Capitol Riot

Hundreds of people charged with storming the U.S. Capitol three years ago have had a powerful incentive to plead guilty rather than go to trial.

Three years after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, many Republicans have endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential bid.

Members of far-right extremist groups. Former police officers. An Olympic gold medalist swimmer. And active duty U.S. Marines. A look at where the Jan. 6 Capitol riot criminal cases stand.

President Joe Biden spoke from Valley Forge on the eve of the three-year anniversary of the January 6 riots, issuing a warning ahead of the 2024 election. “I refuse to believe that in 2024, we Americans will choose to walk away from what’s made us the greatest country in the history of the world: Freedom. Liberty.”

Three years after someone was caught on camera leaving pipe bombs outside Democratic National Committee headquarters and Republican National Committee headquarters, the search for the bomber is ongoing. News4’s Paul Wagner shares the latest on the hunt.

Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, who has testified about coming face-to-face with rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, is now running for Congress in Maryland.

Three years after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, Washington’s federal courthouse is flooded with trials, guilty plea hearings and sentencings stemming from the largest criminal investigation in American history. And the hunt for suspects is far from over. Authorities are working to identify more than 80 people wanted for acts of violence at the Capitol. They also want to...

More than 700 people have gone to court for their role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, and more than 450 have been sentenced to prison, but the suspect behind placing pipe bombs on Capitol Hill ahead of the assault remains at large.

The FBI is still offering a $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who left pipe bombs on Capitol Hill on Jan. 5, 2021.

The dueling narratives reflect how an attack that disrupted the certification of the election is increasingly viewed differently along partisan lines — and how Trump has bet that the riot won’t hurt his candidacy

Leaders from the pro-Trump group Women For America First told the National Park Service that they did not intend to march from the Ellipse to the Capitol, the report said.

A Michigan man described by prosecutors as a self-professed militia leader has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison for attacking law enforcement with a stolen police baton during the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The Supreme Court says it’ll hear appeals that could upend hundreds of charges stemming from the Capitol riot, including against ex-President Donald Trump.

A former California police chief who spread conspiracy theories about Jan. 6 was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison on Thursday for his participation in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The man faces felony charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers and obstruction of law enforcement, as well as additional misdemeanor offenses.

Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that House Republicans are blurring footage from the Capitol attack before releasing it publicly because they don’t want Jan. 6 rioters to be charged with crimes.

Olympic gold medalist swimmer Klete Keller has been sentenced to six months of home detention for joining the mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

A New York massage therapist who joined the mob of Trump supporters attacking the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to three months in jail.

Matthew Honigford said he “did not trust the current state of the country” before attacking officers at the Capitol on Jan. 6, the FBI said.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he plans to publicly release hours of footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.