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WASHINGTON— The insur-

rectionist mob that stormed the

U.S. Capitol at the president’s beh-

est last week was overwhelmingly

made up of longtime Trump sup-

porters, including Republican

Party officials, GOP political do-

nors, far-right militants, white su-

premacists, and adherents of the

QAnon myth that the government

is secretly controlled by a cabal of

Satan-worshipping pedophile can-

nibals. Records show that some

were heavily armed and included

convicted criminals, such as a

Florida man recently released

from prison for attempted murder.

The Associated Press reviewed

social media posts, voter registra-

tions, court files and other public

records for more than 120 people

either facing criminal charges re-

lated to the Jan. 6 unrest or who,

going maskless amid the pandem-

ic, were later identified through

photographs and videos taken dur-

ing the melee.MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP

Trump supporters approach U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday. DougJensen, center, a 41-year-old man from Des Moines, Ill., was jailed early Saturday, on federal charges for his alleged role in the Capitol riot.

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WASHINGTON — House Dem-

ocrats on Monday introduced an

article of impeachment against

President Donald Trump over his

incitement last week of the Capitol

riot as Republicans blocked an ini-

tial attempt to pass a resolution

calling on Vice President Mike

Pence to use the 25th Amendment

to remove the president from of-

fice.

Rep. Alex Mooney, R-Va., ob-

jected to the Democrats’ attempt

to win unanimous consent for the

resolution, meaning the House is

expected to reconvene Tuesday to

hold a floor vote on the measure.

Democrats are ramping up

pressure on Pence to take action

following Wednesday’s Capitol at-

tack by Trump supporters, who

raided the building and forced

lawmakers and Pence into hiding

for their safety.

The 25th Amendment lays out

the procedure for removing a

president who is unfit or incapac-

itated. If Pence does not invoke

the amendment, Democrats are

expected to hold a vote to impeach

Trump as soon as Wednesday.

It would be the second impeach-

ment of Trump, following one last

year over his pressuring of Ukrai-

nian government officials to in-

vestigate then-presidential rival

and now President-elect Joe Bi-

den.

The House resolution, drafted

by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., is a

‘Incitement of insurrection’ chargedHouse Democrats introduce article of impeachment after resolution calling on Pence to remove Trump over Capitol attack blocked

“Donald John Trumpengaged in high crimesand misdemeanors bywillfully inciting violenceagainst the governmentof the United States.”

Impeachment resolution submittedto the House on Monday

BY JENNIFER HABERKORN

Los Angeles Times

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MIAMI — For years as a federal

prosecutor in New York, Daniel R.

Alonso led teams that had to

search through a maze of anony-

mously owned corporate entities

to expose criminal activity.

“It required all kinds of shoe-

leather investigating to identify

who was really behind these shell

companies,” recalled Alonso.

“You’d have to subpoena bank re-

cords and lawyers, as well as hu-

man sources, and even then you

frequently hit a dead end.”

Now, thanks to a watershed

overhaul of U.S. money-launder-

ing laws, locating the proceeds

from foreign bribery, drug traf-

ficking and financing for terror-

ists could be as easy as a few keys-

trokes.

The new legislation quietly

passed by Congress last month af-

ter a decade-long fight is the most

sweeping banking reform of its

kind since passage of the Patriot

Act, in the aftermath of the Sept.

11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

For the first time, shell compa-

nies will be required to provide

the names of their owners or face

stiff penalties and jail sentences.

The information will be stored in a

confidential database accessible

to federal law enforcement and

shared with banks who are often

unwitting accomplices to interna-

tional corruption.

The Corporate Transparency

Act was tucked into a defense

spending bill first vetoed by Presi-

dent Donald Trump and then

overridden by Congress on New

Year’s Day.

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SEOUL, South Korea — North

Korean leader Kim Jong Un was

given the title of general secretary

of the ruling Workers’ Party for-

merly held by his late father and

grandfather, state media reported

Monday, in a move apparently

aimed at bolstering his authority

amid growing economic challeng-

es.

The designation was North Ko-

rea’s latest step taken during its first

ruling party congress since 2016.

During the meeting, Kim also

vowed to build more sophisticated

nuclear weapons, disclosed eco-

nomic developmental goals and re-

shuffled party officials. But observ-

ers doubt whether such moves can

offer North Korea any substantial

solutions to difficulties that include

coronavirus-related economic

shocks, natural disasters and per-

sistent U.S.-led sanctions.

The congress announced Kim’s

new title during the sixth day of the

meeting Sunday. A congress state-

ment said Kim “has gloriously real-

ized the historic mission to com-

plete the country’s nuclear build-up

plan,” according to the official Ko-

rean Central News Agency.

Kim already was the party’s top

leader. During a 2016 party con-

gress, he was named party chair-

man and before that had led the par-

ty with the title of first secretary. But

general secretary has important

symbolism in the country led by dy-

nastic rule since it was the title held

by his father, Kim Jong Il, and

grandfather, Kim Il Sung.

During congress meetings last

week, Kim labeled the U.S. as “our

foremost principal enemy” and dis-

closed a list of high-tech nuclear

weapons systems under develop-

ment to cope with what he called in-

tensifying American hostility. He

said the fate of relations between

Pyongyang and Washington de-

pend on whether the U.S. abandons

its hostile policy.

Kim acknowledged that a previ-

ous five-year economic develop-

ment plan failed and disclosed a

new economic plan that focuses on

building a stronger self-supporting

economy and reducing reliance on

imports. He said the new plans

would include more investments in

the metal and chemical industries,

and increasing the production of

consumer goods.

Kim’s latest nuclear threats were

likely meant to pressure President-

elect Joe Biden to resume diploma-

cy and make concessions after he

takes office. But some experts say

Biden, who has criticized Kim’s

made-for-camera summits with

President Donald Trump, won’t do

so.

KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY, KOREA NEWS SERVICE/AP

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, waves during the rulingparty congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday. Kim was givena new title, “general secretary” of the ruling Workers’ Party.

N. Korea’s Kim givengeneral secretary title

BY HYUNG-JIN KIM

Associated Press

vague promise to “work toward

the denuclearization of the Ko-

rean Peninsula.”

Trump failed to reduce or elim-

inate North Korea’s nuclear capa-

bility, although North Korea re-

duced its weapons testing and

tensions eased somewhat during

his administration.

Moon’s national address on

Monday followed reports of the

North conducting a military pa-

rade in its capital over the week-

end.

The South Korean Joint Chiefs

of Staff had warned of possible

military maneuvers by North Ko-

rea during a rare congress of the

ruling Workers Party, which con-

vened Jan. 5. The congress was

last held in 2016.

"Our military detected signs

that North Korea held a military

parade related to the party con-

gress at Kim Il-sung Square in

Pyongyang late at night yester-

South Korean President Moon

Jae-in on Monday in a speech

broadcast to the nation promised

a stronger alliance with the Unit-

ed States under the incoming ad-

ministration of President-elect

Joe Biden.

With roughly a week remaining

until Biden’s inauguration, Moon,

in an address to his country, ex-

pressed his confidence in the new

administration, along with his

hopes of achieving a more posi-

tive relationship with North Ko-

rea.

“The government will strength-

en the U.S.-South Korea alliance

in tandem with the launch of the

Biden administration,” he said.

“And do its last attempt in order

to achieve a great transformation

in talks, which still stand, between

North Korea and the U.S. and be-

tween the two Koreas.”

In October, during the final de-

bate before the U.S. presidential

election, Biden called North Ko-

rean leader Kim Jong Un a “thug”

but said he would meet with him

if the communist state agrees to

denuclearize. The comment came

during a testy exchange between

Biden and President Donald

Trump over how to deal with

North Korea’s nuclear weapons

program.

The former vice president ac-

cused his rival of cozying up to

Kim, whose regime is ranked as

one of the worst human rights

abusers, with a policy that has al-

lowed the North to continue im-

proving its arsenal.

Trump became the first sitting

U.S. president to meet with a

North Korean leader during a

June 2018 summit in Singapore

during which they agreed to a

day," according to a statement

Monday by the Joint Chiefs of

Staff.

