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:

Below is a list of defendants charged in federal court in the District of Columbia related to crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Every case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to prison today after he was previously convicted of assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His...

Jan 25, 2025 · 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 ...

6 days ago · U.S. Attorney Opens Investigation Into Justice Dept.’s Jan. 6 Cases. The move was the latest example of how the prosecutor in charge in Washington, Ed Martin, has sought in recent days to wind ...

2 days ago · Justice Department leadership has directed Washington, D.C.'s top prosecutor, Acting U.S. Attorney Edward Martin, to fire prosecutors who were assigned to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot ...

6 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 ...

2 days ago · Emil Bove, center, during Mr. Trump’s criminal trial in New York last May. Mr. Bove, the acting No. 2 official at the Justice Department, wrote a memo on Friday night announcing the firing of ...

Jan 19, 2024 · Three years after a pro-Donald Trump mob threatened the transfer of power, Justice Department attorneys are suddenly facing a growing list of legal stumbling blocks as they continue to pile up...

Jan 6, 2025 · Federal prosecutors are mulling bringing charges against as many as 200 more people for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, including some 60 individuals suspected of assaulting or...