Overview
- Several dozen Trump supporters gathered in Washington, retraced the 2021 route from the White House to the Capitol, honored Ashli Babbitt as a “martyr,” and demanded prosecutions of Democratic leaders.
- Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, pardoned after a 22‑year seditious conspiracy sentence, helped organize the event and said the group’s leadership is back at work.
- A Democratic report says at least 33 people pardoned for January 6 have since been charged with new crimes, including sexual assault of a minor, rape, and kidnapping.
- Trump pardoned about 1,250 January 6 defendants on Jan. 20, 2025, and he again downplayed his role in remarks to Republican lawmakers on the fifth anniversary.
- The 2021 attack smashed windows, ransacked offices, interrupted certification of Joe Biden’s victory, and left 174 police officers injured.