Page which will result in a 24-h…

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by Cecilia Levine