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EL CAJON PHOTOGRAPHER FOUND GUILTY IN CAPITOL BREACH: FREELANCER SOLD PHOTOS TO ECM IN 2020

By Miriam Raftery

Photo via U.S. Department of Justice: Erik Herrera in Senate Parliamentarian’s office

August 29, 2022 (El Cajon) – Erik Herrera, 34, of El Cajon has been found guilty of felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection. News of his arrest and trial came as a shock to this editor, who had hired Herrera for freelance photography work locally just months before.


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JUDGE FINDS TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN 2020 ELECTION WAS LIKELY A FELONY

By Brett Wilkins, staff writer, Common Dreams

Reprinted under a Creative Commons license from Common Dreams

Photo:  Former President Donald Trump’s speech shortly before the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.  Public domain image from Voice of America via Wikipedia

March 28, 2022 (Washington, D.C.) - A U.S. federal judge on Monday found that former President Donald Trump and legal adviser John Eastman probably committed felony obstruction in their efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.


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