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A Trump-appointed district judge, Tim Kelly, will oversee a lawsuit by news outlets challenging the White House’s revocation of press credentials, drawing on Kelly’s past involvement in the CNN/Acosta dispute and his role in the Jan. 6-related Proud Boys case; Trump criticized Kelly in a Truth Social post while the judge’s appointment signals the case’s potential levels of appeal.
Trump said he would weigh a pardon for Michael Cohen 'if everything is checked out,' signaling a possible thaw with his former fixer who testified against him in the 2024 hush-money case; Cohen, once a close adviser turned critic, has floated asking Trump for clemency and has previously sought pardons from Biden and the Trump administrations, though a pardon would not restore his law license.
A federal magistrate in Virginia ordered the government to disclose who created the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” intended to compensate victims of political lawfare, a project reportedly dropped by the DOJ. The fund, linked to an IRS settlement over Trump’s tax returns, drew bipartisan criticism. Democracy Forward, suing on behalf of plaintiffs including a fired prosecutor and an acquitted protester, seeks discovery to uncover who set up the scheme and whether it could still be revived, even as Trump and Attorney General Blanche say the fund is dead.
CNN’s review of Natalie Harp’s now-deleted X posts shows she posted more than 150 tweets on Jan. 6, 2021, urging Republicans to ‘FIGHT FOR TRUMP,’ echoing Trump’s election-fraud claims, praising supporters, promoting Giuliani’s rhetoric, live‑tweeting Trump’s speech, and later framing rioters as not Trump supporters—demonstrating a public display of fierce loyalty that preceded her White House role.
The BBC is asking a court to issue subpoenas to Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Jared Kushner to obtain information in its defense against Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit, alleging the trio had knowledge of the president’s intent when he revised and delivered his January 6 speech; the broadcaster says it has faced repeated failures serving the subpoenas in person and seeks alternative service methods, with a trial scheduled for February 2027.
The BBC is seeking to subpoena Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Jared Kushner in a $10 billion defamation lawsuit over a 2024 BBC documentary about Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 speech, arguing the family has relevant knowledge about his intentions. Attempts to serve subpoenas at Ivanka and Jared’s Miami home and at Trump Tower in New York were blocked, and the Secret Service said it could not accept service. The BBC asks the Miami federal court to allow service by mail or through Trump’s attorneys as an alternative. No comment was immediately available from the Trump family or Trump’s legal team.
A federal judge reluctantly dismissed the final January 6 seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers leaders and members, calling it the epilogue of the prosecutions and underscoring the executive branch’s charging decisions while noting Trump’s pardons helped wind down the prosecutions.
A Washington, DC judge granted the DOJ’s bid to dismiss cases against nine Oath Keepers tied to the January 6 Capitol attack, tossing out their seditious conspiracy convictions after the defendants were already released under Trump’s pardons; the ruling is framed as an epilogue to the prosecutions and drew criticism from prosecutors and law enforcement.
DOJ special counsel Jack Smith’s team retrieved and reviewed White House text messages involving 44 current or former lawmakers (covering Oct. 1, 2020–Jan. 20, 2021); the process reportedly bypassed a privilege-screening step. Republicans released the records and criticized Smith, and House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan issued a criminal referral accusing Smith of misleading Congress, highlighting how the texts relate to the 2020 election and January 6 investigations and prompting ongoing political backlash.
A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, unanimously denied Peter Navarro’s bid to overturn his 2023 contempt-of-congress conviction for defying House subpoenas related to January 6, ruling that Navarro acted unilaterally in invoking executive privilege without Trump’s direction or supporting documentation. Navarro has already served a federal prison sentence and continues pursuing the appeal as other Trump advisers face similar cases.
U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly granted the DOJ’s motion to dismiss the Jan. 6 convictions of four Proud Boys—Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola—with prejudice, permanently closing the cases after Trump’s mass pardons and commutations. While noting the executive branch’s role in issuing pardons, the judge said he did not approve the decision and that denying the motion would not revive the convictions or trigger a retrial. The defendants were convicted in 2023 on multiple felonies (most on seditious conspiracy) and had sentences later commuted by Trump.
A Trump-appointed judge granted the DOJ’s motion to dismiss the seditious-conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys leaders Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl after an appeals court vacated those rulings, noting former President Trump’s clemency actions as a major influence; Dominic Pezzola’s related assault/entry conviction remains a separate matter as the case proceeds.
Sean Penn is directing an untitled Warner Bros. feature that uses the January 6 Capitol riot as the lens for a story about a police officer amid the chaos, with Bradley Cooper reportedly set to star; Deadline says the film isn’t strictly a “January 6” movie but centers on that moment to explore themes of unlikely friendships. Production is slated for mid-2027, and the project comes as Penn remains a vocal political figure who has previously targeted Trump in his public statements.
Sean Penn will direct a Warner Bros. drama about the early life of a cop who was present at the January 6 Capitol riot, with Bradley Cooper eyed to star. Penn wrote the script and will produce via Projected Picture Works, with production targeted for mid-2027. The project is described as an 'unexpected story about friendship,' though the real-life inspiration remains unidentified and the film’s connection to the events is a point of discussion.
Sean Penn will write and direct an as-yet-untitled drama about the January 6 riot, with Bradley Cooper in talks to star as a police officer drawn into the events; the project is described as a passion piece made with the real-life subject, whose identity is being kept private, and framed around an unexpected story of friendship amid the insurrection.