The Department of Justice (DOJ) believes more police officers were injured in the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol than officially reported, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said the attack was likely “the largest single-day mass assault on a law enforcement officer in our nation's history.”
“140 police officers who were guarding the Capitol that day reported physical injuries. However, this number of 140 comes from speaking with hundreds of police officers who were guarding the Capitol that day. “We know that we underestimate the number of officers who were physically injured, let alone the number of officers who sustained trauma as a result of the events of that day,” Graves said.speak at Press conference Commemorating the 3rd anniversary of the rebellion.
Graves said many of the officers injured in the attack have left their jobs to this day because they are physically unable to serve as police officers.
Mr. Graves recounts the events that took place at the Capitol on January 6, details the Justice Department's historic criminal investigation into the participants, and the department's efforts to investigate and prosecute individuals who committed crimes that day. He emphasized the efforts of He said the public helped identify many of the people who were at the Capitol on the day of the attack, but “we still need the public's help.”
Lawyers said nearly 900 people were convicted for crimes committed on January 6. Of the convictions, 149 were convicted of assaulting, resisting or obstructing an officer or employee, and 41 of those were convicted of using a deadly or dangerous weapon. He allegedly caused personal injury to a police officer.
Graves said more than 80 people remain wanted and need to be identified for alleged acts of violence that day. The FBI releases a list of most wanted people.
In his presentation, Graves listed the numerous types of weapons carried by rioters, including guns, Tasers, flagpoles, knives and baseball bats.
The lawyer said the statute of limitations for crimes committed on January 6 will expire on January 5, 2026. He said the Justice Department's job in the Jan. 6 prosecution was “not to win at all costs” but “to do justice.” all. “
“The events of January 6, 2021 make clear that our democracy is fragile. The fact that we have had peaceful transitions of power for more than 200 years , does not guarantee our future. Nothing is guaranteed,” Graves said.
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