Jan 6

Jan 6

Pro-Trump protesters storm into the US Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results by the US Congress, in Washington, US January 6, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

Trump's allies have another plan to pay 'weaponisation' victims

The Republican president repeatedly has expressed support for federal payouts to supporters whom he has portrayed as being targeted by a "weaponised" US government under his Democratic...

Insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the US Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. For many rioters who stormed the US Capitol, self-incriminating messages, photos and videos that they broadcast on social media before, during and after the Jan. 6 insurrection are influencing even the sentences in their criminal cases. Among the biggest takeaways from the Justice Department’s prosecution of the Jan. 6 insurrection is how large a role social media has played, with much of the most damning evidence coming from rioters own words and videos. Photo: UNB/AP

FBI staff ordered to reveal their role in 6 January probes by Monday

FBI headquarters building is seen in Washington, US, December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo

Trump's Justice Department launches sweeping cuts targeting Jan. 6 prosecutors, FBI agents