"South Korea and U.S. military

authorities are closely following

them, including possibilities that

the activity could be a rehearsal,"

it said.

The types of weapons involved

were not immediately known, but

other sources say the parade ap-

pears to have been scaled back,

according to a report Monday by

the Yonhap News Agency based

in Seoul.

Sunday’s military parade

would be the first since October,

which marked the party's 75th

founding anniversary, and re-

vealed to the world what was be-

lieved to be a new intercontinen-

tal ballistic missile.

S. Korea's Moon promisesstronger alliance with US

BY MATTHEW KEELER

AND YOO KYONG CHANG

Stars and Stripes

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South Korean President Moon Jaein has promised a stronger alliancewith the U.S. under the incoming Biden administration.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will

hear arguments this spring in

Guam’s quest to get the Navy to

help pay to clean up a dump the

service used for three decades, the

court announced Friday.

The case, filed in 2017, says the

Navy should foot the $160 million

bill to remediate Ordot Dump – or

"at least pay its fair share of the

cleanup costs," according to court

documents.

The landfill, which leaked waste

into the Lonfit River and two of its

tributaries, was under Navy and

U.S. government supervision be-

fore World War II until it was giv-

en to Guam in the early 1970s.

The United States in 2002 sued

Guam under the Clean Water Act

to have Ordot cleaned, according

to court documents. The parties

settled in 2004, leaving Guam to

pay a penalty, design and install a

cover and close the dump. Clea-

nup began in 2013, when Ordot

closed.

Guam’s lawsuit argues the Navy

should help pay for the cleanup

and fixing the environmental

damage, “which included capping

the landfill, installing stormwater

management ponds, discharge

water storage tanks and a sewer

line,” Stars and Stripes reported in

March 2017.

“Guam is left on the hook for all

of the costs – more than $160 mil-

lion — of cleaning up a waste site

that the United States Navy itself

created and then used to dump

toxic wastes for decades going

back to World War II,” according

to Guam’s petition in October to

the Supreme Court.

“That figure is a staggering sum

for the people of Guam, alone

comprising nearly a fifth of its to-

tal annual budget,” it continued.

“Meanwhile, the United States,

which indisputably is a responsib-

le party, gets off scot-free.”

Guam brought the suit under

the Comprehensive Environmen-

tal Response, Compensation and

Liability Act, “which allows par-

ties to recover remediation costs

from other responsible parties

within six years of the initiation of

a remedial action,” according to

the petition.

A federal district court in Con-

necticut ruled the suit could pro-

ceed, a decision reversed by the

appellate court in Washington,

D.C. The appellate court ruled

that the 2002 settlement between

Guam and the U.S. triggered a

provision in the Clean Water Act

that reduced the statute of limita-

tions from six to three years.

Guam turned to the Supreme

Court to decide whether the settle-

ment triggered that provision.

“We are pleased that the Su-

preme Court has agreed to hear

this case,” Guam Attorney Gener-

al Leevin Taitano Camacho said in

a statement Friday. “This shows

that issues are significant locally

and nationally and we look for-

ward to presenting our arguments

to the court.”

The Supreme Court accepts less

than 1% of cases submitted for re-

view – about 70 of the 7,000-8,000

petitions filed annually, according

to Camacho’s statement. Argu-

ments are expected to begin in

April.

High court to hear case seeking Navy help to clean dumpBY CAITLIN DOORNBOS

Stars and Stripes

[email protected] Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos


MILITARY

TOKYO — U.S. military com-

mands in Japan and South Korea

reported 63 new coronavirus pa-

tients as of 6 p.m. Monday, most

of them new arrivals to U.S.

Forces Korea since late Decem-

ber.

In Tokyo, the metropolitan gov-

ernment on Monday announced

that another 1,219 people have be-

come infected with the virus,

making a week straight of more

than 1,000 cases each day, accord-

ing to public broadcaster NHK.

The number of patients deemed

seriously ill, 131, is at a pandemic

high, the report said.

A handful of U.S. bases in the

greater Tokyo metro area have

imposed 8 p.m.-5 a.m. curfews

and other measures to comply

with a state of emergency de-

clared Thursday by the Japanese

government until Feb. 7.

In South Korea, the Korea Dis-

ease Control and Prevention

Agency reported 451 newly in-

fected people on Monday, the first

time the daily tally has fallen be-

low 500 in 41 days, according to

The Associated Press.

President Moon Jae-in, during

his New Year’s address on Mon-

day, said the country will provide

coronavirus vaccines free to all in

phases, AP reported. Moon said

earlier that inoculations will start

in February.

USFK reported that 42 individ-

uals arriving from the United

States tested positive for the virus

between Dec. 28 and Friday, ac-

cording to a news release Mon-

day.

Eight service members and one

dependent arrived at Osan Air

Base on the Patriot Express, a

government-chartered passenger

air service, on Jan. 2, 4 and 6. An-

other 29 service members, one ci-

vilian and three dependents ar-

rived on commercial flights at In-

cheon International Airport on

Dec. 28, 29 and from Jan. 3-8.

According to USFK, 35 people

tested positive on their first test

prior to entering quarantine, one

tested positive in quarantine and

six tested positive before exiting

quarantine.

In Japan, Marine Corps Air Sta-

tion Iwakuni reported 16 new pa-

tients: two Monday and seven

each on Saturday and Sunday,

bringing the number of infected

individuals so far this month to

48. All 16 were quarantined after

contact with a previously infected

person.

The base imposed a lockdown

overnight Thursday and all day

Friday to stem the spread and

conduct contact tracing.

Marine Corps bases on Okina-

wa reported five newly infected

individuals Sunday: two each at

Marine Corps Air Station Futen-

ma and Camp Hansen and one at

Camp Foster.

THERON GODBOLD/Stars and Stripes

A lone, masked traveler waits for a train in Fussa, near Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Jan. 5.

USFK reports 42 virus cases amidnew arrivals since late December

BY JOSEPH DITZLER

Stars and Stripes

[email protected]: @JosephDitzler

WIESBADEN, Germany —

Popeyes’ crispy chicken sand-

wich, which started a food fight

when it was launched in the Unit-

ed States around 18 months ago, is

finally expected to be available in

Europe, a spokesman for base ex-

changes said.

The sandwich — made with

crispy chicken topped with a pick-

le, slathered with mayo or Cajun

sauce and served between a toast-

ed brioche bun — will be available

by the end of this month in Ans-

bach, Aviano, Baumholder, Gra-

fenwoehr, at Panzer Kaserne in

Boeblingen near Stuttgart, Ram-

stein and Spangdahlem air bases,

Vilseck and Wiesbaden, Chris

Ward, a spokesman for the Army

and Air Force Exchange Service,

told Stars and Stripes by email.

“Those serving in OCONUS lo-

cations expect to have the same

products and services available to

them as those stateside, and the

Exchange strives to satisfy those

expectations,” he said.

The $3.99 sandwich had people

crowing with delight when it was

launched at Popeyes’ U.S. loca-

tions in August 2019.

“Fans praised the crispiness.

They liked the thick pickles. And

they used social media to roast ri-

vals for what they deemed infe-

rior chicken sandwiches,” said an

article published in The Wall

Street Journal two weeks after the

launch.

But around the time that article

came out, Popeyes suspended

sales of the sandwich at U.S. loca-

tions and delayed the launch at

overseas bases, saying it had run

out of the ingredients used in the

sandwich.

It was back on the market in Oc-

tober 2019 — but not at overseas

locations.

Now, that is set to change, said

Ward.

“The Army & Air Force Ex-

change Service and its vendor

partners are in the unique posi-

tion to provide a taste of home” to

service members overseas, he

said.

The announcement that the

sandwich would be coming to Eu-

rope coincided with an apparent

new chicken sandwich war, the

Restaurant Business website said

last week.

KFC this month announced it

was taking its new crispy chicken

sandwich nationwide after

months of testing in Florida.

McDonald’s and Shake Shack

said they were adding crispy

chicken sandwiches to their me-

nus, and chains including Carl’s

Jr., Chick-fil-A, Church’s, Jack in

the Box, Wendy’s and Zaxby’s

have rolled out new crispy chick-

en sandwiches, or upgraded exist-

ing offerings, in recent months,

Restaurant Business said.

