January 6 United States Capitol attack

On the afternoon of January 6, 2021, following the defeat of U.S. president Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, a crowd of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The crowd sought to keep Trump in power by preventing a joint session of Congress from counting the Electoral College votes to formalize the victory of President-elect Joe Biden. According to the House select committee that investigated the incident, the attack was the culmination of a seven-part plan by Trump to overturn the election.[31][32]

January 6 United States Capitol attack
Part of the 2020–21 U.S. election protests and attempts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election
Crowd shortly after the breach (top); tear gas deployed against rioters (bottom left); gallows erected by rioters (bottom right)
DateJanuary 6, 2021 (2021-01-06)
c.12:53 p.m. – 5:40 p.m.[1] (UTC-5)
Location
United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., United States

38°53′23″N 77°00′33″W
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Casualties and criminal charges
Death(s)5 deaths from the attack (1 from gunshot, 1 from drug overdose, 3 from natural causes);[23][24] 4 officer deaths by suicide within seven months of the attack[25]
Injuries
Charged1,100 or more, including Trump[29][30][22] (see also: Criminal charges relating to the attack)

Five people died either shortly before, during, or following the event: one was shot by Capitol Police, another died of a drug overdose, and three died of natural causes, including a police officer.[24][33] Many people were injured, including 138 police officers. Four officers who responded to the attack died by suicide within seven months.[25] As of July 7, 2022, monetary damages caused by attackers exceed $2.7 million.[34]

Called to action by Trump,[35][36] thousands of his supporters gathered in Washington, D.C., on January 5 and 6 to support his false claim that the 2020 election had been "stolen by emboldened radical-left Democrats"[37][38][39][40] and to demand that Vice President Mike Pence and Congress reject Biden's victory.[41] Starting at noon on January 6,[42] at a "Save America" rally on the Ellipse, Trump gave a speech in which he repeated false claims of election irregularities,[43] and though he encouraged his supporters to march to the Capitol to peacefully make their voices heard,[44] he said, "If you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore".[45][46] During and after his speech,[42] thousands of attendees, some armed, walked to the Capitol, and hundreds breached police perimeters[47][48] as Congress was beginning the electoral vote count.

In the days and weeks prior to January 6, the leaders of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, two militia groups, conspired to use violence to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power.[49] On January 6, Proud Boys led the "tip of the spear" that first breached the Capitol, while a formation of Oath Keepers later breached the Rotunda.[49] More than 2,000 rioters ultimately entered the building,[50][51][52] many of whom vandalized and looted parts of the building,[53][54] including the offices of House speaker Nancy Pelosi (DCA) and other members of Congress.[55] Rioters also assaulted Capitol Police officers and reporters, and attempted to locate lawmakers to capture and harm.[56] A gallows was erected west of the Capitol, and some rioters chanted "Hang Mike Pence" after he rejected false claims by Trump and others that the vice president could overturn the election results.[57]

With building security breached, Capitol Police evacuated and locked down both chambers of Congress and several buildings in the Capitol Complex.[58] Rioters occupied the empty Senate chamber while federal law enforcement officers defended the evacuated House floor.[59][60] Pipe bombs were found at both the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters, and Molotov cocktails were discovered in a vehicle near the Capitol.[61][62]

Trump resisted sending the National Guard to quell the mob.[63] Later that afternoon, in a Twitter video, he reasserted that the election was "fraudulent", and told his supporters to "go home in peace".[64][65] The Capitol was clear of rioters by mid-evening,[66] and the counting of the electoral votes resumed and was completed in the early morning hours of January 7. Pence declared President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris victorious. Pressured by his cabinet, the threat of removal, and many resignations, Trump later committed to an orderly transition of power in a televised statement.[67][68]

A week after the attack, the House of Representatives impeached Trump for incitement of insurrection, making him the only U.S. president to have been impeached twice.[69] In February, after Trump had left office, the Senate voted 57–43 in favor of conviction, but as it fell short of a two-thirds majority, he was acquitted for a second time.[70] Republicans in the Senate blocked a bill to create a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the attack,[71][56] so instead the House approved a select committee with seven Democrats and two Republicans to investigate.[72][73] The committee held nine televised public hearings on the attack[74] in 2022, and later voted to subpoena Trump.[75]

By March 2022, the Department of Justice's (DOJ) investigations had expanded to include the activities of others leading up to the attack.[76] Ultimately, the committee recommended to the DOJ that Trump be prosecuted for obstructing an official proceeding, incitement, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and making false statements.[77] On August 1, 2023, following a special counsel investigation, Trump was indicted on four charges.[78][79]

A significant number of participants in the attack were linked to far-right extremist groups or conspiratorial movements, including the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and Three Percenters.[80][81] More than 1,100 people have been charged with federal crimes arising from the attack. As of August 2023, 632 defendants had pleaded guilty, while another 110 defendants had been convicted at trial;[29][lower-alpha 1] a total of 586 defendants have been sentenced as of July 2023.[82] Numerous plotters of the attack were convicted of seditious conspiracy, including Oath Keepers leaders Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs, and six of their followers, and Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and his followers Joseph Randall Biggs, Ethan Nordean, Jeremy Bertino, and Zach Rehl.[83] The longest sentence to date related to the attack was given to Tarrio, who was sentenced to 22 years' imprisonment.[84]

Background

Attempts to overturn the presidential election

Donald Trump speaking at a podium. Behind him is a crowd.
President Donald Trump speaking at a campaign rally in Goodyear, Arizona, in October 2020

Democrat Joe Biden defeated incumbent Republican Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election.[85] Trump and other Republicans attempted to overturn the election, falsely claiming widespread voter fraud.[86]

A screenshot of Donald Trump's personal verified Twitter account (@realDonaldTrump). The tweet reads, in all caps, "I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!". Below the text, Twitter added a label saying, "Official sources may not have called the race when this was Tweeted". The tweet was timestamped at 10:36 PM on 7 November 2020. The source of the tweet says "Twitter for iPhone".
Trump's tweet shortly after polls had closed

Within hours after the closing of the polls, while votes were still being tabulated, Trump declared victory, demanding that further counting be halted.[87] He began a campaign to subvert the election, through legal challenges and an extralegal effort. Trump's lawyers had concluded within ten days after the election that legal challenges to the election results had no factual basis or legal merit.[40] Despite those analyses, he sought to overturn the results by filing at least sixty lawsuits, including two brought to the Supreme Court. Those actions sought to nullify election certifications and to void votes that had been cast for Biden. Those challenges were all rejected by the courts for lack of evidence or the absence of legal standing.[86] Trump's legal team, led by Sidney Powell, filed at least 60 lawsuits despite knowing they had no factual basis or legal merit.[40] In August 2021, Powell and other Trump attorneys were formally sanctioned for participating in "a historic and profound abuse of the judicial process... by filing baseless and frivolous lawsuits in order to undermine public confidence in the democratic process".[88]

Trump then mounted a campaign to pressure Republican governors, secretaries of state, and state legislatures to nullify results by replacing slates of Biden electors with those declared to Trump, or by manufacturing evidence of fraud; Trump's role in the plot to use fake electors led to a prosecution in Michigan, a Georgia prosecution, and a federal prosecution. He further demanded that lawmakers investigate ostensible election "irregularities" such as by conducting signature matches of mailed-in ballots, disregarding any prior analytic efforts. Trump also personally made inquiries proposing the invocation of martial law to "re-run" or reverse the election[86][89] and the appointment of a special counsel to find instances of fraud, despite conclusions by federal and state officials that such cases were few and isolated or non-existent. Trump ultimately undertook neither step.[86] Trump repeatedly urged Vice President Mike Pence to alter the results and to stop Biden from taking office. None of those actions would have been within Pence's constitutional powers as vice president and president of the Senate. Trump repeated this call in his rally speech on the morning of January 6.[90]

Numerous scholars, historians, political scientists, and journalists have characterized these efforts to overturn the election as an attempted self-coup by Trump and an implementation of the big lie.[91] On July 16, 2023, Donald Trump was notified that he was officially a target in the Smith special counsel investigation.[92] Trump attorney Sidney Powell would later plead guilty to conspiring to interfere with the election.[93]

Planning of January 6 events

On December 18, four days after the Electoral College voted, Trump called for supporters to attend a rally before the January 6 Congressional vote count, tweeting, "Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!".[12][94] On December 28, far-right activist Ali Alexander described collaboration with the Proud Boys and explained the purpose of the January 6 event was "to build momentum and pressure, and then on the day change hearts and minds of Congresspeoples [sic] who weren’t yet decided or saw everyone outside and said, 'I can't be on the other side of that mob.'"[95] Alexander named three Republican members of the House as allies who were planning "something big": Gosar, Biggs and Brooks.[96] "We're the four guys who came up with a January 6 event", he said.[97]

On December 23, 2020, Roger Stone's group Stop the Steal posted plans to occupy the Capitol with promises to "escalate" if opposed by police.[98] By January 1, Roger Stone recorded a video for his "Stop The Steal Security Project" to raise funds "for the staging, the transportation and most importantly the security" of the event.[99]

The event was largely bankrolled by Trump mega-donor Julie Jenkins Fancelli, the 72-year-old heiress to the Publix supermarket fortune, who budgeted $3 million for the event and spent at least $650,000.[100] Fancelli's funding, via conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, was used to reserve the Ellipse. With Fancelli's funding, a robocall campaign was initiated, urging people to "march to the Capitol building and call on Congress to stop the steal".[101] Charlie Kirk, another Fancelli-funded activist, tweeted that his group had sent over eighty buses to the Capitol.[102] Jones claimed that the Trump White House asked him to lead the march to the Capitol.[103]

On January 2, Trump announced plans to speak at the "March to Save America" rally on January 6.[lower-alpha 2][104][105][106] On January 4, 2021, Steve Bannon described himself being part of "the bloodless coup".[107][108]

Seditious conspiracy by Oath Keepers and Proud Boys

Enrique Tarrio (center) and Stewart Rhodes (far right) participated in a January 5 meeting between the leaders of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, held in an underground parking garage.

On November 5, 2020, two days after the presidential election, Oath Keeper leaders began communicating about a "civil war". On November 9, Oath Keeper leaders held an online members-only video conference in which leader Stewart Rhodes outlined a plan to stop the transfer of power, including preparations for using force to accomplish the goal. Oath Keepers planned to store "an arsenal" with a "Quick Reaction Force" (QRF) in nearby Alexandria, Virginia. The leaders planned to procure boat transportation so that bridge closures could not prevent their entry into D.C.[109][110][111][112]

On December 19, Oath Keepers leader Kelly Meggs placed a call to Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio.[113] On December 20, the Proud Boys leadership handpicked existing members to form a new chapter called the "Ministry of Self Defense" in charge of "national rally planning".[114][115][116] That day, one leader posted a message saying, "I am assuming most of the protest will be at the capital [sic] building given what's going on inside."[117] The Proud Boys leadership began encouraging members to attend the January 6 event. Leaders used a crowdfunding website to raise money and purchase paramilitary equipment like concealed tactical vests and radio equipment in preparation for the attack. Chapter leadership spent the days prior to, and the morning of, January 6 planning the attack.[115] On December 29, leaders announced plans to be "incognito" on January 6, not wearing traditional black and yellow garb.[115][118] On December 30, the leadership received a document titled "1776 Returns", which called for the occupation of "crucial buildings" on January 6 and argued for supporters to "Storm the Winter Palace" in an apparent reference to an attack on the Capitol.[119] On January 3 and 4, Proud Boys leadership explicitly discussed "storming" the Capitol.[115]

On January 3, Rhodes departed his home in Texas, spending $6,000 on a rifle and other firearms equipment in Texas and an addition $4,500 in Mississippi, enroute to D.C. On January 5, leaders began unloading weapons with the "QRF" in Alexandria. Leaders drove into D.C. on a "reconnaissance mission" before returning their hotel in Virginia.[109] On January 4, Tarrio was arrested by D.C. police in connection with a prior destruction of property charge. Fearing that the police would access Tarrio’s messaging apps, leadership destroyed the old group chat and created a new one, with one leader opining, "Well at least they won't get our boots on ground plans because we are one step ahead of them." Tarrio was released on January 5 and ordered to leave the city. Rather than immediately comply, he traveled to an underground parking garage meeting with Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes.[115][120]

The night of January 5, Proud Boys leaders divvied members into teams, passed out radios, and programmed the radios to specific channels in preparation. Orders were issued to assemble at 10 a.m. at the Washington Monument. Leadership warned members to avoid police and not to drink in public.[121] On January 6, about 100 plainclothes members assembled at the Washington Monument and were led to the Capitol to participate in the attack.[115]

Predictions of violence

The weeks preceding January 6 were filled with predictions of upcoming violence by Trump's supporters. The attack was later said to be "planned in plain sight", with extensive postings on social media calling for and even planning for violence on January 6. In response to widespread predictions of possible violence, D.C. food and lodging establishments with a history of being patronized by the Proud Boys announced temporary closures in an attempt to protect public safety and the mayor advised residents to stay away from areas near the Mall that might see violence. Members of Congress interfaced with law enforcement to ensure preparations were being made for any upcoming violence.

