January 6

US Supreme Court clears way for dismissal of case against Trump ally Steve Bannon

The justices threw out a lower court's decision to uphold Bannon's 2022 conviction for refusing to turn over documents or testify to a congressional panel that investigated the January 6 attack.

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Steve Bannon, former advisor to former U.S. President and now President-elect Donald Trump, speaks with the media outside New York Criminal Court, on the day of a pre-trial conference hearing in his fraud case stemming from a fundraising effort to build a border wall, in New York City
Joe Kent, who is running for Washington's 3rd congressional district, delivers a speech during a rally in support of defendants being prosecuted in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, in Washington, US, September 18, 2021.

Joe Kent’s resignation revealed what was in clear sight - opinion

Washington is outraged at Joe Kent, but his history was always clear; the real story is who enabled him and why it’s now being ignored.

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Far-right influencer Jake Lang speaks in front of Gracie Mansion regarding the attempted bombing at a protest organized by the influencer on Saturday, on March 9, 2026 in New York City. Two suspects were arrested on March 7 for allegedly throwing bombs that did not explode during a protest outside G

Jan. 6 protester Jake Lang renounced his Judaism to court the far right. It isn’t working

Far-right, antisemitic media personalities such as Dan Bilzerian and Nick Fuentes slammed Lang for being a "Jewish operative" and a Jew "larping as a white Christian."

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Former US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally to boost Ohio Republican candidates ahead of their May 3 primary election, at the county fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio, U.S. April 23, 2022.

New documents show JPMorgan cut ties with Trump businesses

The bank did not list any specific reason for the account closures in its Feb. 19, 2021 letters to Trump and the Trump Organization.

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Trump yanks prosecutor nomination of Ed Martin, who called a Nazi sympathizer ‘extraordinary’

Martin recently apologized for his past vocal praise of Hale-Cusanelli, who was sentenced to four years in prison for his role on Jan. 6 before being pardoned by Trump.

MAY 9, 2025ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward Martin speaks in Washington, D.C., on March 25, 2025.

Trump calls some Biden presidential pardons 'void, vacant,' claims they were signed by autopen

Trump also accused the previous president of not approving or even knowing about pardons he made.

MARCH 17, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron (not pictured) attend a press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 24, 2025.

Letters to the Editor, February 24, 2025: Obscene comparison

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

FEBRUARY 24, 2025ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

January 6 Capitol riots shouldn’t trump October 7 for US Jews - opinion

Some Jews have chosen to look away from the war either because they blame Israel. For them, January 6 now trumps October 7 because we are witnessing a reshaping of our own country’s institutions.

FEBRUARY 23, 2025ByJOSHUA M. DAVIDSON
AN EXPLOSION caused by a police munition is seen as supporters of then-US president Donald Trump riot in front of the Capitol Building, January 6, 2021.

FBI staff ordered to reveal their role in Jan. 6 probes by Monday

The list of questions in the memo direct employees to give their job title, any role they played in the Jan. 6 investigations and whether they helped supervise such investigations.

FEBRUARY 3, 2025ByREUTERS
An FBI logo is pictured on an agent's shirt.

What big changes did Trump make on the first day of his presidency?

Among the moves that Trump made on his first day back was to pardon about 1,500 people who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

JANUARY 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he stands next to his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Vance during the Liberty Ball on Inauguration Day of Donald Trump's second presidential term in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025.

Trump announces sweeping first-day executive orders and record declassifications

Classified documents regarding the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK are to be released. Trump added that "other topics of great interest" will have classified records declassified.

JANUARY 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally the day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2025.

FBI did not send undercover operatives to join Jan. 6 attack, watchdog says

The report found that the FBI could have done more ahead of the Jan. 6 attack by canvassing its field offices for intelligence from informants to prepare for what was to come.

DECEMBER 12, 2024ByREUTERS
A mob of supporters of then-US President Donald Trump climb through a window they broke as they storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, US, January 6, 2021.

Biden was right – and righteous – to pardon son, Hunter - opinion

President Biden's pardon of Hunter Biden was a justified response to politically pressured prosecutions of minor gun and tax charges.

DECEMBER 8, 2024BySTAN POLOVETS
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden and his son Hunter board Air Force One as they depart for Charleston, South Carolina, from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, last month.

Trump alleges Democratic 'coup' of Biden ahead of Harris speech at site of Jan. 6 rally

Trump said at a campaign event in Flordia that Democrats "stole the presidency of the United States."

OCTOBER 29, 2024ByREUTERS
THEN-US president Donald Trump addresses a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results, in Washington, on January 6, 2021.