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So far the men on the ground are getting arrested and convicted but what about the men in suits who were in the background cheering them on?

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They are getting them slowly but surely even Trump will likely have charges brought against him.

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Federal judge calls 'illegality' of Trump’s plan to overturn 2020 election 'obvious,' in ruling for House Jan. 6 committee. U.S. District Judge David Carter said “the illegality of the plan was obvious” in approving the transfer of John Eastman’s emails to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. Eastman is a lawyer who wrote a six-page memo for Trump explaining a potential strategy for overturning the election. Source 3q.

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Jan. 6 committee subpoenas House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and 4 other House Republicans ahead of hearings next month. Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said McCarthy and Reps. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Mo Brooks of Alabama were issued subpoenas after failing to voluntarily cooperate with the panel's investigation. Source 8b.

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At least 5 House Republicans sought pardons from Trump after Capitol attack, Jan. 6 committee findings reveal. The five GOP lawmakers who asked for a pardon - Mo Brooks of Alabama, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Louie Gohmert of Texas, and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania - have denied wrongdoing and accused the committee of playing politics. Source 5z.

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Texas militia member sentenced to more than 7 years in most severe punishment in Capitol riot case. A federal court jury in March delivered guilty verdicts on five criminal counts, including obstruction, against Guy Wesley Reffitt in the first jury trial to emerge from the government's far-reaching investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. Source 4s.

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Retired NY police officer sentenced to 10 years in prison for assaulting police in Jan. 6 Capitol attack, longest sentence yet from riot. Thomas Webster, 56, of Goshen, New York, was convicted in a federal jury trial in May of six charges. He said he was swept up in politics and former President Donald Trump's rhetoric about a stolen election. Source 9q.

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Justice Department subpoenas dozens of Trump aides in apparent escalation of investigation into Jan. 6 Capitol attack, according to reports. The subpoenas seek information about the Trump campaign's plan to organize alternate slates of electors in states President Joe Biden won in the 2020 presidential election, according to the New York Times and CNN. Source 4u.