Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack

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The investigation of the participants who attacked the U.S. Capitol building was the largest criminal probe in U.S. history. Over 5,000 FBI employees worked on the investigation. Four years after the attack, everyone who had been federally charged related to the riot received clemency from President Donald Trump. On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters attacked the Capitol, disrupting the joint session of Congress assembled to count electoral votes to formalize Biden's victory in the 2020 United States presidential election. By the end of 2021, 725 people had been charged with federal crimes. That number rose to 1,000 by the second anniversary of the attack, to 1,200 by the third anniversary (three-quarters of whom had by then been found guilty) and to 1,500 before the fourth anniversary. These federal cases were handled by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia (D.C.). State cases, of which there were fewer, were handled in the D.C. Superior Court. Early on, the majority...

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