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The federal judge who presided over the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers members says it would be "frightening" if the anti-government group's founder, Stewart Rhodes, is pardoned for orchestrating a violent plot to keep Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election

The North Carolina General Assembly approved legislation in 2015 asking a congressional committee to eventually approve a likeness of Graham for display. Graham died in 2018 at age 99. Each state gets two statues.

David Joseph Gietzen struck a police officer with a pole during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. He was arrested at his mother's home last December.

Jeremy Joseph Bertino is the first Proud Boys member to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge. Bertino also pleaded guilty on Thursday to a charge of unlawfully possessing firearms. Bertino has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigation of the role that Proud Boys leaders played in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

WUNC will carry live NPR coverage of hearings organized by the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

William Todd Wilson, 44, is the third Oath Keepers member to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. More than 780 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot.

2021 captured voters' attention more than four years prior. In total, more than 117,000 voters in North Carolina switched party affiliation last year, compared with about 49,000 who switched affiliation in 2017.

Almost a year after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, North Carolina teachers are struggling to place the event within the narrative of American history.

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows defied a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. on Friday. Steve Bannon, a longtime ally to former President Donald Trump, has been indicted on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress after he defied his own subpoena.

Rep. Donnie Loftis of Gaston County said he was just outside the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection in January. Loftis has said he had “zero involvement in the rioting” and condemned how others went inside. At least one Democrat said Loftis' rally participation crossed the line.