Cracking Down On Unarmed Insurrectionist Trespassing

Published: Sept. 12, 2022, 5:25 p.m.

The Justice Department has charged more than 870 people in the Capitol riot investigation. According to DOJ numbers released last month, 264 defendants have been charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers. Of those, 90 have been charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury. About 55 have been charged with destruction of government property.