Commentators had long feared that Trump might provoke violence after an electoral loss.[lower-alpha 3][122] For several weeks before January 6, there were over one million mentions of storming the Capitol on social media, including calls for violence against Congress, Pence, and police.[123][124][98] Many of the posters planned for violence before the event; some discussed how to avoid police on the streets, which tools to bring to help pry open doors, and how to smuggle weapons into the city.[124] They discussed their perceived need to attack the police.[123][125][126]

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image icon Preliminary plan of the January 6 Capitol attack posted on December 28, 2020

A map of the Capitol complex and its underground tunnels was posted to TheDonald.win on December 28, 2020 and widely shared.[127] The image came to the attention of the Norfolk field office of the FBI, which alerted higher authorities to the possibility of organized violence on January 6.[128][129] In 2023, Congress would discuss the image in its report "Planned in Plain Sight" about the failures to adequately prepare for the attack despite extensive predictions of violence.[129]

On December 28, 2020, a map was posted showing entrances and exits to the Capitol and the tunnels that connect it to nearby House and Senate office buildings. Perimeters were drawn in red, orange, and yellow designed to reflect their relative importance while black X's represented forces that are "ready for action" if Congress tries to certify the 2020 presidential election.[127] On January 1, the operator of an obscure website about tunnels under Capitol noticed a huge spike in traffic to the site, prompting him to notify the FBI of a likely upcoming attack on the building.[130]

From December 29 to January 5, the FBI and its field offices warned of armed protests at every state capitol and reported plans by Trump supporters that included violence.[131] On December 30, 2020, one popular comment was posted, saying, "I'm thinking it will be literal war on that day. Where we'll storm offices and physically remove and even kill all the D.C. traitors and reclaim the country."[122] That comment was highlighted in a January 2 article by The Daily Beast which reported protesters were discussing bringing guns to the District, breaking into federal buildings, and attacking law enforcement.[122][132] In the days leading up to the attack, several organizations, including ones that monitor online extremism, had been issuing warnings about the event.[133]

On January 5, media published stories about widespread predictions of violence, and D.C. mayor Bowser called for residents to avoid the downtown area where protesters would march.[134] That day, members of Congress reached out to law enforcement charge with protecting the Capitol against possible upcoming violence and were assured Capitol Police were prepared.[135]

Three days before the Capitol attack, the Capitol Police intelligence unit circulated a 12-page internal memo warning that Trump supporters see the day of the Electoral College vote count "as the last opportunity to overturn the results of the presidential election" and could use violence against "Congress itself" on that date.[136]

Law enforcement and National Guard preparations

In January 2021, the Chain of Command to the D.C. National Guard led from Commander-in-Chief Donald Trump to the recently appointed Acting-Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, to Acting-Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy to General William Walker the commander of the District of Columbia National Guard.

On November 9, Trump fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and replaced him with Christopher C. Miller as acting secretary.[137][138][139][140] In response to the firing, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Gina Haspel privately told Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley that "we are on the way to a right-wing coup".[141] On December 18, Miller unilaterally terminated the Department of Defense's transition to the incoming administration, falsely claiming it was a mutually-agreed pause for the holidays.[142][143]

On January 2, Senator Mitt Romney contacted Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, predicting that reinforcements would be denied. Wrote Romney: "... a senior official at the Pentagon... reports that they are seeing very disturbing social media traffic regarding the protests planned on the 6th. There are calls to burn down your home, Mitch; to smuggle guns into DC, and to storm the Capitol. I hope that sufficient security plans are in place, but I am concerned that the instigator—the President—is the one who commands the reinforcements the DC and Capitol police might require."[144]

On January 3, all ten living former defense secretaries released an open letter in which they expressed concerns about a potential military coup to overturn the election results, mentioning the recently-appointed acting secretary of defense Christopher Miller by name.[145] That day, Trump ordered Miller to "do whatever was necessary to protect the demonstrators" on January 6. The next day, Miller signed a memo severely limiting the ability of the D.C. National Guard to deploy without his personal permission.[146] Since his appointment in March 2018, D.C. National Guard commanding major general William J. Walker had standing orders to respond to civil disturbances in the district, but on January 5, Walker received new orders from Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy forbidding him to respond to a civil disturbance without explicit prior approval from McCarthy and Miller.[147] Previously, he had authority to respond without first seeking permission.[147][148] After the attack, Walter described the order as "unusual", noting "It required me to seek authorization from the secretary of the Army and the secretary of defense to essentially protect my guardsmen".[147]

On January 4, D.C. mayor Bowser announced that the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPD) would lead law enforcement in the district, and would coordinate with the Capitol Police, the U.S. Park Police, and the Secret Service.[149] Jurisdictionally, the Metropolitan Police Department is responsible for city streets of the National Mall and Capitol area, whereas the Park Police are responsible for the Ellipse (the site of Trump's speech and rally that day), the Secret Service is responsible for the vicinity of the White House, and the Capitol Police is responsible for the Capitol complex itself.[149] During a meeting with a representative of the Capitol Police, the Mayor asked "Where does your perimeter start?"; At the point the individual left room, and stopped participation in the conference. The mayor later recalled "that should have been like a trigger to me. Like these people, they don't want to answer questions about their preparation."[150]

On January 6, under "orders from leadership", the Capitol Police deployed without "less lethal" arms such as sting grenades. Department riot shields had been improperly stored, causing them to shatter upon impact.[151]

Trump supporters gather in D.C.

On January 5, Michael Flynn (left) and Roger Stone (right) spoke at a Trump rally near the Capitol. Both had received presidential pardons in the past month.

On January 5, several events related to overturning the election occurred in or around the National Mall in Washington, D.C., at places like the Freedom Plaza, the North Inner Gravel Walkway between 13th and 14th Streets, Area 9 across from the Russell Senate Office Building, and near the United States Supreme Court.[152][153] At least ten people were arrested, several on weapons charges, on the night of January 5 and into the morning of January 6.[154]

Ray Epps, an individual with history in the Arizona Oath Keepers, was filmed during two street gatherings on January 5 urging people to go into the Capitol the next day, "peacefully", he said at one of the gatherings.[155][156] Epps was filmed on January 6 telling people to "go to the Capitol."[155] Epps had texted his nephew that he was "orchestrating" the flow into the Capitol building.[157] Epps later claimed that he had been boasting about "directing" people towards the Capitol.[158]

From 1:00 to 5:00 pm on January 5, a series of Trump rallies were held at the Freedom Plaza.[159] Notable speakers included Alex Jones, Michael Flynn, George Papadopoulos, and Roger Stone.[160]

Both Flynn and Stone had received presidential pardons in the prior weeks. On December 8, Trump had pardoned retired U S. Army general Michael Flynn who had pleaded guilty to "willfully and knowingly" making false statements to the FBI about communications with the Russian ambassador. Flynn, a prominent QAnon proponent, participated in the D.C. events on January 5, while his brother, U.S. Army general Charles Flynn, would participate in a conference call on January 6 denying permission to deploy the National Guard after the breach of the Capitol.[161] On December 23, Trump had pardoned Roger Stone, who had been found guilty at trial of witness tampering, making false statements to Congress, and obstruction. Stone, who had longtime ties to both Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, employed Oath Keepers as security on January 5.[162] Stone's Oath-Keeper driver was later convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in plotting and executing the following day's attack.[163]

January 5 meetings

Trump's closest allies, including Michael Flynn, Corey Lewandowski, Alabama senator Tommy Tuberville, and Trump's sons Donald Jr. and Eric, met at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., on the evening of January 5.[164][165] Tuberville has since said that he did not attend the meeting,[166] despite having been photographed in the hotel's lobby.[164][167] According to Charles Herbster, who said he attended the meeting himself, attendees included Tuberville, Adam Piper and Peter Navarro. Daniel Beck wrote that "Fifteen of us spent the evening with Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Tommy Tuberville, Mike Lindell, Peter Navarro, and Rudy Giuliani".[168] Herbster claimed to be standing "in the private residence of the President at Trump International with the following patriots who are joining me in a battle for justice and truth". He added David Bossie to the list of attendees.[164]

Bombs placed

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image icon FBI images of bomb suspect

At 7:40 p.m. on January 5, someone wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, a mask, and Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers was filmed carrying a bag through a residential neighborhood on South Capitol Street. At 7:52 p.m., the individual was recorded sitting on a bench outside the DNC; the next day, a pipe bomb was discovered there, placed under a bush. In the footage, the suspect appears to zip a bag, stand and walk away. At 8:14, they were filmed in an alley near the RNC, where a second pipe bomb was found the following day.[170] They placed both bombs within a few blocks of the Capitol.[171][172] As of 2023, nearing the 2-year-anniversary since the events, the overall reward price has been upped to $500,000.[173] No suspects have been named in the incident as of September 2023.[174][175]

January 6 Trump rally

Speakers included Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman.

The "Save America" rally (or "March to Save America", promoted as a "Save America March")[176] took place on January 6 in the Ellipse within the National Mall just south of the White House. The permit granted to Women for America First showed their first amendment rally "March for Trump" with speeches running from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and an additional hour for the conclusion of the rally and dispersal of participants.[152]

Trump supporters gathered on the Ellipse to hear speeches from Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and others, such as Chapman University School of Law professor John C. Eastman, who spoke, at least in part, based on his memorandums, which have been described as an instruction manual for a coup d'état.[177][178] In a court filing in February, a member of the Oath Keepers claimed she had acted as "security" at the rally, and was provided with a "VIP pass to the rally where she met with Secret Service agents". The U.S. Secret Service denied that any private citizens had coordinated with it to provide security on January 6.[179] On February 22, she changed her story and said she interacted with the Secret Service only as she passed through the security check before the rally.[180]

Mo Brooks (R-AL) was a featured speaker at the rally and spoke around 9 a.m., where he said, "Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass". And later, "Are you willing to do what it takes to fight for America? Louder! Will you fight for America?"[181][182]

Representative Madison Cawthorn (R–NC) said, "This crowd has some fight".[183] Amy Kremer told attendees, "it is up to you and I to save this Republic" and called on them to "keep up the fight".[106] Trump's sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, along with Eric's wife Lara Trump, also spoke, naming and verbally attacking Republican congressmen and senators who were not supporting the effort to challenge the Electoral College vote, and promising to campaign against them in future primary elections.[184] Donald Jr. said of Republican lawmakers, "If you're gonna be the zero and not the hero, we're coming for you".[185][186]

Rudy Giuliani repeated conspiracy theories that voting machines used in the election were "crooked" and at 10:50 called for "trial by combat".[187][188] Eastman asserted that balloting machines contained "secret folders" that altered voting results.[189][lower-alpha 4] At 10:58, a Proud Boys contingent left the rally and marched toward the Capitol Building.[42]

On January 6, the "Wild Protest" was organized by Stop The Steal and took place in Area 8, across from the Russell Senate Office Building.[191] On January 6, the "Freedom Rally" was organized by Virginia Freedom Keepers, Latinos for Trump, and United Medical Freedom Super PAC at 300 First Street NE, across from the Russell Senate Office Building.[192]

Trump's speech

People holding their phones up to take photos and videos of Donald Trump delivering a speech. Trump is not directly visible, but rather a large screen behind the stage shows him.
An image of Trump delivering his rally speech from behind a bulletproof shield was projected onto this screen at the rally.