But members of the military in

Europe continued to wait for the

chick to hatch, and wondered if

the sandwich would be worth the

months of buildup.

“After all the hype that has sur-

rounded this sandwich, I really

hope it’s good,” Staff Sgt. Marcus

Wheeler, a Popeyes regular, said

last week in the Wiesbaden food

court.

Popeyes’ chickensandwich is finallycoming to Europe

BY DAVID EDGE

Stars and Stripes

[email protected]: @DavidEd96798393

CAIRO — Yemen’s Iran-backed

rebels on Monday dismissed the

U.S. move to designate them a ter-

rorist organization in the final days

of the Trump administration while

a leading aid agency warned that

such a designation would deal an-

other “devastating blow” to the im-

poverished and war-torn nation.

The planned designation, an-

nounced by U.S. Secretary of State

Mike Pompeo late Sunday, would

take effect a day before President-

elect Joe Biden is inaugurated Jan.

20. It was not clear whether Biden

would overturn the decision.

Pompeo said he was proceeding

with the designation of the rebels,

known as Houthis, along with sep-

arate terrorist designations for the

three top rebel leaders. At the

same time, he pledged that the

United States would help absorb

the impact on aid groups and allow

humanitarian assistance to contin-

ue to flow into Yemen.

Several senior rebel figures

slammed the announcement.

“We are not fearful,” tweeted

Mohammed Ali al-Houthi. “Amer-

ica is the source of terrorism. It’s

directly involved in killing and

starving the Yemeni people.”

Yemen rebels defiant as aidagencies fear US terror label

Associated Press

TOKYO — Gregg Mowen, for-

merly the Japan community su-

perintendent for Defense Depart-

ment schools in Japan, died Jan. 4

at age 61.

Mowen retired in spring 2020

after 19 years with the Depart-

ment of Defense Education Activ-

ity.

A native of Bowling Green,

Ohio, he joined DODEA in 2001

and served as principal at Faith

Middle School at Fort Benning,

Ga., Mudge Primary and Fort

Knox High School in Kentucky,

Zama High School near Tokyo and

Kubasaki High School on Okina-

wa.

Mowen also worked as an as-

sistant superintendent at DODEA

schools in Puerto Rico and Cuba

and as DODEA-Okinawa chief of

staff before taking the DODEA-

Japan community superintend-

ent’s post in his final year with the

organization.

“At each location, Dr. Mowen’s

leadership and dedication to our

military-connected students left a

lasting impact,” DODEA-Pacific

director Lois Rapp said in a state-

ment Thursday that did not give

the cause of death.

“He built meaningful relation-

ships with families, employees

and colleagues and was known, re-

spected and appreciated by

many,” Rapp wrote. “The news of

Dr. Mowen’s passing greatly sad-

dens us all.”

Mowen was born June 24, 1959,

in Owosso, Mich., according to his

obituary posted online by Hanne-

man Funeral Home of Findlay,

Ohio. He earned a bachelor’s de-

gree in music education and a

master’s in educational adminis-

tration from Michigan State Uni-

versity. He earned a doctorate in

education from Western Michi-

gan University.

During his summers in college,

he played the tuba in the Disney-

land Band.

Mowen is survived by Carol

Mowen, his wife of 39 years, his

sons, Gordon, Thomas, Steven and

Nicholas, a sister, Nancy, and a

brother, Terry.

Services will be private. Deck-

Hanneman Funeral Home and

Crematory in Bowling Green is in

charge of arrangements.

Former Japan community superintendentand DODEA principal Mowen dies at 61

Stars and Stripes

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MILITARY

WASHINGTON — A new plan

released Monday by the Navy’s

top officer lays out the priorities

for the service in the next decade

in order for the United States to

maintain its military advantage at

sea over China and Russia.

“I don’t mean to be dramatic,

but I feel like if the Navy loses its

head, if we go off course and really

take our eyes off those things we

need to focus on with respect to

readiness, capabilities, capacity

and sailors, I think we may not be

able to recover in this century,

based on the trajectory that the

Chinese are on right now,” said

Adm. Michael Gilday, the chief of

naval operations.

The Navy released its “naviga-

tion plan,” a road map of the top

four priorities that Gilday said he

believes the service must focus on

in the next decade. The plan comes

as a supplement to last month’s

Tri-Service Maritime Strategy,

which also raised concerns about a

rapidly growing Chinese fleet —

the primary long-term threat for

the Navy, according the plan. That

strategy also points to Russia’s ag-

gressive behavior and the need for

the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast

Guard to prioritize alliances and

partnerships and be more assert-

ive in day-to-day competition.

The four priorities in the naviga-

tion plan to meet the needs of sea

control and projecting naval pow-

er in the next decade are investing

in the training and education of

sailors and eliminating bias and

prejudice, readiness by making

certain ship maintenance is done

on time, capabilities by investing

in cyber and intelligence as well as

weapons such as lasers that can

defeat anti-ship cruise missiles,

and capacity with a large hybrid

fleet composed of manned and un-

manned ships.

America is a maritime country

that follows a rules-based order at

sea set after World War II and it is

growing more dependent on trade,

energy, and communication sys-

tems that come via the sea, Gilday

said.

“Now more than ever, our lives

and our livelihoods literally float

on seawater. But now this order

and our collective security is un-

der threat. Today, China and Rus-

sia are undermining the free and

the open conditions at sea. Opti-

mism that they might become re-

sponsible partners has given way

to the realization that they are de-

termined rivals,” he said during

the plan’s announcement Monday

at the Surface Naval Association’s

33rd National Symposium, which

is being held virtually this week.

The navigation plan emphasizes

the Navy’s primary roles of control

on the sea and projecting naval

power forward across the world,

and how the service’s planning for

training, equipment and person-

nel must meet the needs of those

roles, Gilday said.

“If it doesn’t drive us to a place

where we can better control the

seas and project power, we ought

to question why we’re making that

investment. We ought to think

about divesting, because it’s not

core to what we really need to do.

There are ships that we’ve invest-

ed in in the past, or capabilities

that we’ve invested in in the past,

that haven’t necessarily enhanced

our ability to do those two funda-

mental missions,” he said.

The Navy is looking to divest it-

self of older littoral combat ships

because they “don’t bring lethality

to the fight any longer,” Gilday

said. The service is looking to

move to lighter amphibious war-

ships, he said.

Gilday said he’s releasing the

plan now because the Navy has to

prioritize what it will invest in for

the next decade.

“So there will be fiscal uncer-

tainties in the future, no doubt

about that. There always is. But we

have to have our priorities right. …

And so the [navigation] plan re-

flects what I really believe, and

even in a budget constrained envi-

ronment, priorities will be impor-

tant.” he said.

Navy releases planto compete againstRussia and China

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY

Stars and Stripes

[email protected]: @caitlinmkenney

JASON WAITE/U.S. Navy

The Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew, right, sends fuel to theArleigh Burkeclass guidedmissile destroyer USS John Finn during a replenishmentatsea Friday.

WASHINGTON — President-

elect Joe Biden, accompanied by

three former presidents, will lay a

wreath at Arlington National Cem-

etery following his Jan. 20 inaugu-

ration.

The Presidential Inaugural

Committee said Monday that Bi-

den would lay the wreath at the

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier —

one of his first acts as president —

as a way of “honoring our men and

women in uniform who paid the ul-

timate sacrifice in defense of our

common values.”

Biden will be joined by his wife,

Jill Biden, as well as Vice Presi-

dent-elect Kamala Harris and her

husband, Doug Emhoff. Former

Presidents Barack Obama, George

W. Bush and Bill Clinton, and Mi-

chelle Obama, Laura Bush and

Hillary Clinton, will also be pre-

sent at the ceremony.

Absent from the list is President

Donald Trump, who said last week

he plans to skip Biden’s swearing-

in. Trump made the statement Fri-

day, just days after a pro-Trump

mob stormed the U.S. Capitol

building.

