The number of people charged for their connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol surpassed 1,100 earlier this week, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced. The DOJ announced that as of…

The DOJ announced that as of Aug. 6, more than 1,106 defendants were charged in nearly all 50 states and Washington, D.C., for actions they took during insurrection.

  • sudo@lemmy.today
    18·
    1 year ago

    Idk, great question. Maybe it was the cult leader?

    [Twice impeached, ex] president donald trump repeatedly said he wanted his supporters to fight Congress on accepting the electoral college results that showed Joe Biden won.

    “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women,” Trump told his supporters shortly before the Capitol assault. “We’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”

    The words Trump used to urge his supporters to show up and “fight” on his behalf Jan. 6.

    ‘We will stop the steal’ ‘We will never give up. We will never concede. It doesn’t happen’ “You will have an illegitimate president. That is what you will have, and we can’t let that happen.” ‘If you don’t fight like hell you’re not going to have a country anymore’

    “Let’s have trial by combat,” said Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, warming up the crowd for Trump.

    Hmm. Who was leading this failed coup?

    • aidan@lemmy.worldM
      1·
      1 year ago

      I wouldn’t say any of that is evidence of careful coordination. Careful implies intentional and thorough strategizing.

      • offspecA
        1·
        1 year ago

        I mean the tours led by qanon affirming Congress members and the attempt to remove the VP from the premises for reasons that required text history purging certainly felt intentional. I suppose if they’d been thorough it wouldn’t be a failed insurrection.