Starting at 11:58, from behind a bulletproof shield, President Trump gave a speech, declaring that he would "never concede" the election, criticized the media, and called for Pence to overturn the election results, something outside Pence's constitutional power.[90][193] His speech contained many falsehoods and misrepresentations that inflamed the crowd.[194] Trump did not overtly call on his supporters to use violence or enter the Capitol,[195] but his speech was filled with violent imagery[196] and Trump suggested that his supporters had the power to prevent Biden from taking office.[195] The same afternoon, Pence released a letter to Congress in which he said he could not challenge Biden's victory.[90][197]

Although the initial plan for the rally called for people to remain at the Ellipse until the counting of electoral slates was complete, the White House said they should march to the Capitol, as Trump repeatedly urged during his speech.[40] Trump called for his supporters to "walk down to the Capitol" to "cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women and we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them." He told the crowd that he would be with them, but he ultimately did not go to the Capitol. As to counting Biden's electoral votes, Trump said, "We can't let that happen" and suggested Biden would be an "illegitimate president".[195][196] Referring to the day of the elections, Trump said, "most people would stand there at 9:00 in the evening and say, 'I want to thank you very much,' and they go off to some other life, but I said, 'Something's wrong here. Something's really wrong. [It] can't have happened.' And we fight. We fight like Hell and if you don't fight like Hell, you're not going to have a country anymore".[46]:01:11:44 He said the protesters would be "going to the Capitol and we're going to try and give [Republicans] the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country".[198] Trump also said, "you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated".[195][196]

Trump denounced Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY), saying, "We've got to get rid of the weak Congresspeople, the ones that aren't any good, the Liz Cheneys of the world".[199] He called upon his supporters to "fight much harder" against "bad people"; told the crowd that "you are allowed to go by very different rules," said that his supporters were "not going to take it any longer"; framed the moment as the last stand, suggested that Pence and other Republican officials put themselves in danger by accepting Biden's victory; and told the crowd he would march with them to the Capitol, but was prevented from doing so by his security detail.[195][196][200] In addition to the twenty times he used the term "fight," Trump once used the term "peacefully," saying, "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard".[196]

During Trump's speech, his supporters chanted "Take the Capitol," "Taking the Capitol right now," "Invade the Capitol," "Storm the Capitol" and "Fight for Trump".[201][202] Before Trump had finished speaking at 1:12 p.m., Proud Boys had begun their attack on the capitol and breached the outer perimeter of the capitol grounds; two pipe bombs had been discovered nearby.[48]

Attack on the Capitol

Just before the Proud Boys attacked the Capitol, pipe bombs were discovered near the complex.[203] Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other attackers besieged and ultimately breached the Capitol. Members of the Congress barricaded themselves in the chamber, and one attacker was fatally shot by police while attempting to breach a barricade.[204]

After officials at the Pentagon delayed deployment of the National Guard citing concerns about optics, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser requested assistance from the governor of Virginia. By 3:15, Virginia State Police began arriving in D.C.[205] After Vice President Pence and the Congress were evacuated to secure locations, law enforcement cleared and secured the Capitol.

(1) Beginning at 9AM, a rally was held at the White House Ellipse.
(2) Proud Boys (top left) assembled at the Washington Monument at 10 AM and departed for the Capitol around 10:30.
(3) About 12:40 PM, a bomb (top, 2nd from left) was discovered outside the RNC.
(4) Minutes later, at 12:53 PM, Proud Boys near the Freedom Memorial breached a barricade on the outer perimeter, gaining entry to Capitol grounds.
(5) At 1:07 PM, a second bomb was discovered outside the DNC.
(6) At 2:10 PM, the Proud Boys breached the Capitol by breaking a window on the west terrace with a stolen police riotshield (top, 2nd from right).
(7) Oath Keepers (top right) marched up Capitol steps in a stack formation; At 2:39 p.m, they breached the Capitol through a door to the Rotunda.

Proud Boys march to Capitol as mob assembles

At 10:30, over a hundred Proud Boys left Washington Monument, led by Ethan Nordean and Joe Biggs. By 11:52, the group had reached the Capitol and proceeded to walk around the building before doubling back to the west side, allowing them to assess defenses of the building and look for weaknesses.[206][207][208]

Enroute, comments from one of the Proud Boys served as an early indicator of a plan to attack the Capitol, according to a documentary filmmaker who was on scene:

There's only one moment where that  the sort of facade of marching and protesting might have fallen, which is there was a  one of the Proud Boys called Milkshake and Eddie Block on his livestream catches Milkshake saying, well, let's go storm the Capitol with Nordean  Rufio  one of the leaders of the Proud Boys saying, you could keep that quiet, please, Milkshake. And then we continued on marching.[209]

Around 12:30, a crowd of about 300 built up east of the Capitol. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), a leader of the group of lawmakers who vowed to challenge the Electoral College vote, greeted these protesters with a raised fist as he passed by on his way to the Congress joint session in the early afternoon.[210][211] At 12:52, a group of Oath Keepers wearing black hoodies with prominent logos left the rally at the Ellipse and changed into Army Combat Uniforms, with helmets, on their way to the Capitol.[42]

Shortly before 12:53, Nordean and Biggs marched the group of 200–300 Proud Boys to a barricade on the west side of the Capitol grounds near the Peace Monument. Biggs used a megaphone to lead the crowd in chants.[115]

Bombs discovered near Capitol Complex

One of two pipe bombs discovered adjacent to the Capitol on January 6, 2021

Around 12:45 p.m., a bomb was discovered next to a building containing Republican National Committee (RNC) offices by a woman using the shared alleyway to access her apartment building's laundry room.[212] She alerted RNC security, which investigated and summoned law enforcement; U.S. Capitol Police, FBI agents and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) all responded to the RNC bomb.[213]

About thirty minutes later, while officers were still responding at the RNC, they were informed a second pipe bomb had been discovered under a bush at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters.[214][215] Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was inside the DNC headquarters at the time the pipe bomb was discovered.[216] Capitol Police began investigating the DNC pipe bomb at 1:07 p.m., and Harris was evacuated at approximately 1:14 p.m.[216] The devices were of a similar design – about one foot (30 cm) in length.[215][217] They were safely detonated by bomb squads;[214] the pipe bomb at the RNC was neutralized at 3:33 p.m. and the pipe bomb at the DNC was neutralized at 4:36 p.m., according to a Capitol Police timeline.[216] The bombs were fully functional and constructed of galvanized steel pipes, homemade black powder, and kitchen timers.[218][219] The FBI stated that the bombs "were viable and could have been detonated, resulting in serious injury or death".[218]

Sund told The Washington Post on January 10 that he suspected the pipe bombs were intentionally placed to draw police away from the Capitol;[220] Representative Tim Ryan (D–Ohio) echoed the sentiment in a virtual news conference on January 11, saying, "[W]e do believe there was some level of coordination ... because of the pipe bombs ... that immediately drew attention away from the breach that was happening".[221][222] The Inspector General of the Capitol Police later concluded, "If those pipe bombs were intended to be diversion... it worked".[223] As the mob of Trump supporters attacked the Capitol, the discovery of the pipe bombs diverted a large number of already-outnumbered law enforcement officers from the Capitol.[216] Capitol Police Inspector General Michael Bolton testified before Congress that "the bombs drew three teams to investigate" and left only one squad at the Capitol.[218]

Attack begins near Peace Monument, led by Proud Boys

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At 12:54, just after interacting with Proud Boy leader Joe Biggs, a man later identified as Ryan Samsel (boxed in red) was the first to breach the restricted Capitol grounds.
video icon Proud Boys Led Major Breaches of Capitol on Jan. 6, Video Investigation Finds. The New York Times, June 17, 2022.

The Proud Boys contingent reached the west perimeter of the Capitol grounds, protected only by a sparse line of police in front of a temporary fence. Other Trump supporters arrived, forming a growing crowd. The Proud Boys tactically coordinated their attacks "from the first moment of violence to multiple breaches of the Capitol while leaving the impression that it was just ordinary protesters leading the charge".[224] Proud Boys targeted an access point and began to rile up the previously-peaceful crowd.[224] In a "tipping point" moment, a man later identified Ryan Samsel approached Joe Biggs and talked with him, even embracing him. Samsel later told the FBI that Biggs "encouraged him to push at the barricades and that when he hesitated, the Proud Boys leader flashed a gun, questioned his manhood and repeated his demand to move upfront and challenge the police.", according to The New York Times.[225] Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola recalled seeing Biggs flash a handgun and goading Samsel, telling him to "defend his manhood" by attacking the police line, but later tried to retract this statement.[226] As soon as that exchange ended, Samsel became the first to violently attack Capitol Police. Capitol police officer Caroline Edwards described the attack:

Ms. Edwards described how a Proud Boys leader named Joseph Biggs encouraged another man to approach the bike rack barricade where she was posted. That man, Ryan Samsel, she said, pushed the bike rack over, causing her to hit her head and lose consciousness. But before she blacked out, Ms. Edwards recalled seeing "a war scene" playing out in front of her. Police officers were bleeding and throwing up, she recalled. "It was carnage," she said. "It was chaos."[227]

Video showed Officer Edwards being pushed back behind a bicycle rack as Proud Boys pushed barricades towards her, knocking her off her feet and causing her to hit her head on the concrete steps.[228]

Proud Boys led the charge toward the capitol to the next police line.[224] The Proud Boys repeatedly used the same set of tactics: identifying access points to the building, riling up other protesters and sometimes directly joining in the violence. When met with resistance, leaders of the group reassessed, and teams of Proud Boys targeted new entry points to the Capitol.[229]

Around 1:00 p.m., hundreds of Trump supporters clashed with a second thin line of officers and pushed through barriers erected along the perimeter of the Capitol.[52][230] The crowd swept past barriers and officers, with some members of the mob spraying officers with chemical agents or hitting them with lead pipes.[3][6][231] Many rioters walked up the external stairways, while some resorted to ropes and makeshift ladders.[232] Police blocked the entrance to a tunnel at the lower west terrace where rioters waged a three-hour fight to enter.[233] To gain access to the Capitol, several rioters scaled the west wall.[234] Representative Zoe Lofgren (D–CA), aware that rioters had reached the Capitol steps, could not reach Capitol police chief Steven Sund by phone; House sergeant-at-arms Paul D. Irving told Lofgren the doors to the Capitol were locked and "nobody can get in".[235]

Telephone logs released by USCP show that Sund had been coordinating additional resources from various agencies. Sund's first call was to the D.C. Metropolitan Police, who arrived within 15 minutes.[236] Sund called Irving and Stenger at 12:58 and asked them for an emergency declaration required to call in the National Guard; they both told Sund they would "run it up the chain", but formal approval to request the Guard was witheld for over an hour later.[237]

Shortly after his speech concluded at 1:00 p.m., Trump ordered his Secret Service detail to drive him to the Capitol. When they refused, Trump reportedly assaulted his Secret Service driver, lunging for the man's throat.[238]

On January 6, Joe Biggs and other Proud Boys led the "tip of the spear" to breach the Capitol Building. The LA Times noted that "whether by sheer luck, real-time trial and error, or advance knowledge", attackers ran past 15 reinforced windows, "making a beeline" for the recessed area near the Senate where two unreinforced windows and two doors with unreinforced glass were the only protection from attack.[239][224]

Around 1:12 p.m, reinforcements from the MPD, equipped with crowd control gear, arrived on the lower west terrace.[240] From 1:25 to 1:28, three different groups of Proud Boys leaders were recorded marching in stack formations away from the newly-reinforced police line.[224] After about fifteen minutes of observing, the Proud Boys re-entered the attack, targeting two new access points that were poorly defended.[224] Ronald Loehrke and other Proud Boys led a contingent to the east side of the Capitol; Once there, Proud Boys again used distraction and teamwork to remove barricades, prompting the previously-peaceful crowd on the east side to overrun barriers along the entire police line.[224]

Meanwhile, on the west side, Joe Biggs led a team of Proud Boys that targeted the stairs covered by a temporary scaffolding.[224] Within two minutes of Bigg's arrival, a team of over a dozen Proud Boys approached the entrance to the scaffolding and attacked police.[224] Proud Boy Daniel "Milkshake" Scott led the charge, and a 20-minute battle for the scaffolding ensued.[241][224]

At 1:50 p.m., the on-scene MPD incident commander declared a riot.[236] At 1:58, Capitol Police officers removed a barricade on the northeast side of the Capitol allowing hundreds of protestors to stream onto the grounds.[242]

Attackers on west terrace breach Senate Wing hallway

Proud Boy leader Dominic Pezzola (top) using a stolen police riot shield to breach the Capitol at 2:11, allowing attackers including Pezzola, Doug Jensen, Joe Biggs and others to stream into the building (middle). A lone Capitol Police officer (bottom), Eugene Goodman, realizing he was steps away from the still-unsealed Senate chamber doors, shoved attacker Doug Jensen, leading the mob away from the Senate and towards a line of waiting Capitol Police reinforcements.

