BREAKING: North Carolina Prosecutor announces that police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. “was justified.” District attorney: the three officers “reasonably believed” that using deadly force was justified. Says the officers did not fire their weapons until Brown started driving directly at officers. ahttps://www.cnn.com/2021/05/18/us/andrew-brown-jr-press-conference/index.html

Army reservist Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, of New Jersey was allegedly described by an informant as "an avowed White supremacist and Nazi sympathizer” and heard encouraging members of the mob to "advance" through the Capitol.
cnn.com/2021/01/17/pol… Authorities identified Emily Hernandez, of Missouri, as the woman who allegedly stole the name plate affixed outside Nancy Pelosi's office. In photos included in court records, she is the woman seen smiling as she brandishes the jagged wooden fragment. cnn.com/2021/01/17/pol…

BREAKING: The Manhattan DA's office has expanded its criminal investigation into the Trump Organization’s finances to include the family’s compound in Westchester County, according to lawyers and people familiar with the investigation. Per @KaraScannell @KaraScannell Prosecutors’ interest in the 212-acre property called Seven Springs is a significant widening of an investigation that began more than a year ago. It also draws closer to Eric Trump, who was directly involved in discussions about the property, according to court filings.

NEW: As DC cop Michael Fanone was being stripped of his gear — rioters stole ammunition, his police radio & even his badge — he heard something chilling: "Some guys started getting a hold of my gun and they were screaming out, 'Kill him with his own gun." cnn.com/2021/01/14/pol… Officer Daniel Hodges, seen in viral video being smashed in a door: "There's a guy ripping my mask off, he was able to rip away the baton and beat me with it. He was practically foaming at the mouth...these people were true believers in the worst way." cnn.com/2021/01/14/pol…

NEW: Federal investigators are pursuing signs U.S. Capitol riot was planned, a federal law enforcement official tells @evanperez @evanperez Evidence uncovered so far, including weapons and tactics seen on surveillance video, suggests a level of planning that has led investigators to believe the attack was not just a protest that spiraled out of control, the official tells @CNN

NEW: Two Capitol Police officers have been suspended and another individual has been arrested for their alleged role in last week's riot, said Rep. Tim Ryan, chair of the House subcommittee investigating the Capitol police’s response to the insurrection last week. 1/ Of the two people suspended, Ryan said one seen taking a selfie with rioters & another "was an officer that put a MAGA hat on that started directing some people around."

He had less clarity about the person arrested.

BREAKING: The man photographed sitting at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk has been arrested & charged with three federal crimes. Richard Barnett, of Arkansas, was taken into custody Friday morning in Little Rock, federal authorities in Washington DC announced. Per @KaraScannell Barnett is charged with knowingly entering and remaining in restricted building ground without authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and the theft of public property, officials said.

NEW: The LA County EMS has directed ambulance crews not to transport patients with little chance of survival to hospitals, and to conserve the use of oxygen. Per ⁦@alexandrameeks⁩ If there are no signs of breathing or a pulse, EMS will continue to perform resuscitation for at least 20 minutes, the memo said. If the patient is stabilized after the period of resuscitation, the patient would be transported to a hospital. cnn.com/world/live-new…

NEW: In upcoming book, Michael Cohen writes Donald Trump's disdain for Obama was so extreme he hired a "Faux-Bama" to participate in a video in which he "ritualistically belittled the first black president and then fired him." He includes this photo: cnn.com/2020/09/05/pol… In 2015, after Trump called Mexicans criminals & rapists, he dismissed concerns he’d alienated Latinos. "Plus, I will never get the Hispanic vote," Trump allegedly told Cohen. "Like the blacks, they're too stupid to vote for Trump. They're not my people." cnn.com/2020/09/05/pol…