The Capitol riots, which resulted

in five deaths, created concerns

over security at Biden’s inaugura-

tion. As of Monday, Biden’s swear-

ing-in ceremony was still planned

for the west front of the Capitol

building.

“America United” is the theme

of Biden’s inauguration, the com-

mittee announced Monday.

“This inauguration marks a new

chapter for the American people —

one of healing, unifying, of coming

together, of an America united,”

said Tony Allen, CEO of the inau-

gural committee. “It is time to turn

the page on this era of division.”

Biden’s swearing-in ceremony

will be scaled down from typical in-

augurations because of the ongo-

ing coronavirus pandemic. In

place of people converging near

the U.S. Capitol to watch the

events, the inaugural committee

plans to display nearly 200,000

American flags across the National

Mall. The committee is asking peo-

ple to sponsor a flag by donating to

their choice of six charities.

Biden to lay wreath at Arlington after inauguration BY NIKKI WENTLING

Stars and Stripes

[email protected]: @nikkiwentling

BAGHDAD — A policeman

was killed and dozens of people

were injured Sunday in clashes

between security forces and anti-

government protesters in south-

ern Iraq, multiple security offi-

cials said.

They said the clashes erupted

in Haboubi square in the town of

Nasiriyah in violence that began

over the arrest of activists in the

province. Security forces used

tear gas and batons in an effort to

disperse the protesters who threw

stones and rocks at security

forces. Occasional gunfire could

be heard.

It was not immediately clear

how the policeman was killed

amid conflicting reports. The offi-

cials said at least 18 protesters

were injured and more than 40

among the security forces. They

spoke on condition of anonymity

in line with regulations.

Iraq’s military said in a state-

ment that one policeman was

killed and 33 others were injured

in the violence. It did not provide

further details.

Anti-government protests in

Iraq’s Shiite-dominated south

have continued sporadically even

as protests in Baghdad petered

out with the spread of the corona-

virus and after a deadly govern-

ment crackdown on protesters.

More than 500 protesters were

killed in the crackdown on mass

protests that began in October

2019, when thousands rallied

against corruption, unemploy-

ment, poor public services and

other grievances.

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NATION

first step in that process. It calls on

Pence and Trump’s Cabinet to use

the amendment “to declare what

is obvious to a horrified nation:

That the president is unable to

successfully discharge the duties

and powers of his office.”

So far Pence and other Cabinet

officials have shown little appetite

for forcibly removing Trump.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sun-

day that if the 25th Amendment

resolution didn’t pass Monday in

the brief session of Congress, she

would call the entire House back

into a full session on Tuesday to

vote on the resolution.

The vote would put pressure on

Republicans to make a politically

difficult decision on whether to

back the 25th Amendment remov-

al or to support the president mere

days after the violence in the Capi-

tol.

Pelosi gave Pence an ultima-

tum: He would have 24 hours to

act, after which, “we will proceed

with bringing impeachment legis-

lation to the floor.”

The article of impeachment in-

cludes only one charge: “incite-

ment of insurrection.”

“Donald John Trump engaged

in high crimes and misdemeanors

by willfully inciting violence

against the government of the

United States,” the article reads.

“He threatened the integrity of the

democratic system, interfered

with the peaceful transition of

power, and imperiled a coordinate

branch of government. He there-

by betrayed his trust as president,

to the manifest injury of the people

of the United States.”

Passage of the impeachment

resolution is all but assured on

Tuesday. At least 210 Democrats

have cosponsored the resolution,

just a few votes short of the num-

ber required for passage.

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Monday at the Capitol, House Democrats introduced an article of impeachment against the president.

WASHINGTON — William

Burns, a well-known figure in

diplomatic circles around the

world, is President-elect Joe Bi-

den’s choice to lead the CIA, a se-

lection likely to be embraced by

the rank and file at the nation’s

premier spy agency.

A former ambassador to Russia

and Jordan, Burns, 64, had a 33-

year career at the State Depart-

ment under both Republican and

Democratic presidents. He rose

through the ranks of the diplo-

matic corps to become deputy

secretary of state before retiring

in 2014 to run the Carnegie En-

dowment of International Peace.

If confirmed, he would succeed

Gina Haspel, the first female CIA

director, who guided the agency

under President Donald Trump.

Trump expressed skepticism

about intelligence and frequently

disparaged the assessments of

U.S. spy agencies, especially

about Russia’s interference in the

2016 election to help his cam-

paign.

Burns has never been an Amer-

ican intelligence officer, but he

has worked with many abroad.

“I developed enormous respect

for my colleagues in the CIA,”

Burns said in an online video

statement Monday with Biden. “I

served with them in hard places

around the world. I saw firsthand

the courage and professionalism

that they displayed and the sacri-

fices that their families made.”

Burns called intelligence the

first line of defense for the coun-

try and the basis for making

sound policy decisions. He also

said he would deliver the intelli-

gence to Biden and policymakers

“without a hint of partisanship.”

Burns is perhaps an unconven-

tional choice for the CIA job that

many thought would go to a ca-

reer intelligence officer.

However, he is also deeply ex-

perienced in the kind of cloak-

and-dagger secret contacts that is

a hallmark of the agency and won

plaudits for his analysis and re-

porting abilities while he served

as an American diplomat over-

seas. Burns was the author of

some of the most insightful State

Department cables that were

published by Wikileaks in 2010

and is widely respected through-

out the national security commu-

nity.

Michael Morell, a career intel-

ligence officer and former acting

director of the CIA whose name

was floated to hold the top posi-

tion under Biden, praised the

pick, an indication that Burns

likely will be embraced by the

spy agency’s rank and file.

“I’ve known Bill Burns for dec-

ades. ... His command of the is-

sues, his deep respect for intelli-

gence, and his care for people will

ensure it,” Morell tweeted.

Norman Roule, a 34-year veter-

an of the CIA and an expert on

Iran in the intelligence communi-

ty, concurred: “Bill Burns is

deeply respected for his integrity,

honesty, & commitment to the

workforce,” Roule tweeted. “He

will arrive w great respect for the

IC & its work.”

Amid tumult in the State De-

partment after Trump took office

in 2017, Burns held his tongue un-

til last year when he began writ-

ing highly critical pieces of the

Trump administration’s policies

in Foreign Affairs and other pub-

lications. Burns has been a

staunch advocate of rebuilding

and restructuring the foreign ser-

vice, positions Biden has aligned

himself with.

Biden said in a statement Mon-

day that Burns shares his “pro-

found belief that intelligence

must be apolitical.”

“Ambassador Burns will bring

the knowledge, judgment and

perspective we need to prevent

and confront threats before they

can reach our shores,” Biden

said.

Biden picks veterandiplomat Burns asdirector of the CIA

BY MATTHEW LEE

Associated Press

William Burns

The U.S. is entering the second

month of the biggest vaccination

effort in history with a major ex-

pansion of the campaign, opening

football stadiums, major league

ballparks, fairgrounds and con-

vention centers to inoculate a

larger and more diverse pool of

people.

After a frustratingly slow rol-

lout involving primarily health

care workers and nursing home

residents, states are moving on to

the next phase before the first one

is complete, making shots avail-

able to such groups as senior citi-

zens, teachers, bus drivers, police

officers, firefighters and people

with underlying medical condi-

tions.

“Every shot in the arm is a step

closer to ending this pandemic,”

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitm-

er said.

Similarly, in Britain, where a

new, more contagious variant of

the virus is raging out of control

and deaths are soaring, seven

new large-scale vaccination sites

opened Monday at such places as

the big Excel convention center in

London, a racecourse in Surrey

and a tennis and soccer complex

in Manchester.

Across the U.S., where the out-

break has entered its most lethal

phase yet and the death toll has

climbed to about 375,000, politic-

ians and public health officials

have complained over the past

several days that too many shots

were sitting unused on the

shelves because of overly rigid

adherence to the guidelines that

put health care workers and nurs-

ing home residents at the front of

the line.

As of Monday morning, about

6.7 million Americans had re-

ceived their first shot of the vac-

cine, or just 2% of the U.S. pop-

ulation, according to the Centers

for Disease Control and Preven-

tion. Experts say as much as 85%

of the population will have to be

inoculated to achieve “herd im-

munity” and vanquish the out-

break.

