The Capitol Attack Aftermath
Feb. 6, 2021, 10:06 a.m. ETFeb. 6, 2021, 10:06 a.m. ET
The chief of the Capitol Police will resign, and the first federal charges have been filed against violent protesters arrested in Wednesday’s riot.
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Jan. 7, 2021, 9:24 p.m. ETJan. 7, 2021, 9:24 p.m. ET
The police confronted intruders outside the Senate chamber on Jan. 6.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times
Federal prosecutors on Thursday filed their first charges stemming from Wednesday’s riot at the Capitol, charging one man with assaulting a police officer and another with illegally possessing a loaded handgun.
Both criminal complaints were filed in Federal District Court in Washington. The city’s Metropolitan Police Department had announced earlier that they had arrested nearly 70 people at the riot on charges that included unlawful entry, gun possession and assault. The United States Capitol Police announced the arrests of 14 other people on Thursday.