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United States v. Nichols
Case No. 1:21-cr-00117 · U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 10 federal charges · Judge Hon. Thomas F. Hogan (pretrial & detention, 2021–2023); Hon. Royce C. Lamberth (plea, sentencing & judgment, 2023–2025)
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DOJ announces proposed Anti-Weaponization Fund
The Justice Department announced a proposed $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund on May 18, 2026. By June 5, DOJ lawyers represented in federal court that the fund had not been established and was not going forward. This event preserves the original announcement without implying that an active application process exists.
📍 U.S. Department of Justice
ReadD.C. Circuit Vacates Oath Keepers Judgments
Published reporting and the court-file index indicate that the D.C. Circuit vacated the affected Oath Keepers judgments and remanded for consideration of a government motion to dismiss. The native appellate order remains a capture target.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadD.C. Circuit Vacates Four Proud Boys Judgments
The D.C. Circuit granted the government’s unopposed motion and vacated the judgments of Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Dominic Pezzola on May 21, 2026. The action is verified through Judge Kelly’s later memorandum citing appellate docket No. 2174532; the native appellate order remains pending capture.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadGovernment Files Oath Keepers Dismissal Motion
The government filed ECF No. 967, an unopposed motion seeking dismissal of the indictment with prejudice. The motion did not itself end the case.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadWBRC publishes Kaleb Dillard firsthand interview
Dillard discussed accountability, proportionality, incarceration, faith, family, willingness to apologize, and the then-proposed federal compensation fund. Statements remain attributed to Dillard.
📍 Birmingham, Alabama
ReadCourt Defers Ruling on Oath Keepers Dismissal
Judge Amit P. Mehta entered ECF No. 976 on May 29, 2026, deferring a ruling on the government’s unopposed Rule 48(a) motion to dismiss the indictment with prejudice. Citing United States v. Ammidown, the court required a statement of reasons and underlying factual basis and directed the government to supplement its motion by June 5, 2026. The order was not a denial on the merits and did not finally dismiss the case.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadDOJ tells courts the Anti-Weaponization Fund was not going forward
On June 5, 2026, DOJ filed parallel responses in E.D. Virginia and D.D.C. stating that the announced Anti-Weaponization Fund had not been set up and was not going forward. The filings said no money had been transferred, no claims process existed, and no members had been appointed. These were government litigation positions; no current official application portal or deadline is represented as verified.
📍 Washington, D.C. / federal courts
ReadAdam Johnson publicly advances Manatee County District 1 campaign
Johnson’s current official campaign site identifies him as a Republican candidate for Manatee County Commissioner, District 1. A June 9 statement reproduced by local media said he was qualifying for the ballot. The archive attributes campaign positions and claims to Johnson and his committee.
📍 Manatee County, Florida
ReadTarrio Plaintiffs Oppose Motion to Intervene
All five plaintiffs filed ECF No. 77 opposing Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church’s intervention request. This filing states the plaintiffs’ litigation position and is not a judicial ruling.
📍 U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
ReadRyan Samsel files Federal Tort Claims Act lawsuit
Samsel filed Samsel v. United States of America, No. 3:26-cv-00530, in the Eastern District of Virginia. The filing is verified; its substantive allegations remain unresolved.
📍 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
ReadTarrio Plaintiffs Seek Leave to File Redacted Exhibits
All five plaintiffs filed ECF No. 78 seeking permission to file redacted versions of three exhibits. The underlying exhibit files were not captured during this intake.
📍 U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
ReadSullivan FTCA case stayed and administratively closed pending dismissal briefing
Judge Paul G. Byron stayed Sullivan v. United States and directed administrative closure while permitting a motion to dismiss by August 3, 2026 and an opposition by the three named plaintiffs by September 30, 2026. Christopher Worrell remained a proposed class member; the order did not decide class certification, liability, damages, or the merits.
