Hunt for MAGA's most wanted: FBI releases pictures of the Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol as DOJ promises to charge them ALL with federal crimes - but what abut the man who incited them?
DC Police have released photos of members of the violent Trump mob wanted on federal charges after storming the US Capitol building, as the four people killed in the chaotic protests were officially identified. Authorities announced they are now working to identify and arrest several more suspects involved in the massive breach Wednesday afternoon, when dozens of Trump loyalists broke into the Capitol as Congress was affirming President-elect Joe Biden's election victory. 'We have collected numerous images of persons of interests that we are asking the community to help us identify,' DC Police Chief Robert Contee said in a news conference on Thursday. 'These images depict individuals engaged in various acts of violence or property destruction.' Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said federal authorities have also teamed up with various law enforcement agencies to gather evidence, identify perpetrators and charge those people with federal crimes.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said President Donald Trump had incited 'sedition' against the United States – and demanded the president's removal from office. 'Yesterday the President of the United States incited an armed insurrection against America,' Pelosi said at a Capitol press conference a day after Trump supporters stormed the building after attending a rally where Trump spoke. She used stark language beyond even the tough talk of impeachment in last December and January, accusing him of crimes against the nation he leads. 'In calling for this seditious act, the president has committed an unspeakable assault on our nation and our people,' said Pelosi. She applied pressure to Vice President Mike Pence – who presided over at joint session to count the electoral votes to make Joe Biden president in a race Trump falsely claims he won – and urged him to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.
Trump fiddled with his TV remote while Capitol was ransacked: President whipped MAGA rally into a frenzy, told them to march on the Hill - then retreated to White House to watch pandemonium on cable - and refused to condemn it
President Donald Trump watched his followers ransack the US Capitol on television after falsely promising to join them and then slipping away to the White House, sources have revealed. After whipping his loyalists into a frenzy at a rally on the White House Ellipse on Wednesday, Trump retreated as the chaos he unleashed unfolded, still raging over the election results. Sources say that Trump, watching the chaos on cable news, appeared disinterested in the insurrection he unleashed, instead fuming at his own vice president for not backing his attempt to overthrow the election.
Airforce vet Trump rioter, 35, who was shot dead by cops while storming Capitol had charges of reckless endangerment, malicious destruction of property and tampering with a car on her rap sheet
- Ashli Babbitt, 35, died from a gunshot wound to the chest after she joined dozens of protestors who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday
- A witness to the shooting suggested she was shot by police when she tried to climb through a broken window to get into congressional chambers
- DailyMail.com can reveal she was previously prosecuted for reckless endangerment, malicious destruction of property in July 2016
- The 14-year Air Force veteran was also the subject of two restraining orders
- Babbitt, then named McEntree, was also prosecuted for tampering with a 2012 Ford on a country road in Prince Frederick, a Maryland town outside D.C.
- Court records reveal police found probable cause for the two criminal charges, but Calvert County court acquitted her of the reckless endangerment charge
- She was found not guilty of malicious destruction or tampering
- Babbitt was subject to a temporary peace order filed in February 2017
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who is married to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell resigned Thursday, becoming the highest-ranking administration official to resign after President Donald Trump's lackluster response to the mob that rushed Capitol Hill. Chao made her announcement in an email to colleagues that was obtained by The Washington Post. 'Our country experienced a traumatic and entirely avoidable event as supporters of the President stormed the Capitol building following a rally he addressed..
Security will be ramped up for Joe Biden's inauguration in 13 days, with an inside location on standby after an unruly mob of insurgents climbed the stands and breached the Capitol building.
Bags full of zip-ties, teargas stains and trashed statues: MAGA mob's desecration of the Capitol is laid bare in heart-breaking morning after pictures - as unscalable fence goes up around Congress for Inauguration
Outside the Capitol, crews were seen erecting 'nonscalable' black fences around the perimeter grounds just after 10:30am this morning, following the violence that erupted in DC Thursday. One person, US Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt, was shot dead by police during Wednesday's riot, and at least three others died of 'medical emergencies'. The demonstration, held at the direction of Trump, came in protest to the outgoing president's election loss to Joe Biden. The Capitol itself also sustained damage as rioters smashed windows, kicked down doors and climbed scaffolding to gain entry to the legislature. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's office was also vandalized, with draws pulled out and papers strewn across the floor. Multiple protesters had throughout the demonstration uploaded images to social media of them posing for selfies at her desk.