Just before 2:00 p.m., attackers reached the doors and windows of the Capitol and began attempts to break in. The Los Angeles Times observed that "whether by sheer luck, real-time trial and error, or advance knowledge", the first attackers to break through the police line onto the upper west terrace ran past 15 reinforced windows, "making a beeline" for the recessed area near the Senate where two unreinforced windows and two doors with unreinforced glass were the only protection from attack.[239] At 2:11, Proud Boy leader Dominic Pezzola used a stolen police riot shield to smash one of those un-reinforced windows on the west side of the Capitol, breaching it. By 2:13, the Capitol was officially breached.[42][6][243][244] Although most of the Capitol's windows had been reinforced, attackers targeted those that remained as single-pane glass and could be broken easily.[245] Joe Biggs and other Proud Boy leaders entered the Capitol by 2:14.[115] A news crew from British broadcaster ITV followed the rioters into the Capitol, the only broadcaster to do so.[246][247]

At 2:13, Vice President Pence was removed from the Senate chamber by his lead Secret Service agent, Tim Giebels, who brought him to a nearby office about 100 feet from the landing. Pence's wife Karen Pence, daughter Charlotte Pence Bond, and brother Greg Pence (a member of the House; R–IN) were in the Capitol at the time it was attacked.[248] As Pence and his family were being escorted from the Senate chamber to a nearby hideaway, they came within a minute of being visible to rioters on a staircase only 100 feet (30 m) away.[249]

Unaccompanied by other officers, Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman confronted the mob. He has been cited for heroism in baiting and diverting the rioters away from the Senate chamber in the minutes before the chamber could be safely evacuated. As the crowd of rioters reached a landing from which there was an unimpeded path to the chamber, Goodman pushed the lead attacker, Doug Jensen, and then deliberately retreated away from the chamber, enticing the crowd to chase him in another direction.[250] One media report described his actions as follows:

In short, he tricked them, willingly becoming the rabbit to their wolf pack, pulling them away from the chambers where armed officers were waiting, avoiding tragedy and saving lives. Lives which include their own.[251]

Those present at the time of the event, including Democratic and Republican legislators and members of the press, praised Goodman for his quick thinking and brave actions.[252][253] Republican senator Ben Sasse credited Goodman with having "single-handedly prevented untold bloodshed".[253]

Goodman's actions were captured in video footage taken by HuffPost reporter Igor Bobic.[254] Bobic's footage of Goodman went viral on the internet, receiving more than 10 million views.[255][256] A second video of Goodman's confrontation with the crowd was published by ProPublica on January 15.[256] Goodman's actions have been credited with saving the lives of the Senate.[257] Goodman was later awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Citizens Medal.

Evacuation of leadership amid Capitol lockdown

C-SPAN broadcast of the Senate going into recess after Capitol is breached
Surveillance video of Mike Pence being evacuated from the Capitol
A table with brown boxes.
Congressional staffers removed the Electoral College certificates from the Senate floor as it was evacuated.

The Senate was gaveled into recess, and the doors were locked at 2:15. A minute later, the rioters reached the gallery outside the chamber.[235][258] Banging could be heard from outside as rioters attempted to breach the doors. Meanwhile, in the House chamber, Speaker Pelosi was escorted out of the chamber. The House was gaveled into recess, but would resume a few minutes later.[259][260]

A police officer carrying a semi-automatic weapon appeared on the floor and stood between then-Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and then-Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).[261] Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) exasperatedly threw up his hands and directly criticized several fellow Republicans who were challenging President-elect Biden's electoral votes, yelling to them, "This is what you've gotten, guys".[262] Several members of Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough's staff carried the boxes of Electoral College votes and documentation out of the chamber to hidden safe rooms within the building.[263][264]

Due to security threat inside: immediately, move inside your office, take emergency equipment, lock the doors, take shelter.

—Capitol Police alert[235]

At 2:26, Pence's detail evacuated him and his family from their hideaway near the Senate downstairs towards a more secure location. After his evacuation, Pence's Secret Service detail wanted to move him away from the Capitol building, but Pence refused to get in the car. Addressing the agent in charge of his detail Tim Giebels, Pence said, "I trust you, Tim, but you're not driving the car."[265][266]

All buildings in the complex were subsequently locked down, with no entry or exit from the buildings allowed. Capitol staff were asked to shelter in place; those outside were advised to "seek cover".[58] As the mob roamed the Capitol, lawmakers, aides, and staff took shelter in offices and closets. Aides to Mitch McConnell, barricaded in a room just off a hallway, heard a rioter outside the door "praying loudly", asking for "the evil of Congress [to] be brought to an end".[235] The rioters entered and ransacked the office of the Senate Parliamentarian.[267]

With senators still in the chamber, Trump called Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and told him to do more to block the counting of Biden's electoral votes, but the call had to be cut off when the Senate chamber was evacuated at 2:30.[268][269][270][271] After evacuation, the mob briefly took control of the chamber, with some armed men carrying plastic handcuffs and others posing with raised fists on the Senate dais Pence had left minutes earlier.[6][272] Staff and reporters inside the building were taken by secure elevators to the basement and then to an underground bunker constructed following the attempted attack on the Capitol in 2001. Evacuees were redirected while en route after the bunker was also infiltrated by the mob.[270]

Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate Michael C. Stenger accompanied a group of senators including Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) to a secure location in a Senate office building. Once safe, the lawmakers were "furious" with Stenger; Graham asked him, "How does this happen? How does this happen?" and added that they "[are] not going to be run out by a mob".[235]

A Capitol police officer on the House floor points his sidearm towards an attacker.

Amid the security concerns, Representative Dean Phillips (D–MN) yelled, "This is because of you!" at his Republican colleagues.[273] The House resumed debate around 2:25. After Gosar finished speaking at 2:30, the House went into recess again after rioters had entered the House wing and were attempting to enter the Speaker's Lobby just outside the chamber. Lawmakers were still inside and being evacuated, with Pelosi, Kevin McCarthy, and a few others taken to a secure location.[274][275] With violence breaking out, Capitol security advised members of Congress to take cover.[276][277] Members of Congress inside the House chamber were told to don gas masks as law enforcement began using tear gas within the building.[259][277][278][279][280]

ABC News reported that shots were fired within the Capitol.[278][281] An armed standoff took place at the front door of the chamber of the House of Representatives: as the mob attempted to break in, federal law enforcement officers drew their guns inside[6] and pointed them toward the chamber doors, which were barricaded with furniture.[282] In a stairway, one officer fired a shot at a man coming toward him.[283] Photographer Erin Schaff said that, from the Capitol Rotunda, she ran upstairs, where rioters grabbed her press badge. Police found her, and because her press pass had been stolen, held her at gunpoint before colleagues intervened.[262]

The chief of staff for Representative Ayanna Pressley (D–MA) claimed that when the congresswoman and staff barricaded themselves in her office and attempted to call for help with duress buttons that they had previously used during safety drills, "[e]very panic button in my office had been torn out  the whole unit".[284] Subsequently, a House Administration Committee emailed Greg Sargent of The Washington Post claiming the missing buttons were likely due to a "clerical screw-up" resulting from Pressley's swapping offices.[285] Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) tweeted that there were no duress buttons in his office, but acknowledged he was only three days into his term and they were installed a week later.[286]

Multiple rioters, using the cameras on their cell phones, documented themselves occupying the Capitol and the offices of various representatives,[287] vandalizing the offices of Speaker Pelosi,[288][289] accessing secure computers, and stealing a laptop.[290]

Oath Keepers arrive and breach Rotunda

Oath Keepers march in stack formation up the east steps of the Capitol on their way to breaching the Rotunda

Shortly after 2:00, Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes arrived at the restricted Capitol grounds. At 2:30, a team of Oath Keepers ("Stack One") clad in paramilitary clothing marched in a stack formation up the east steps of the Capitol to join the mob already besieging the Capitol.[291] At 2:38, those doors to the Capitol Rotunda were breached, "Stack One" entered the building alongside other attackers. A second group ("Stack Two") breached the Capitol through those same doors at 3:15.[109] Throughout the attack, Oath Keepers maintained a "Quick reaction Force" ready to deliver an arsenal to the group if called upon.[109][292][293]

Meanwhile, also at 2:38, Proud Boy founder Enrique Tarrio made a public social media post writing, "Don't fucking leave." In response to a member who asked "Are we a militia yet?", Tarrio replied, "Yep... Make no mistake... We did this..."[115]

QAnon follower killed by police while attempting to breach Speaker's Lobby

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After Zachary Jordan Alam (circled in red, bottom right) smashed the window with his helmet, Ashli Babbitt (circled in red, top left) attempted to breach the Speaker's Lobby by climbing through a window toward the fleeing congress.
video icon Footage of attempted breach of the Speaker's Lobby and subsequent shooting of Babbitt.

At 2:44 p.m., law enforcement was trying to "defend two fronts" to the House Chamber, and "a lot of members [of Congress] and staff that were in danger at the time".[294][295] While some lawmakers remained trapped in the House balcony,[296] House members and staff from the floor were being evacuated by Capitol Police, protected from the attackers by a barricaded door with glass windows.[274]

As lawmakers evacuated, an attacker smashed a glass window beside the barricaded door.[297][298] Lieutenant Michael Byrd aimed his weapon, prompting attackers to repeatedly warn "he's got a gun".[299] Police and Secret Service warned "'Get back! Get down! Get out of the way!'.[300] An attacker, wearing a Trump flag as a cape, began to climb through the shattered window, prompting Lt. Byrd to fire a single shot, hitting the attacker in the shoulder.[301][302]

Mob members immediately began to leave the scene, making room for a Capitol Police emergency response team to administer aid. The attacker, later identified as 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt, had entered the Capitol building through the breach on the upper west terrace.[303] She was evacuated to Washington Hospital Center where she later died of her injury.[274] The shooting was recorded on several cameras, and footage was widely circulated.[304]

Attack on the Tunnel

Officer Daniel Hodges crushed in doorway of the Tunnel circa 3:15.[305]

Around 3:15, MPD officer Daniel Hodges was crushed in a door while defending the Capitol tunnel from attackers; One of his attackers was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison.[306]

At 3:21, MPD officer Michael Fanone was pulled into the mob and assaulted—dragged down the Capitol steps, beaten with pipes, stunned with a Taser, sprayed with chemical irritants, and threatened with his own sidearm.[307] Fanone was carried unconscious back into the tunnel.[308] Fanone suffered burns, a heart attack, traumatic brain injuries, and post-traumatic stress disorder as a result.[309][310][311] One of the men who attacked Fanone with a stun gun was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison.[312]

By 3:39 p.m., fully-equipped riot officers from Virginia had arrived at the Capitol and began defending the tunnel.[47] Virginia forces deployed with flashbang munitions which they used to clear attackers.

Police clear Capitol and Congress reconvened

A photo taken near dusk of the Capitol building. A large Trump flag is hung on a railing. Protestors are still remain, and a small line of police officers yield shields.
Reinforcements guard the Capitol after rioters were pushed out of the building.

