3/6/2023

2020 ELECTION/DOJ: “At least 1,000 people so far have been arrested on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters [related to the 2020 election], the Department of Justice said Monday [March 6, 2023].

About 518 people have pleaded guilty to federal crimes so far, the DOJ said in an update marking 26 months since the riot.

Around one third of Capitol riot defendants have been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding police during the attack, the DOJ said. About 420 defendants have already been adjudicated and sentenced for their criminal activity. Another 53 people were found guilty at trials, DOJ said.”

-Dan Mangan, “DOJ says at least 1,000 Trump supporters arrested for Jan. 6 Capitol riot,” cnbc.com, March 6, 2023