Outside the Capitol, crews were seen erecting 'nonscalable' black fences around the perimeter grounds just after 10:30am this morning, following the violence that erupted in DC Thursday. One person, US Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt, was shot dead by police during Wednesday's riot, and at least three others died of 'medical emergencies'. The demonstration, held at the direction of Trump, came in protest to the outgoing president's election loss to Joe Biden. The Capitol itself also sustained damage as rioters smashed windows, kicked down doors and climbed scaffolding to gain entry to the legislature. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's office was also vandalized, with draws pulled out and papers strewn across the floor. Multiple protesters had throughout the demonstration uploaded images to social media of them posing for selfies at her desk.
'After all I've done for Trump': What VP said as armed MAGA mob took the Capitol chanting 'Where's Pence, show yourself'
Vice President Mike Pence was visibly angry about the rioters on Capitol Hill and lamented about President Donald Trump blaming him for the election loss. 'After all the things I've done' for Trump was Pence's reported reaction to the president pressuring him to illegally overturn the election.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson 'unreservedly condemns' Donald Trump for 'encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did' when they stormed Capitol
The PM told a Downing Street press conference: 'All my life America has stood for some very important things - an idea of freedom and an idea of democracy.'
Trump finally accepted his fate after Mike Pence announced the final electoral college tally in the early hours of Thursday morning after a violent 15-hour saga at the U.S. Capitol.
Democracy defiled: Trail of destruction left inside US Capitol after Trump's mob trashed offices, vandalized statues of America's heroes and looted Pelosi's lectern as lawmakers cowered in terror
Congressmen were seen down on their knees today picking up debris alongside police officers as dawn broke on the carnage that left four dead in Washington DC and terrified lawmakers.
Facebook BANS Trump until at least Inauguration Day as Zuckerberg says President 'used our platform to incite insurrection against democratically elected government' - so will Twitter follow?
Facebook and Instagram will keep President Trump's account locked until at least January 20th for fear that more violence will ensue following Wednesday's storming of the US Capitol building.
Don't blame me! Republican senator Josh Hawley who led bid to overturn election says he is NOT responsible for violence - despite clinched-fist salute to MAGA mob before it trashed Capitol
Sen. Josh Hawley assigned no blame to himself for Wednesday's MAGA mob that trashed the Capitol Building, despite giving a clinched-fist salute to the crowd before the siege.
- Dozens of Republican lawmakers are facing harsh condemnation after going forward with challenging the Electoral College results overnight Wednesday to Thursday following the breach of the Capitol by thousands of Donald Trump's supporters. Throughout the certification process, which was delayed six hours due to pro-Trump protesters marching the halls of the Capitol, eight senators and 139 House members still objected to the Electoral College results in some states - including Arizona and Pennsylvania. The eight senators who objected were Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Rick Scott, freshman Tommy Tuberville, Roger Marshall, John Kennedy and Cynthia Lummis and Cindy Hyde-Smith.
'You let them through the f*****g door!' MSNBC's Joe Scarborough rages at Capitol Police for letting Trump rioters run rampant when they aggressively cracked down on BLM protesters
'I've got no questions for Donald Trump, he's an insurrectionist, there are no questions, he should be arrested today, he should be sent to jail today for insurrection against the United States of America. 'But I do wonder this morning why they weren't better prepared for this? Why weren't the Capitol Hill police better prepared for this?' he asked. Becoming angrier and angrier, he compared the gentle police response on Wednesday to the much tougher line that was taken in the summer during BLM protests.
Heads start to roll: Sergeant at Arms quits and Pelosi demands resignation from Capitol Police Chief over 'complete failure' to stop MAGA mob - as it's revealed cops were 'INTENTIONALLY under-powered to stop bad optics of armed officers'
Most of the rioters had been at Trump's White House rally at noon. The event is being pinned as the moment that incited the violence. Less than two hours later, thousands had descended on the Capitol with weapons. They scaled walls, set fires and screamed that they wouldn't back down. Some smashed glass and broke into the private offices of some of the nation's leading politicians who had gathered in the chamber to certify President-elect Joe Biden's November victory.