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The Proud Boys leadership encouraged members to attend the January 6 event. Leaders used a crowdfunding website to raise money and purchase paramilitary equipment such as concealed tactical vests and radio equipment in preparation for the attack. Chapter leadership spent the days prior to, and morning of January 6, planning the attack.
To reserve a room for January 6, 2021 at Trump’s D.C. hotel, customers will pay at least $476. [95] December 19: 1:42 a.m. – Trump announces the January 6 rally on Twitter, stating: "Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election. Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!" [96] [97]
On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6–3 ruling which ruled in favor of defendant Joseph Fischer and found that a section of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act could not be used to bring obstruction charges against the January 6 defendants. [379] Soon after the ruling, more January 6 prosecution cases would be reopened. [380]
According to C-SPAN, "January 6 Committee Meeting with Capitol and D.C. Police: Capitol and District of Columbia police testified at the first hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. Witnesses described their experiences on that day and efforts to protect the Capitol and elected officials.
On January 6, Oath Keepers clad in reinforced vests and tactical gear accompanied by a German Shepherd named "Warrior" marched to the capitol building in two tactical formations known as "stacks", where they participated and led the attack. [1] After January 6, Oath Keeper leadership continued to plot to use force to oppose the transfer of power.
On January 6, after having learned that the Virginia National Guard may have mobilized, at 3:46 PM, Hokanson called the Virginia commander, Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, to verify no Virginia military forces would move without prior permission from the Pentagon. At 3:55, Hokanson made a similar call to the commander of the Maryland National Guard.
In the aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, after drawing widespread condemnation from the U.S. Congress, members of his administration, and the media, 45th U.S. President Donald Trump released a video-taped statement on January 7, reportedly to stop the resignations of his staff and the threats of impeachment or removal from office.
In an affidavit updated January 19, 2021, she was additionally charged with two felonies. On January 21, she was released from custody to live with her mother while awaiting trial. [189] On November 21, 2022, the jury deadlocked on the charge of "aiding and abetting the theft" of Pelosi's laptop but convicted Williams of six other charges. [185]