Jan 6

During the opening night of the House committee hearings on the U.S. Capitol Riot, congressional chairs Reps. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., laid out a damning indictment of former President Donald Trump with testimony from former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, Ivanka Trump and a U.S. Capitol police officer.

Capitol police officer Caroline Edwards recounted being behind a bike rack and trying to hold back rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. “I turned to my sergeant and I stated the understatement of the century. I said, ‘Sarge, we’re going to need a few more people down here.’”

Federal prosecutors have urged a jury to reject a retired New York City police officer’s argument that he was acting in self-defense when he swung a flagpole at police officers and tackled one of them during the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has assured colleagues he never asked then-President Donald Trump to resign over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol

Three men from Illinois pleaded guilty Thursday to their involvement in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

A California doctor known as a leading purveyor of coronavirus misinformation pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge on Thursday for joining the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last year

Three men from Illinois were charged Wednesday in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, bringing the total number of people from Illinois who have been charged in the insurrection to 22.

Nearly a year after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, at least 700 people have been charged with crimes including conspiracy, theft and assault, and a number of unanswered questions remain.

Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, is cooperating with a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and providing some documents, the panel says.

The Department of Justice has released new video from the U.S. Capitol showing protesters attacking police as they tried to secure two doors to keep people out of the building. 

A former mixed martial arts fighter who pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Wednesday to 41 months in prison. Federal prosecutors had recommended a sentence of 44 months.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced on Sunday the appointment of congressman Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced Thursday the names of the first eight congresspeople assigned to the House committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol. The 13-member bipartisan committee will have the power to subpoena witnesses and documents as part of their investigation.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced on Thursday that the House is establishing a select bipartisan committee to investigate the cause of and response to the Capitol Riot on Jan. 6. The announcement comes one month after Senate Republicans blocked House legislation to create a bipartisan commission on the riot.