Overview
- House Democrats convened an unofficial hearing with police and witnesses to preserve the record of the attack, as Republicans dismissed the session and Rep. Barry Loudermilk advanced a separate inquiry targeting prior investigations.
- Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, pardoned after a 22-year sentence, promoted a midday march retracing the 2021 route to honor Ashli Babbitt, with organizers pledging a peaceful event.
- The federally mandated plaque honoring officers who defended the Capitol remains uninstalled, with Speaker Mike Johnson’s office saying the authorizing statute is not implementable despite the plaque being ready.
- NBC News reported that President Trump’s first-day mass pardons for roughly 1,500 defendants were paired with removals of DOJ and FBI personnel from Jan. 6 cases, and Axios reported the White House released a document portraying the day as peaceful.
- Democrats released new reports warning that clemency risks normalizing political violence and noting additional crimes by some pardoned defendants, while Jack Smith abandoned the federal case against Trump after his reelection in line with DOJ policy.