
DOJ plans for Secret Service testimony about Pence at first scheduled Capitol riot trial
CNN
The Justice Department plans to call a US Secret Service official to testify at the first scheduled trial against a US Capitol riot defendant this fall, according to a new court filing.
The disclosure came in the case of Guy Reffitt, a father from Texas who is accused of obstructing Congress' certification of the 2020 election. He is scheduled to go to trial in mid-November in the first test before a jury among the more than 600 live Capitol riot cases.
Witness testimony from the Secret Service has the potential to be a major moment highlighting the peril for American elected officials during the insurrection -- including former Vice President Mike Pence.

Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he targeted US political parties because they were ‘in charge,’ memo says
The man accused of placing two pipe bombs in Washington, DC, on the eve of the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol told investigators after his arrest that he believed someone needed to “speak up” for people who believed the 2020 election was stolen and that he wanted to target the country’s political parties because they were “in charge,” prosecutors said Sunday.












