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Donald Trump was indicted for his role in the Capitol Riot, but the case has been dropped. Source: AAP / Sue Ogrocki/AP
What happened in the Capitol riot?
“Be there, will be wild!” he wrote.
The cost of damage from the siege is estimated to be over US$2.8 million ($4.49 million), and 1,561 people have been charged for their involvement.
In November 2024, he was elected president again. Later that month prosecutors dropped the case.
How did the Capitol Riot impact the US?
“Even though a large number of the participants in the storming of Congress have been prosecuted and given jail sentences, Trump himself has completely evaded the legal process,” Hart said.
The Capitol Riot led to significant damages, injuries, arrests, and even deaths. Source: SBS News
“Technically, (the indictment) could be revived in four years time when Trump leaves the presidency, but that’s very unlikely … it’s a major setback over the last four years; it’s all worked to Trump’s favour.”
Trump’s repeated claims of voter fraud had formed the basis of his supporters going to Washington and taking violent action, he said.
“As much as of storming of the Capitol and the police that were injured that day and the sense of kind of chaos that created and the sense of things being somewhat out of control for a few hours, the broader context is probably the most significant.”
Will Trump supporters be pardoned over the Capitol riot?
“We’re looking at it right now. Most likely, yeah,” he said.
Right-wing extremists and supporters of Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol on 6 January, 2021. Source: AAP / Julio Cortez/AP
“Those people have suffered long and hard. And there may be some exceptions to it. I have to look.”
“Well, we’re going to look at each individual case, and we’re going to do it very quickly, and it’s going to start in the first hour that I get into office. And a vast majority of them should not be in jail.”
Could it happen again?
“And the lack of consequences to Trump’s election denialism, and support for the January 6 rioters … probably is kind of encouraging other politicians to try this on in the future.”
