Was the Capitol riot an armed insurrection?

And in May, Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas claimed there was no evidence the riot was an “armed insurrection,” adding that “Not one person has been charged with bringing a firearm to the Capitol.” As Kinzinger noted during the hearing, all of these claims are inaccurate.

Why did Capitol Police fail at the Capitol?

Why Capitol Police Failed To Prevent Attack On U.S. Capitol NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with journalist Garrett Graff about his piece for Politico Magazine in which he argues that the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was a failure of Capitol Police leadership.

Why are the attacks on the Capitol so unprecedented?

The mob attacks on the Capitol are not so much “ unprecedented ” as they are consistent with America’s history of white backlash to racial equality and white entitlement to political, economic, and social control. It is not a coincidence that on the same day of the riot, the first Black and Jewish Americans were elected to Senate seats in Georgia.

What’s happening inside the US Capitol?

Rioters there continue to violently clash with officers, including reinforcements from the local police department who have arrived on the scene. Both sides spray chemical agents. Inside the Capitol, members of Congress seem unaware of the extent of the violence outside.

Was January 6 really as violent as it appeared?

In February, GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin made waves for questioning whether the events of January 6 were really as violent as they appeared and suggested it wasn’t an armed insurrection.

How many people have been arrested in the Capitol riot?

By January 15, Steven D’Antuono, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington field office, said the bureau had identified more than 270 suspects and taken 100 people into custody. As of June 23, six people have pleaded guilty to federal crimes stemming from the Capitol riots.

How many people have been charged in the Capitol insurrection so far?

More than 310 people have been charged in the Capitol insurrection so far. This searchable table shows them all. Rebecca Harrington, Madison Hall, Skye Gould, Azmi Haroun, Jacob Shamsian, and Taylor Ardrey Mar 1, 2021, 1:46 PM