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By January 6, 2022, one year after the attack, more than 725 people had been charged for their involvement; over the following year, the number increased to more than 950. [42] [43] A thousand people had been charged with federal crimes by the end of January 2023, two years after the attack, [6] rising to more than 1,100 in August 2023. [44]
Protesters outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Rally organizers told the National Park Service that they anticipated 30,000 people would attend.
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.
The 59-year-old woman from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and Bucks County gym owner, who recorded a video during the attack on Jan 6 mentioning doing her part in breaking into the Capitol. In the video, not posted to social media or "meant for mass distribution", she remarked about the goal of shooting House Speaker Pelosi "in the friggin' brain ...
Many participants in the January 6 attack were arrested in the days and months that followed, [60] which saw the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history. [61] According to a New York Times report in May 2023, "While many people have called the events of Jan. 6 an 'insurrection,' the Justice Department has not charged any rioters with ...
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On January 1, the operator of an obscure website about tunnels under Capitol noticed a huge spike in traffic to the site, prompting him to notify the FBI of a likely upcoming attack on the building. [13] On December 29, 2020, D.C.'s Hotel Harrington, a past gathering spot for Proud Boys, announced closure from January 4–6, citing public safety.