
During an interview with two FBI agents in Utah, Epps’s son—James Ray Epps Jr., 38—said the sobering talk from his father came as the trio was preparing to head to the Ellipse to hear President Donald Trump speak on Jan. 6, 2021. “’There’s gonna be a lot of people there. And there’s going to be…

It was a long walk, but the trek seemed to pass in the blink of an eye. Coffee saw scores of people looking at him intently with friendly expressions. Some made eye contact and seemed to beckon him. Paper scraps fell from above as he walked, twirling in the stiff breeze like ticker-tape confetti. He…

Minutes after being jostled awake, Caldwell found himself outside in the freezing cold in his undershorts and a T-shirt. In handcuffs attached to a belly chain, he then was dragged across the lawn by FBI agents and thrown onto the hood of a government sedan. Caldwell looked back at the porch of his farmhouse and…

After repeatedly striking White in the head, the officer in white holstered his baton. Then he made a fist with his bare left hand and punched White in the face. “Oh, no-no-no! Please! Please don’t beat her!” someone shouted, to no effect. After three full-force knuckle shots to White’s head, the officer in white paused.…