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Feds: Capitol mob aimed to 'assassinate' elected officials

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and JACQUES BILLEAUD
Jan 15, 2021 12:06 PM - The pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol aimed to 'œcapture and assassinate elected officials,' federal prosecutors said in court documents
Federal prosecutors: Capitol mob aimed to 'assassinate' elected officials

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and JACQUES BILLEAUD
Jan 15, 2021 11:08 AM - The pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to "capture and assassinate elected officials," federal prosecutors said in court documents.
The Radicalization of Kevin Greeson

By Connor Sheets, AL.com
Jan 15, 2021 10:38 AM - Kevin Greeson traveled from Alabama to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama, at the time one of his political heroes. Twelve years later, a stone's throw from where Obama had been sworn in, Greeson died of a heart attack while demonstrating in support of President Donald Trump during the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol.
Man convicted in 3 killings to be last executed under Trump

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Jan 15, 2021 10:03 AM - The last federal inmate facing execution before President Donald Trump leaves office was sentenced to death for the killings of three women in a Maryland wildlife refuge
Mexico president accuses DEA of fabricating general's case

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and MARK STEVENSON
Jan 15, 2021 9:38 AM - One day after Mexico's Attorney General's Office announced it was dropping the drug trafficking case against its former defense secretary, Mexico President AndrÃ©s Manuel LÃ³pez Obrador has said the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration 'œfabricated' the accusations against retired Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos
'We're disheartened': Suburban chiefs disappointed by criminal justice bill

Jan 15, 2021 9:08 AM - Suburban police leaders say they welcome efforts to improve their profession and make it easier to get rid of bad cops, but that a sweeping reform bill passed by the Illinois General Assembly this week misses the mark.
Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, JAKE BLEIBERG and JAMES LAPORTA
Jan 15, 2021 8:45 AM - Experts in homegrown extremism have warned for years about efforts by far-right militants and white-supremacist groups to radicalize and recruit people with military and law enforcement training, and they say the Jan. 6 insurrection that left five people dead saw some of their worst fears realized.
Pelosi's nine impeachment managers hope to 'finish the job'

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Jan 15, 2021 8:32 AM - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped nine of her most trusted allies in the House to argue the case for President Donald Trump's impeachment
Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, JAKE BLEIBERG and JAMES LAPORTA
Jan 15, 2021 8:17 AM - At least 21 current or former members of the U.S. military or law enforcement have been identified as being at or near last week's Capitol riot, with more than a dozen others under investigation
Amid cacophony since Capitol siege, key officer stays silent

By JEFFREY COLLINS
Jan 15, 2021 7:44 AM - Amid all the noise, a Capitol Police officer hailed as a hero for confronting the insurrectionists and leading them away from Senate chambers has remained silent.

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