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Prosecutors break down charges, convictions for 725 arrested so far in Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol

Updated January 12, 2022 at 4:09 p.m. EST|Published December 31, 2021 at 4:40 p.m. EST
Supporters of Donald Trump climb a wall at the Capitol on Jan. 6. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Federal prosecutors in the District have charged more than 725 individuals with various crimes in connection with the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection, when hundreds of rioters forced their way into the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. attorney’s office said Friday.

As the country nears the first anniversary of the storming of the Capitol, the U.S. attorney’s office in the District, the largest office of federal prosecutors in the nation, released a breakdown of the arrests and convictions associated with the attack.