Many states are responding by

throwing open the line to others

and ramping up the pace of vacci-

nations, in some cases offering

them 24-7.

Arizona, with the highest CO-

VID-19 diagnosis rate in the U.S.,

planned to dispense shots begin-

ning Monday in a drive-thru,

round-the-clock operation at the

suburban Phoenix stadium. Shots

are being offered to people 75 and

older, teachers, police and fire-

fighters.

In Texas, Dallas County was

scheduled to open a vaccine

megasite on Monday at the spot

where the Texas State Fair is

held. In Houston, nearly 4,000

people were vaccinated Saturday

at Minute Maid Park.

In California, one of the dead-

liest hot spots in the U.S., author-

ities opened a drive-thru “vacci-

nation superstation” Monday in a

parking lot near a ballpark. The

goal is to inoculate 5,000 health

care workers a day. They will re-

main in their vehicles while they

are given a shot, and will be asked

to stay there for 15 minutes so

they can watch for any reactions.

US ramps up vaccineefforts, get doses out

BY LISA MARIE PANE

Associated Press


WASHINGTON — Despite am-

ple warnings about pro-Trump

demonstrations in Washington,

U.S. Capitol Police did not bolster

staffing on Wednesday and made

no preparations for the possibility

that the planned protests could es-

calate into massive violent riots, ac-

cording to several people briefed

on law enforcement’s response.

The revelations shed new light

on why Capitol Police were so

quickly overrun by rioters. The de-

partment had the same number of

officers in place as on a routine day.

While some of those officers were

outfitted with equipment for a pro-

test, they were not staffed or

equipped for a riot.

Once the mob began to move on

the Capitol, a police lieutenant is-

sued an order not to use deadly

force, which explains why officers

outside the building did not draw

their weapons as the crowd closed

in. Officers are sometimes ordered

against escalating a situation by

drawing their weapons if superiors

believe doing so could lead to a

stampede or a shootout.

In this instance, it also left offi-

cers with little ability to resist the

mob. In one video from the scene,

an officer puts up his fists to try to

push back a crowd pinning him and

his colleagues against a door. The

crowd jeers “You are not Ameri-

can!” and one man tries to prod him

with the tip of an American flag.

“They were left naked,” Rep.

Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said of

the police in an interview with AP.

She had raised security concerns in

a Dec. 28 meeting of House Demo-

crats and grilled Steven Sund, the

Capitol Police chief, during an

hourlong private call on New

Year’s Eve. “It turns out it was the

worst kind of non-security any-

body could ever imagine.”

In an interview with The Wash-

ington Post, Sund said he had asked

House and Senate security officials

ahead of time for permission to re-

quest that the D.C. National Guard

be placed on standby in case he

needed quick backup. But he said

he was turned down.

“If we would have had the Na-

tional Guard we could have held

them at bay longer, until more offi-

cers from our partner agencies

could arrive,” he told the Post. He

said his superiors had been uncom-

fortable with the “optics” of for-

mally declaring an emergency

ahead of Wednesday’s demonstra-

tion.

The Capitol Police’s lackluster

response to the riots, poor planning

and failure to anticipate the seri-

ousness of the threat have drawn

condemnation from lawmakers

and prompted the ouster of the de-

partment’s chief and the Sergeants

at Arms of both the House and Sen-

ate.

As the full extent of the insurrec-

tion becomes clear, the FBI is also

investigating whether some of the

rioters had plans to kidnap mem-

bers of Congress and hold them

hostage.

Investigators are particularly fo-

cused on why some of them were

seen carrying plastic zip-tie hand-

cuffs and had apparently accessed

areas of the Capitol generally diffi-

cult for the public to locate, accord-

ing to an official.

The official was among four offi-

cials briefed on Wednesday’s inci-

dent who spoke to The Associated

Press on the condition of anonymi-

ty because they were not autho-

rized to discuss the ongoing investi-

gation publicly.

Larry Rendell Brock, of Texas,

and Eric Gavelek Munchel, of Ten-

nessee, who both were photo-

graphed with plastic restraints as

they broke into the Capitol, were

arrested by the FBI on Sunday.

Prosecutors said Brock also

donned a green helmet, tactical

vest and camouflage jacket.

Capitol Police had littledefense against rioters

Asociated Press

JOHN MINCHILLO / AP

Police keep a watch on demonstrators Wednesday at the Capitol inWashington. The U.S. Capitol Police had the same number of officersin place as on a routine day.

At least 25 domestic terrorism cases have

been opened after Wednesday’s assault on

the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, a

Democratic lawmaker said, citing Army

Secretary Ryan McCarthy.

Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., released a

summary Sunday of a conversation he had

with McCarthy about security planning for

President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.

“Long guns, Molotov cocktails, explosive

devices, and zip-ties were recovered, which

suggests a greater disaster was narrowly

averted,” said Crow, a former Ranger and

veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Crow was photographed Wednesday

gripping the arm of Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa.,

as lawmakers took cover between rows of

seats in the House chamber.

Earlier on Sunday, Washington, D.C.,

Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, asked

the Department of Homeland Security for

enhanced security ahead of Biden’s inaugu-

ration ceremony following last week’s at-

tack.

“The 59th Presidential Inauguration on

January 20 will require a very different ap-

proach than previous inaugurations given

the chaos, injury, and death experienced at

the United States Capitol during the insur-

rection,” Bowser wrote in a letter to Acting

DHS Secretary Chad Wolf posted to Bows-

er’s Twitter account.

A mob of pro-Trump extremists over-

whelmed the U.S. Capitol Police force Jan.

6, storming into the Capitol and forcing their

way into the House and Senate chambers

and lawmakers’ offices. The failure to pro-

tect the seat of American democracy was

unparalleled in modern times.

Crow said law enforcement and the De-

partment of Defense had prepared for

small-bore violence, such as stabbings and

fist fights, similar to those at past rallies, as

well as much smaller numbers of participa-

nts.

Bowser is asking that the FBI provide dai-

ly intelligence briefings to the agencies and

officers responsible for securing the event,

and that the National Park Service cancel all

public gathering permits from Monday

through Jan. 24, and not issue new ones.

Crow, after his discussion with McCarthy,

said he was concerned about reports that ac-

tive duty and reserve members of the mil-

itary may have participated in the Jan. 6 at-

tack.

He asked McCarthy to have Army investi-

gators review personnel who will be provid-

ing security to the inauguration to ensure

they aren’t “sympathetic to domestic ter-

rorists.” Crow said that McCarthy agreed to

take additional measures.

At least 25 domestic terrorism cases opened after Capitol attackBY DANIEL FLATLEY

Bloomberg

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NATION

FORT WORTH, Texas — Re-

tired Air Force Lt. Col. Larry

Brock Jr. of Texas, who prosecu-

tors said participated last week in

the violent intrusion at the U.S.

Capitol, was charged in federal

court on Sunday.

Brock, a 53 from Grapevine,

was arrested by the FBI in Texas

and charged in U.S. District Court

with knowingly entering a re-

stricted building without lawful

authority and violent entry and

disorderly conduct on Capitol

grounds.

The case, like others involving

people who are alleged to have

stormed the Capitol, is being

prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s

Office for the District of Colum-

bia.

Brock told The New Yorker

that the presidential election in

November, in which the Air Force

veteran’s preferred candidate,

President Donald Trump, lost,

was fraudulent, a position that is

not supported by evidence.

Brock entered the U.S. Capitol

and wore a green helmet and tac-

tical vest, black and camouflage

jacket and beige pants, according

to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He

carried flex handcuffs used in law

enforcement.

Brock was photographed carry-

ing the flex handcuffs, which he

told The New Yorker he had

found on the ground and did not

intend to use.

A spokesperson for Hillwood

Airways, a private charter airline

that operates from Fort Worth’s

Alliance Airport, said on Saturday

that Brock is no longer affiliated

or associated with the company.

The company told the Dallas

Morning News it was aware of

photos of Brock’s involvement in

the Capitol mob, but company

policy is not to disclose why some-

one is no longer employed. It’s un-

clear how long Brock worked for

the airline.