A combined force of Capitol Police and Metropolitian Police began a joint operaction to clear the Capitol. By 2:49, the Crypt was cleared, and mob outside the Speaker's Lobby was cleared by 2:57. At 3:25, law enforcement including a line of MPD officers in full riotgear proceeded to clear the Rotunda and by 3:40, rioters had mostly been pushed out onto West Plaza.[313]

At 4:22 p.m., Trump issued a video message to supporters on social media, finally telling them to "go home".[64][314] At 5:08, Army senior leaders relayed to Major General Walker the secretary of defense's permission to deploy the DCNG to the Capitol; The first contingent of 155 Guard members, dressed in riot gear, began arriving at the Capitol at 5:20.[315][147] By 6 p.m., the building was cleared of rioters, and bomb squads swept the Capitol.

At 8:06 p.m., Pence called the Senate back into session, and at 9 p.m., Pelosi did the same in the House. After debating and voting down two objections, Congress voted to confirm Biden's electoral college win at 3:24 a.m.[316]

Federal officials' conduct

Trump's conduct

Trump was in the West Wing of the White House at the time of the attack.[317] He was "initially pleased" and refused to intercede when his supporters breached the Capitol.[318] Staffers reported that Trump had been "impossible to talk to throughout the day".[319] Concerned that Trump may have committed treason through his actions, White House counsel Pat Cipollone reportedly advised administration officials to avoid contact with Trump and ignore any illegal orders that could further incite the attack to limit their prosecutorial liability under the Sedition Act of 1918.[320]

Shortly after 2:00 p.m. EST, as the attack was ongoing and after Senators had been evacuated, Trump placed calls to Republican senators (first Mike Lee of Utah, then Tommy Tuberville of Alabama), asking them to make more objections to the counting of the electoral votes to try to overturn the election.[269] Pence was evacuated by the Secret Service from the Senate chamber around 2:13.[269][321] At 2:47 p.m., as his supporters violently clashed with police at the Capitol, Trump tweeted, "Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!".[314] The Washington Post later reported that Trump did not want to include the words "stay peaceful".[322]

During the attack, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows received messages from Donald Trump Jr., as well as Fox News hosts Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Brian Kilmeade, urging him to tell Trump to condemn the mayhem at the risk of his reputation.[323] By 3:10, pressure was building on Trump to condemn supporters engaged in the attack. By 3:25, Trump tweeted, "I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order  respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue", but he refused to call upon the crowd to disperse.[314] By 3:40, several congressional Republicans called upon Trump to more specifically condemn violence and to tell his supporters to end the occupation of the Capitol.[324][325]

At some point on January 6, Trump formally withdrew his nomination of acting DHS secretary Chad Wolf, transmitting his withdrawal to the Senate.[326][327][328][329]

By 3:50 p.m., White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the National Guard and "other federal protective services" had been deployed.[314] At 4:06 p.m. on national television, President-elect Biden called for President Trump to end the attack. At 4:22 p.m., Trump issued a video message on social media that Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube later took down. In it, he repeated his claims of electoral fraud, praised his supporters and told them to "go home".[64][314] At 6:25 p.m., Trump tweeted: "These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long" and then issued a call: "Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!".[65][314][330] At 7:00, Rudy Giuliani placed a second call to Lee's number and left a voicemail intended for Tuberville urging him to make more objections to the electoral votes as part of a bid "to try to just slow it down".[269]

Inflammatory speech despite knowledge of weapons

During the rally, Trump delivered a speech filled with violent imagery despite knowing some of his supporters were armed. He demanded that they be allowed to enter the rally, and later instructed the crowd to march on the US Capitol.[196][331] In a December 21, 2021, statement, Trump falsely called the attack a "completely unarmed protest". The Department of Justice said in a January 2022 official statement that over 75 people had been charged, in relation to the attack, with entering a restricted area with "a dangerous or deadly weapon", including some armed with guns, stun guns, knives, batons, baseball bats, axes, and chemical sprays.[332] According to testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, a Secret Service official had warned Trump that protestors were carrying weapons, but Trump wanted the magnetometers used to detect metallic weapons removed so armed supporters could enter the rally.[333] According to Hutchinson, when warned, Trump said:

I don't fucking care that they have weapons, they're not here to hurt me. They're not here to hurt me. Take the fucking mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here, let the people in and take the mags away.[331]

Assault on Secret Service driver

Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified she was told by then-White House deputy chief of staff Tony Ornato that after Trump got into the presidential SUV following his rally, hoping to drive to the Capitol as his supporters marched there, his lead Secret Service agent Robert Engel told him it was too dangerous and informed him they were returning to the White House. Hutchinson said Ornato told her Trump became irate and attempted to grab the steering wheel of the vehicle, and lunged at Engel's clavicle.[334] She testified Engel was present with Ornato as he related the incident but never contradicted the account.[335] CNN reported three days after Hutchinson's testimony that it had spoken with two Secret Service agents who had heard accounts of the incident from multiple other agents since February 2021, including Trump's driver. Although details differed, agents confirmed there was an angry confrontation, with one agent relating that Trump "tried to lunge over the seat – for what reason, nobody had any idea," but no one asserted Trump attacked Engel. A separate Secret Service official told CNN that Engel denied that Trump grabbed at the steering wheel or lunged toward an agent on his detail, and that Ornato denied telling Hutchinson such.[336] Politico reported the same day that Engel told the committee during an early 2022 deposition that he had kept his full account of the incident from his Secret Service colleagues for at least fourteen months.[337] On July 14, 2022, CNN published an account about the corroboration by a Metropolitan Police officer in the motorcade of the "heated exchange" Trump had with his Secret Service detail when they refused to take him to the Capitol following his rally on January 6.[338]

Endangering Pence

On January 5, after Vice President Mike Pence refused to participate in the fake electors plot, Trump warned he would have to publicly criticize him. This prompted Pence's chief of staff to become concerned for the Pence's safety, leading him to alert Pence's Secret Service detail to the perceived threat.[339][340] At 3:23 a.m. on the morning of January 6, QAnon leader Ron Watkins posted a tweet accusing Pence of orchestrating a coup against Trump and linked to a blog post which called for "the immediate arrest of [Pence], for treason."[341][342][343]

At 2:24, while Pence was in hiding in the Capitol, Trump tweeted that Pence "didn't have the courage to do what should have been done".[57][344] Trump followers on far-right social media called for Pence to be hunted down, and the mob began chanting, "Where is Pence?" and "Find Mike Pence!"[345] Outside, the mob chanted, "Hang Mike Pence!", which some crowds continued to chant as they stormed the Capitol;[344] at least three rioters were overheard by a reporter saying they wanted to find Pence and execute him as a "traitor" by hanging him from a tree outside the building.[346] One official recalled that: "The members of the [Vice President's Secret Service detail] at this time were starting to fear for their own lives... they're screaming and saying things like 'say goodbye to the family'."[347] According to witnesses, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told coworkers that Trump complained about Pence being escorted to safety and then stated something suggesting that Pence should be hanged.[348][349]

Failure to end attack

In a televised January 6 Attack congressional hearing on June 9, 2022, congresspersons Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney stated that Trump did nothing to stop the attack despite numerous urgent requests that he intervene. They described Trump's inaction as a "dereliction of duty".[350] Cheney said Trump had attempted to overturn a free and fair democratic election by promoting a seven-part conspiracy.[351][352] According to Representative Thompson, "Jan. 6 was the culmination of an attempted coup, a brazen attempt, as one rioter put it shortly after Jan. 6, to overthrow the government ... The violence was no accident. It represents Trump's last stand, most desperate chance to halt the transfer of power." Trump, according to the committee, "lied to the American people, ignored all evidence refuting his false fraud claims, pressured state and federal officials to throw out election results favoring his challenger, encouraged a violent mob to storm the Capitol and even signaled support for the execution of his own vice president".[351][352]

After the June 9 hearing, Congressman Tom Rice (R) reiterated his long held view of Trump's conduct saying, "He watched it happen. He reveled in it. And he took no action to stop it. I think he had a duty to try to stop it, and he failed in that duty."[353]

Capitol Police leadership's failure to prepare

On January 6, the Capitol police were led by Michael C. Stenger (top left) the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Paul D. Irving (top right) the Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, and Steven Sund (bottom), the Chief of the Capitol Police. All three resigned in the wake of January 6.

Capitol Police leadership had not planned for a riot or attack,[354] and on January 6, under "orders from leadership", the force deployed without riot gear, shields, batons, or "less lethal" arms such as sting grenades. Department riot shields had been improperly stored, causing them to shatter upon impact.[151] Hundreds more Capitol Police could have been used, but they were not.[355]

Concerned about the approaching mob, Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) called Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, who was not on Capitol grounds but at the police department's headquarters. When asked what the Capitol Police was doing to stop the rioters, Sund told Waters, "We're doing the best we can" and then hung up on her.[235][356] It was not until 2:10 p.m. that the Capitol Police board granted Chief Sund permission to formally request deployment of the Guard.[357]

In a February 2021 confidence vote organized by the U.S. Capitol Police Labor Committee, the union representing Capitol Police officers, 92 percent voted that they had no confidence in leadership, writing: "Our leaders did not properly plan for the protest nor prepare officers for what they were about to face. This despite the fact they knew days before that the protest had the potential to turn violent. We still have no answers why leadership failed to inform or equip us for what was coming on January 6th."[358]

Department of Defense leadership's refusal to send Guard

Acting-Secretary Christopher Miller (top left), whose appointment had prompted concerns of a right-wing military coup, failed to authorize the National Guard to deploy until after the Capitol had been secured and Trump had called for supporters to "go home". Walter E. Piatt (top right) and Charles Flynn (bottom left) participated in a 2:26 PM call denying deployment of the guard, though the military did not admit Flynn's role for several weeks after the attack. Daniel R. Hokanson (bottom right) placed calls to ensure the Virginia and Maryland National Guard would not move until given explicit permission by the Pentagon.

On January 3, Miller had been ordered by Trump to "do whatever was necessary to protect the demonstrators" on January 6.[359] The following day, Miller issued orders which prohibited deploying D.C. Guard members with weapons, helmets, body armor or riot control agents without his personal approval.[148] Prior to the attack Trump had floated the idea with his staff of deploying 10,000 National Guardsmen, though not to protect the Capitol, but rather "to protect him and his supporters from any supposed threats by left-wing counterprotesters".[360]

At 1:34 p.m., D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser had a telephone call with Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy in which she requested they deploy the Guard. At 2:10 p.m., the Capitol Police board granted chief Sund permission to formally request deployment of the Guard.[357]

At 2:26 p.m., D.C.'s homeland security director Chris Rodriquez coordinated a conference call with Mayor Bowser, the chiefs of the Capitol Police (Sund) and Metropolitan Police (Contee), and DCNG major general Walker. As the DCNG does not report to a governor, but to the president, Walker patched in the Office of the Secretary of the Army, noting that he would need Pentagon authorization to deploy. Lt. Gen. Walter E. Piatt, director of the Army Staff, noted that the Pentagon needed Capitol Police authorization to step onto Capitol grounds. Metro Police chief Robert Contee asked for clarification from Capitol Police chief Sund: "Steve, are you requesting National Guard assistance at the Capitol?" to which Chief Sund replied, "I am making urgent, urgent, immediate request for National Guard assistance". According to Sund, Lt. Gen. Piatt stated, "I don't like the visual of the National Guard standing a police line with the Capitol in the background". Sund pleaded with Lt. Gen. Piatt to send the Guard, but Lt. Gen. Piatt stated that only Army secretary McCarthy had the authority to approve such a request and he could not recommend that Secretary McCarthy approve the request for assistance directly to the Capitol. The D.C. officials were subsequently described as "flabbergasted" at this message. McCarthy would later state that he was not in this conference call because he was already entering a meeting with senior department leadership.[361] General Charles A. Flynn, brother to the controversial General Michael Flynn, participated in the call.[362][363] By 3:37 p.m., the Pentagon dispatched its own security forces to guard the homes of senior defense leaders, "even though no rioters or criminal attacks are occurring at those locations." Chief Sund later opines "This demonstrates to me that the Pentagon fully understands the urgency and danger of the situation even as it does nothing to support us on the Hill."[364][365]

