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Jeff Mordock

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Jeff Mordock is the White House reporter for The Washington Times. A native of Newtown, Pennsylvania, he previously worked for Gannett and has won awards from both the Delaware Press Association and the Maryland Delaware D.C. Press Association. He is a graduate of George Washington University and can be reached at jmordock@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Jeff Mordock

Trump supporters gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Social media offer to pardon Capitol rioters is fake: DOJ

The Justice Department late Saturday issued a warning about a fake social media post purportedly from a top department official offering presidential pardons to anyone who participated in the violent riot at the U.S. Capitol.

January 10, 2021
U.S. Capitol Police officers push back demonstrators who were trying to break into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

U.S. Capitol Police face day of reckoning

Lawmakers last week targeted the U.S. Capitol Police for a shake-up after its officers failed to fend off violent pro-Trump protesters who laid siege to the building, resulting in the deaths of at least five people.

January 10, 2021
U.S. Capitol Police hold protesters on the floor at gun-point as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Law enforcement breaks with Trump after officer’s death

Retired police officer Paul Beakman Jr. enthusiastically voted for President Trump in November after being moved to tears by the outpouring of respect and support he felt for law enforcement at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania this summer.

January 8, 2021
U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick died on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, due to injuries sustained the day before while on duty at the pro-Trump protest that turned violent during a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 presidential election. (Image courtesy of U.S. Capitol Police)

Brian Sicknick, Capitol police officer, dies after Capitol violence

A U.S. Capitol Police officer died Thursday after sustaining injuries at the pro-Trump protest that turned violent during a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 presidential election, bringing the death toll from the mayhem to five and launching a homicide investigation.

January 8, 2021
Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the West wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Woman shot at U.S. Capitol dies

The civilian woman who was shot Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol as protesters swarmed the building has died, a law enforcement official told The Washington Times.

January 6, 2021