Court Says Former Officer Who Kneeled On George Floyd's Neck To Stand Trial Alone A Minnesota judge cited the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as reason to have Derek Chauvin's trial start on March 8, while the other officers involved in Floyd's death will have their trial in August. Brakkton Booker
Joint Chiefs Remind U.S. Forces That They Defend The Constitution The Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a message noting that violence isn't covered by free speech, and the breach of the U.S. Capitol was an assault on the government. Dustin Jones
James Comey: Trump Should Be Impeached, But Not Federally Prosecuted The former FBI director is out with a new book assessing the Trump presidency, Attorney General Bill Barr, and the Mueller report. He tells NPR he was "sickened" by the attack on the Capitol. Ailsa Chang
Comey Argues DOJ Shouldn't Prosecute Trump After He Leaves Office NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former FBI Director James Comey about his new book Saving Justice and whether federal authorities should pursue prosecution of President Trump after he leaves office.
Facebook Removes 'Stop the Steal' Content, Twitter Suspends QAnon Accounts Twitter has suspended more than 70,000 accounts spreading the QAnon conspiracy theory since Friday. Facebook is removing content with the phrase "stop the steal." Brakkton Booker
Dominion Voting Systems Sues Ex-Trump Lawyer Over False Claims NPR's Noel King speaks with John Poulos, CEO of Dominion Voting Systems, which found itself at the center of false claims and conspiracy theories about the presidential election.
Ex-Capitol Police Chief Says Requests For National Guard Denied 6 Times In Riots Steven Sund contradicts reports that help was not requested, saying security officials at the House and Senate rebuffed calls for assistance ahead of and during the attack on the Capitol. Jaclyn Diaz
Trump Regulator's Rule Would Force Banks To Lend To Gun-Makers And Oil Drillers The Trump administration is trying to force banks to make loans to gun-makers and to finance payday lenders. Critics call the move bizarre. It's opposed by watchdog groups and banks. Chris Arnold
Seattle police accountability office investigating actions of officers in D.C. during Capitol Building attack The head of Seattle’s Office of Police Accountability says the agency's investigation will focus on the words and actions of at least two Seattle police officers, who allegedly attended last week’s pro-Trump rally that devolved into an insurrection at the Capitol Building. Amy Radil
Capitol Police Officer Who Responded To Mob Attack Dies Off Duty Howard Liebengood's union says the 51-year-old was among the officers who responded to the rioting at the Capitol on Wednesday. The police gave no cause of death. Barbara Sprunt