Prominent Jan. 6 defendants plan to march to Capitol to mark 5 years since attack

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Source: CBS News

Updated on: January 2, 2026 / 12:47 PM EST / CBS News


Washington — The former leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys and other defendants convicted for crimes connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol are set to return to Washington, D.C., for a march marking five years since the attack.

The event is billed as a memorial march honoring Ashli Babbitt and four others who died on or after Jan. 6. Babbitt, a supporter of President Trump's, was shot and killed by a U.S. Capitol Police officer while a mob attempted to breach the Speaker's Lobby outside the House chamber nearly five years ago. Brian Sicknick, a U.S. Capitol Police officer who died after suffering two strokes after he defended the Capitol during the assault, is also set to be honored.

Among those promoting the march is Enrique Tarrio, the former head of the Proud Boys who was convicted of charges including seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6 attack and sentenced to 22 years in prison. Tarrio was among the more than 1,500 defendants convicted of Jan. 6-related crimes who received clemency from President Trump on his first day back in the White House in January 2025.

Tarrio announced the event on social media, writing on X on Dec. 22 that it will be a "PATRIOTIC and PEACEFUL march." "If you have any intention of causing trouble we ask that you stay home. This event will focus on one thing and one thing only…HER memory," Tarrio said, referencing Babbitt.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-capitol-march-5-years/

[Vinca]

1. Amazing. A parade of criminals.

[rurallib]

2. This would be a great place for ICE to grab some criminals - but

these aren't dark skinned........

[maxsolomon]

3. Citizens should line the streets to boo and jeer them.

Literal traitors.

[2naSalit]

4. And pelt them with...

Garbage and water balloons so they get all wet and cold.

[maxsolomon]

7. You'd be arrested and charged with assault

if not Antifa Terrorist organization membership.

They're waiting/hoping for a provocation, just like the MAGA Influencers "reporting" on protests outside ICE facilities.

[2naSalit]

9. I know...

But it's what they deserve. Instead I'll be hoping for a blizzard or a nasty freezing rain storm.

[Hotler]

16. Throw Twinkies, they're soft and fluffy. nt

[ificandream]

5. So this is a parade for traitors.

The stupids still don't get it.

[2naSalit]

12. Another idea...

Record everything they do and get a good picture of their faces and vehicle IDs.

[Klarkashton]

6. They were pardoned because trump had to white wash

The whole horrible event. Leaving those bastards in prison was an admission of his guilt and that had to be erased.

[AverageOldGuy]

10. DC has VERY STRICT firearms laws

Let's hope one/some/many/all of these fools are carrying a firearm -- concealed or open carry -- DC cops are not understanding of people carrying firearms and Trump cannot pardon them from a local conviction.

[yellow dahlia]

11. Seriously!??

Ad they have a lot of nerve saying they are there to honor Brian Sicknick. It's their actions of violence and insurrection that led to his death.

[Evolve Dammit]

13. They have their martyr. Sicknik and all the other cops who died or got beat up just suck right??

[timms139]

14. At least some

won't be there . Locked up for new crimes or dead .

[Probatim]

15. What if we held signs of the names of those re-arrested? And listed their new crimes?

IIRC, more than one were arrested on sexual assault charges.