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The chaotic hours after the Capitol breach and discussions about invoking Section 4
: there is no credible reporting that a majority of ’s Cabinet formally signed and delivered a (the involuntary “25th Amendment”) declaration removing him from office; journalists and analysts documen...
Mainstream outlets reported Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021, Ellipse speech as a mix of explicit calls to action, repeated false claims about the election, and equivocal language about peaceful protest...
Benjamin (Ben) Phillips, 50, who died on January 6, 2021 near the U.S. Capitol during the riot, was initially reported by fellow protesters and police as having suffered a “medical emergency” or strok...
Jericho March’s leadership that organized and promoted prayer marches in Washington, D.C. in late 2020 and early January 2021 included co-founders Rob Weaver and Arina Grossu and a roster of allied co...
Multiple Cabinet secretaries and senior officials privately discussed using Section 4 of the 25th Amendment in the aftermath of January 6, 2021, but public records and contemporary reporting do not pr...
Multiple contemporaneous accounts and later investigations show that defense officials and some governors offered or discussed National Guard support in the days before January 6, but there was no sin...
Prosecutors and trackers report roughly between about 1,000 and 1,300 January 6 defendants were ultimately convicted in federal and related proceedings, with most convictions resolved by guilty plea a...
The District of Columbia National Guard (DCNG) is legally under the President of the United States as Commander‑in‑Chief, a unique status among U.S. National Guard forces that has been recognized in l...