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Meta TitleCapitol Riot Investigations - The New York Times
Meta DescriptionWhen supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the events were captured by protesters and witnesses who live-streamed the action or posted the scenes on social media. The Visual Investigations team analyzed those videos and worked with New York Times colleagues to deconstruct key moments., When supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the events were captured by protesters and witnesses who live-streamed the action or posted the scenes on social media. The Visual Investigations team analyzed those videos and worked with New York Times colleagues to deconstruct key moments.
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When supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the events were captured by protesters and witnesses who live-streamed the action or posted the scenes on social media. The Visual Investigations team analyzed those videos and worked with New York Times colleagues to deconstruct key moments. When supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the events were captured by protesters and witnesses who live-streamed the action or posted the scenes on social media. The Visual Investigations team analyzed those videos and worked with New York Times colleagues to deconstruct key moments. Highlights Lawyers Plan to Sue Federal Government on Behalf of Jan. 6 Rioters Claims that people who participated in the attack on the Capitol were mistreated by agencies like the Justice Department are part of efforts to cast the rioters as victims rather than perpetrators. March 7, 2025 By Credit Jason Andrew for The New York Times How the Proud Boys Breached the Capitol on Jan. 6: Rile Up the Normies A Times investigation of court documents, text messages and hundreds of videos shows how the Proud Boys coordinated to instigate multiple breaches of the Capitol on Jan. 6. October 23, 2024 By Natalie Reneau Stella Cooper Alan Feuer and Aaron Byrd Credit The New York Times Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol A six-month Times investigation has synchronized and mapped out thousands of videos and police radio communications from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, providing the most complete picture to date of what happened — and why. October 22, 2024 By Dmitriy Khavin Haley Willis Evan Hill Natalie Reneau Drew Jordan Cora Engelbrecht Christiaan Triebert Stella Cooper Malachy Browne and David Botti Credit How Oath Keepers Are Accused of Plotting to Storm the Capitol Here’s a look at the evidence prosecutors culled to charge 11 Oath Keepers and affiliates with sedition— the most serious charge yet in the Jan. 6 invegstigation. January 23, 2022 By Denise Lu and Eleanor Lutz Credit Credit Credit Here and There Media Credit Visual Investigations Tracking the Oath Keepers Who Attacked the Capitol Several members of the far-right paramilitary group the Oath Keepers have been arrested for a Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol. Who else may have participated, and how do they connect to the militia’s leader Stewart Rhodes? March 10, 2021 By Stella Cooper Ben Decker Anjali Singhvi and Christiaan Triebert Credit Visual Investigations Inside the Deadly Capitol Shooting With a mob approaching, a police lieutenant fatally shot a woman trying to vault through a window near the House Chamber. January 23, 2021 By Adam Goldman and Shaila Dewan Credit John Sullivan via YouTube Credit Lev Radin/Sipa USA, via Reuters Visual Investigations Credit Decoding the Far-Right Symbols at the Capitol Riot There were militia flags and banners of extremist groups, as well as absurd images of dinosaurs and comic book logos that belied the violence that was to unfold. January 13, 2021 By Matthew Rosenberg and Ainara Tiefenthäler Credit Timothy Wolfer for The New York Times visual investigations Credit Jarrett Robertson/The New York Times Visual Investigations How a Presidential Rally Turned Into a Capitol Rampage We analyzed the alternating perspectives of President Trump at the podium, the lawmakers inside the Capitol and a growing mob’s destruction and violence. February 23, 2021 By Lauren Leatherby Arielle Ray Anjali Singhvi Christiaan Triebert Derek Watkins and Haley Willis Credit Visual Investigations Latest Search Trump Administration Abandons Steve Bannon Conviction The longtime Trump ally served four months in prison on contempt of Congress charges for refusing to testify to the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. By Ann E. Marimow Feb. 9, 2026 letters Recalling the Horrors of Jan. 6 Readers respond to an essay by Representative Jamie Raskin and to an editorial. Also: Risky changes in vaccine policy; a new Kennedy Center. Jan. 6, 2026 Additional results have loaded
