Stories tagged: "Jan. 6 attack"

Elections In this Nov. 7, 2020 file photo, Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, speaks to supporters of President Donald Trump as they demonstrate outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol, in Harrisburg, Pa., after Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump to become 46th president of the United States. Mastriano, a rising force in Pennsylvania's ultra-conservative circles who has talked of his desire to bring an Arizona-style audit to Pennsylvania, led a private briefing Wednesday, June 30, 2021, for Republican senators on his plan. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Elections Tioga County Declines Election Audit

Tioga County won't take part in a “forensic investigation” of the state’s 2020 presidential election.

Associated Press Associated Press July 30, 2021 10:50 am EDT
Elections In this Nov. 6, 2020, photo, a canvas observer photographs Lehigh County provisional ballots as vote counting in the general election continues in Allentown, Pa. President Donald Trump’s campaign filed a number of lawsuits across six battleground states as he tried to upend the 2020 election. Judges uniformly rejected his claims of vote fraud. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Elections Pennsylvania House Republicans Pass Bill that Will Restrict Voting Access

Republicans in Pennsylvania's House of Representatives passed a bill that will restrict access to the ballot.

Associated Press Associated Press June 22, 2021 8:39 pm EDT
Crime Kenelm Shirk III
Crime Feds: Lebanon County Lawyer Threatened to Kill Senate Democrats

A Pennsylvania lawyer threatened to kill Democrats in the US Senate and was on his way to Washington, D.C., with firearms and a “large amount of ammunition” when he was stopped by state police.

Associated Press Associated Press February 10, 2021 5:07 pm EST
Crime The criminal complaint issued against Rachel Marie Powell included these images of a woman in a pink hat at the Capitol on Jan. 6
Crime Feds Charge Mom of Eight, Saying She Was the Woman in Pink Hat Who Stormed the Capitol

A Pennsylvania woman was charged with helping to storm the U.S. Capitol, with federal authorities saying she is the person in a pink hat shown in video directing others through a bullhorn.

Associated Press Associated Press February 5, 2021 2:29 pm EST
Crime FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Trump supporters participate in a rally in Washington. Far-right social media users for weeks openly hinted in widely shared posts that chaos would erupt at the U.S. Capitol while Congress convened to certify the election results. Jason Moorehead says he was at the rally, but never went to the Capitol, where the violence occurred. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Crime Allentown Teacher Fights Suspension Over DC Protest

Jason Moorehead was suspended for attending the rally on Jan. 6. He says he did not go to the Capitol when it was attacked.

Associated Press Associated Press January 28, 2021 10:49 am EST

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Safety National Guard troops tour the Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, during a break from reinforcing security, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Safety Some Pennsylvania Guard Troops Will Be In DC Until March

Hundreds of members of the Pennsylvania National Guard will be in Washington for the next two months to help with crowd management, assist with traffic control and perform other duties.

Associated Press Associated Press January 26, 2021 10:21 am EST
Crime This booking photo provided by the Dauphin County, Pa., Prison, shows Riley June Williams. Federal authorities on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, arrested Williams, whose former romantic partner says she took a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. (Dauphin County Prison via AP)
Crime Harrisburg Woman Accused of Stealing Pelosi’s Laptop During Attack

Federal authorities arrested a woman whose former romantic partner says she took a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the attack at the US Capitol.

Associated Press Associated Press January 19, 2021 12:38 pm EST