📍 U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
ReadPublisher reports Pezzola sought modification of January 6 discovery restrictions
On June 26, 2026, The Gateway Pundit reported that counsel for Dominic Pezzola filed a motion asking the court to lift a January 6 discovery protective order and preserve Evidence.com and Relativity databases for potential public access. The native filing, ECF number, exact docket entry, any response, and any ruling remain unverified; this event records the publication and reported filing lead, not a judicial outcome.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia — reported filing lead
ReadThomas Tatum appears on The Clay Edwards Show
The publisher listing identifies Tatum as a guest discussing government corruption, civil-rights history, race relations, identity politics, and Mississippi Delta concerns. The native audio and full transcript remain pending.
📍 Mississippi
ReadTucker Carlson publishes long-form Steve Baker January 6 interview
The Tucker Carlson Show published a long-form interview with Stephen Michael Baker about January 6, Baker’s prosecution, and the pipe-bomb investigation. Disputed claims remain attributed commentary.
📍 The Tucker Carlson Show
ReadJack Smith gives first television interview after leaving special-counsel role
MS NOW published a 46-minute Deadline: White House interview with former Special Counsel Jack Smith, hosted by Nicolle Wallace. Publisher metadata verifies the interview date and runtime. Smith discussed the January 6 investigation and future election-related litigation; his statements are preserved as attributed commentary, not judicial findings.
📍 MS NOW / Deadline: White House
ReadCourt denies Brian Cole motion to dismiss under January 20, 2025 clemency
U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali denied Brian J. Cole, Jr.'s motion to dismiss the pending indictment under President Donald J. Trump's January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation. The court held that the pardon language applied to individuals already convicted of covered offenses and that the separate directive concerning pending indictments did not reach Cole because he was first charged in December 2025. The ruling addressed clemency scope only and did not decide the truth of the government's allegations.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadMPD January 6 Bodycam Corpus Becomes Public
A Judicial Watch collection page records the public release of 1,627 MPD body-worn-camera videos totaling more than 1,000 hours. The release followed D.C. FOIA litigation. Individual video contents and person-level relevance remain subject to separate verification.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadCindy Young seeks leave to file motion to unseal in Dunn v. Austin
The public docket records Cindy Lou Young’s request for leave to file with an attached motion to unseal. The entry is displayed as filed July 8 while grouped under June 26. Native papers and any ruling remain pending, so the archive does not infer their arguments or outcome.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadCourt schedules Brian Cole trial for February 16, 2027
At a July 8, 2026 hearing in United States v. Brian J. Cole, Jr., U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali scheduled trial to begin February 16, 2027. ABC News and Associated Press reporting estimate approximately two weeks for trial, and ABC reports a September 10, 2026 status conference. Cole has pleaded not guilty. The scheduling decision does not establish the truth of the government’s allegations. The native minute entry remains pending capture.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadThomas Tatum discusses surveillance and government overreach
The publisher listing identifies Tatum as a guest in a discussion that included surveillance technology, constitutional rights, government overreach, police corruption, and January 6 footage. These are attributed interview topics.
📍 Mississippi
ReadCourt Denies Proposed Intervenor Leave to File Reply
Judge Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe denied ECF No. 79, a request for permission to file a reply. The order did not itself decide intervention or the merits of the civil action.
📍 U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
ReadUnited States v. Nordean dismissed with prejudice
On July 10, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the government's unopposed Rule 48(a) motion and dismissed Criminal Action No. 21-175 with prejudice as to Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Dominic Pezzola. The D.C. Circuit had already vacated their judgments on May 21, 2026.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadMichigan Public publishes Stateside interview featuring Isaac Thomas
Michigan Public listed Isaac Thomas and attorney Steven Metcalf as guests on a July 14, 2026 Stateside program. The publisher listing is verified; native audio, full transcript, and claim-level review remain pending.
📍 Michigan
ReadJake Lang gives post-release FreedomFest interview
Liberty RoundTable published a July 14, 2026 interview recorded at FreedomFest 2026. The publisher says Lang discussed free speech, policing, immigration, January 6, demographic change, faith, and America’s future. The statements remain attributed to Lang and the interviewer; full transcript review is pending.
