Office of Public Affairs - United States Department of Justice
Jan 6, 2025 · The Justice Department issued the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the fourth anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of affirming the presidential election results:
48 Months Since the Jan. 6 Attack on U.S. Capitol
Monday, January 6, 2025, marks 48 months since the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, that disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of affirming the 2020 presidential election results.
District of Columbia - United States Department of Justice
Jan 17, 2025 · According to court documents, by approximately 3:00 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, a contingent of United States Capitol Police (USCP) and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers had established a police line at one of the two glass doorways inside the Lower West Terrace Tunnel in order to prohibit the mob from making its way inside the Capitol.
U.S. Attorney Opens Investigation Into Justice Dept.’s Jan. 6 Cases
2 days ago · Ever since he took over the U.S. attorney’s office, Mr. Martin has been executing Mr. Trump’s instructions to dismiss any Jan. 6-related criminal cases that remain active in Federal District ...
January 6 Defendant Sentenced to 20 Years - United States Capitol …
Aug 9, 2024 · Today, in United States District Court in Washington, D.C., 37-year-old David Dempsey was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the January 6, 2021, violence at the United States Capitol. Dempsey had previously pleaded guilty to two felony counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a deadly weapon on January 4, 2024.
Where the Jan. 6 Capitol attack investigation stands, by the …
Nearly 1,600 individuals have faced charges in the four years since a mob of President-elect Donald Trump's supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol, according to figures released by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday. But one of the largest investigations in the Department of Justice's history now faces a future rife with uncertainty.
Trump pardoned the January 6 convicts. Now his DOJ is wiping
5 days ago · As President Donald Trump this week sought to rewrite the history of his supporters’ attack on the US Capitol, a database detailing the vast array of criminal charges and successful convictions ...
New top prosecutor for DC advocated for Jan. 6 rioters and …
2 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, conservative activist Ed Martin has promoted Donald Trump’s false claims about a stolen 2020 election, railed against the prosecution of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol and represented some of them in court.. Now he’s leading the office that prosecuted the nearly 1,600 defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot before Trump — now back in the ...
District of Columbia - United States Department of Justice
Jan 17, 2025 · A Texas woman was sentenced to prison today after she pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges related to her conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Her actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.
United States Justice Department investigation into attempts to ...
The United States Justice Department investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election began in early 2021 with investigations and prosecutions of hundreds of individuals who participated in the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol.