charged more than 700 people. with charge with participation in that attack in some capacity. the vast marj of the 700 plus people who have been charged were charged with low level offenses like trespassing. but almost immediately after the attack on the capitol started people picking through footage of what happened that day realized that within the crowd of thousands of rioters, many of whom seemed to be sort of throwing themselves willy-nilly at police officers and barricades and windows and doors, within that riotous but mostly uncoordinated crowd there were some attackers who appeared to be very highly organized. this is from an associated press report days after the attack. quote, as president donald trump s supporters massed outside the capitol last week, a line of men wearing olive drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marshalo stories stairs in a single file line each man holding the jacket
this is from an associated press report days after the attack. quote, as president donald d trump s supporters massed pr outside the capitol last week, a line of men wearing olive drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the man ahead. thate format known as ranger fe is standard operating procedure for a combat team that is stacking up to breach a building. it s instantly recognizable to any u.s. soldier or marine serving in iraq or afghanistan. it was a chilling sign that many at the van guard of the mob that stormed the seat of american democracy either had military training or were trained by those who did. again, that was the associated press reporting just days after the attack. this is the footage, though, that made it come into very stark relief.