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Tennessee man involved in Capitol riot is convicted of planning to kill investigators

The Associated Press

November 24, 2024

The 35-year-old Maryville man was one of hundreds of rioters arrested on charges of illegally entering the U.S. Capitol. While awaiting trial, prosecutors say the man developed a “kill list” of FBI agents and others who participated in the investigation.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Capitol Invasion, FBI, insurrection

Ex-sheriff’s deputy who attacked police during Capitol riot is sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison

Michael Kunzelman, AP

February 29, 2024

capitol demonstration

A man who was employed as a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy when he assaulted police officers protecting the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Donald Trump supporters was sentenced on Thursday to nearly six years in prison.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Capitol Invasion, insurrection, U.S. Capitol, Williamson County

Federal prosecutors: Capitol rioters from Tennessee plotted to kill federal agents

Tony Gonzalez

December 19, 2022

A newly released indictment shows the extent of two Tennessee men’s involvement in the Jan. 6 riot and related activities.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: capitol riot, FBI, federal indictment, insurrection, jan. 6, Knoxville, tnpol

Unsealed documents identify man behind arson, shooting at Knoxville Planned Parenthood

Anita Wadhwani of Tennessee Lookout

November 1, 2022

Two weeks after traveling to the U.S. Capitol to participate in the Jan. 6 insurrection, a Tennessee man fired into the door of a Planned Parenthood clinic under construction in Knoxville. Less than a year later, he burned the clinic down.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: arson, insurrection, Knoxville, Planned Parenthood

A Tennessee man who scaled a wall to enter the US Capitol on Jan. 6 found guilty

Marianna Bacallao

July 22, 2022

Three images from Jan 6. captured from Matthew Bledsoe's social media

A Tennessee man who climbed his way into the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6. has been found guilty for his role in the insurrection.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: insurrection, U.S. Capitol

In Nashville, former President Trump rips Jan. 6 committee as ‘unhinged insurrection hoax,’ criticizes Pence

Julia RitcheyandCaroline Eggers

June 17, 2022

Trump points from stage

Former President Donald Trump ripped congressional hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection while in Nashville on Friday, rehashing false claims about the 2020 election and the attack on the Capitol. 

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Elections 2022, faith and freedom, insurrection, jan. 6, midterms, Mike Pence, Nashville, Politics, republicans

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