In response to the denial expressed by Department of Defense leaders during the 2:26 conference call, D.C. officials contacted the State of Virginia. The Public Safety secretary of Virginia, Brian Moran, dispatched the Virginia State Police to the U.S. Capitol as permitted by mutual aid agreement with D.C.[205] At 3:46 PM, after leaders of the Department of Defense learned that the Virginia National Guard may have mobilized, National Guard Gen. Hokanson call the Virginia commander to verify Virginia Guard would not move without prior permission from the Pentagon. At 3:55, Hokanson made a similar call to the commander of the Maryland National Guard.[366]

On January 6, Miller ultimately withheld permission to deploy the National Guard until 4:32 pm, after assets from Virginia had already entered the district, FBI tactical teams had arrived at the Capitol, and Trump had instructed rioters to "go home".[367][368] Miller's permission would not actually be relayed to the commander of the National Guard until 5:08.[369] Sund recalls a comment from the DC National Guard commander general Walker who said:

"Steve, I felt so bad. I wanted to help you immediately, but I couldn't. I could hear the desperation in your voice, but they wouldn't let me come. When we arrived, I saw the New Jersey State Police. Imagine how I felt. New Jersey got here before we did!"[370]

The Army falsely denied for two weeks that Lt. Gen. Charles A. Flynn – the Army deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and training – was in the conference call requesting the National Guard. Flynn's role drew scrutiny in light of his brother Michael's recent calls for martial law and a redo election overseen by the military.[371] Flynn testified that "he never expressed a concern about the visuals, image, or public perception of" sending the Guard to the Capitol; Col. Earl Matthews, who participated in the call and took contemporaneous notes, called Flynn's denial "outright perjury".[372] Department of Defense leaders claim they called the DC National Guard commander at 4:30 to relay permission to deploy—leaders with the Guard deny this call ever took place.[373]

Congressional conduct

During the attack, Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) posted information about the police response and the location of members on Twitter, including the fact that Speaker Pelosi had been taken out of the chamber, for which she has faced calls to resign for endangering members.[374][375] Boebert responded that she was not sharing private information since Pelosi's removal was also broadcast on TV.[286]

Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) left the congressional safe room for fear of other members there "who incited the mob in the first place".[286]

While sheltering for hours in the "safe room"  a cramped, windowless room where people sat within arms' length of each other – some Republican Congress members refused to wear face masks, even when their Democratic colleagues begged them to do so. During the following week, three Democratic members tested positive for COVID-19 in what an environmental health expert described as a "superspreader" event.[376]

Deletion of Secret Service and Homeland Security text messages

As part of its investigation into the events of January 6, the Office of Inspector General requested text messages from the Secret Service. In response, the messages were deleted. [377][378] Text messages from Department of Homeland Security leaders Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli "are missing from a key period leading up to the January 6 attack".[379] Wolf's nomination had been withdrawn by the White House sometime on January 6.[380] A criminal investigation was opened into the deletion.[381]

Participants, groups, and criminal charges

By August 2023, over 1,100 defendants had been charged for their role in the attack.[29] The attackers included some of Trump's longtime and most fervent supporters from across the United States.[382] The mob included Republican Party officials, current and former state legislators and political donors, far-right militants, white supremacists,[382] conservative evangelical Christians[lower-alpha 5] and participants of the "Save America" Rally.[383] According to the FBI, dozens of people on its terrorist watchlist were in D.C. for pro-Trump events on the 6th, with the majority being "suspected white supremacists".[384] Some came heavily armed and some were convicted criminals, including a man who had been released from a Florida prison after serving a sentence for attempted murder.[382]

Proud Boys

Proud Boys leaders who led a seditious conspiracy to stop the transfer of power: Chairman Enrique Tarrio of Florida (top left), Ethan "Rufio" Nordean of Washington State (top center), Joe Biggs (top right) of Florida, Zachary Rehl of Pennsylvania (bottom left) and Jeremy Bertino of South Carolina (bottom right). Bertino pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy, while the other four were found guilty of seditious conspiracy at trial.

The Proud Boys played a much greater role in planning and coordinating the attack than was known in 2021. In 2022, new information appeared in testimony to the January 6th Committee and in a The New York Times investigative video.[229] Another key revelation about the Proud Boys' plans came from an informant and concerned Mike Pence:

According to an F.B.I. affidavit the panel highlighted ... a government informant said that members of the far-right militant group the Proud Boys told him they would have killed Pence 'if given the chance.' The rioters on January 6th almost had that chance, coming within forty feet of the Vice-President as he fled to safety.[385]

On July 7, 2023, Barry Bennet Ramey was sentenced to 5 years in prison. He was connected to the Proud Boys and pepper-sprayed police in the face.[386] Proud Boys leaders Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl were sentenced to 17 and 15 years respectively.[387] Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola, who breached the capitol with a stolen police riot shield, was sentenced to 10 years.[388] Proud Boys founder Enrique Tarrio, described as the "ultimate leader" of the conspiracy, was sentenced to 22 years in prison.[389][390]

Oath Keepers

The Oath Keepers are an American far-right[391] anti-government militia[391][392] whose leaders have been convicted of violently opposing the government of the United States, including the transfer of presidential power as prescribed by the United States constitution. It was incorporated in 2009 by founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes, a lawyer and former paratrooper. In 2023, Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy for his role in the attack, and another Oath Keepers leader, Kelly Meggs, was sentenced to 12 years for the same crime.[393]

On January 13, 2022, 10 members of the Oath Keepers, including founder Stewart Rhodes, were arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy.[394] On November 29, a jury convicted Rhodes and Florida chapter Oath Keeper leader Kelly Meggs of seditious conspiracy. Three other members of the Oath Keepers were found not guilty of seditious conspiracy, but were convicted on other related charges.[395][396]

On May 23, 2023, Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes, age 57, was sentenced to 18 years in prison.[397] The Department of Justice announced plans to appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for longer prison terms for Rhodes and his co-defendants.[397] At sentencing, the court described Rhodes as dangerous, noting "The moment you are released, whenever that may be, you will be ready to take up arms against your government."[398] Eight of Rhodes's militiamen were convicted of seditious of conspiracy among other charges. Kelly Meggs was sentenced to 12 years in prison.[399] Jessica Watkins was sentenced to 8 years and six months and Kenneth Harrelson was sentenced to four years in prison. Both convicts were members of the Oath Keepers, with Watkins' crimes including merging her local Ohio armed group with the Oath Keepers in 2020, and Harrelson serving as the right-hand man to Kelly Meggs, leader of the Florida chapter.[400]

Prosecution diagram of the Oath Keepers leadership involved in the attack.

QAnon

Jake Angeli, the "QAnon Shaman", in the US Senate during the attack. He was later sentenced to 41 months in prison.[401]

QAnon is an American political conspiracy theory and political movement that originated in the American far-right political sphere in 2017.[402] QAnon centers on fabricated claims made by an anonymous individual or individuals known as "Q". Those claims have been relayed and developed by online communities and influencers. Their core belief is that a cabal of Satanic,[403][404][405] cannibalistic child molesters are operating a global child sex trafficking ring which conspired against Donald Trump.[409] Watchdogs studied QAnon posts and warned of the potential for violence ahead of January 6, 2021.[410][411][412] Multiple QAnon-affiliated protesters participated in the attack.[413][414] One participant whose attire and behavior attracted worldwide media attention was Jake Angeli, a QAnon supporter nicknamed the "QAnon Shaman".[415] Ashli Babbitt, a rioter who was shot dead by police as she was trying to break into the Speaker's Lobby, was a committed follower of QAnon.[416][417] The day before the attack, she had tweeted: "the storm is here and it is descending upon DC in less than 24 hours".[418]

White supremacists, neo-Nazis, and neo-Confederates

Attacker Kevin Seefried carries a confederate battle flag through the United States Capitol

Far-right emblematic gear was worn by some participants, including neo-Confederate, Holocaust deniers, Neo-Nazi and Völkisch-inspired neopagan apparel, as well as a shirt emblazoned with references to the Auschwitz–Birkenau concentration camp and its motto, Arbeit macht frei.[419][384][420][421]

Anti-Semitic, neo-Nazi group NSC-131 (Nationalist Social Club) was at the event, although it is unknown to what extent.[422][423][lower-alpha 6] Following the event, members of the group detailed their actions and claimed they were the "beginning of the start of White Revolution in the United States".[425] After the attack, two white nationalists known for racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric streamed to their online followers a video posted on social media showing a man harassing an Israeli journalist seeking to conduct a live report outside the building.[419]

Some of the rioters carried American flags, Confederate battle flags,[6][426][427][428] or Nazi emblems.[429] For the first time in U.S. history, a Confederate battle flag was displayed inside the Capitol.[426][430]

The laptop computer taken from Pelosi's office was taken by 22-year-old Capitol rioter Riley Williams, a member of the Atomwaffen.[431][432][433][434] Williams' boyfriend, who tipped off police, said that she had intended to send the stolen laptop to a friend in Russia for sale to Russian intelligence.[432][434] Williams was sentenced to 3 years in prison.[435]

The National Capital Region Threat Intelligence Consortium, a fusion center that aids the DHS and other federal national security and law enforcement groups, wrote that potentially violent individuals were joining the protest from the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division and Stormfront. Despite this information, the Secret Service released an internal memo that stated there was no concern.[436]

Others

Although the anti-government Boogaloo movement mostly were opposing Donald Trump, a Boogaloo follower said several groups under his command helped attack the Capitol, taking the opportunity to strike against the federal government.[437] Also present during the attack were parts of the National Anarchist Movement and the Blue Lives Matter movement, supporters of the America First Movement, the Stop the Steal movement and the Patriot Movement, remnants of the Tea Party movement, the Three Percenters, the Groyper Army, Christian nationalists, and other far-right organizations and groups.[420]

Shirts with references to famous internet meme Pepe the Frog were also seen, alongside "1776" and "MAGA civil war 2021" shirts, NSC-131 stickers, and the valknut symbol.[438] Rioters were seen using the OK gesture, a gesture that had been famously co-opted as an alt-right dog whistle. Christian imagery, including a large "Jesus saves" banner, was seen in the crowd of demonstrators. Various other iconography was also on display, such as flags of other countries.[lower-alpha 7]

Anti-vaccine activists and conspiracy theorists were also present at the rally.[441] Members of the right-wing Tea Party Patriots-backed group America's Frontline Doctors, including founder Simone Gold and its communications director, were arrested.[442][443] She was later sentenced to 60 days in prison by a US federal court in Washington, D.C., for illegally entering the US Capitol building.[444] West Virginia delegate Derrick Evans, a state lawmaker, filmed himself entering the Capitol alongside rioters. On January 8, he was charged by federal authorities with entering a restricted area;[445] he resigned from the House of Delegates the next day and was ultimate sentenced to 90 days in jail.[446] Amanda Chase was censured by the Virginia State Senate for her actions surrounding the event.[447]

Police and military connections

Politico reported some rioters briefly showing their police badges or military identification to law enforcement as they approached the Capitol, expecting to be let inside; a Capitol Police officer told BuzzFeed News that one rioter had told him "[w]e're doing this for you" as he flashed a badge.[354] One former police officer, Laura Steele, was convicted for breaching the Capitol with fellow Oath Keepers.[448]

A number of U.S. military personnel participated in the attack;[382] the Department of Defense is investigating members on active and reserve duty who may have been involved in the attack.[449][450] Nearly 20% of defendants charged in relation to the attack and about 12% of the participants in general were current or former members of the U.S. military.[451][452] A report from George Washington University and the Combating Terrorism Center said that "if anything ... there actually is a very slight underrepresentation of veterans among the January 6 attackers".[452] Police officers and a police chief from departments in multiple states are under investigation for their alleged involvement in the attack.[453] Two Capitol Police officers were suspended, one for directing rioters inside the building while wearing a Make America Great Again hat, and the other for taking a selfie with a rioter.[454][455]

Analysis

A row of flags supporting Donald Trump are lined on a lawn in D.C.
A row of flags lining the Capitol grounds