📍 FreedomFest 2026
ReadDOJ discloses direct investigative-team access to Arctic Frost text-message production
A Justice Department letter and a 90-page Senate-released exhibit document the Special Counsel filter-team structure and an August 21, 2023 National Archives production of 54 Excel files containing White House phone text messages. DOJ later stated that investigative-team personnel accessed the spreadsheets before the established filter review was completed and identified messages involving 44 current or former members of Congress. The records document process and access; they do not themselves establish a criminal violation, resolve privilege, or adjudicate the legality of the underlying records request.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadThomas Tatum appears in censorship and accountability discussion
The publisher listing identifies Tatum as a co-host in a discussion involving social-platform censorship, January 6, local Mississippi corruption, and broader political and cultural issues. Native media and a complete transcript remain pending.
📍 Mississippi
ReadTrump drops BBC Studios subsidiaries from January 6 speech-edit lawsuit
Multiple reports based on July 16, 2026 court filings state that Donald J. Trump voluntarily dropped claims against BBC Studios Distribution Limited and BBC Studios Productions Limited while continuing his defamation action against the British Broadcasting Corporation. The procedural change remains attributed to reporting until the native stipulation, notice, or dismissal entry is captured.
📍 Miami, Florida
ReadMassachusetts Board revokes Jacquelyn Starer’s right to renew medical license
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine announced termination of Starer’s voluntary agreement not to practice and revocation of her inchoate right to renew. This state administrative action is separate from the federal pardon.
📍 Massachusetts
ReadCourt allows venue-report copyright claim involving Barnett filing to proceed
Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald denied Joseph D. McBride and McBride Law Firm’s motions to dismiss Lindsay Olson’s copyright claim concerning a community-attitude report filed in Richard Barnett’s January 6 venue-transfer motion. This pleading-stage ruling did not establish final infringement liability, damages, fair use, or any fact about Barnett’s guilt or innocence.
📍 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
ReadD.C. Circuit affirms Peter Navarro contempt judgment
On July 21, 2026, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed Peter K. Navarro’s two contempt-of-Congress convictions. The panel held that executive privilege must be invoked by a president or an authorized designee and upheld the district court’s finding that no such invocation occurred for the January 6 Select Committee subpoena. Navarro’s counsel stated that further appellate review was planned.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadFinancial and January 6 discovery permitted in Trump v. BBC
The Southern District of Florida docket confirms a July 21, 2026 hearing on four discovery disputes in Trump v. BBC. The Guardian, NOTUS, TheWrap, and other reports independently state that Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué A. Lett permitted financial production and third-party discovery concerning January 6. The archive treats the outcome as corroborated reporting pending the native written order, minute entry, audio, or transcript.
📍 Miami, Florida
ReadFederal court grants qualified immunity and remands David Blair’s D.C.-law claims
Judge Amir H. Ali granted the officers summary judgment on Blair’s federal claims based on qualified immunity, denied Blair’s cross-motion, and remanded unresolved D.C.-law claims to D.C. Superior Court. The opinion did not establish final civil liability.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadHouse Judiciary chairman refers Jack Smith testimony to DOJ for review
Chairman Jim Jordan sent DOJ a referral alleging that former Special Counsel Jack Smith made materially false or incomplete statements during a December 2025 deposition and requesting review under 18 U.S.C. § 1001. The referral is disputed and does not constitute a criminal charge or adjudicated finding.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadBBC reportedly asks D.D.C. court to further unseal Trump privilege decisions
Law&Crime and The New Republic report that the BBC filed a July 22, 2026 reply memorandum asking Chief Judge James E. Boasberg to further unseal executive-privilege decisions from the federal January 6 grand-jury investigation. The request does not itself unseal records or decide the merits of the BBC's Florida defamation defense.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadCourt certifies January 6 Pence-tweet immunity question for appellate review
Judge Amit P. Mehta declined to reconsider his earlier official-act immunity treatment of Donald J. Trump’s January 6, 2021 2:24 p.m. tweet concerning Mike Pence, while certifying the narrow immunity issue for interlocutory D.C. Circuit review. The procedural ruling did not resolve the consolidated civil claims on their merits.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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