More than 2,000 rioters entered the building, many of whom occupied, vandalized, and looted assaulted Capitol Police officers and reporters and attempted to locate lawmakers to capture and harm. Starting at noon on January 6, at a "Save America" rally on the Ellipse, Trump repeated false claims of election irregularities and said "If you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore." In the same speech, he said "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard." During and after his speech, thousands of attendees, some armed, walked to the Capitol, and hundreds breached police perimeters as Congress was beginning the electoral vote count. Ĭalled to action by Trump, thousands of his supporters gathered in Washington, D.C., on January 5 and 6 to support his false claim that the 2020 election had been "stolen by emboldened radical-left Democrats" and to demand that Vice President Mike Pence and the Congress reject Biden's victory.
As of July 7, 2022, monetary damages caused by attackers exceed $2.7 million. Four officers who responded to the attack died by suicide within seven months. Many people were injured, including 138 police officers. Five people died either shortly before, during, or following the event: one was shot by Capitol Police, another died of a drug overdose, and three died of natural causes. According to the House select committee investigating the incident, the attack was the culmination of a seven-part plan by Trump to overturn the election. The mob sought to keep Trump in power by preventing a joint session of Congress from counting the electoral college votes to formalize the victory of President-elect Joe Biden. President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, a mob of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. On January 6, 2021, following the defeat of U.S.
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