At least 1,000 people so far have been arrested on charges related ot the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice said.
for actions leading up to and the day of the riot, when hundreds of his supporters swarmed around and then breached the Capitol, sending members of Congress fleeing.
The attack interrupted a joint session of Congress that had been meeting that day to confirm the Electoral College victory of PresidentFor weeks after losing the popular presidential vote, Trump falsely claimed that he actually won the race and that Biden was being awarded the Electoral College win as a result of widespread ballot fraud in a handful of swing states.On Dec.
"President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack," said then-Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., in June when she and other members of the select House committee that investigated the riot began publicly detailing their findings. In December, the committee referred Trump for investigation and possible prosecution for his conduct, which included his urging his vice president, Mike Pence, to reject the Electoral College ballots of a number of swing states that Biden won.
The committee said there was sufficient evidence to refer Trump for four crimes: obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the government, making knowingly and willfully materially false statements to the federal government, and inciting or assisting an insurrection.
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