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[Skip to content](https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/us-capitol-riots-investigations#site-content)[Skip to site index](https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/us-capitol-riots-investigations#site-index) Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation Search [Capitol Riot Investigations](https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/us-capitol-riots-investigations) [Log in](https://myaccount.nytimes.com/auth/login?response_type=cookie&client_id=vi&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fsubscription%2Fonboarding-offer%3FcampaignId%3D7JFJX%26EXIT_URI%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.nytimes.com%252Fspotlight%252Fus-capitol-riots-investigations&asset=masthead) Thursday, March 5, 2026 [Today’s Paper](https://www.nytimes.com/section/todayspaper) Advertisement [SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/us-capitol-riots-investigations#after-top) Supported by [SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/us-capitol-riots-investigations#after-sponsor) [U.S.](https://www.nytimes.com/section/us) ![avatar](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/06/09/video/vi-jan6-collection/vi-jan6-collection-thumbLarge.jpg) # Capitol Riot Investigations ## When supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the events were captured by protesters and witnesses who live-streamed the action or posted the scenes on social media. The Visual Investigations team analyzed those videos and worked with New York Times colleagues to deconstruct key moments. ## When supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the events were captured by protesters and witnesses who live-streamed the action or posted the scenes on social media. The Visual Investigations team analyzed those videos and worked with New York Times colleagues to deconstruct key moments. ## Highlights 1. ### [Lawyers Plan to Sue Federal Government on Behalf of Jan. 6 Rioters](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/jan-6-lawsuits.html) Claims that people who participated in the attack on the Capitol were mistreated by agencies like the Justice Department are part of efforts to cast the rioters as victims rather than perpetrators. March 7, 2025By Alan Feuer ![Rioters outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Even before President Trump granted them clemency, many Jan. 6 defendants had been eager to seek damages from the federal government. ](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/03/07/multimedia/07dc-jan6-mqjp/07dc-jan6-mqjp-videoLarge.jpg?auto=webp) CreditJason Andrew for The New York Times 2. ### [How the Proud Boys Breached the Capitol on Jan. 6: Rile Up the Normies](https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000008392796/rile-up-the-normies-how-proud-boys-breached-the-capitol.html) A Times investigation of court documents, text messages and hundreds of videos shows how the Proud Boys coordinated to instigate multiple breaches of the Capitol on Jan. 6. October 23, 2024By Natalie ReneauStella CooperAlan Feuer and Aaron Byrd ![Proud Boys confront U.S. Capitol Police officers on Jan. 6. The far-right group incited violence and coordinated repeated breakthroughs of the Capitol’s defenses, a Times investigation found.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/06/17/video/17vi-pbscover1/17vi-pbscover1-mediumThreeByTwo440.jpg?auto=webp) CreditThe New York Times 3. ### [Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol](https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000007606996/capitol-riot-trump-supporters.html) A six-month Times investigation has synchronized and mapped out thousands of videos and police radio communications from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, providing the most complete picture to date of what happened — and why. October 22, 2024By Dmitriy KhavinHaley WillisEvan HillNatalie ReneauDrew JordanCora EngelbrechtChristiaan TriebertStella CooperMalachy Browne and David Botti ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/06/30/us/politics/30vid-capitol/30vid-capitol-mediumThreeByTwo440.png?auto=webp) Credit 4. ### [How Oath Keepers Are Accused of Plotting to Storm the Capitol](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/19/us/oath-keepers-capitol-riot.html) Here’s a look at the evidence prosecutors culled to charge 11 Oath Keepers and affiliates with sedition— the most serious charge yet in the Jan. 6 invegstigation. January 23, 2022By Denise Lu and Eleanor Lutz ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/01/19/us/oath-keepers-capitol-riot-promo-1642644298692/oath-keepers-capitol-riot-promo-1642644298692-mediumThreeByTwo440.jpg?auto=webp) Credit 1. [‘We’ve Lost the Line!’: Radio Traffic Reveals Police Under Siege at Capitol](https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007655234/weve-lost-the-line-radio-traffic-reveals-police-under-siege-at-capitol.html) The Times obtained District of Columbia police radio communications and synchronized them with footage from the scene to show in real time how officers tried and failed to stop the attack on the U.S. Capitol. October 22, 2024By Robin SteinHaley WillisDanielle Miller and Michael S. Schmidt ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/03/22/autossell/GFX_PROMO_ONSITE_CVR_v2/GFX_PROMO_ONSITE_CVR_v2-square640.jpg?auto=webp) Credit 2. [Officer Brian Sicknick Died After the Capitol Riot. New Videos Show How He Was Attacked.](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/24/us/officer-sicknick-capitol-riot.html) New videos obtained by The New York Times show publicly for the first time how the U.S. Capitol Police officer who died after facing off with rioters on Jan. 6 was attacked with chemical spray. December 23, 2021By Evan HillDavid BottiDmitriy KhavinDrew Jordan and Malachy Browne ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/03/23/us/23sicknick_hpimage/23sicknick_hpimage-square640.jpg?auto=webp) CreditHere and There Media 3. [First They Guarded Roger Stone. Then They Joined the Capitol Attack.](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/14/us/roger-stone-capitol-riot.html) We tracked how six men associated with the far-right Oath Keepers went from providing security for Roger Stone to participating in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. February 17, 2021By Christiaan TriebertBen DeckerDerek WatkinsArielle Ray and Stella Cooper ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/02/12/us/roger-stone-capitol-riot-promo-1613175591098/roger-stone-capitol-riot-promo-1613175591098-square640.jpg?auto=webp) Credit Visual Investigations 4. [Tracking the Oath Keepers Who Attacked the Capitol](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/29/us/oath-keepers-capitol-riot.html) Several members of the far-right paramilitary group the Oath Keepers have been arrested for a Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol. Who else may have participated, and how do they connect to the militia’s leader Stewart Rhodes? March 10, 2021By Stella CooperBen DeckerAnjali Singhvi and Christiaan Triebert ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/29/us/oath-keepers-capitol-riot-promo-1611950426004/oath-keepers-capitol-riot-promo-1611950426004-square640-v3.jpg?auto=webp) Credit Visual Investigations 5. [Inside the Deadly Capitol Shooting](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/us/capitol-police-shooting-ashli-babbitt.html) With a mob approaching, a police lieutenant fatally shot a woman trying to vault through a window near the House Chamber. January 23, 2021By Adam Goldman and Shaila Dewan ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/21/us/ashli-babbitt-loop-image1/ashli-babbitt-loop-image1-square640.png?auto=webp) CreditJohn Sullivan via YouTube 1. [Videos Show How Rioter Was Trampled in Stampede at Capitol](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/us/rosanne-boyland-capitol-riot-death.html) Rosanne Boyland died after losing consciousness in the crush of a pro-Trump mob as it surged against the police. Here’s how it happened. May 31, 2021By Evan HillArielle Ray and Dahlia Kozlowsky ![Rosanne Boyland was crushed amid this mob as it tried to push past the police and breach an entrance on the west side of the Capitol during the storming of the building on Jan. 6.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/15/video/vid15-capitol-trampling-top-new/vid15-capitol-trampling-top-new-square640.jpg?auto=webp) CreditLev Radin/Sipa USA, via Reuters Visual Investigations 2. [‘We Took Over the Capitol’: Tracking the Oath Keepers Charged With Conspiracy](https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007560342/we-took-over-the-capitol-tracking-the-oath-keepers-charged-with-conspiracy.html) Videos show members of the right-wing paramilitary movement entering the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack. The Times tracked three of them amid the mob. October 23, 2024By Stella CooperChristiaan TriebertEvan HillBen DeckerDmitriy Khavin and Drew Jordan ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/20/autossell/cover_A/cover_A-square640.jpg?auto=webp) Credit 3. [Decoding the Far-Right Symbols at the Capitol Riot](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/video/extremist-signs-symbols-capitol-riot.html) There