In The New Yorker interview,

published on Saturday, Brock,

who wore tactical gear and a hel-

met during the riot, said that he

went to Washington to demon-

strate peacefully. “The president

asked for his supporters to be

there to attend, and I felt like it

was important, because of how

much I love this country, to ac-

tually be there,” he said.

When he arrived at the Capitol,

Brock said that he assumed he

was welcome to enter the build-

ing, the article reported.

Brock told The New Yorker he

stopped short of entering U.S.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s office suite.

In ITV News video, Brock ap-

pears to emerge from the suite,

the article reported. Brock said

that he wore tactical gear because

he did not want to be injured and

cited Black Lives Matter and An-

tifa “as potential aggressors.” The

FBI has said there is no evidence

Antifa was involved in the riot.

Brock graduated from the U.S.

Air Force Academy in 1989. He

told The New Yorker that he

served in Afghanistan and in Iraq.

WIN MCNAMEE / TNS

Protesters enter the Senate Chamber on Jan. 6, in Washington, D.C. Air Force veteran Larry Brock Jr. toldThe New Yorker that this image shows him in the top left.

Air Force veteran was on Senatefloor wearing helmet during riot

BY EMERSON CLARRIDGE

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

WASHINGTON — Multiple veterans and

service members are being investigated for

their roles in the mob takeover of the U.S.

Capitol building Wednesday, and at least

two national veterans organizations want to

ensure they’re not on their membership

lists.

Disabled American Veterans, which has

1million members nationwide, condemned

the riots Saturday and announced its intent

to remove any members found guilty in the

attack. Supporters of President Donald

Trump stormed the Capitol, resulting in

five deaths.

“[W]e are saddened that any veteran

would desecrate our nation’s capital and

will take immediate action to initiate the re-

moval of any DAV member found guilty of

committing illegal acts against our nation,”

said Butch Whitehead, national commander

of DAV. “Such behavior is a disgrace to our

national values and must not be tolerated.”

AMVETS, which has 250,000 members,

decided to do the same. Any member who

engaged in violence at the Capitol on

Wednesday will be expelled from the orga-

nization by their local post, said Joe Chenel-

ly, executive director of AMVETS.

So far, neither group has identified mem-

bers who were part of the attacks.

Each time they hear of a veteran identi-

fied as a participant in the riots, DAV lead-

ers run their names through the member-

ship database.

“No matches yet, and we hope it stays that

way,” said Todd Hunter, assistant national

communications director for the group.

The Justice Department announced Sun-

day the arrest of Larry Rendall Brock Jr., an

Air Force veteran seen wearing a helmet

and tactical vest and brandishing zip tie

handcuffs. He was arrested in Texas and

charged with knowingly entering a restrict-

ed building without lawful authority.

Capt. Emily Rainey, a psychological op-

erations officer based out of Fort Bragg,

N.C., led a group to the rally in Washington.

While Army Capt. John Strickland, a

spokesman for 1st Special Forces Com-

mand, said the Army had not launched a

formal investigation into her participation,

her commanders were conducting a “fact-

finding mission” to determine if rules had

been violated.

Two people who died in the attack were

identified as veterans. Ashli Babbitt, an Air

Force veteran who participated in the riots,

was shot and killed in the Capitol.

A Capitol Police officer, Brian Sicknick,

died from injuries sustained while respon-

ding to the attack. Sicknick was an Air Na-

tional Guard veteran with multiple over-

seas deployments.

Vet groups plan to purge members guilty in Capitol attackBY NIKKI WENTLING

Stars and Stripes

[email protected]: @nikkiwentling

An Army captain who faces

scrutiny from military leaders for

her attendance Wednesday at

President Donald Trump’s rally

just before a deadly riot at the U.S.

Capitol was al-

ready in the

process of leav-

ing the service,

an Army spokes-

man said Mon-

day.

Capt. Emily

Rainey, a psy-

chological oper-

ations officer stationed at Fort

Bragg, N.C., resigned her com-

mission last year after a run-in

with local law enforcement,

though she remains on active-duty

awaiting her discharge, said Army

Capt. John Strickland, a spokes-

man for 1st Special Forces Com-

mand. That command oversees

Rainey’s unit, the 4th Psycholog-

ical Operations Group, a special

operation units tasked with influ-

encing the acts and decision-mak-

ing of U.S. adversaries.

“She had applied to leave the

Army several months ago,”

Strickland said.

Rainey, 30, told The Associated

Press on Sunday that she had led a

group from North Carolina to at-

tend the rally to “stand against

election fraud” after Trump en-

couraged his followers to visit the

national capital to protest as Con-

gress voted to certify the election

victory of President-elect Joe Bi-

den.

She said she had not participa-

ted in the subsequent violence at

the Capitol and she did not enter

the building. She also insisted she

had not violated Army regula-

tions.

“I was a private citizen and do-

ing everything right and within

my rights,” Rainey told the AP.

Strickland said the Army had

not launched a formal investiga-

tion into her participation in the

rally, but her commanders were

conducting a “fact-finding mis-

sion” to determine whether rules

had been violated.

Army officials said Monday that

the service was working to deter-

mine whether any of its personnel

had participated in the violent

siege, which briefly delayed Con-

gress’ certification of Biden’s win.

Strickland said 1st Special Forces

Command had not seen any evi-

dence to indicate any of its sol-

diers were involved in the violent

clash at the Capitol.

In May, Rainey was charged

with injury to personal property

by police in Southern Pines, N.C.,

after she posted video to social

media showing her pulling down

caution tape meant to keep chil-

dren off a playground that was

closed under state coronavirus re-

strictions.

After that incident, the Army

took unspecified adverse adminis-

trative actions against Rainey,

Strickland said. He declined to say

what punishment Rainey faced.

Rainey has not been charged

with any crime related to the inci-

dent last week.

Lawmakers on Monday urged

the Pentagon to prosecute any ser-

vice members who participated in

the attack on the Capitol.

Officer at rallywas in processof leaving Army

BY COREY DICKSTEIN

Stars and Stripes

[email protected] Twitter: @CDicksteinDC

Rainey


WASHINGTON — Under bat-

tle flags bearing Donald Trump’s

name, the Capitol’s attackers

pinned a bloodied police officer in

a doorway, his twisted face and

screams captured on video. They

mortally wounded another officer

with a blunt weapon and body-

slammed a third over a railing in-

to the crowd.

“Hang Mike Pence!” the insur-

rectionists chanted as they

pressed inside, beating police

with pipes. They demanded

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s

whereabouts, too. They hunted

any and all lawmakers: “Where

are they?” Outside, makeshift gal-

lows stood, complete with sturdy

wooden steps and the noose. Guns

and pipe bombs had been stashed

in the vicinity.

Only days later is the extent of

the danger from one of the dar-

kest episodes in American de-

mocracy coming into focus. The

sinister nature of the assault has

become evident, betraying the

crowd as a force determined to

occupy the inner sanctums of

Congress and run down leaders —

Trump’s vice president and the

Democratic House speaker

among them.

This was not just a collection of

Trump supporters with MAGA

bling caught up in a wave.

That revelation came in real

time to Rep. Jim McGovern, D-

Mass., who briefly took over pro-

ceedings in the House chamber as

the mob closed in Wednesday and

Pelosi was spirited to safer quar-

ters moments before everything

went haywire.

“I saw this crowd of people

banging on that glass screaming,”

McGovern told The Associated

Press on Sunday. “Looking at

their faces, it occurred to me,

these aren’t protesters. These are

people who want to do harm.”

“What I saw in front of me,” he

said, “was basically home-grown

fascism, out of control.”

The staging

The mob got stirring encour-

agement from Trump and more

explicit marching orders from the

president’s men.

“Fight like hell,” Trump ex-

horted his partisans at the staging

rally. “Let’s have trial by com-

bat,” implored his lawyer, Rudy

Giuliani, whose attempt to throw

out election results in trial by

courtroom failed. It’s time to

“start taking down names and

kicking ass,” said Republican

Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama.

Until a little after 2 p.m., Senate

Majority Leader Mitch McCon-

nell was at the helm for the final

minutes of decorum in partner-

ship with Pence, who was serving

his ceremonial role presiding

over the process.

