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United States Capitol

Meeting place of the United States Congress

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Oct 29, 2025
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How many officers were killed during the January 6 riot?

Four law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol died by suicide in the days, weeks, and months following the riot, and one officer, U.S. Capitol Police O...

Jan 9, 2026
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How many january 6 rioters are hired to be ice agents?

There is no verifiable, publicly available count of how many people who participated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol are currently employed as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I...

Nov 30, 2025
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What injuries did officers sustain during the January 6 riot and which led to later deaths?

At least 138–174 law enforcement officers were reported injured in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, with dozens suffering concussions, traumatic brain injuries, cracked ribs, spinal da...

Nov 12, 2025

How many people died from violence on the capital grounds on january 6th

Five deaths are commonly cited in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol when counting deaths that occurred on or immediately after the violence on the Capitol grounds: four c...

Jan 18, 2026

What legal consequences has Jake Lang faced for his actions related to January 6 and subsequent rallies?

Jake Lang was federally charged in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol with a multi‑count indictment that accused him of assaulting officers with a baseball bat and other o...

Nov 22, 2025

Who was the Capitol Police officer that shot Ashli Babbitt and what happened to them?

The officer who shot Ashli Babbitt on January 6, 2021, is a U.S. Capitol Police lieutenant who initially remained unnamed but later identified in reporting; federal prosecutors declined to bring crimi...

Jan 18, 2026

Has trump been invoked with the 25th amendment

No—there has never been a successful invocation of the 25th Amendment to remove or permanently displace Donald J. Trump from the presidency; what occurred instead were urgent discussions, public calls...

Dec 10, 2025

Did Trump ask for National Guard to be at the Capitol on K6

Available sources show no record that President Trump formally ordered 10,000–20,000 National Guard troops to the U.S. Capitol before or on January 6, 2021; multiple fact‑checks and official timelines...

Oct 24, 2025

did people shit and piss in the halls of the capitol on jan 6

Multiple contemporaneous official inventories and photo reports from January 2021 make , while some contemporaneous statements and later commentary claimed rioters smeared feces and urine inside the b...

Dec 4, 2025

Were undercover FBI agents present at the January 6 2021 Capitol attack?

Government watchdogs and major news outlets say no undercover FBI employees were present at the Capitol or embedded in the Jan. 6 crowds; the Justice Department Inspector General’s report concluded “n...

Nov 10, 2025

What was the extent of property damage during the January 6 Capitol riot?

The estimated dollar value of direct physical damage to the U.S. Capitol during the January 6, 2021 riot varies across official filings and later government tallies: early Justice Department and Archi...

Jan 13, 2026

who and how many people were injured or killed during the attack on january 6th

The death toll from the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is contested in public reporting because counts depend on whether deaths that occurred days or months later and those of law‑enforce...

Nov 21, 2025

How much did repairs to the Capitol after Jan 6 cost and who paid for them?

Estimates of damage to the U.S. Capitol from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack vary across official filings and reporting: the Architect of the Capitol and related agencies put direct property damage to the Cap...

Jan 12, 2026

What types of injuries did the January 6 Officers sustain

Officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, sustained a wide spectrum of injuries ranging from concussions and traumatic brain injuries to broken bones, lacerations, chemical exposure, ...

Nov 16, 2025

did trump request capitol protection on Jan 6 2021

Available reporting shows President Donald Trump discussed and floated deploying National Guard forces around January 6, 2021, but there is no consensus in the record that he specifically ordered troo...

Nov 9, 2025

How many people died as a direct result of the January 6 2021 Capitol riot?

The number of people who died “as a direct result” of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot depends on definitions and which deaths are counted; contemporary reporting and official summaries most commonly ...

Oct 22, 2025

How many people were injured during the January 6 2021 Capitol riot?

The publicly available reporting and analyses present of all people injured during the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, but multiple contemporary accounts indicate injuries ranged from dozens of ...

Nov 11, 2025

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The central claim under review is whether Nancy Pelosi bore responsibility for or orchestrated the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack; available public analyses show , but they do document contested...

Oct 17, 2025

What happened with National Guard deployment during January 6th Capitol riots?

On January 6, 2021, the National Guard was to the U.S. Capitol; multiple timelines show requests and deliberations occurred before authorization, with the District of Columbia National Guard (DCNG) re...

Dec 2, 2025

Pelosi in Jan 6th and the national gaurd

Newly released footage shows then‑Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying “I take responsibility” for security failures on Jan. 6 and asking why the National Guard “wasn’t there to begin with,” but multiple fact‑...