were militia flags and banners of extremist groups, as well as absurd images of dinosaurs and comic book logos that belied the violence that was to unfold. January 13, 2021By Matthew Rosenberg and Ainara Tiefenthäler ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/13/autossell/cover-3x2/cover-3x2-square640.jpg?auto=webp) CreditTimothy Wolfer for The New York Times visual investigations 4. [‘They Got a Officer!’: How a Mob Dragged and Beat Police at the Capitol](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/capitol-mob-violence-police.html) Videos show pro-Trump rioters pulling three officers down a set of stairs during a violent attempt to breach the building. April 21, 2021By Evan HillArielle Ray and Dahlia Kozlowsky ![Rioters attempt to protect a Metropolitan Police officer from other members of the mob after they dragged him down stairs and beat him.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/11/video/11vid-topcopbeating/11vid-topcopbeating-square640.jpg?auto=webp) CreditJarrett Robertson/The New York Times Visual Investigations 5. [How a Presidential Rally Turned Into a Capitol Rampage](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/12/us/capitol-mob-timeline.html) We analyzed the alternating perspectives of President Trump at the podium, the lawmakers inside the Capitol and a growing mob’s destruction and violence. 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![avatar](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/06/09/video/vi-jan6-collection/vi-jan6-collection-thumbLarge.jpg) ## When supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the events were captured by protesters and witnesses who live-streamed the action or posted the scenes on social media. The Visual Investigations team analyzed those videos and worked with New York Times colleagues to deconstruct key moments. ## When supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the events were captured by protesters and witnesses who live-streamed the action or posted the scenes on social media. The Visual Investigations team analyzed those videos and worked with New York Times colleagues to deconstruct key moments. ## Highlights 1. ### [Lawyers Plan to Sue Federal Government on Behalf of Jan. 6 Rioters](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/jan-6-lawsuits.html) Claims that people who participated in the attack on the Capitol were mistreated by agencies like the Justice Department are part of efforts to cast the rioters as victims rather than perpetrators. March 7, 2025By ![Rioters outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Even before President Trump granted them clemency, many Jan. 6 defendants had been eager to seek damages from the federal government. ](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/03/07/multimedia/07dc-jan6-mqjp/07dc-jan6-mqjp-videoLarge.jpg?auto=webp) CreditJason Andrew for The New York Times 2. ### [How the Proud Boys Breached the Capitol on Jan. 6: Rile Up the Normies](https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000008392796/rile-up-the-normies-how-proud-boys-breached-the-capitol.html) A Times investigation of court documents, text messages and hundreds of videos shows how the Proud Boys coordinated to instigate multiple breaches of the Capitol on Jan. 6. October 23, 2024By Natalie ReneauStella CooperAlan Feuer and Aaron Byrd ![Proud Boys confront U.S. Capitol Police officers on Jan. 6. The far-right group incited violence and coordinated repeated breakthroughs of the Capitol’s defenses, a Times investigation found.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/06/17/video/17vi-pbscover1/17vi-pbscover1-mediumThreeByTwo440.jpg?auto=webp) CreditThe New York Times 3. ### [Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol](https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000007606996/capitol-riot-trump-supporters.html) A six-month Times investigation has synchronized and mapped out thousands of videos and police radio communications from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, providing the most complete picture to date of what happened — and why. October 22, 2024By Dmitriy KhavinHaley WillisEvan HillNatalie ReneauDrew JordanCora EngelbrechtChristiaan TriebertStella CooperMalachy Browne and David Botti ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/06/30/us/politics/30vid-capitol/30vid-capitol-mediumThreeByTwo440.png?auto=webp) Credit 4. ### [How Oath Keepers Are Accused of Plotting to Storm the Capitol](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/19/us/oath-keepers-capitol-riot.html) Here’s a look at the evidence prosecutors culled to charge 11 Oath Keepers and affiliates with sedition— the most serious charge yet in the Jan. 6 invegstigation. January 23, 2022By Denise Lu and Eleanor Lutz ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/01/19/us/oath-keepers-capitol-riot-promo-1642644298692/oath-keepers-capitol-riot-promo-1642644298692-mediumThreeByTwo440.jpg?auto=webp) Credit 1. ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/03/22/autossell/GFX_PROMO_ONSITE_CVR_v2/GFX_PROMO_ONSITE_CVR_v2-square640.jpg?auto=webp) Credit 2. ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/03/23/us/23sicknick_hpimage/23sicknick_hpimage-square640.jpg?auto=webp) CreditHere and There Media 3. ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/02/12/us/roger-stone-capitol-riot-promo-1613175591098/roger-stone-capitol-riot-promo-1613175591098-square640.jpg?auto=webp) Credit Visual Investigations 4. [Tracking the Oath Keepers Who Attacked the Capitol](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/29/us/oath-keepers-capitol-riot.html) Several members of the far-right paramilitary group the Oath Keepers have been arrested for a Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol. Who else may have participated, and how do they connect to the militia’s leader Stewart Rhodes? March 10, 2021By Stella CooperBen DeckerAnjali Singhvi and Christiaan Triebert ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/29/us/oath-keepers-capitol-riot-promo-1611950426004/oath-keepers-capitol-riot-promo-1611950426004-square640-v3.jpg?auto=webp) Credit Visual Investigations 5. [Inside the Deadly Capitol Shooting](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/us/capitol-police-shooting-ashli-babbitt.html) With a mob approaching, a police lieutenant fatally shot a woman trying to vault through a window near the House Chamber. January 23, 2021By Adam Goldman and Shaila Dewan ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/21/us/ashli-babbitt-loop-image1/ashli-babbitt-loop-image1-square640.png?auto=webp) CreditJohn Sullivan via YouTube 1. ![Rosanne Boyland was crushed amid this mob as it tried to push past the police and breach an entrance on the west side of the Capitol during the storming of the building on Jan. 6.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/15/video/vid15-capitol-trampling-top-new/vid15-capitol-trampling-top-new-square640.jpg?auto=webp) CreditLev Radin/Sipa USA, via Reuters Visual Investigations 2. ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/20/autossell/cover_A/cover_A-square640.jpg?auto=webp) Credit 3. [Decoding the Far-Right Symbols at the Capitol Riot](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/video/extremist-signs-symbols-capitol-riot.html) There were militia flags and banners of extremist groups, as well as absurd images of dinosaurs and comic book logos that belied the violence that was to unfold. January 13, 2021By Matthew Rosenberg and Ainara Tiefenthäler ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/13/autossell/cover-3x2/cover-3x2-square640.jpg?auto=webp) CreditTimothy Wolfer for The New York Times visual investigations 4. ![Rioters attempt to protect a Metropolitan Police officer from other members of the mob after they dragged him down stairs and beat him.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/11/video/11vid-topcopbeating/11vid-topcopbeating-square640.jpg?auto=webp) CreditJarrett Robertson/The New York Times Visual Investigations 5. [How a Presidential Rally Turned Into a Capitol Rampage](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/12/us/capitol-mob-timeline.html) We analyzed the alternating perspectives of President Trump at the podium, the lawmakers inside the Capitol and a growing mob’s destruction and violence. February 23, 2021By Lauren LeatherbyArielle RayAnjali SinghviChristiaan TriebertDerek Watkins and Haley Willis ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/11/us/dc-protest-capitol-promo-1610411744629/dc-protest-capitol-promo-1610411744629-square640.jpg?auto=webp) Credit Visual Investigations - ## [Latest](https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/us-capitol-riots-investigations#stream-panel) - [Search](https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/us-capitol-riots-investigations#stream-panel) 1. ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/02/09/multimedia/09DC_DOJ-BANNON-ltmw/09DC_DOJ-BANNON-ltmw-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) [Trump Administration Abandons Steve Bannon Conviction](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/politics/bannon-trump-contempt-case.html) The longtime Trump ally served four months in prison on contempt of Congress charges for refusing to testify to the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. By Ann E. 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