The legal fallout from the attack on the Capitol is unsettled four years after a mob of pro-Trump rioters assaulted law enforcement officers, destroyed property and stormed the building as they temporarily stopped the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential win.
Congress proceeded with a step in the peaceful transfer of power Monday, as clashes remain in ongoing civil and criminal cases tied to the attack and President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to pardon Jan. 6, 2021, defendants once he takes office.
According to the Justice Department, more than 1,500 people have faced charges for their roles in the attack on the Capitol, including the 18 charged with seditious conspiracy and more than 100 charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or seriously injuring a police officer.
