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On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob [39] [40] [41] of supporters of, at the time, the 45th U.S. president Donald Trump in an attempted self-coup d'état, [42] two months after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.
18 cze 2021 · The Justice Department has released a trove of videos, including police body-worn camera footage, allegedly showing assaults against police officers defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
6 sty 2023 · It's been two years since the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol, and over time, Americans have learned more about the scope of the violence and destruction that day and about those who...
19 gru 2022 · Hundreds of people forced their way into the building through windows and doors, overwhelming the Capitol police. Vice President Mike Pence had to be rushed away and US lawmakers hid as rioters...
10 cze 2022 · The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection presented 12 minutes of violent, previously unseen footage of rioters beating police and smashing way into Capitol.
During the siege of the Capitol that day, over 140 police officers were assaulted—including over 80 from the U.S. Capitol Police and over 60 from the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department—the Capitol was damaged, government property was destroyed, and other government property was stolen.
Law enforcement mounted a response to the January 6 United States Capitol attack, initially failing to maintain security perimeters and protect parts of the building from being breached and occupied, but succeeding at protecting members of Congress, and subsequently, as reinforcements arrived, to secure the breached Capitol.
