The DOJ is considering indicting 200 more people 4 years after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol
The Justice Department is considering charging up to 200 more people for their alleged involvement in the January 6, 2021, rebellion at the US Capitol, the report says.
New figures released on Monday on the 4th anniversary of the incident include 60 people suspected of assaulting or obstructing police officers, according to Politico.
President-elect Trump is scheduled to be sworn in as the country’s next president in just two weeks. In December, Trump told NBC that he wanted to pardon the rioters on January 6 on the first day of his administration and said that the people in the Congress committee from January 6 belong in jail.
“I will look at everything. We will look at individual cases,” Trump said at the time. “But I will act very quickly.”
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A scene from the January 6 riots at the US Capitol in 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, file)
About 1,600 people have so far faced federal charges in connection with the U.S. Capitol breach, including more than 600 who allegedly assaulted or resisted police, Politico reported.
Nearly 200 defendants have been charged with carrying a dangerous weapon on the Capitol grounds and 153 have been charged with destroying government property — but the new figures released Monday are the first time that Ministry of Justice has estimated how many cases have yet to be processed, Politico added.
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People are seen climbing the west wall of the US Capitol in Washington, on January 6, 2021. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
The news also reported that around 1,100 defendants were convicted and sentenced on January 6, but 300 cases already charged have not yet entered the trial phase.
On Sunday, reporters asked President Biden if he still thinks Trump is a threat to democracy.
Protesters and US Capitol police battle a barricade as the Capitol building is breached in Washington on January 6, 2021. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“We have to get back to establishing basic democratic norms,” Biden told reporters in the East Room of the White House. “I think what he did was a real threat to democracy. I hope we’ve moved past that.”
Fox News’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.