An academic analysis reported in The Atlantic in February 2021 found that of the 193 people so far arrested for invading the Capitol, 89 percent had no clear public connection to established far-right militias, known white-nationalist gangs, or any other known militant organizations. "The overwhelming reason for action, cited again and again in court documents, was that arrestees were following Trump's orders to keep Congress from certifying Joe Biden as the presidential-election winner". They were older than participants in previous far-right violent demonstrations and more likely to be employed, with 40% being business owners. The researchers concluded that these "middle-aged, middle-class insurrectionists" represented "a new force in American politics  not merely a mix of right-wing organizations, but a broader mass political movement that has violence at its core and draws strength even from places where Trump supporters are in the minority".[456]

The Associated Press reviewed public and online records of more than 120 participants after the attack and found that many of them shared conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election on social media and had also believed other QAnon and "deep state" conspiracy theories. Additionally, several had threatened Democratic and Republican politicians before the attack.[382] The event was described as "Extremely online", with "pro-Trump internet personalities" and fans streaming live footage while taking selfies.[457][458]

According to the University of Maryland's National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism:

The "ordinary people" argument misses, or at least obscures, the extent to which the Capitol rioters were linked to dangerous groups and ideas. … at least 280 of the individuals charged with committing crimes on Jan. 6 were associated with extremist groups or conspiratorial movements. This includes 78 defendants who had links to the Proud Boys, a group with a history of violence; 37 members of the anti-government Oath Keepers militia; 31 individuals who embraced the similarly anti-government and militant views of the Three Percenters movement; and 92 defendants who promoted aspects of QAnon. ... These 280 individuals make up approximately 35 percent of the Capitol defendants. While it is true that they do not represent a majority of the more than 800 people who have been charged in connection with the riot, … A 35 percent rate of participation in extremism among a collective of apparently "ordinary" individuals is an astounding number – one that should shake us to our core.[80]

A crowd of protestors moving towards the Capitol building.
Rioters outside the Capitol shortly after Congress was evacuated

Federal officials estimate that about ten thousand rioters entered the Capitol grounds,[459] and the Secret Service and FBI have estimated that about 1,200 ultimately entered the building.[460]

More than 800 video and audio files  including D.C. Metropolitan Police radio transmissions, Capitol Police body-worn camera footage, and Capitol surveillance camera footage  were later obtained as evidence in Trump's impeachment trial. The evidence showed that the assailants launched a large and coordinated attack; for example, "Security camera footage near the House chamber shows the rioters waving in reinforcements to come around the corner. Another video shows more than 150 rioters charging through a breached entrance in just a minute-and-a-half".[461] While assaulting the Capitol, the crowd chanted "Fight, Fight"; "Stop the steal"; and "Fight for Trump".[462] As they were overrun by a violent mob, the police acted with restraint and pleaded for backup.[461] Many of the attackers employed tactics, body armor and technology (such as two-way radio headsets) similar to those of the very police they were confronting.[463] Some rioters wore riot gear, including helmets and military-style vests. A pair of rioters carried plastic handcuffs, which they found on a table inside the Capitol.[464][465] In an analysis of later court documents, it was reported that at least 85 participants in the riot were charged with carrying or using a weapon, such as guns, knives, axes, chemical sprays, police gear and stun guns, in the riots to assault others or break objects. It is also illegal to brandish weapons at the Capitol.[466]

Results

Casualties and suicides

Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick who died the day after the attack.

Ashli Babbitt, an unarmed 35-year-old Air Force veteran, was fatally shot in the upper chest by Lt. Michael Leroy Byrd while attempting to climb through the shattered window of a barricaded door.[467]

Brian Sicknick, a 42-year-old responding Capitol Police officer, was pepper-sprayed during the attack and had two thromboembolic strokes the next day,[468][469] after which he was placed on life support[8] and soon died.[470][471] The D.C. chief medical examiner found he died from a stroke, classifying his death as natural,[472] and commenting that "all that transpired played a role in his condition".[473][474]

Rosanne Boyland, 34, died of an amphetamine overdose during the attack rather than, as was initially reported, from being trampled by other rioters after her collapse,[475] ruled accidental by the D.C. medical examiner's office.[24] Her mother, Cheryl Boyland, told NBC News, "She was not doing drugs. The only thing they found was her own prescription medicine."[476]

Kevin Greeson, 55; and Benjamin Philips, 50, died naturally from coronary heart disease and hypertensive heart disease, respectively.[24]

Four officers from various police departments who responded to the attack committed suicide in the days and months that followed.[477] Capitol Police officer Howard Charles Liebengood died by suicide three days after the attack,[478] and D.C. Metropolitan Police officer Jeffrey Smith, who was injured in the attack, died by suicide from a gunshot wound to the head at George Washington Memorial Parkway on January 15, after a misdiagnosed concussion.[479] In July, two more members of law enforcement who responded to the attack died by suicide: Metropolitan Police officer Kyle Hendrik DeFreytag was found on July 10, and Metropolitan Police officer Gunther Paul Hashida was found on July 29.[480]

Some rioters[lower-alpha 8] and 138 police officers (73 Capitol Police and 65 Metropolitan Police) were injured,[27] of whom 15 were hospitalized, some with severe injuries.[28] All had been released from the hospital by January 11.[482]

Damage

A photo taken from the inside of the Capitol building. Windows are broken, along with their wooden frames. They are boarded up.
A damaged window in the Capitol

Rioters stormed the offices of Nancy Pelosi, flipping tables and ripping photos from walls;[288][289] the office of the Senate Parliamentarian was ransacked;[267] art was looted;[6] and feces were tracked into several hallways.[17][483] Windows were smashed throughout the building, leaving the floor littered with glass and debris.[6][484] Rioters damaged, turned over, or stole furniture.[484] One door had "MURDER THE MEDIA" scribbled onto it.[485] Rioters damaged Associated Press recording and broadcasting equipment outside the Capitol after chasing away reporters.[486] Rioters also destroyed a display honoring the life of congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis.[487][488] A photo of Representative Andy Kim (D–NJ) cleaning up the litter in the rotunda after midnight went viral.[489]

The rioters caused extensive physical damage.[6][17] Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton, who leads the office charged with maintaining the Capitol and preserving its art and architecture, reported in congressional testimony from late February 2021 that the combined costs of repairing the damage and post-attack security measures (such as erecting temporary perimeter fencing) already exceeded $30 million and would continue to increase.[19] In May 2021, U.S. prosecutors estimated that the damage would cost almost $1.5 million.[490] Interior damage from the attack included broken glass, broken doors, and graffiti; as well as defecation[491] throughout the complex, on the floor and smeared on the walls; some statues, paintings, and furniture were damaged by pepper spray, tear gas, and fire extinguishing agents deployed by rioters and police.[16][19]

The historic bronze Columbus Doors were damaged.[19][492] Items, including portraits of John Quincy Adams and James Madison, as well as a marble statue of Thomas Jefferson, were covered in "corrosive gas agent residue"; these were sent to the Smithsonian for assessment and restoration.[440] A 19th-century marble bust of President Zachary Taylor was defaced with what seemed to be blood, but the most important works in the Capitol collection, such as the John Trumbull paintings, were unharmed.[16][484] On the Capitol's exterior, two 19th-century bronze light fixtures designed by Frederick Law Olmsted were damaged.[16] Because the Capitol has no insurance against loss, taxpayers will pay for damage inflicted by the siege.[485] Rare old-growth mahogany wood, stored in Wisconsin for more than one hundred years by the Forest Products Laboratory, was used to replace damaged wood fixtures and doors at the Capitol.[493][494]

Laptop theft and cybersecurity concerns

A laptop owned by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) was stolen.[495] A laptop taken from Speaker Pelosi's office was a "laptop from a conference room ... that was only used for presentations", according to Pelosi's deputy chief of staff.[496] Representative Ruben Gallego (D–AZ) said "we have to do a full review of what was taken, or copied, or even left behind in terms of bugs and listening devices".[354] Military news website SOFREP reported that "several" secretlevel laptops were stolen, some of which had been abandoned while still logged in to SIPRNet, causing authorities to temporarily shut down SIPRNet for a security update on January 7 and leading the United States Army Special Operations Command to re-authorize all SIPRNet-connected computers on January 8.[497][498]

Representative Anna Eshoo (D–CA) said in a statement that "[i]mages on social media and in the press of vigilantes accessing congressional computers are worrying" and she had asked the chief administrative officer of the House (CAO) "to conduct a full assessment of threats based on what transpired".[499] The CAO said it was "providing support and guidance to House offices as needed".[496]

Aftermath

Political, legal, and social repercussions

Indictment of Jacob Anthony Chansley (Jake Angeli; QAnon Shaman)

The attack was followed by political, legal, and social repercussions. The second impeachment of Donald Trump, who was charged for incitement of insurrection for his conduct, occurred on January 13. At the same time, Cabinet officials were pressured to invoke the 25th Amendment for removing Trump from office.[500] Trump was subsequently acquitted in the Senate trial, which was held in February after Trump had already left office. The result was a 57–43 vote in favor of conviction, with every Democrat and seven Republicans voting to convict, but two-thirds of the Senate (67 votes) are required to convict.[501] Many in the Trump administration resigned. Several large companies[502] announced they were halting all political donations, and others have suspended funding the lawmakers who had objected to certifying Electoral College results.[503] A bill was introduced to form an independent commission, similar to the 9/11 Commission, to investigate the events surrounding the attack; it passed the House but was blocked by Republicans in the Senate.[504] The House then approved a House "select committee" to investigate the attack.[505] In June, the Senate released the results of its own investigation of the attack. The event led to strong criticism of law enforcement agencies. Leading figures within the United States Capitol Police resigned.[506][507]

A large-scale criminal investigation was undertaken, with the FBI opening more than 400 case files.[508] Federal law enforcement undertook a nationwide manhunt for the perpetrators, with arrests and indictments following within days. More than 615 people have been charged with federal crimes.[509]

Per his involvement in inciting the attack, Trump was suspended from various social media sites, at first temporarily and then indefinitely. In response to posts by Trump supporters in favor of the attempts to overturn the election, the social networking site Parler was shut down by its service providers. Corporate suspensions of other accounts and programs associated with participating groups also took place.[510][511][512]

The inauguration week was marked by nationwide security concerns. Unprecedented security preparations for the inauguration of Joe Biden were undertaken, including the deployment of 25,000 National Guard members. In May, the House passed a $1.9 billion Capitol security bill in response to the attack.[513]

In the days following the attack on the Capitol, Republican politicians in at least three states introduced legislation creating new prohibitions on protest activity.[514]

On August 1, 2023, Fitch Ratings downgraded the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+, making it the second time in U.S. history the government's credit rating was downgraded since Standard & Poor's downgrade in 2011. Fitch Ratings directly cited the attack as a factor in its decision to downgrade, privately telling Biden officials that the event "indicated an unstable government." It also cited rising debt at the federal, state, and local levels, a "steady deterioration in standards of governance" over the last two decades, worsening political divisions around spending and tax policy, and "repeated debt limit standoffs and last-minute resolutions." Fitch Ratings did note in a previous report that while government stability declined from 2018 to 2021, it had increased since Biden assumed the presidency.[515]

Although a few evangelical leaders supported the attack,[516] most condemned the violence and criticized Trump for inciting the crowd.[517] This criticism came from liberal Christian groups such as the Red-Letter Christians, as well as evangelical groups who were generally supportive of Trump.[516][518] This criticism did not noticeably affect evangelical support for Trump; investigative journalist Sarah Posner, author of Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump, argued that many white evangelical Christians in the U.S. create an echo chamber whereby Trump's missteps are blamed on the Democratic Party, leftists, or the mainstream media, the last of which being viewed as especially untrustworthy.[519]