Both men had backed Trump’s

agenda and excused or ignored

his provocations for four years,

but now had no mechanism or will

to subvert the election won by Bi-

den. That placed them high

among the insurrectionists’ tar-

gets, no different in the minds of

the mob from the “socialists.”

The FBI is investigating wheth-

er some of the attackers intended

to kidnap members of Congress

and hold them hostage. Author-

ities are particularly focused on

why some in the mob were seen

carrying plastic zip-tie handcuffs

and had apparently accessed ar-

eas of the Capitol generally diffi-

cult for the public to locate.

The assault

Thousands had swarmed the

Capitol. They charged into police

and metal barricades outside the

building, shoving and hitting offi-

cers in their way. The assault

quickly pushed through the vastly

outnumbered police line.

In the melee outside a man

threw a fire extinguisher at the

helmeted head of a police officer.

Then he picked up a bullhorn and

threw it at officers, too.

The identity of the officer could

not immediately be confirmed.

But Capitol Police officer Brian

Sicknick, who was wounded in the

chaos, died the next night; offi-

cials say he had been hit in the

head with a fire extinguisher.

Shortly after 2 p.m., Capitol Po-

lice sent an alert telling workers

in a House office building to head

to underground transportation

tunnels that criss-cross the com-

plex. Minutes later, Pence was

taken from the Senate chamber to

a secret location and police an-

nounced the lockdown of the Cap-

itol.

At 2:15 p.m., the Senate re-

cessed its Electoral College de-

bate.

At 2:44 p.m., as lawmakers in-

side the House chamber prepared

to be evacuated, a gunshot was

heard from right outside, in the

Speaker’s Lobby on the other side

of the barricaded doors. That’s

when Ashli Babbit, wearing a

Trump flag like a cape, was shot

to death on camera.

The Air Force veteran from

California had climbed through a

broken window into the Speaker’s

Lobby before a police officer’s

gunshot felled her.

Within about 10 minutes of the

shooting, House lawmakers and

staff members had been taken

from the chamber and gallery to a

secure room. The mob broke into

Pelosi’s offices while members of

her staff hid in one of the rooms of

her suite.

On the Senate side, Capitol Po-

lice had circled the chamber and

ordered all staff and reporters

and any nearby senators into the

chamber and locked it down.

Authorities then ordered an

evacuation and rushed everyone

inside to a secure location, the

Senate parliamentary staff scoop-

ing up the boxes holding the Elec-

toral Collage certificates.

At about 5:30 p.m., once the Na-

tional Guard had arrived to sup-

plement the overwhelmed Capitol

Police force, a full-on effort began

to get the attackers out.

At 7:23 p.m., officials an-

nounced that people hunkered

down in two nearby congressional

office buildings could leave “if

anyone must.”

Within the hour, the Senate had

resumed its work and the House

followed, returning the People’s

House to the control of the peo-

ple’s representatives. Lawmakers

affirmed Biden’s election victory

early the next morning, shell-

shocked by the catastrophic fail-

ure of security.

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The evidence gives lie to claims

by right-wing pundits and Repub-

lican officials such as Rep. Matt

Gaetz, R-Fla., that the violence was

perpetrated by left-wing antifa

thugs rather than supporters of the

president.

“If the reports are true,” Gaetz

said on the House floor just hours

after the attack, “some of the peo-

ple who breached the Capitol today

were not Trump supporters. They

were masquerading as Trump sup-

porters and, in fact, were members

of the violent terrorist group anti-

fa.”

Steven D’Antuono, the assistant

director in charge of the FBI’s

Washington field office, told re-

porters that investigators had seen

“no indication” antifa activists

were disguised as Trump support-

ers in Wednesday’s riot.

The AP found that many of the

rioters had taken to social media af-

ter the November election to ret-

weet and parrot false claims by

Trump that the vote had been sto-

len in a vast international conspir-

acy. Several had openly threatened

violence against Democrats and

Republicans they considered in-

sufficiently loyal to the president.

During the riot, some livestreamed

and posted photos of themselves at

the Capitol. Afterwards, many

bragged about what they had done.

At least 90 people have been ar-

rested on charges ranging from

misdemeanor curfew violations to

felonies related to assaults on po-

lice officers, possessing illegal

weapons and making death threats

against House Speaker Nancy Pe-

losi, D-Calif.

Among them was Lonnie Leroy

Coffman, 70, an Alabama grandfa-

ther who drove to Washington to at-

tend Trump’s “Save America Ral-

ly” in a red GMC Sierra pickup

packed with an M4 assault rifle,

multiple loaded magazines, three

handguns and 11 Mason jars filled

with homemade napalm, accord-

ing to court filings. He was arrested

carrying a 9mm Smith & Wesson

handgun and a .22-caliber derrin-

ger pistol in his pockets.

Also facing federal charges is

Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr., a

Georgia man who in the wake of the

election had protested outside the

home of Republican Gov. Brian

Kemp, whom Trump had publicly

blamed for his loss in the state. Me-

redith drove to Washington last

week for the “Save America” rally

but arrived late because of a prob-

lem with the lights on his trailer, ac-

cording to court filings that include

expletive-laden texts.

A participant in the text ex-

change provided screenshots to

the FBI, who tracked Meredith to a

Holiday Inn a short walk from the

Capitol. They found a compact Ta-

vor X95 assault rifle, a 9mm Glock

19 handgun and about 100 rounds of

ammunition, according to court fil-

ings. The agents also seized a stash

of THC edibles and a vial of injecta-

ble testosterone.

Meredith is charged with trans-

mitting a threat, as well as felony

counts for possession of firearms

and ammunition.

Federal law enforcement offi-

cials vowed Friday to bring addi-

tional charges against those who

carried out the attack on the Capi-

tol, launching a nationwide man-

hunt for dozens of suspects identi-

fied from photographic evidence.

The FBI has opened a murder

probe into the death of Capitol Po-

lice Officer Brian D. Sicknick, who

was hit in the head with a fire extin-

guisher, according to law enforce-

ment officials who spoke on the

condition of anonymity because

they were not authorized to discuss

the ongoing investigation publicly.

The Trump supporters who died

in the riot were Kevin D. Greeson,

55, of Athens, Ala.; Benjamin Phi-

lips, 50, of Ringtown, Pa.; Ashli

Babbitt, 35, of San Diego; and Ro-

sanne Boyland, 34, of Kennesaw,

Ga.

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A winter storm has brought

snow to parts of the U.S. South,

moving into Alabama and Tennes-

see on Monday after blowing

across Texas, Louisiana and Mis-

sissippi the day before. The blan-

ket of white falling across the re-

gion forced some school and gov-

ernment office closures, and fos-

tered some play time for adults

and children cooped up in the pan-

demic.

As many as 6 inches of snow fell

across parts of southern Texas,

the National Weather Service in

Houston reported Sunday night.

The snow contributed to slick

roads and power outages, but

some families took time to enjoy

the weather in areas like Austin

and College Station.

The system moved into Louisia-

na and Mississippi during the

nighttime hours, with Louisiana

State Police warning people in an

online video to stay off the roads if

possible.

By Monday morning, a light

dusting covered grassy and ele-

vated surfaces across northern

Alabama and southern Tennes-

see.

Snowfall totals of about 4 inches

were expected for areas between

Center, Texas, and Natchitoches,

La., KSLA-TV reported. State gov-

ernment offices in 29 parishes will

be closed Monday — including in

Caddo Parish, where Shreveport

is located — according to The Ad-

vocate.

More than 100,000 customers in

Texas and over 45,000 customers

in Louisiana were without power

early Monday morning, according

to poweroutage.us, a utility track-

ing website.

Several school districts were

closed, delayed or scheduled for

only virtual learning in Mississip-

pi and southern Arkansas, news

outlets reported.

The National Weather Service

in Jackson said 2 to 4 inches of

snow were expected for areas in-

cluding Vicksburg and Yazoo

City, with locally heavier amounts

possible.

Communities further south in

Louisiana, Mississippi and Alaba-

ma missed the snow, but got rain

or sleet.

