"This is Our House!" A Preliminary Assessment of the Capitol Hill Siege Participants

[DonViejo]

Program on Extremism
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

On January 6, 2021, a mob of protestors violently breached the United States
Capitol with the intent of disrupting the United States’ electoral process, leaving a
trail of violence, destruction, and desecration in their wake. As a result of the unrest
five individuals, including U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, were killed;
over 100 people were injured.

In the weeks following the siege, the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of
Investigation launched a nationwide effort to bring those involved in January 6th
to justice. At the time of writing, 257 individuals have been charged in federal
courts for their involvement.

This report aims to provide a preliminary assessment of the siege participants.
While the authors are cognizant that more individuals are likely to be charged in
the future, and not one individual has yet been convicted in a court of law, the
documents released thus far yield significant insight into the nexus between the
siege participants and a wide array of domestic violent extremist (DVE) ideologies,
actors, and movements. As such, this is a preliminary report. However, as ongoing
conversations about how best to respond to January 6th have the potential to
shape policy, taking stock of the allegations against participants can help inform
more nuanced discourse and effective policymaking.

The report’s main findings are as follows:

● The 257 alleged siege participants charged in federal court thus far represent a
heterogeneous group. Individuals as young as 18 and as old as 70 have been
charged. 221 are men and 36 are women. They came to the Capitol from 40
states, and 91% traveled from outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
33 individuals have known military backgrounds.

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https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2191/f/This-Is-Our-House.pdf

[niyad]

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3. Thank you.

Fascinating and a well laid out.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. K&R and thanks. Downloaded the pdf for later study.

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[Talitha]

5. Thanks ever so much, DonViejo!!!