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Hello, I’m Johnny Cash’s statue: A monument to the singer is unveiled at the US Capitol

Kevin Freking, APandAndrew DeMillo, AP

September 26, 2024

Congressional leaders from both parties and members of the Cash family were on hand to share their memories of the singer as the statue was unveiled.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Johnny Cash, U.S. Capitol

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

Michael Kunzelman, AP

February 29, 2024

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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

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

As Jan. 6 hearings begin, Tennesseans charged with involvement still await sentencing

Blaise Gainey

June 9, 2022

The U.S. Capitol

Congress is holding committee hearings tonight on the events that took place at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Close to 20 Tennesseans took part in the insurrection against certifying the 2020 presidential election. Several of the Tennesseans involved are awaiting sentencing.

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

A concerning poll shows how divided Tennesseans are over 2020 election and Jan. 6 riot

Blaise Gainey

May 27, 2022

The U.S. Capitol

A pro-democracy group called the Tennessee Democracy Forum released stats from a new poll that shows Tennesseans are still divided over the 2020 election.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Capitol Invasion, Donald Trump, Elections, Joe Biden, U.S. Capitol

Most Tennesseans arrested in the Capitol riot are still awaiting sentencing. Here’s who’s been charged.

Blaise Gainey

January 5, 2022

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Thursday marks one-year since a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The January 6 insurrection included at least 19 Tennesseans. Most of those are still awaiting sentencing. 

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

FBI Arrests Continue In Tennessee For January Storming Of The U.S. Capitol

Samantha Max

March 8, 2021

Federal law enforcement officials have charged nine people in Tennessee in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Capitol Invasion, Eric Munchel, FBI, U.S. Capitol

FBI Arrests 4 More Tennesseans In Storming Of U.S. Capitol; Protest At Tennessee Capitol Fails To Materialize

Samantha Max, Tony GonzalezandWPLN Staff

January 17, 2021

Bledsoe Griffith Capitol

Federal agents have charged four more Tennesseans linked to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics Tagged With: Capitol Invasion, Eric Munchel, FBI, U.S. Capitol

Nashville Man Photographed With Zip Ties In Capitol Invasion Arrested On Federal Charge

Blake Farmer

January 10, 2021

FBI

FBI agents arrested a man in Nashville on Sunday for helping lead the mob that invaded the U.S. Capitol last week. Eric Gavelek Munchel, 30, is charged with unlawful entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to a statement from the U.S. Justice Department.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Capitol Invasion, Eric Munchel, U.S. Capitol

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