January 6 United States Capitol attack
2021 attempt to prevent presidential electoral vote count
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| 2025 | U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia initiated an internal review of January 6 prosecutions under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. |
| February 2025 | The Washington Post reported that candidates for top intelligence and law enforcement positions were being screened with questions about January 6 being 'an inside job' and the 2020 election being 'stolen'. |
| January 20 2025 | Trump was inaugurated for a second presidential term with JD Vance as his vice president. |
| January 20 2025 | Upon taking office, Trump granted clemency to all January 6 rioters, including members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers who violently assaulted police. |
| January 14 2025 | The part of the special counsel report about election obstruction was made public. |
| January 7 2025 | Special Counsel Smith submitted his final 137-page report to the Justice Department about the January 6 events. |
| 2024 | U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Fischer v. United States, finding obstruction charges in January 6 cases were overbroad and did not apply to evidence tampering. |
| November 2024 | Following Trump's reelection to the presidency, the special counsel investigation charges were dismissed. |
| July 2024 | Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race, leading to Trump's subsequent election victory. |
| March 4 2024 | The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that states could not remove Trump from the presidential election ballot, rejecting challenges based on the 14th Amendment. |
| 2023 | Dominic Pezzola, a Proud Boys member who breached the Capitol with a stolen police riot shield, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. |
| 2023 | Proud Boys founder Enrique Tarrio, described as the 'ultimate leader' of the conspiracy, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in the January 6 attack. |
| 2023 | Proud Boys leaders Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl were sentenced to 17 and 15 years in prison respectively for their involvement in the Capitol attack. |
| November 2023 | Over 1,200 defendants had been charged for their role in the January 6 Capitol attack, including Republican Party officials, state legislators, political donors, far-right militants, white supremacists, and conservative evangelical Christians. |
| August 1 2023 | Trump was indicted on four charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstructing an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. |
| August 1 2023 | Fitch Ratings downgraded the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+, directly citing the January 6 Capitol attack as a factor indicating an unstable government. |
| July 16 2023 | Trump was notified that he was officially a target in the Smith special counsel investigation related to the January 6 events. |
| July 7 2023 | Barry Bennet Ramey, a Proud Boys member who pepper-sprayed police, was sentenced to 5 years in prison. |
| May 23 2023 | Kenneth Harrelson was sentenced to four years in prison for his role as the right-hand man to Kelly Meggs, leader of the Florida chapter of the Oath Keepers. |
| May 23 2023 | Jessica Watkins was sentenced to 8 years and six months in prison, with her crimes including merging her local Ohio armed group with the Oath Keepers in 2020. |
| May 23 2023 | Stewart Rhodes, age 57, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy. The court described him as dangerous and noted his potential readiness to take up arms against the government upon release. |
| May 23 2023 | Kelly Meggs was sentenced to 12 years in prison for seditious conspiracy. |
| 2022 | Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election, sparking legal debates about his eligibility under the 14th Amendment due to his role in the January 6 Capitol attack. |
| 2022 | New information about the Proud Boys' role in planning and coordinating the January 6 attack emerged through testimony to the January 6th Committee and a New York Times investigative video. |
| December 22 2022 | The United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack released its Final Report, a comprehensive 845-page document detailing the events and investigation of the Capitol attack. |
| November 29 2022 | A jury convicted Stewart Rhodes and Florida chapter leader Kelly Meggs of seditious conspiracy. Three other Oath Keepers members were found not guilty of seditious conspiracy but were convicted on related charges. |
| July 14 2022 | CNN published a corroborating account from a Metropolitan Police officer describing a 'heated exchange' between Trump and his Secret Service detail when they refused to take him to the Capitol on January 6. |
| June 2022 | Congressman Tom Rice publicly criticized Trump's conduct during the Capitol attack, stating that Trump watched the events unfold, 'reveled in it', and failed to take any action to stop the violence. |
| June 2022 | Cassidy Hutchinson testified about an alleged incident involving President Trump attempting to grab the steering wheel of his presidential SUV and lunging at Secret Service agent Robert Engel after being told they would not drive to the Capitol following his rally. |
| June 9 2022 | Congressional hearing held where Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney publicly accused Trump of inaction during the January 6 Capitol attack, describing his behavior as a 'dereliction of duty' and part of an attempted coup to overturn the democratic election results. |
| January 13 2022 | 10 members of the Oath Keepers, including founder Stewart Rhodes, were arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy related to the January 6 United States Capitol attack. |
| January 6 2022 | Historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham warned that the United States remained at a 'crucial turning point' one year after the Capitol attack. |
| 2021 | Simone Gold, founder of America's Frontline Doctors, was arrested and later sentenced to 60 days in prison by a US federal court in Washington, D.C. for illegally entering the Capitol building. |
| 2021 | Amanda Chase was censured by the Virginia State Senate for her actions surrounding the Capitol attack. |
| December 21 2021 | Trump falsely claimed the January 6 attack was a 'completely unarmed protest' in an official statement, despite evidence of numerous armed supporters. |
| May 2021 | U.S. prosecutors estimated the total damage from the Capitol attack would cost almost $1.5 million. |
| February 2021 | An academic analysis in The Atlantic examined the demographics and motivations of 193 arrested Capitol riot participants, finding that 89% had no clear connection to established far-right groups and were primarily motivated by following Trump's orders to prevent Biden's election certification. |
| February 2021 | Capitol Police Labor Committee conducted a confidence vote, with 92 percent of officers voting they had no confidence in leadership, criticizing the lack of preparation and equipment for the potential violent protest. |
| February 2021 | Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton testified in congressional hearing, reporting that repair and security costs from the attack had already exceeded $30 million. |
| January 2021 | Department of Justice reported over 75 people were charged for entering the Capitol area while armed with various weapons including guns, stun guns, knives, batons, baseball bats, axes, and chemical sprays. |
| January 13 2021 | The House of Representatives impeached Trump for incitement of insurrection, making him the only U.S. president to be impeached twice. |
| January 11 2021 | Representative Tom Malinowski introduced H.Res.31, a resolution to condemn and censure Representative Mo Brooks of Alabama for his involvement in the events leading to the Capitol attack. |
| January 9 2021 | Derrick Evans resigned from the House of Delegates following his federal charges. |
| January 8 2021 | West Virginia delegate Derrick Evans was charged by federal authorities with illegally entering a restricted area during the Capitol attack. |
| January 7 2021 | Electoral vote count was resumed and completed in the early morning, with Vice President Mike Pence declaring the final electoral vote count in favor of President-elect Biden. |
| January 6 2021 | At 2:10 p.m., the Capitol Police board finally granted Chief Sund permission to formally request deployment of the National Guard. |
| January 6 2021 | Capitol Police deployed without 'less lethal' arms, with their armory improperly maintained, riot shields stored at the wrong temperature, and ammunition stores expired. |
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