Overview

• Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and DC Metropolitan Police officer Daniel Hodges filed a federal lawsuit on June 12 seeking a court order to hang the plaque under a 2022 statute.
• The 2022 law required the memorial to be placed on the Capitol’s western front by March 2023, but the completed plaque has sat unused in storage for over two years.
• The complaint argues that keeping the plaque unmounted violates the Equal Protection Clause and reflects an effort by President Trump and his allies to downplay the Jan. 6 attack.
• Democratic lawmakers have responded by hanging replica plaques outside their offices and circulating letters demanding that House leadership comply with the statute.
• House Speaker Mike Johnson has not provided a timeline for the plaque’s installation, setting the stage for a judicial decision on congressional compliance.