Veteran who stormed the Capitol tried to join Russian Army, feds say
Army veteran Kevin Loftus was sentenced to six months in prison for violating the terms of his probation for storming the U.S. Capitol four years ago.
Extremism & Disinformation
Trump says he’ll begin Jan. 6 pardons ‘the first hour’ in office
Trump said he would look at each individual case, rather than issue a blanket pardon for all Jan. 6 defendants.
Pentagon-funded study on extremism in the military relied on old data
As a result, the report grossly undercounted the number of military and veterans arrested for the Jan. 6 attack, The Associated found in an investigation.
Advocates fear dismantling of DOD’s extremism prevention, DEI programs
Trump’s choice for defense secretary said DEI programs eroded the military's values and described anti-extremism policies as a "purge."
Veteran who killed Iraqi civilian sentenced to prison for Capitol riot
Edward Richmond Jr. attacked police officers with a metal baton during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Veterans involved in Jan. 6 riot expect Trump to keep pardon promise
Some Jan. 6 defendants, including veterans, are asking the courts to delay their cases as they wait for President-Elect Trump to grant them pardons.
States put National Guard on standby in case of election violence
The governors of three states said they’re prepared to use the National Guard to help with potential civil unrest on Election Day or the days after.
Rival nations try to ‘divide, degrade, deceive’ US voters, experts say
Foreign actors, like Russia and Iran, have been trying to convince American voters that the process is too corrupt to participate in, experts say.
Recruiting vets to work polls boosts election trust, study finds
When veterans and military families work the polls, voters feel more confident that elections are fair, safe and accurate, the study found.
Conspiracies, calls for violence spike online ahead of Election Day
Posts about election denialism, the false belief that elections are unfair and could be “stolen,†increased by 317% on Telegram and 105% on Gab in October.
Veterans urge Americans against political violence ahead of election
The Committee for Safe and Secure Elections created the PSA in response to increased threats against election officials leading up to November.
Watchdog sues for info about Army labeling nonprofits as terror groups
The conservative group claimed the training was made with ill-intent and wasn’t merely a blunder, as the Army has perviously said.
His country trained him to fight. Then he turned against it.
The U.S. military trained him in explosives and battlefield tactics. Now the Iraq War veteran was calling for taking up arms against his own country.
Vet the Vote recruits nearly 160,000 veterans as election workers
About one out of every 10 election workers in November will be a veteran or a family member of a veteran, according to the nonprofit We the Veterans.
Iran-linked website targets vets with disinformation, think tank warns
The website is attempting to stir up antidemocratic sentiments among veteran voters ahead of the November presidential election, the group warned.
There’s too much ‘gray area’ in Army extremism policies, lawmakers say
The Army's rules, released in June, are too ambiguous to solve the problem of extremism in the ranks, lawmakers argued.
Oops! Army training mislabeled nonprofits as terror groups for years
Thousands of soldiers received training that incorrectly labeled animal rights and anti-abortion nonprofits as terrorist groups.
