Officials said the scale and speed of this ongoing investigation remain unprecedented, as Thursday, June 6, 2024, marked 41 months since the attack that disrupted a joint session of Congress, affirming President Joe Biden’s victory over the twice impeached and convicted former President Donald Trump.
By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
As of June 5, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice has charged more than 1,457 individuals in nearly all 50 states and the District of Columbia in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The charges, pursued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the FBI’s Washington Field Office, include assaulting officers, conspiracy, theft of government property, and obstructing official proceedings.
Officials said the scale and speed of this ongoing investigation remain unprecedented, as Thursday, June 6, 2024, marked 41 months since the attack that disrupted a joint session of Congress, affirming President Joe Biden’s victory over the twice impeached and convicted former President Donald Trump.
Having been convicted of 34 felonies last month in New York and found liable for massive business fraud and sexual assault, Trump is also charged in connection with the insurrection. Federal prosecutors alleged that he conspired to disenfranchise millions of voters by pressuring state and federal officials to upend Biden’s victory in the 2020 election based on false claims of fraud.
The deadly insurrection caused approximately $2.8 million in damage to the Capitol building and grounds.
Prosecutors have charged approximately 517 individuals with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, including around 137 who used deadly or dangerous weapons. Trump supporters assaulted nearly 140 police officers during the riot, with about 80 from the U.S. Capitol Police and 60 from the Metropolitan Police Department. Further, eleven individuals face charges for assaulting members of the media or destroying their equipment.