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Disc golfers make their way through the snow that dropped at least five inches of snow at their tournamentin Cameron Park, on Sunday, in Waco, Texas.

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Snow and ice cover new automobiles, Sunday, in Jackson, Miss.

SAN FRANCISCO — At CES, the tech in-

dustry’s biggest showcase, COVID-19 has

inspired new products to power extreme

digital living. Here comes a big WiFi up-

date, smart masks and even robot comfort

cats.

The pandemic has also forced the event

online. Instead of gathering 171,268 geeks in

Las Vegas for a week of gadget demos,

schmoozing and hiking conference halls,

CES this year is all virtual, featuring thou-

sands of competing Zoom streams at all

times of day and night. We warmed up our

webcams and watched hours of product

presentations so you don’t have to.

Sure, the news may be focused on fight-

ing a killer virus and America’s constitu-

tional crisis. But in a way, consumer tech

has never been more relevant. Hear us out:

Sales for the U.S. tech industry hit historic

highs in 2020 according to the NPD Group,

rising 17% because so many people were

buying notebooks, tablets, headphones, TVs

and smartwatches.

The pandemic has given millions of

Americans a new online normal that would

have sounded far-fetched just two years

ago. Now many of us go to work, school, doc-

tor’s visits, yoga classes, parties, weddings

and even funerals in front of cameras and

screens. A quarter of Americans are track-

ing vitals on smartwatches and fitness

trackers. A good WiFi connection has be-

come nearly as important as electricity.

Samsung’s CES keynote presentation, a

half-hour video, calls its focus a “Better

Normal for All.” The best products of CES

2021 are trying to figure out how to make

digital living work better.

But make no mistake, this CES has still

been chock full of weird, pointless or just

plain bad ideas — more than ever, given

that companies didn’t actually have to show

working prototypes in face-to-face demon-

strations.

Here are our finds for the best, most in-

triguing and weirdest products of CES 2021.

BioButton: A sticker to detect COVID-19

symptoms

Reopening society could get some help

from a disposable wireless device that

promises to turn vital signs into a warning

about COVID-19 symptoms.

The BioButton, about the size of a silver

dollar, sticks to your upper chest with a

medical adhesive and uses sensors to con-

tinuously track your skin temperature, re-

spiratory rate, heart rate, activity level and

sleep. Maker BioIntelliSense says after a

few days, a BioButton can collect enough

data to help identify if you have symptoms

of possible COVID-19 infection — even if

you don’t notice you’re sick.

At CES, BioIntelliSense announced a col-

laboration with the American College of

Cardiology, which will offer the BioButton

as a COVID screening option to its mem-

bers attending its annual meeting in May.

UC Health in Colorado is also using BioBut-

tons to monitor health care workers who re-

ceive coronavirus vaccines. BioIntelliSense

hopes the tech could also be used to make

vacation destinations, cruises and even

workplaces safer.

There have also been efforts to detect cor-

onavirus symptoms with consumer weara-

bles like Fitbits and Oura Rings, but they’re

still being studied by researchers. The Bio-

Button has already been cleared by the

Food and Drug Administration to collect vi-

tal signs at home, and BioIntelliSense says

an earlier version of its device using the

same sensors proved to be as accurate as

devices used in hospitals at measuring

heart rate, temperature and respiration.

$1 per day for up to 60 days of continuous

monitoring, though pricing will vary by pro-

gram sponsor

Petit Qoobo: A furry robot that will make

you feel less alone

Gadgets can be a reflection of our times.

That includes products to help us counter

crippling anxiety.

The Petit Qoobo is like a cat, without a

head or legs or fleas or a soul. It is a round

fuzzy ball with a stubby moving tail. It has a

bit of weight to it, so it feels like a real pet

resting peacefully in your lap while you

watch cable news. And its tail swishes auto-

matically in 80 different movements when

it hears the sound of your voice or when you

pet it.

Available in four realistic shades of faux-

fur, the Petit Qoobo is designed to be “remi-

niscent of skittish, young animals,” says its

Japanese maker Yukai Engineering.

They’ve even given it a faint heartbeat

sound you can hear and feel when you snug-

gle it. The company believes the Qoobo pro-

vides its owners with comfort — something

everyone could probably use a bit more of

going into 2021.

$110, available in Japan with plans to ex-

pand.

WiFi 6E: Help for home network conges-

tion

CES is ushering in one of the biggest

changes to wireless network tech in years.

Called WiFi 6E, it’s technically a new indus-

try standard for routers and wireless gad-

gets like phones and laptops. For all your

apps and devices that want to stream data,

it’s the equivalent of adding a whole new

lane to your home’s information superhigh-

way.

How does that work? 6E routers and de-

vices can access a new wireless spectrum

that was previously off-limits to WiFi. If

you’ve messed around with routers over the

years, you might know first came the 2.4

GHz radio, then came dual-band routers

that also tapped into 5 GHz (which can car-

ry more data). WiFi 6E adds a third: 6 GHz.

This new band isn’t actually much faster,

but it’s far less crowded from neighbors and

other devices — meaning your connection

should be more reliable.

“I think it’s huge,” says Netgear’s vice

president of product management Sandeep

Harpalani. “It’s solving this issue you have

today of the huge number of devices in the

home.”

One downside: 6 GHz signals also can’t

travel as far through your house, but they’ll

be extremely helpful when devices are clos-

er together.

To take advantage of WiFi 6E, you’ll need

to buy a new router — look for the E, not just

the 6 — as well as devices that support it.

That also means, at least for a while, the 6

GHz band will be mostly used by the de-

vices that really need all that bandwidth,

like 8K televisions and new laptops.

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AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Man pleads guilty toassaulting mail carrier

VA RICHMOND — Feder-al prosecutors said aVirginia man has pleaded guilty to

assaulting a U.S. Postal Service

carrier in Richmond.

Court documents say that the

assault happened on June 5, 2020.

According to a news release from

federal prosecutors, Erriette Wil-

liams, 45, approached a carrier

delivering mail in a neighborhood

north of downtown. Williams

grabbed a key from the carrier

and dared him to take the key

back, then punched him in the

face. The key was for a parcel

locker. Authorities say the assault

was captured on video.

The mail carrier had lacera-

tions on his face and required

medical attention, according to

the news release.

Williams is scheduled to be sen-

tenced on May 7. He faces a maxi-

mum penalty of 20 years in pris-

on.

Man charged with 18thdrunken driving offense

WI GREEN BAY — A 73-year-old Green Bayman has been charged with his

18th drunken driving offense, af-

ter a crash Friday that took out

power lines and caused an outage.

Wallace Bowers had 17 prior

operating while intoxicated con-

victions between 1988 and 2011,

but he had a valid license at the

time of Friday’s crash.

WLUK-TV reported that Wis-

consin law now requires driver’s

licenses to be revoked after a 4th

OWI conviction, if the most recent

conviction was within 15 years.

But Bowers’ last conviction was in

2011, before the new law went into

effect in 2018.

“I’ve been sober since the 2011

(incident), that last DWI, and I

blame the medications I have to

be on (they) can interfere with the

few drinks I did have,” Bowers

told Court Commissioner Cynthia

Vopal during an initial court ap-

pearance.

Witness fired upon bygroup stripping car in lot

PA BETHLEHEM — Po-lice said a witness whoapparently surprised a group of

men stripping a car in an eastern

Pennsylvania parking lot was

fired upon by the fleeing suspects.

Bethlehem Township police

said four men drove into the lot

shortly after 2:30 a.m. Thursday

in two cars, one of which had been

reported stolen in Philipsburg,

N.J., about an hour ear6lier. Po-

lice said the men started to strip

that car of its rims and parts, tak-

ing tools from another car in the

lot that had been reported stolen

in Allentown.

Police said the four were star-

tled by a witness and started to

flee in the other car in which they

had arrived. But before the car

entered Nazareth Pike to flee

south, one man leaned out of the

window and fired four rounds at

the witness. The car went further

south and then a passenger fired

at least 13 more rounds.

Police said they are working

with investigators in Lehigh

County to find out whether the in-

cident is connected to a similar

crime the day after Christmas in

Whitehall Township

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