Capitol Riot

A federal law enforcement officer was arrested carrying a gun at Saturday’s rally at the U.S. Capitol billed to support the suspects charged in January’s insurrection but will not be prosecuted.

Law enforcement leaders from Capitol and Metro police and Homeland Security issued warnings on Friday ahead of the Sept. 18 protest planned at the U.S. Capitol: “Our mission tomorrow is as our mission everyday, and that is to protect everyone’s rights to free speech and to allow them to lawfully demonstrate… [but] we’re not going to tolerate violence and we...

A member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty Wednesday and will cooperate with investigators against his fellow extremists

A man who drove to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 with guns and ammunition and threatened to shoot House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the head on live television pleaded guilty Friday.

The FBI released new footage of the suspect who placed two pipe bombs near the RNC and DNC headquarters ahead of the Capitol Riot.

The FBI has released new video showing a person they believe planted two pipe bombs in Washington D.C. the night before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, and is asking for the public’s help to locate the still-unidentified would-be bomber. On Jan. 5, the person planted one device in an alley behind the Republican National Committee Headquarters building and another near…

If you know this man, seen in a Massachusetts club’s sweatshirt at the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, FBI agents want to know who he is. The bureau on Wednesday asked for the public’s help identifying the man, who’s suspected of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer during the violence in Washington, D.C. The man was...

An Idaho man accused of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot pleaded guilty Tuesday to reduced charges and could face up to four years in prison. Duke Wilson, 67, of Nampa, admitted that he picked up a white pole and jabbed a U.S. Capitol police officer. He signed a court document that said he also helped other…

Jacob Chansley — who wore horns and carried a 6-foot pole with a spearhead into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to federal prosecutors — pleaded guilty Friday to obstructing an official proceeding during the Capitol riot. Chansley, 34, faced six charges including felony counts of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding, NBC News reported. He pleaded…

A federal judge is ordering a prominent participant in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to return to jail, saying he violated his pretrial release conditions by accessing the internet to watch false conspiracies about the election

Last week, the select committee demanded attack-related records of federal officials and a number of Trump allies and staffers

Investigative reporter Scott MacFarlane talks about pending Jan. 6 insurrection cases, to what he’s paying the closest attention and what it could mean for our country.

Two Southern California men, including one with a history of political violence, were arrested Thursday and accused of spraying chemicals at police during the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol, officials said. David Nicholas Dempsey, 34, of Los Angeles, and Jeffrey Scott Brown, 54, of Santa Ana, were picked up and charged with various offenses connected to the deadly attack…

In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Lt. Michael Byrd said he opened fire only as a “last resort” after the rioters failed to comply with his commands.

U.S. Capitol Police officers who were attacked and beaten during the Capitol riot are suing former President Donald Trump, his allies and members of far-right extremist groups

An inspector general’s report says U.S. Capitol Police did not properly respond to officers’ use of an emergency notification system on Jan. 6,  and there are no records that most calls were simulcast over the radio or that a watch commander was even aware of at least some of them

An Oklahoma man seen on video pushing an Associated Press photographer over a wall outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot has been arrested

Multiple federal departments knew groups were coming to Washington on Jan. 6 to protest the election results and some officials even feared violence. Lauren White from CREW talks about records that show what officials were saying in the days leading up to the riot and attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The host of a program for the right-wing website Infowars, Owen Shroyer, has been charged in connection to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol

The Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt outside a door of the U.S. Capitol has been formally exonerated after an internal investigation, according to a department memo obtained by NBC News. The officer, whose name has not been released, opened fire on Babbitt as she and a mob of other Trump supporters tried to forcefully enter the Capitol on Jan....