The DOJ announced that as of Aug. 6, more than 1,106 defendants were charged in nearly all 50 states and Washington, D.C., for actions they took during insurrection.
By the end of June 2023, about 700 defendants had been found guilty (most by pleading guilty, the rest convicted at trial), and over 550 of them had been sentenced. Hundreds were still awaiting trial or sentencing.
I would too, but that would imply we trust our judicial system. Given their wrongful conviction rate, I guarantee there's at least a few falsely accused in there.
I'm sure the planning was done in a highly coordinated way. But project execution always comes down to your resources, and .. well .. the rioters aren't exactly the yummiest crayons in the box.
Idk, great question. Maybe it was the cult leader?
[Twice impeached, ex] president donald trump repeatedly said he wanted his supporters to fight Congress on accepting the electoral college results that showed Joe Biden won.
“We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women,” Trump told his supporters shortly before the Capitol assault. “We’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”
The words Trump used to urge his supporters to show up and “fight” on his behalf Jan. 6.
'We will stop the steal'
'We will never give up. We will never concede. It doesn't happen'
"You will have an illegitimate president. That is what you will have, and we can't let that happen."
'If you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore'
“Let’s have trial by combat,” said Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, warming up the crowd for Trump.
I'm always curious when I read a thread and see that one downvote over and over on sane comments that have many upvotes. If you're a conservative-leaning, elornmuskrat-apologist, conspiracy-minded type, why do you stick around here, on Lemmy, where you are clearly in the MEGA-minority, where peopler clearly dislike your views? Who are you, you dumb fuck?! Why are you here?
Not that I am that downvote but do you think it is a good idea to create an echo chamber?
Personally I think it is a very bad idea and while I don't agree with many posts, I prefer alternate views more than a bunch of people telling me how right I am.
The number of people charged for their connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol surpassed 1,100 earlier this week, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced.
The DOJ announced that as of Aug. 6, more than 1,106 defendants were charged in nearly all 50 states and Washington, D.C., for actions they took during insurrection.
The announcement noted that 372 people were charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers and employees, including 112 people who were charged with using a dangerous or deadly weapon or causing serious injury to an officer.
Eleven individuals were also arrested in connection with assaulting a member of the media or destroying their equipment.
The DOJ said that about 64 people were charged with destruction of government property, and 51 with stealing it.
More than 310 individuals were also charged with “corruptly obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding, or attempting to do so.” Forty-two defendants were charged with either conspiracy to disrupt a congressional proceeding, obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder or to injure an officer.
I kinda wanna know which states didn’t have any… and if that’s more of a “couldn’t get there” (Hawaii? Alaska?) or a “we just don’t have nutters” (I dunno where that would be.)