Domestic reactions

In the aftermath of the attack, after drawing widespread condemnation from the U.S. Congress, members of his administration, and the media, 45th U.S. President Donald Trump released a video-taped statement on January 7 to stop the resignations of his staff and the threats of impeachment or removal from office. In the statement, he condemned the violence at the U.S. Capitol, saying that "a new administration will be inaugurated", which was widely seen as a concession, and his "focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power" to the Joe Biden administration.[520][521] Vanity Fair reported that Trump was at least partially convinced to make the statement by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who told Trump a sufficient number of Senate Republicans would support removing him from office unless he conceded.[522] White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany had attempted to distance the administration from the rioters' behavior in a televised statement earlier in the day.[523] On January 9, The New York Times reported that Trump had told White House aides he regretted committing to an orderly transition of power and would never resign from office.[524] In a March 25 interview on Fox News, Trump defended the Capitol attackers, saying they were patriots who posed "zero threat", and he criticized law enforcement for "persecuting" the rioters.[525]

The Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a statement on January 12 condemning the attack and reminding military personnel everywhere that incoming President Joe Biden was about to become their commander-in-chief, saying "... the rights of freedom of speech and assembly do not give anyone the right to resort to violence, sedition, and insurrection".[526] The statement also said, "As we have done throughout our history, the U.S. military will obey lawful orders from civilian leadership, support civilian authorities to protect lives and property, ensure public safety in accordance with the law, and remain fully committed to protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic".[527][528] U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (RKY), then the Senate Majority Leader, called it a "failed insurrection",[529][530] that "the mob was fed lies", and "they were provoked by the president and other powerful people".[531] Christopher Wray, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2017, later characterized the incident as domestic terrorism.[532][533] President Biden, who described the rioters as "terrorists" aimed at "overturning the will of the American people" later shared this opinion.[534] In early 2021, the RAND Corporation released a framework to reduce the risk of extremist activity in the U.S. military.[535]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had the flags at the Capitol lowered to half-staff in honor of Brian Sicknick, a United States Capitol Police officer who died following the attacks.[536][537] Trump initially declined to lower flags at the White House or other federal buildings under his control, before changing his mind four days later.[538][539][540] Biden, Mike Pence, and Pelosi offered condolences to Sicknick's family; Trump did not.[536][541] After Sicknick's death, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) received backlash for previous speeches that were perceived as calls for violence.[542]

A survey by the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston taken January 12–20 showed that nearly a third (32%) of Texas Republicans supported the attack, although overall 83% of all Texans who expressed an opinion were opposed to it.[543] In a poll of Americans just after the attack, 79% of those surveyed said America is "falling apart".[544][545] In February 2022, the Republican National Committee called the events of January 6 "legitimate political discourse".[546]

The US art world reacted through the chronicling of the day as well as the creation of new work. Starting January 7, 2021, the Smithsonian Museum enacted its "rapid-response protocol" to gather rally signs, posters, flags, and weapons abandoned on the National Mall and began work on a digital arts exhibit.[547] Visual artist Paul Chan created his "A drawing as a recording of an insurrection", a 163-inch double-sided drawing[548] exhibited at the Greene Naftali Gallery in New York.[549] In December 2022, literary press Whiskey Tit released Tell Me What You See, the first fiction published about the attack.[550] At the one-year anniversary, One Six Comics published graphic novel series 1/6 [551] and The Society of Classical Poets website posted various poems about the day,[552] including one glorifying deceased rioter Ashli Babbitt.[553]

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, civil rights groups and celebrities immediately criticized the Capitol Police for a perceived "double standard" in the treatment of the protesters and rioters who were mostly white. Joe Biden stated, "No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday they wouldn't have been treated very, very differently than the mob of thugs that stormed the Capitol. We all know that's true and it is unacceptable." Michelle Obama wrote, "Yesterday made it painfully clear that certain Americans are, in fact, allowed to denigrate the flag and symbols of our nation. They’ve just got to look the right way."[554][555] Capitol Police chief Steven Sund, who later resigned, explained they had prepared for a peaceful protest but were overwhelmed by an "angry, violent mob".[556] Later in the year, at a White House ceremony to thank officers who responded to the attack that day, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris congratulated the police on their response, calling them "heroes".[557]

International reactions

More than seventy countries and international organizations expressed their concerns over the attack and condemned the violence, with some specifically condemning President Donald Trump's own role in inciting the attack.[558][559] Foreign leaders, diplomats, politicians, and institutions expressed shock, outrage, and condemnation of the events.[560][561] Multiple world leaders made a call for peace, describing the assault as "an attack on democracy".[562] The leaders of some countries, including Brazil, Poland, and Hungary, declined to condemn the situation, and described it as an internal U.S. affair.[563]

As early as January 2021, a few European security officials described the events as an attempted coup.[564]

Analysis and terminology

A week following the attack, journalists were searching for an appropriate word to describe the event.[565] According to the Associated Press, U.S. media outlets first described the developments on January 6 as "a rally or protest", but as the events of the day escalated and further reporting and images emerged, the descriptions shifted to "an assault, a riot, an insurrection, domestic terrorism or even a coup attempt".[566] It was variably observed that the media outlets were settling on the terms "riot" and "insurrection".[566][567] According to NPR, "By definition, 'insurrection', and its derivative, 'insurgency', are accurate. 'Riot' and 'mob' are equally correct. While these words are not interchangeable, they are all suitable when describing Jan. 6."[568] The New York Times assessed the event as having brought the United States "hours away from a full-blown constitutional crisis".[569] Presciently, Brian Stelter, in CNN Business, wrote that the events of the Capitol attack "will be remembered as an act of domestic terrorism against the United States".[570]

The Encyclopædia Britannica described the attack "as an insurrection or attempted coup d'état".[571] The encyclopedia added that "The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other law-enforcement agencies also considered it an act of domestic terrorism".[571] Furthermore, Encyclopædia Britannica classifies the Capitol attack under the topic of domestic terrorism and describes the United States Capitol as a "scene of domestic terrorism when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the building as Congress was in the process of certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election".[572]

Federal judge David Carter described Trump's actions as "a coup in search of a legal theory".[573] Naunihal Singh of the U.S. Naval War College, and author of Seizing Power: The Strategic Logic of Military Coups, wrote that the attack on the Capitol was "an insurrection, a violent uprising against the government" and "sedition", but not a coup because Trump did not order the military "to seize power on his behalf".[574][575] The Coup D'état Project of the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research at the University of Illinois, which tracks coups and coup attempts globally, classified the attack as an "attempted dissident coup", defined as an unsuccessful coup attempt "initiated by a small group of discontents" such as "ex-military leaders, religious leaders, former government leaders, members of a legislature/parliament, and civilians [but not police or the military]". The Cline Center said the "organized, illegal attempt to intervene in the presidential transition" by displacing Congress met this definition.[576][577] Some political scientists identified the attack as an attempted self-coup, in which the head of government attempts to strong-arm the other branches of government to entrench power.[578] Academic Fiona Hill, a former member of Trump's National Security Council, described the attack, and Trump's actions in the months leading up to it, as an attempted self-coup.[579]

As mentioned, the FBI classified the attack as domestic terrorism.[580][581] At the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on March 2, 2021, Wray testified:

I was appalled, like you, at the violence and destruction that we saw that day. I was appalled that you, our country's elected leaders, were victimized right here in these very halls. That attack, that siege was criminal behavior, plain and simple, and it's behavior that we, the FBI, view as domestic terrorism. It's got no place in our democracy and tolerating it would make a mockery of our nation's rule of law.[582][583]

The Congressional Research Service also concluded that the attack met the federal definition of domestic terrorism.[584][585] Republican senator Ted Cruz characterized it as terrorism at least eighteen times over the ensuing year, though he was among the Senate Republicans who blocked a bipartisan January 6 commission to investigate it.[586][587]

On the January 4, 2021, Steve Bannon, while discussing the planning for the upcoming events and speech by Trump on January 6 at The Ellipse, described it as a "bloodless coup".[107][108]

A March 2023 poll found that 20.5 percent of Americans believe that violence to achieve a political goal is sometimes justified. Nearly 12 percent expressed their willingness to use force to restore Trump to power.[588] A June 2023 poll found that about 12 million American adults, or 4.4 percent of the adult population, believe violence is justified in returning Trump to the White House.[589]

Historians' perspectives

While there have been other instances of violence at the Capitol in the 19th and 20th centuries, this event was the most severe assault on the building since the 1814 burning of Washington by British forces during the War of 1812. The last attempt on the life of the vice president was a bomb plot against Thomas Marshall in July 1915.[590] For the first time in U.S. history, a Confederate battle flag was flown inside the Capitol. The Confederate States Army had never reached the Capitol, nor came closer than 6 miles (10 km) from the Capitol at the Battle of Fort Stevens, during the American Civil War.[591][lower-alpha 9]

Douglas Brinkley, a historian at Rice University,[594] remarked on how January 6 would be remembered in American history: "Now every Jan. 6, we're going to have to remember what happened... I worry if we lose the date that it will lose some of its wallop over time". He also wrote about Trump's responsibility during the attack: "There are always going to be puzzle pieces added to what occurred on Jan. 6, because the president of the United States was sitting there watching this on television in the White House, as we all know, allowing it to go on and on".[595]

Speaking on January 6, 2022, historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham warned that the U.S. remained at "a crucial turning point". Meacham commented, "What you saw a year ago today was the worst instincts of both human nature and American politics and it's either a step on the way to the abyss or it is a call to arms figuratively for citizens to engage". Goodwin added, "We've come through these really tough times before. We've had lots of people who were willing to step up and put their public lives against their private lives. And that's what we've got to depend on today. That's what we need in these years and months ahead."[596]

Robert Paxton considered the attack to be evidence that Trump's movement was an example of fascism, a characterization that Paxton had resisted up to that point. Paxton compared the event to the French 6 February 1934 crisis.[597]

Richard J. Evans said that it was not a coup, but that it did represent a danger to democracy in the United States.[598]

14th Amendment disqualification argument

Some legal scholars have argued that Trump is barred from presidential office under section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution because of his apparent support for the attack.[599]

See also

Notes

  1. A July 28, 2023, report estimated that 1,093 defendants had been charged with criminal crimes, of whom 629 had pleaded guilty. Of the 129 defendants to go to trial, 87 defendants were convicted of all charges, 40 defendants received mixed verdicts (convicted of at least one charge, and acquitted or a hung jury on at least one charge), and two were acquitted of all charges.[82]
  2. Multiple notes:
    • Amy Kremer of Women for Trump had been granted a permit the day prior.
    • Other organizations taking part in the event included: Black Conservatives Fund, Eighty Percent Coalition, Moms For America, Peaceably Gather, Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, Rule of Law Defense Fund, Stop The Steal, Turning Point Action, Tea Party Patriots, Women For America First, and Wildprotest.com.
  3. In 2019, Kara Swisher speculated Trump might encourage supporters to "rise up in armed insurrection to keep him in office".
  4. A week later, he retired.[190]
  5. Before the demonstrators entered the building, activist Jake Angeli called out for them to pause and join him in prayer.[383]
  6. The group is more radical than other patriot movement groups who attended the rally. "NSC members consider themselves soldiers fighting a war against a hostile, Jewish-controlled system that is deliberately plotting the extinction of the white race." states the ADL.[424]
  7. Witnesses reported seeing the national flags of Cuba, Romania, India, Israel, South Vietnam, Australia, Japan, Iran, Georgia, South Korea, Tonga, Mexico, Canada, and the United States (including an upside-down version); a U.S. Marines flag; the flag of the fictional country of "Kekistan"; Trump campaign flags such as "Release the Kraken", Second Amendment and America First flags; Pine tree, III Percenters and VDARE flags; altered versions of confederate, Gadsden, state, national and Gay Pride flags; as well as old American and Army flags such as the Betsy Ross flag, Irish Brigade flags, and others.[439][440]
  8. Only sporadic instances of injured rioters have been publicly recorded;[481] injuries in general (such as a total number) among this group have not.
  9. However, from 1894 to 2020, the Flag of Mississippi contained a Confederate battle flag in its design and had been displayed in the Capitol building.[592]
    The flag was carried during the attack by Kevin Seefried, who traveled from his home in Delaware to hear Trump speak, bringing the flag he had displayed outside his house. Seefried and his son, who helped clear a broken window for them to gain access into the Capitol, were both indicted by a grand jury.[593]

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